C# Software Developer Job Trends in England

C# Software Developer
UK > England

The median C# Software Developer salary in England is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 590 584
Rank change year-on-year +22 -6 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 77 68 184
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.16% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.18% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 76 53 170
10th Percentile £24,000 £39,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% -7.83%
75th Percentile £60,625 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,000 £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 56,291 38,834 63,155
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.48% 91.14% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 36,358 21,086 50,364
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -12 19 £50,000 - 8
London +31 18 £70,000 +27.27% 5
South East +1 18 £51,250 -14.58% 5
Yorkshire -26 13 £60,000 +21.21% 5
Midlands -6 10 £30,000 -33.33% 2
West Midlands +15 8 £30,000 -38.46% 2
East of England - 8 £25,000 - 4
North West -10 6 £45,000 -10.00% 3
South West - 5 £40,000 -
East Midlands -31 2 £34,500 -18.82%
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 February 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 77 (100.00%) C#
2 47 (61.04%) .NET
3 36 (46.75%) Azure
4 35 (45.45%) Agile
5 30 (38.96%) SQL
6 27 (35.06%) SQL Server
7 23 (29.87%) Computer Science
8 22 (28.57%) PHP
9 18 (23.38%) CSS
10 17 (22.08%) .NET Core
11 15 (19.48%) .NET Framework
11 15 (19.48%) AWS
11 15 (19.48%) MVC
12 13 (16.88%) Full-Stack Development
13 12 (15.58%) Java
13 12 (15.58%) Software Engineering
14 11 (14.29%) C++
14 11 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (14.29%) Degree
14 11 (14.29%) jQuery
14 11 (14.29%) MySQL
15 10 (12.99%) ASP.NET
15 10 (12.99%) JavaScript
15 10 (12.99%) OOP
15 10 (12.99%) SaaS
16 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
17 8 (10.39%) HTML
17 8 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
18 7 (9.09%) TDD
19 6 (7.79%) AngularJS

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 1 (1.30%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 36 (46.75%) Azure
2 15 (19.48%) AWS
3 10 (12.99%) SaaS
4 2 (2.60%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (2.60%) Azure Table
4 2 (2.60%) PaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (35.06%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.29%) MySQL
3 2 (2.60%) MS Access
4 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.30%) Git
General
1 27 (35.06%) Finance
2 6 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (6.49%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.19%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.90%) Banking
5 3 (3.90%) Front Office
6 2 (2.60%) Law
7 1 (1.30%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (61.04%) .NET
2 18 (23.38%) CSS
3 17 (22.08%) .NET Core
4 15 (19.48%) .NET Framework
5 11 (14.29%) jQuery
6 10 (12.99%) ASP.NET
7 8 (10.39%) HTML
8 6 (7.79%) AngularJS
9 5 (6.49%) Blazor
9 5 (6.49%) Entity Framework
10 4 (5.19%) Autofac
10 4 (5.19%) React
10 4 (5.19%) WPF
11 3 (3.90%) Vue
11 3 (3.90%) WinForms
12 2 (2.60%) ADO
12 2 (2.60%) JSON
12 2 (2.60%) LINQ
12 2 (2.60%) Next.js
12 2 (2.60%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.19%) Hedge funds
2 3 (3.90%) Fixed Income
2 3 (3.90%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.60%) EPoS
3 2 (2.60%) NHS
4 1 (1.30%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.30%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) Android
1 2 (2.60%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) Agile
2 23 (29.87%) Computer Science
3 15 (19.48%) MVC
4 13 (16.88%) Full-Stack Development
5 12 (15.58%) Software Engineering
6 10 (12.99%) OOP
7 8 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (9.09%) TDD
9 5 (6.49%) SDLC
10 4 (5.19%) CI/CD
10 4 (5.19%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (5.19%) Dependency Injection
10 4 (5.19%) DevOps
10 4 (5.19%) Microservices
10 4 (5.19%) Migration
10 4 (5.19%) RAD
11 3 (3.90%) Product Vision
11 3 (3.90%) Resource Allocation
12 2 (2.60%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 77 (100.00%) C#
2 30 (38.96%) SQL
3 22 (28.57%) PHP
4 12 (15.58%) Java
5 11 (14.29%) C++
6 10 (12.99%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.90%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.60%) Delphi
8 2 (2.60%) XAML
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.90%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.30%) IBM
3 1 (1.30%) ION Trading