C# Software Developer Job Trends in England

C# Software Developer
UK > England

The median C# Software Developer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 659 598 518
Rank change year-on-year -61 -80 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 99 36 220
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.096% 0.083% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.092% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 94 34 208
10th Percentile £24,000 £38,850 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £49,750
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.60% -9.55%

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 96,039 39,178 62,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 90.48% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,339 23,090 36,055
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,020
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.34% -0.91% -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 8 October 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 8 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
North of England -31 41 £75,000 -14.29% 1
North West 0 26 £75,000 -14.29% 1
South East -27 26 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Midlands -38 14 £24,500 -51.96% 3
East Midlands -25 12 £24,000 -63.08%
East of England -25 10 £24,500 -41.67% 1
Yorkshire -26 10 £50,000 -43.66%
London -58 10 £90,000 +35.85% 10
North East - 5 £100,000 -
West Midlands -43 2 £42,500 -10.53% 3
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 October 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 99 (100.00%) C#
2 45 (45.45%) .NET
3 36 (36.36%) Azure
4 35 (35.35%) SQL
5 30 (30.30%) Agile
6 26 (26.26%) CSS
7 21 (21.21%) AWS
7 21 (21.21%) Computer Science
7 21 (21.21%) PHP
7 21 (21.21%) Software Engineering
7 21 (21.21%) SQL Server
8 20 (20.20%) HTML
9 18 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
10 17 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (15.15%) SDLC
12 14 (14.14%) .NET Core
12 14 (14.14%) API Development
13 13 (13.13%) .NET Framework
13 13 (13.13%) Degree
14 11 (11.11%) CQRS
14 11 (11.11%) Fintech
14 11 (11.11%) Microservices
14 11 (11.11%) MVC
14 11 (11.11%) Product Vision
14 11 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
14 11 (11.11%) SaaS
14 11 (11.11%) Vue
15 10 (10.10%) C++
15 10 (10.10%) CI/CD
15 10 (10.10%) Computer Science Degree

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 (3.03%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 36 (36.36%) Azure
2 21 (21.21%) AWS
3 11 (11.11%) SaaS
4 5 (5.05%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (4.04%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 4 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.04%) Azure Table
5 4 (4.04%) PaaS
6 3 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.02%) Serverless
8 1 (1.01%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (1.01%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.03%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.01%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (1.01%) FTP
2 1 (1.01%) HTTP
2 1 (1.01%) RTP
2 1 (1.01%) RTSP
2 1 (1.01%) SCTP
2 1 (1.01%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (1.01%) SS7
2 1 (1.01%) VoIP
2 1 (1.01%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (21.21%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.10%) MySQL
3 9 (9.09%) Relational Database
4 4 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.02%) SQLite
6 1 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (8.08%) Git
2 3 (3.03%) GitLab
3 1 (1.01%) Claude Code
General
1 27 (27.27%) Finance
2 14 (14.14%) Banking
3 9 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 7 (7.07%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.05%) Electronics
6 4 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.04%) Law
7 3 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.01%) Front Office
8 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (45.45%) .NET
2 26 (26.26%) CSS
3 20 (20.20%) HTML
4 14 (14.14%) .NET Core
5 13 (13.13%) .NET Framework
6 11 (11.11%) Vue
7 8 (8.08%) Entity Framework
7 8 (8.08%) JSON
8 7 (7.07%) jQuery
8 7 (7.07%) LINQ
8 7 (7.07%) React
9 5 (5.05%) ASP.NET
9 5 (5.05%) Next.js
10 4 (4.04%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (4.04%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (4.04%) Terraform
10 4 (4.04%) WPF
11 3 (3.03%) OAuth2
11 3 (3.03%) OpenAPI
11 3 (3.03%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.05%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (5.05%) Hedge funds
2 3 (3.03%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.02%) IoT
3 2 (2.02%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.01%) CUDA
4 1 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (30.30%) Agile
2 21 (21.21%) Computer Science
2 21 (21.21%) Software Engineering
3 18 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
4 17 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (15.15%) SDLC
6 14 (14.14%) API Development
7 11 (11.11%) CQRS
7 11 (11.11%) Fintech
7 11 (11.11%) Microservices
7 11 (11.11%) MVC
7 11 (11.11%) Product Vision
7 11 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
8 10 (10.10%) CI/CD
8 10 (10.10%) OOP
9 9 (9.09%) Mentoring
10 6 (6.06%) Clean Code
10 6 (6.06%) OO
10 6 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (6.06%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 99 (100.00%) C#
2 35 (35.35%) SQL
3 21 (21.21%) PHP
4 10 (10.10%) C++
5 8 (8.08%) JavaScript
6 7 (7.07%) Java
7 5 (5.05%) Python
8 1 (1.01%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.01%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (13.13%) Degree
2 10 (10.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.05%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.05%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.03%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.03%) Splunk
3 2 (2.02%) DevExpress
3 2 (2.02%) Telerik