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 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 566 581
Rank change year-on-year +28 +15 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 151 53 273
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.14% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.15% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 148 42 256
10th Percentile £24,000 £42,050 £35,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £46,563 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65,938 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £115,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -12.50%

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 77,713 34,322 82,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 89.63% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 52,897 19,727 62,281
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,748 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 May 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 May 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 +9 69 £60,000 +15.94% 3
North West +27 36 £62,500 +31.58% 3
Yorkshire -27 32 £50,000 -11.89%
South East -16 24 £55,000 -8.33%
Midlands -23 24 £25,000 -59.18% 1
London -10 21 £80,000 +45.45%
East of England - 17 £25,000 -
East Midlands -25 16 £24,000 -64.44% 1
West Midlands -36 8 £30,000 -33.33%
North East -38 1 £100,000 -13.04%
South West -56 1 £24,000 -45.45%
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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.

1 151 (100.00%) C#
2 76 (50.33%) .NET
3 75 (49.67%) SQL
4 73 (48.34%) Azure
5 60 (39.74%) Agile
6 49 (32.45%) CSS
7 48 (31.79%) Computer Science
7 48 (31.79%) PHP
8 47 (31.13%) AWS
9 40 (26.49%) SQL Server
10 33 (21.85%) SaaS
10 33 (21.85%) Software Engineering
11 31 (20.53%) HTML
12 28 (18.54%) Full-Stack Development
13 27 (17.88%) SDLC
14 26 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (16.56%) MVC
15 25 (16.56%) Product Vision
15 25 (16.56%) Resource Allocation
16 24 (15.89%) Computer Science Degree
16 24 (15.89%) CQRS
16 24 (15.89%) Degree
16 24 (15.89%) Microservices
16 24 (15.89%) Vue
17 23 (15.23%) C++
18 22 (14.57%) .NET Core
19 21 (13.91%) Microsoft
20 19 (12.58%) Java
20 19 (12.58%) jQuery
20 19 (12.58%) OOP

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 (1.99%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 73 (48.34%) Azure
2 47 (31.13%) AWS
3 33 (21.85%) SaaS
4 5 (3.31%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (2.65%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 4 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.65%) Azure Table
5 4 (2.65%) PaaS
6 3 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.32%) Serverless
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.66%) GitHub
8 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.99%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.66%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (0.66%) FTP
2 1 (0.66%) HTTP
2 1 (0.66%) RTP
2 1 (0.66%) RTSP
2 1 (0.66%) SCTP
2 1 (0.66%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.66%) SS7
2 1 (0.66%) VoIP
2 1 (0.66%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (26.49%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.95%) MySQL
3 3 (1.99%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Git
2 3 (1.99%) GitLab
3 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (33.11%) Finance
2 15 (9.93%) Banking
3 13 (8.61%) Social Skills
4 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.32%) Law
4 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.66%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.66%) Front Office
5 1 (0.66%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (50.33%) .NET
2 49 (32.45%) CSS
3 31 (20.53%) HTML
4 24 (15.89%) Vue
5 22 (14.57%) .NET Core
6 19 (12.58%) jQuery
7 16 (10.60%) ASP.NET
8 12 (7.95%) .NET Framework
9 8 (5.30%) JSON
10 7 (4.64%) LINQ
11 6 (3.97%) Blazor
12 4 (2.65%) ASP.NET MVC
12 4 (2.65%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (2.65%) Next.js
12 4 (2.65%) React
12 4 (2.65%) REST
13 3 (1.99%) CSS3
13 3 (1.99%) Entity Framework
13 3 (1.99%) HTML5
13 3 (1.99%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.62%) Virtual Team
2 4 (2.65%) Hedge funds
2 4 (2.65%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.32%) EPoS
3 2 (1.32%) IoT
3 2 (1.32%) NHS
4 1 (0.66%) CUDA
4 1 (0.66%) Derivative
4 1 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.66%) Fixed Income
4 1 (0.66%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.66%) Sports Betting
4 1 (0.66%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.32%) Android
1 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (39.74%) Agile
2 48 (31.79%) Computer Science
3 33 (21.85%) Software Engineering
4 28 (18.54%) Full-Stack Development
5 27 (17.88%) SDLC
6 26 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (16.56%) MVC
7 25 (16.56%) Product Vision
7 25 (16.56%) Resource Allocation
8 24 (15.89%) CQRS
8 24 (15.89%) Microservices
9 19 (12.58%) OOP
10 18 (11.92%) Mentoring
11 13 (8.61%) API Development
12 10 (6.62%) CI/CD
12 10 (6.62%) Clean Code
12 10 (6.62%) OO
13 8 (5.30%) DevOps
14 7 (4.64%) Fintech
15 6 (3.97%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 151 (100.00%) C#
2 75 (49.67%) SQL
3 48 (31.79%) PHP
4 23 (15.23%) C++
5 19 (12.58%) Java
6 11 (7.28%) Python
7 6 (3.97%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.32%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.66%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (15.89%) Computer Science Degree
1 24 (15.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.31%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.99%) Splunk
2 3 (1.99%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.66%) IBM