C# Software Developer Job Trends in England

C# Software Developer
UK > England

The median C# Software Developer salary in England is £51,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 518 525
Rank change year-on-year -65 +7 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 39 194 162
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.088% 0.32% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.34% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 38 183 157
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £69,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 40,075 57,187 45,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.73% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 25,464 32,162 35,353
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,387
25th Percentile £35,009 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 2025. 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
South West +25 9 £40,000 +33.33% 1
Midlands +22 8 £48,750 +14.71% 12
East of England +31 6 £25,000 -73.68% 1
South East +8 6 £52,500 -12.50% 18
West Midlands +21 5 £47,500 +18.75% 7
North of England -38 5 £87,500 +75.00%
London +43 4 £66,250 +6.00% 10
North West +13 3 £87,500 +75.00%
East Midlands +6 3 £75,000 +66.67% 5
Yorkshire -26 2 £88,750 +79.29%
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, 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 39 (100.00%) C#
2 31 (79.49%) .NET
3 22 (56.41%) Azure
4 17 (43.59%) JavaScript
5 16 (41.03%) Agile
5 16 (41.03%) SQL
6 15 (38.46%) .NET Framework
6 15 (38.46%) SQL Server
7 13 (33.33%) CSS
7 13 (33.33%) HTML
8 12 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
8 12 (30.77%) MVC
9 11 (28.21%) .NET Core
9 11 (28.21%) AWS
10 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (25.64%) Software Engineering
11 9 (23.08%) Entity Framework
12 8 (20.51%) Degree
12 8 (20.51%) SaaS
12 8 (20.51%) WPF
13 7 (17.95%) AngularJS
13 7 (17.95%) Computer Science
13 7 (17.95%) jQuery
13 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
14 6 (15.38%) ASP.NET
14 6 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (15.38%) PHP
14 6 (15.38%) TDD
15 5 (12.82%) Blazor

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 2 (5.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.56%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Magento
1 2 (5.13%) Shopify
2 1 (2.56%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 22 (56.41%) Azure
2 11 (28.21%) AWS
3 8 (20.51%) SaaS
4 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.13%) BigCommerce
4 2 (5.13%) GitHub
4 2 (5.13%) Pulumi
5 1 (2.56%) Azure API Management
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) MySQL
3 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (5.13%) MS Access
5 2 (5.13%) NoSQL
6 1 (2.56%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Visual Studio
2 4 (10.26%) JIRA
3 3 (7.69%) TeamCity
4 2 (5.13%) Git
4 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.56%) Bitbucket
5 1 (2.56%) GitLab
5 1 (2.56%) Subversion
General
1 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Finance
3 8 (20.51%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Law
5 2 (5.13%) Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Front Office
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Retail
6 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (79.49%) .NET
2 15 (38.46%) .NET Framework
3 13 (33.33%) CSS
3 13 (33.33%) HTML
4 11 (28.21%) .NET Core
5 9 (23.08%) Entity Framework
6 8 (20.51%) WPF
7 7 (17.95%) AngularJS
7 7 (17.95%) jQuery
8 6 (15.38%) ASP.NET
9 5 (12.82%) Blazor
9 5 (12.82%) React
9 5 (12.82%) REST
10 4 (10.26%) Autofac
11 3 (7.69%) Node.js
11 3 (7.69%) WinForms
12 2 (5.13%) ADO
12 2 (5.13%) Avalonia
12 2 (5.13%) ODBC
12 2 (5.13%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 5 (12.82%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (5.13%) EPoS
3 2 (5.13%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Android
1 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Agile
2 12 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
2 12 (30.77%) MVC
3 10 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (25.64%) Software Engineering
4 7 (17.95%) Computer Science
4 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
5 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.38%) TDD
6 5 (12.82%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.82%) Coaching
6 5 (12.82%) Conflict Resolution
6 5 (12.82%) People Management
6 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.82%) SDLC
6 5 (12.82%) Technology Roadmap
7 4 (10.26%) Dependency Injection
7 4 (10.26%) DevOps
7 4 (10.26%) Migration
7 4 (10.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (100.00%) C#
2 17 (43.59%) JavaScript
3 16 (41.03%) SQL
4 6 (15.38%) PHP
5 5 (12.82%) Java
6 4 (10.26%) Delphi
6 4 (10.26%) XAML
7 3 (7.69%) C++
8 2 (5.13%) Python
8 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
9 1 (2.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) ION Trading
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle
2 1 (2.56%) Xamarin