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 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 575 577
Rank change year-on-year +39 +2 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 155 55 254
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.14% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.16% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 152 43 237
10th Percentile £24,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £45,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -16.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £115,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -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 76,690 35,411 80,085
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 89.88% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 51,901 20,912 60,748
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,086
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,519
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 20 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 20 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 +20 68 £60,000 +15.94% 4
Yorkshire -16 34 £50,000 -11.89%
North West +31 33 £62,500 +31.58% 4
South East -1 27 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Midlands -25 23 £25,000 -44.44% 2
London -2 22 £75,000 +39.53% 1
East of England - 19 £24,000 - 1
East Midlands -22 15 £24,000 -55.35% 2
West Midlands -34 8 £30,000 -33.33%
North East -41 1 £100,000 -13.04%
South West -62 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 20 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.

1 155 (100.00%) C#
2 76 (49.03%) .NET
2 76 (49.03%) SQL
3 74 (47.74%) Azure
4 61 (39.35%) Agile
5 52 (33.55%) Computer Science
5 52 (33.55%) PHP
6 48 (30.97%) CSS
7 47 (30.32%) AWS
8 39 (25.16%) SQL Server
9 34 (21.94%) SaaS
9 34 (21.94%) Software Engineering
10 29 (18.71%) HTML
11 27 (17.42%) Full-Stack Development
12 26 (16.77%) SDLC
13 25 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (16.13%) Product Vision
13 25 (16.13%) Resource Allocation
14 24 (15.48%) CQRS
14 24 (15.48%) Microservices
14 24 (15.48%) MVC
14 24 (15.48%) Vue
15 23 (14.84%) C++
15 23 (14.84%) Computer Science Degree
15 23 (14.84%) Degree
16 21 (13.55%) .NET Core
17 20 (12.90%) Microsoft
18 19 (12.26%) Java
18 19 (12.26%) jQuery
18 19 (12.26%) 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 (1.94%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 74 (47.74%) Azure
2 47 (30.32%) AWS
3 34 (21.94%) SaaS
4 3 (1.94%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 3 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (1.94%) Azure Table
4 3 (1.94%) PaaS
5 1 (0.65%) GitHub
5 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.94%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (25.16%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.74%) MySQL
3 3 (1.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.58%) Git
2 3 (1.94%) GitLab
3 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (35.48%) Finance
2 14 (9.03%) Banking
3 13 (8.39%) Social Skills
4 2 (1.29%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.65%) Front Office
5 1 (0.65%) Law
5 1 (0.65%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (49.03%) .NET
2 48 (30.97%) CSS
3 29 (18.71%) HTML
4 24 (15.48%) Vue
5 21 (13.55%) .NET Core
6 19 (12.26%) jQuery
7 15 (9.68%) ASP.NET
8 12 (7.74%) .NET Framework
9 6 (3.87%) JSON
9 6 (3.87%) LINQ
10 5 (3.23%) Blazor
11 4 (2.58%) REST
12 3 (1.94%) AngularJS
12 3 (1.94%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (1.94%) ASP.NET Web API
12 3 (1.94%) CSS3
12 3 (1.94%) Entity Framework
12 3 (1.94%) HTML5
12 3 (1.94%) OAuth
12 3 (1.94%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.45%) Virtual Team
2 4 (2.58%) Hedge funds
2 4 (2.58%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.29%) EPoS
3 2 (1.29%) Fixed Income
3 2 (1.29%) NHS
4 1 (0.65%) Derivative
4 1 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.65%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.65%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.29%) Android
1 2 (1.29%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.35%) Agile
2 52 (33.55%) Computer Science
3 34 (21.94%) Software Engineering
4 27 (17.42%) Full-Stack Development
5 26 (16.77%) SDLC
6 25 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (16.13%) Product Vision
6 25 (16.13%) Resource Allocation
7 24 (15.48%) CQRS
7 24 (15.48%) Microservices
7 24 (15.48%) MVC
8 19 (12.26%) OOP
9 17 (10.97%) Mentoring
10 12 (7.74%) API Development
11 10 (6.45%) Clean Code
11 10 (6.45%) OO
12 7 (4.52%) CI/CD
13 6 (3.87%) API Integration
13 6 (3.87%) DevOps
13 6 (3.87%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 155 (100.00%) C#
2 76 (49.03%) SQL
3 52 (33.55%) PHP
4 23 (14.84%) C++
5 19 (12.26%) Java
6 10 (6.45%) Python
7 6 (3.87%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.29%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (14.84%) Computer Science Degree
1 23 (14.84%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.94%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.94%) Splunk
2 3 (1.94%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.65%) IBM