C# Software Developer Job Trends in England

C# Software Developer
UK > England

The median C# Software Developer salary in England is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 599 557
Rank change year-on-year +44 -42 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 69 65 187
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.16% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 68 51 175
10th Percentile £24,000 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £46,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -8.70%

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 53,649 41,053 62,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 91.52% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 34,515 21,746 49,940
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,658 £45,000 £39,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 13 February 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 13 February 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
London +39 16 £80,000 +45.45% 4
South East +28 16 £53,750 -10.42% 7
North of England -2 16 £50,000 - 9
Yorkshire -26 10 £50,000 +1.01% 4
Midlands +7 9 £30,000 -33.33% 3
West Midlands +20 7 £30,000 -42.86% 3
East of England - 7 £25,000 - 1
North West +3 6 £45,000 -10.00% 5
South West - 6 £40,000 -
East Midlands -19 2 £34,500 -18.82%
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 February 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 69 (100.00%) C#
2 43 (62.32%) .NET
3 32 (46.38%) Agile
4 31 (44.93%) Azure
5 27 (39.13%) SQL
6 22 (31.88%) SQL Server
7 19 (27.54%) Computer Science
8 18 (26.09%) PHP
9 16 (23.19%) .NET Core
9 16 (23.19%) .NET Framework
10 15 (21.74%) CSS
11 13 (18.84%) AWS
12 12 (17.39%) MVC
13 11 (15.94%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (15.94%) JavaScript
14 10 (14.49%) ASP.NET
14 10 (14.49%) Software Engineering
15 9 (13.04%) Java
16 8 (11.59%) C++
16 8 (11.59%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (11.59%) Degree
16 8 (11.59%) HTML
16 8 (11.59%) jQuery
16 8 (11.59%) MySQL
16 8 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
16 8 (11.59%) SaaS
17 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
17 7 (10.14%) OOP
17 7 (10.14%) TDD
18 6 (8.70%) AngularJS

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 1 (1.45%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 31 (44.93%) Azure
2 13 (18.84%) AWS
3 8 (11.59%) SaaS
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Table
4 2 (2.90%) PaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (1.45%) Pulumi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (31.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.59%) MySQL
3 2 (2.90%) MS Access
4 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) TeamCity
General
1 23 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.35%) Banking
4 3 (4.35%) Front Office
5 2 (2.90%) Law
6 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (62.32%) .NET
2 16 (23.19%) .NET Core
2 16 (23.19%) .NET Framework
3 15 (21.74%) CSS
4 10 (14.49%) ASP.NET
5 8 (11.59%) HTML
5 8 (11.59%) jQuery
6 6 (8.70%) AngularJS
6 6 (8.70%) Entity Framework
7 5 (7.25%) WPF
8 4 (5.80%) Autofac
8 4 (5.80%) React
9 3 (4.35%) Blazor
9 3 (4.35%) Vue
9 3 (4.35%) WinForms
10 2 (2.90%) ADO
10 2 (2.90%) JSON
10 2 (2.90%) LINQ
10 2 (2.90%) ODBC
10 2 (2.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Hedge funds
2 3 (4.35%) Fixed Income
2 3 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.90%) EPoS
3 2 (2.90%) NHS
4 1 (1.45%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.45%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Android
1 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (46.38%) Agile
2 19 (27.54%) Computer Science
3 12 (17.39%) MVC
4 11 (15.94%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (14.49%) Software Engineering
6 8 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (10.14%) OOP
7 7 (10.14%) TDD
8 5 (7.25%) SDLC
9 4 (5.80%) CI/CD
9 4 (5.80%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (5.80%) Dependency Injection
9 4 (5.80%) Microservices
9 4 (5.80%) Migration
9 4 (5.80%) RAD
10 3 (4.35%) Infrastructure as Code
10 3 (4.35%) Product Vision
10 3 (4.35%) Resource Allocation
11 2 (2.90%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 69 (100.00%) C#
2 27 (39.13%) SQL
3 18 (26.09%) PHP
4 11 (15.94%) JavaScript
5 9 (13.04%) Java
6 8 (11.59%) C++
7 3 (4.35%) TypeScript
7 3 (4.35%) XAML
8 2 (2.90%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 8 (11.59%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (11.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.35%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.45%) IBM
3 1 (1.45%) ION Trading
23 C# Software Developer jobs in England