C# Job Trends in the West Midlands

C#
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 44 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 -16 -2
Permanent jobs citing C# 216 159 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.40% 4.97% 6.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.32% 23.25% 25.88%
Number of salaries quoted 192 123 224
10th Percentile £46,217 £40,000 £31,475
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £54,892
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +0.20% +1.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,600 £70,875
England median annual salary £61,009 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.39% +4.17% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

C# falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,013 684 1,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.25% 21.40% 24.30%
Number of salaries quoted 718 536 737
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,125 £32,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,125 £67,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C# relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

C# job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

C#
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the West Midlands

C#
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -20 79 £62,500 -1.57% 19
Coventry +4 35 £70,000 +40.00% 1
Worcestershire -3 25 £65,000 +52.94% 1
Dudley - 25 £55,000 - 3
Warwickshire -24 18 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Staffordshire +4 14 £55,000 +2.44% 4
Solihull +4 8 £65,000 -27.78% 1
Wolverhampton - 7 £70,000 -
Herefordshire - 3 £55,000 -
Shropshire -35 1 £50,000 +5.26%
C#
England

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.93%) Confluence
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
3 1 (0.46%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.46%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 8 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 121 (56.02%) Azure
2 45 (20.83%) Power Automate
2 45 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 35 (16.20%) PowerApps
4 27 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (10.65%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (10.19%) Dynamics 365
6 22 (10.19%) Serverless
7 20 (9.26%) Azure Functions
8 14 (6.48%) AWS
8 14 (6.48%) Azure AI
8 14 (6.48%) GitHub
9 11 (5.09%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (5.09%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (3.70%) SaaS
11 6 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
12 5 (2.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (2.31%) GCP
13 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.24%) Internet
2 3 (1.39%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.39%) Firewall
2 3 (1.39%) HTTP
2 3 (1.39%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (18.06%) SQL Server
2 37 (17.13%) MongoDB
3 36 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 25 (11.57%) Power BI
5 15 (6.94%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (5.09%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.93%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.93%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.46%) MySQL
8 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (7.87%) Git
2 4 (1.85%) JIRA
3 2 (0.93%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.46%) NUnit
4 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (14.35%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.04%) Finance
3 19 (8.80%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.41%) Retail
5 14 (6.48%) Manufacturing
6 12 (5.56%) Advertising
7 8 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.78%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.78%) Automotive
9 4 (1.85%) Marketing
10 3 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.93%) Legal
11 2 (0.93%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.46%) Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 150 (69.44%) Developer
2 45 (20.83%) Senior
3 43 (19.91%) .NET Developer
3 43 (19.91%) Software Developer
4 35 (16.20%) Senior Developer
5 25 (11.57%) Software Engineer
6 24 (11.11%) Lead
7 22 (10.19%) Lead Developer
8 17 (7.87%) Architect
9 16 (7.41%) Lead Software Developer
10 14 (6.48%) C# Developer
11 13 (6.02%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (6.02%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 13 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (6.02%) Power Platform Developer
11 13 (6.02%) Senior Software Developer
12 10 (4.63%) Full-Stack C# Developer
13 9 (4.17%) React Developer
14 8 (3.70%) Dynamics 365 Architect
14 8 (3.70%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (71.76%) .NET
2 59 (27.31%) .NET Core
3 46 (21.30%) ASP.NET
4 43 (19.91%) ASP.NET Core
5 32 (14.81%) Blazor
6 25 (11.57%) ASP.NET Web API
7 24 (11.11%) React
8 22 (10.19%) Entity Framework
9 21 (9.72%) Node.js
10 20 (9.26%) REST
11 19 (8.80%) AngularJS
12 15 (6.94%) Vue
13 14 (6.48%) CSS
13 14 (6.48%) HTML
13 14 (6.48%) RESTful
14 13 (6.02%) .NET Framework
15 11 (5.09%) LINQ
16 9 (4.17%) JSON
17 8 (3.70%) XML
17 8 (3.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.19%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (5.09%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.63%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (4.63%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.70%) Taxonomies
6 6 (2.78%) Robotics
7 5 (2.31%) IoT
7 5 (2.31%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.85%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.85%) AS400
8 4 (1.85%) iSeries
8 4 (1.85%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.85%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.85%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.39%) SCADA
10 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.93%) iPhone
10 2 (0.93%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.85%) Android
2 3 (1.39%) Linux
2 3 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (37.96%) Agile
2 68 (31.48%) Full-Stack Development
3 50 (23.15%) DevOps
4 45 (20.83%) CI/CD
5 39 (18.06%) Software Engineering
6 34 (15.74%) SDLC
7 31 (14.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (14.35%) Roadmaps
8 28 (12.96%) AI
8 28 (12.96%) Mentoring
8 28 (12.96%) Microservices
9 27 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
9 27 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
10 16 (7.41%) Platform Engineering
10 16 (7.41%) Technology Roadmap
11 15 (6.94%) E-Commerce
12 14 (6.48%) TDD
13 13 (6.02%) Data Modelling
13 13 (6.02%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 72 (33.33%) SQL
2 50 (23.15%) JavaScript
3 24 (11.11%) TypeScript
4 14 (6.48%) Java
5 11 (5.09%) Python
6 7 (3.24%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.31%) C++
7 5 (2.31%) Go
8 4 (1.85%) RPG
8 4 (1.85%) RPG IV
8 4 (1.85%) RPG/400
9 3 (1.39%) C
9 3 (1.39%) PHP
10 2 (0.93%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.46%) Bicep
11 1 (0.46%) Delphi
11 1 (0.46%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 16 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (4.63%) Azure Certification
3 9 (4.17%) Degree
4 5 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.39%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.17%) GDPR
2 8 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.70%) WCAG
3 6 (2.78%) QA
4 3 (1.39%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.39%) IEC 61131
4 3 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.39%) NIST
5 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.46%) PSD2
System Software
1 16 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.93%) Bosun
2 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.46%) Grafana
3 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 91 (42.13%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.17%) Facebook
3 8 (3.70%) Foundry
4 5 (2.31%) YouTube
5 4 (1.85%) IBM
6 3 (1.39%) Allen-Bradley
6 3 (1.39%) Google
6 3 (1.39%) Siemens
7 2 (0.93%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.93%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.46%) Databricks
8 1 (0.46%) SYSPRO