C# Software Developer Job Trends in England

C# Software Developer
UK > England

The median C# Software Developer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 596 502
Rank change year-on-year -36 -94 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 126 39 249
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.090% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.099% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 120 36 240
10th Percentile £24,000 £42,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £48,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,875 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +21.21% -13.91%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 93,357 39,308 65,680
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 90.38% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 66,083 23,655 40,777
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

C# Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'C# Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

C# Software Developer job vacancy trend in England

C# Software Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Developer job vacancies in England

C# Software Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Software Developer in England over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Software Developer in England

C# Software Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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
North of England -8 58 £65,000 -25.71% 1
North West +19 36 £75,000 -14.29% 1
South East +4 29 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Midlands -37 19 £25,000 -61.54% 2
Yorkshire -34 16 £50,000 -16.67%
East Midlands -17 14 £24,500 -63.70% 1
East of England -19 13 £25,000 -40.48% 1
London -53 10 £87,500 +14.75% 1
North East -56 6 £100,000 -13.04%
West Midlands -28 5 £72,500 +52.63% 1
C# Software Developer
UK

C# Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 September 2026, C# Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring C# Software Developer in the job title.

1 126 (100.00%) C#
2 59 (46.83%) .NET
3 52 (41.27%) Azure
3 52 (41.27%) SQL
4 43 (34.13%) CSS
5 40 (31.75%) Agile
6 37 (29.37%) AWS
7 33 (26.19%) SQL Server
8 31 (24.60%) Computer Science
8 31 (24.60%) PHP
9 30 (23.81%) HTML
9 30 (23.81%) Software Engineering
10 27 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
11 26 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (19.84%) SDLC
13 22 (17.46%) Degree
14 20 (15.87%) CQRS
14 20 (15.87%) Microservices
14 20 (15.87%) MVC
14 20 (15.87%) Product Vision
14 20 (15.87%) Resource Allocation
14 20 (15.87%) SaaS
14 20 (15.87%) Vue
15 19 (15.08%) Computer Science Degree
16 18 (14.29%) .NET Core
16 18 (14.29%) Mentoring
17 17 (13.49%) C++
17 17 (13.49%) OOP
18 15 (11.90%) API Development
18 15 (11.90%) Microsoft

C# Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (2.38%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 52 (41.27%) Azure
2 37 (29.37%) AWS
3 20 (15.87%) SaaS
4 5 (3.97%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (3.17%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 4 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.17%) Azure Table
5 4 (3.17%) PaaS
6 3 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.59%) Serverless
8 1 (0.79%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.79%) GitHub
8 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.38%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.79%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (0.79%) FTP
2 1 (0.79%) HTTP
2 1 (0.79%) RTP
2 1 (0.79%) RTSP
2 1 (0.79%) SCTP
2 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.79%) SS7
2 1 (0.79%) VoIP
2 1 (0.79%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (26.19%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.94%) MySQL
3 9 (7.14%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.59%) SQLite
6 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Git
2 3 (2.38%) GitLab
3 1 (0.79%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (27.78%) Finance
2 16 (12.70%) Social Skills
3 15 (11.90%) Banking
4 6 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.97%) Electronics
5 5 (3.97%) Law
6 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.17%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (46.83%) .NET
2 43 (34.13%) CSS
3 30 (23.81%) HTML
4 20 (15.87%) Vue
5 18 (14.29%) .NET Core
6 14 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 14 (11.11%) jQuery
7 9 (7.14%) ASP.NET
8 8 (6.35%) Entity Framework
8 8 (6.35%) JSON
9 7 (5.56%) LINQ
9 7 (5.56%) React
10 5 (3.97%) Next.js
11 4 (3.17%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (3.17%) ASP.NET Web API
11 4 (3.17%) REST
11 4 (3.17%) Terraform
11 4 (3.17%) WPF
12 3 (2.38%) AngularJS
12 3 (2.38%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.94%) Virtual Team
2 5 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (3.97%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.59%) IoT
3 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.79%) CUDA
4 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.79%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (31.75%) Agile
2 31 (24.60%) Computer Science
3 30 (23.81%) Software Engineering
4 27 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 26 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (19.84%) SDLC
7 20 (15.87%) CQRS
7 20 (15.87%) Microservices
7 20 (15.87%) MVC
7 20 (15.87%) Product Vision
7 20 (15.87%) Resource Allocation
8 18 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 17 (13.49%) OOP
10 15 (11.90%) API Development
11 13 (10.32%) Clean Code
11 13 (10.32%) OO
12 12 (9.52%) Fintech
13 11 (8.73%) CI/CD
14 6 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (4.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 126 (100.00%) C#
2 52 (41.27%) SQL
3 31 (24.60%) PHP
4 17 (13.49%) C++
5 14 (11.11%) Java
6 12 (9.52%) Python
7 9 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.59%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 22 (17.46%) Degree
2 19 (15.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.97%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.97%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.38%) Docker
Vendors
1 15 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.38%) Splunk
3 2 (1.59%) DevExpress
3 2 (1.59%) Telerik