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 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 545 582
Rank change year-on-year -10 +37 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 134 65 233
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.17% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.19% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 131 53 215
10th Percentile £24,000 £39,400 £36,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% +0.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.09% +0.95% -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 71,777 33,354 77,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 89.28% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 47,086 21,349 59,699
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 April 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 April 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 -25 50 £50,000 - 4
Yorkshire -36 29 £50,000 -2.91%
South East -27 25 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Midlands -31 21 £25,000 -44.44% 1
North West -15 20 £45,000 -10.00% 4
East of England - 19 £25,000 -
London +4 18 £70,000 +27.27% 2
East Midlands -47 11 £24,000 -55.35% 1
West Midlands -32 10 £30,000 -33.33%
South West -44 4 £32,000 -27.27%
North East -40 1 £100,000 -13.04%
C# Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 April 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.

1 134 (100.00%) C#
2 70 (52.24%) Azure
3 69 (51.49%) SQL
4 66 (49.25%) .NET
5 62 (46.27%) Agile
6 52 (38.81%) Computer Science
6 52 (38.81%) PHP
7 41 (30.60%) CSS
8 39 (29.10%) AWS
8 39 (29.10%) SQL Server
9 26 (19.40%) MVC
10 25 (18.66%) C++
10 25 (18.66%) SaaS
11 24 (17.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 24 (17.91%) Degree
12 23 (17.16%) Software Engineering
13 22 (16.42%) Java
13 22 (16.42%) jQuery
13 22 (16.42%) OOP
14 20 (14.93%) Full-Stack Development
15 19 (14.18%) .NET Core
15 19 (14.18%) HTML
16 18 (13.43%) Microsoft
17 17 (12.69%) SDLC
18 16 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
18 16 (11.94%) Product Vision
18 16 (11.94%) Resource Allocation
19 15 (11.19%) CQRS
19 15 (11.19%) Microservices
19 15 (11.19%) Vue

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:

Cloud Services
1 70 (52.24%) Azure
2 39 (29.10%) AWS
3 25 (18.66%) SaaS
4 2 (1.49%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (1.49%) Azure Table
4 2 (1.49%) PaaS
5 1 (0.75%) GitHub
5 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.75%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (29.10%) SQL Server
2 14 (10.45%) MySQL
3 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.75%) Git
General
1 57 (42.54%) Finance
2 11 (8.21%) Social Skills
3 4 (2.99%) Banking
4 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.75%) Front Office
5 1 (0.75%) Law
5 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (49.25%) .NET
2 41 (30.60%) CSS
3 22 (16.42%) jQuery
4 19 (14.18%) .NET Core
4 19 (14.18%) HTML
5 15 (11.19%) Vue
6 13 (9.70%) ASP.NET
7 10 (7.46%) .NET Framework
8 5 (3.73%) Blazor
9 3 (2.24%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.49%) Autofac
10 2 (1.49%) Entity Framework
10 2 (1.49%) JSON
10 2 (1.49%) LINQ
10 2 (1.49%) Next.js
10 2 (1.49%) React
11 1 (0.75%) FIX Protocol
11 1 (0.75%) RESTful
11 1 (0.75%) WPF
11 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.97%) Virtual Team
2 4 (2.99%) Hedge funds
2 4 (2.99%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.49%) EPoS
3 2 (1.49%) Fixed Income
3 2 (1.49%) NHS
4 1 (0.75%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.75%) Derivative
4 1 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.75%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.75%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.49%) Android
1 2 (1.49%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (46.27%) Agile
2 52 (38.81%) Computer Science
3 26 (19.40%) MVC
4 23 (17.16%) Software Engineering
5 22 (16.42%) OOP
6 20 (14.93%) Full-Stack Development
7 17 (12.69%) SDLC
8 16 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (11.94%) Product Vision
8 16 (11.94%) Resource Allocation
9 15 (11.19%) CQRS
9 15 (11.19%) Microservices
10 12 (8.96%) Mentoring
11 8 (5.97%) Clean Code
11 8 (5.97%) OO
12 5 (3.73%) RAD
13 4 (2.99%) Collaborative Culture
13 4 (2.99%) TDD
14 3 (2.24%) CI/CD
14 3 (2.24%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 134 (100.00%) C#
2 69 (51.49%) SQL
3 52 (38.81%) PHP
4 25 (18.66%) C++
5 22 (16.42%) Java
6 8 (5.97%) Python
7 5 (3.73%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.49%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (17.91%) Computer Science Degree
1 24 (17.91%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.24%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.75%) IBM