C# Software Developer Job Trends in England

C# Software Developer
UK > England

The median C# Software Developer salary in England is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 662 588 514
Rank change year-on-year -74 -74 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 105 38 229
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.089% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.098% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 100 36 217
10th Percentile £24,000 £42,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £70,500
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 96,354 38,754 63,738
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 90.47% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 67,687 22,906 37,121
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 29 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 29 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 -33 48 £75,000 -14.29% 3
North West +2 31 £75,000 -14.29% 3
South East -27 26 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Midlands -50 14 £24,500 -51.96% 4
East Midlands -36 12 £24,000 -63.08%
Yorkshire -26 11 £50,000 -32.20%
East of England -25 10 £24,500 -41.67% 1
London -59 9 £90,000 +35.85% 7
North East -63 6 £100,000 -13.04%
West Midlands -48 2 £42,500 -10.53% 4
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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.

1 105 (100.00%) C#
2 49 (46.67%) .NET
3 39 (37.14%) Azure
3 39 (37.14%) SQL
4 31 (29.52%) Agile
5 30 (28.57%) CSS
6 25 (23.81%) AWS
6 25 (23.81%) Software Engineering
7 24 (22.86%) HTML
7 24 (22.86%) SQL Server
8 22 (20.95%) Full-Stack Development
9 21 (20.00%) Computer Science
9 21 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (20.00%) PHP
10 19 (18.10%) SDLC
11 18 (17.14%) .NET Core
12 15 (14.29%) API Development
12 15 (14.29%) CQRS
12 15 (14.29%) Microservices
12 15 (14.29%) Product Vision
12 15 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
12 15 (14.29%) SaaS
12 15 (14.29%) Vue
13 14 (13.33%) .NET Framework
14 13 (12.38%) Degree
15 12 (11.43%) Fintech
16 11 (10.48%) MVC
17 10 (9.52%) C++
17 10 (9.52%) CI/CD
17 10 (9.52%) 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 (2.86%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 39 (37.14%) Azure
2 25 (23.81%) AWS
3 15 (14.29%) SaaS
4 5 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (3.81%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 4 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.81%) Azure Table
5 4 (3.81%) PaaS
6 3 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.90%) Serverless
8 1 (0.95%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.95%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.86%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.95%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (0.95%) FTP
2 1 (0.95%) HTTP
2 1 (0.95%) RTP
2 1 (0.95%) RTSP
2 1 (0.95%) SCTP
2 1 (0.95%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.95%) SS7
2 1 (0.95%) VoIP
2 1 (0.95%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (22.86%) SQL Server
2 10 (9.52%) MySQL
3 9 (8.57%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.81%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.90%) SQLite
6 1 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Git
2 3 (2.86%) GitLab
3 1 (0.95%) Claude Code
General
1 25 (23.81%) Finance
2 15 (14.29%) Banking
3 9 (8.57%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.76%) Electronics
6 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.81%) Law
7 3 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (46.67%) .NET
2 30 (28.57%) CSS
3 24 (22.86%) HTML
4 18 (17.14%) .NET Core
5 15 (14.29%) Vue
6 14 (13.33%) .NET Framework
7 8 (7.62%) ASP.NET
7 8 (7.62%) Entity Framework
7 8 (7.62%) JSON
8 7 (6.67%) jQuery
8 7 (6.67%) LINQ
8 7 (6.67%) React
9 5 (4.76%) Next.js
10 4 (3.81%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (3.81%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (3.81%) Terraform
11 3 (2.86%) CSS3
11 3 (2.86%) HTML5
11 3 (2.86%) OAuth
11 3 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (4.76%) Hedge funds
2 3 (2.86%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.90%) IoT
3 2 (1.90%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.95%) CUDA
4 1 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.95%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (29.52%) Agile
2 25 (23.81%) Software Engineering
3 22 (20.95%) Full-Stack Development
4 21 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 21 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (18.10%) SDLC
6 15 (14.29%) API Development
6 15 (14.29%) CQRS
6 15 (14.29%) Microservices
6 15 (14.29%) Product Vision
6 15 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
7 12 (11.43%) Fintech
8 11 (10.48%) MVC
9 10 (9.52%) CI/CD
9 10 (9.52%) Mentoring
9 10 (9.52%) OOP
10 6 (5.71%) Clean Code
10 6 (5.71%) OO
10 6 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (5.71%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 105 (100.00%) C#
2 39 (37.14%) SQL
3 21 (20.00%) PHP
4 10 (9.52%) C++
5 8 (7.62%) JavaScript
6 7 (6.67%) Java
7 5 (4.76%) Python
8 1 (0.95%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.95%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (12.38%) Degree
2 10 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.86%) Splunk
3 2 (1.90%) DevExpress
3 2 (1.90%) Telerik