C# Software Developer Job Trends in England

C# Software Developer
UK > England

The median C# Software Developer salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 569 591
Rank change year-on-year +16 +22 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 92 68 200
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.17% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.19% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 91 53 184
10th Percentile £24,000 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £46,250 £44,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -5.66% -7.83%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
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 59,888 35,486 69,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 90.56% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 39,051 20,920 55,185
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,557
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 March 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 March 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 -27 28 £50,000 - 10
Yorkshire -33 22 £62,500 +26.26% 4
London +16 19 £75,000 +36.36% 3
South East -15 16 £50,000 -16.67% 2
East of England - 13 £25,000 - 4
Midlands -28 12 £27,500 -38.89% 6
West Midlands -8 8 £30,000 -33.33% 2
North West -22 6 £45,000 -10.00% 6
South West - 6 £40,000 - 1
East Midlands -36 4 £24,000 -43.53% 4
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 March 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 92 (100.00%) C#
2 51 (55.43%) .NET
3 44 (47.83%) Agile
3 44 (47.83%) Azure
4 41 (44.57%) SQL
5 33 (35.87%) Computer Science
5 33 (35.87%) PHP
6 28 (30.43%) SQL Server
7 21 (22.83%) CSS
8 18 (19.57%) AWS
9 16 (17.39%) .NET Core
9 16 (17.39%) MVC
10 14 (15.22%) C++
10 14 (15.22%) Java
10 14 (15.22%) SaaS
11 13 (14.13%) .NET Framework
12 12 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (13.04%) Degree
12 12 (13.04%) jQuery
12 12 (13.04%) MySQL
12 12 (13.04%) OOP
12 12 (13.04%) Software Engineering
13 11 (11.96%) Full-Stack Development
14 9 (9.78%) HTML
15 8 (8.70%) ASP.NET
15 8 (8.70%) JavaScript
15 8 (8.70%) Microsoft
16 7 (7.61%) Blazor
16 7 (7.61%) Problem-Solving
17 6 (6.52%) SDLC

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:

Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 44 (47.83%) Azure
2 18 (19.57%) AWS
3 14 (15.22%) SaaS
4 2 (2.17%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (2.17%) Azure Table
4 2 (2.17%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (30.43%) SQL Server
2 12 (13.04%) MySQL
3 2 (2.17%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.09%) Git
General
1 39 (42.39%) Finance
2 6 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (4.35%) Banking
3 4 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.35%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.26%) Front Office
5 2 (2.17%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.17%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (55.43%) .NET
2 21 (22.83%) CSS
3 16 (17.39%) .NET Core
4 13 (14.13%) .NET Framework
5 12 (13.04%) jQuery
6 9 (9.78%) HTML
7 8 (8.70%) ASP.NET
8 7 (7.61%) Blazor
9 4 (4.35%) Autofac
9 4 (4.35%) Entity Framework
9 4 (4.35%) Vue
10 3 (3.26%) AngularJS
10 3 (3.26%) WPF
11 2 (2.17%) ADO
11 2 (2.17%) JSON
11 2 (2.17%) LINQ
11 2 (2.17%) Next.js
11 2 (2.17%) ODBC
11 2 (2.17%) React
12 1 (1.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.35%) Fixed Income
1 4 (4.35%) Hedge funds
2 3 (3.26%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.17%) EPoS
3 2 (2.17%) NHS
4 1 (1.09%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.09%) Derivative
4 1 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.09%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.17%) Android
1 2 (2.17%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (47.83%) Agile
2 33 (35.87%) Computer Science
3 16 (17.39%) MVC
4 12 (13.04%) OOP
4 12 (13.04%) Software Engineering
5 11 (11.96%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (7.61%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (6.52%) SDLC
8 5 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (5.43%) Product Vision
8 5 (5.43%) Resource Allocation
8 5 (5.43%) TDD
9 4 (4.35%) Collaborative Culture
9 4 (4.35%) CQRS
9 4 (4.35%) Dependency Injection
9 4 (4.35%) Microservices
9 4 (4.35%) Migration
9 4 (4.35%) RAD
10 2 (2.17%) DevOps
10 2 (2.17%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 92 (100.00%) C#
2 41 (44.57%) SQL
3 33 (35.87%) PHP
4 14 (15.22%) C++
4 14 (15.22%) Java
5 8 (8.70%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.17%) Delphi
6 2 (2.17%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.17%) XAML
Qualifications
1 12 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
1 12 (13.04%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.26%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.09%) IBM
3 1 (1.09%) ION Trading