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 23 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
23 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 593 548
Rank change year-on-year +41 -45 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 59 79 165
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.17% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 58 65 156
10th Percentile £24,000 £39,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £55,938 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,750 £68,000 £73,750
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 49,796 44,069 53,935
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.09% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 31,642 23,032 42,681
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,262
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,969
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 23 January 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 23 January 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
South East +25 13 £50,000 -16.67% 1
London +33 12 £70,000 +16.67% 2
Midlands +16 10 £37,500 -11.76% 3
North of England -4 10 £45,000 -10.00% 4
East of England +27 7 £25,000 -73.68%
West Midlands +25 7 £30,000 -42.86% 3
South West +12 7 £40,000 -20.00%
North West +7 5 £45,000 -10.00% 2
Yorkshire -20 5 £50,000 +1.01% 2
East Midlands -13 3 £45,000 +5.88%
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 January 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 59 (100.00%) C#
2 36 (61.02%) .NET
3 32 (54.24%) Azure
4 30 (50.85%) Agile
5 27 (45.76%) SQL
6 23 (38.98%) SQL Server
7 20 (33.90%) Computer Science
8 18 (30.51%) .NET Core
8 18 (30.51%) PHP
9 17 (28.81%) .NET Framework
10 13 (22.03%) CSS
10 13 (22.03%) MVC
11 12 (20.34%) JavaScript
12 11 (18.64%) AWS
13 9 (15.25%) ASP.NET
13 9 (15.25%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (15.25%) Degree
13 9 (15.25%) Java
13 9 (15.25%) MySQL
13 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (13.56%) C++
14 8 (13.56%) Full-Stack Development
14 8 (13.56%) jQuery
15 7 (11.86%) Entity Framework
15 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
15 7 (11.86%) OOP
15 7 (11.86%) Software Engineering
15 7 (11.86%) TDD
16 6 (10.17%) HTML
16 6 (10.17%) WPF

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 (3.39%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 32 (54.24%) Azure
2 11 (18.64%) AWS
3 5 (8.47%) SaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (3.39%) Azure Table
4 2 (3.39%) GitHub
4 2 (3.39%) PaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Pulumi
5 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.69%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (38.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.25%) MySQL
3 2 (3.39%) MS Access
3 2 (3.39%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.69%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.08%) JIRA
3 2 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.39%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.69%) GitLab
General
1 21 (35.59%) Finance
2 8 (13.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.08%) Banking
5 3 (5.08%) Front Office
6 2 (3.39%) Law
7 1 (1.69%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (61.02%) .NET
2 18 (30.51%) .NET Core
3 17 (28.81%) .NET Framework
4 13 (22.03%) CSS
5 9 (15.25%) ASP.NET
6 8 (13.56%) jQuery
7 7 (11.86%) Entity Framework
8 6 (10.17%) HTML
8 6 (10.17%) WPF
9 5 (8.47%) AngularJS
10 4 (6.78%) Autofac
10 4 (6.78%) React
10 4 (6.78%) REST
11 3 (5.08%) Blazor
11 3 (5.08%) WinForms
12 2 (3.39%) ADO
12 2 (3.39%) Avalonia
12 2 (3.39%) LINQ
12 2 (3.39%) Next.js
12 2 (3.39%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.08%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.69%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.69%) Hedge funds
2 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.85%) Agile
2 20 (33.90%) Computer Science
3 13 (22.03%) MVC
4 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (13.56%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (11.86%) OOP
6 7 (11.86%) Software Engineering
6 7 (11.86%) TDD
7 5 (8.47%) CI/CD
8 4 (6.78%) Dependency Injection
8 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (6.78%) Migration
8 4 (6.78%) RAD
9 3 (5.08%) Clean Code
10 2 (3.39%) API Management
10 2 (3.39%) Collaborative Culture
10 2 (3.39%) Inversion of Control
10 2 (3.39%) MVVM
10 2 (3.39%) OWASP
10 2 (3.39%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 59 (100.00%) C#
2 27 (45.76%) SQL
3 18 (30.51%) PHP
4 12 (20.34%) JavaScript
5 9 (15.25%) Java
6 8 (13.56%) C++
7 4 (6.78%) TypeScript
7 4 (6.78%) XAML
8 2 (3.39%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (15.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (8.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.69%) IBM
2 1 (1.69%) ION Trading
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle
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