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 6 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
6 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 606 570
Rank change year-on-year +49 -36 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 66 65 183
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 65 52 170
10th Percentile £24,000 £39,125 £38,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £64,625 £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 52,153 42,193 61,784
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 91.71% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 33,298 22,115 49,437
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
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 6 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 6 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
London +33 15 £77,500 +34.78% 5
South East +18 15 £55,000 -8.33% 2
North of England -15 14 £47,500 -5.00% 10
Midlands +11 9 £30,000 -31.43% 2
Yorkshire -17 9 £50,000 +1.01% 4
West Midlands +29 7 £30,000 -45.45% 2
East of England +25 7 £25,000 -73.68%
South West - 7 £40,000 -
North West +4 5 £45,000 -10.00% 6
East Midlands -20 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 6 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 66 (100.00%) C#
2 42 (63.64%) .NET
3 32 (48.48%) Agile
3 32 (48.48%) Azure
4 28 (42.42%) SQL
5 22 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 19 (28.79%) Computer Science
7 18 (27.27%) PHP
8 17 (25.76%) .NET Core
8 17 (25.76%) .NET Framework
9 14 (21.21%) CSS
10 13 (19.70%) AWS
11 12 (18.18%) JavaScript
11 12 (18.18%) MVC
12 11 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
13 10 (15.15%) ASP.NET
13 10 (15.15%) Software Engineering
14 9 (13.64%) Java
15 8 (12.12%) C++
15 8 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (12.12%) Degree
15 8 (12.12%) jQuery
15 8 (12.12%) MySQL
15 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (12.12%) SaaS
16 7 (10.61%) Entity Framework
16 7 (10.61%) HTML
16 7 (10.61%) Microsoft
16 7 (10.61%) OOP
16 7 (10.61%) TDD

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 (3.03%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 32 (48.48%) Azure
2 13 (19.70%) AWS
3 8 (12.12%) SaaS
4 2 (3.03%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 2 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (3.03%) Azure Table
4 2 (3.03%) PaaS
4 2 (3.03%) Pulumi
5 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.52%) GitHub
5 1 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.52%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (12.12%) MySQL
3 2 (3.03%) MS Access
3 2 (3.03%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.03%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) TeamCity
General
1 23 (34.85%) Finance
2 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.55%) Banking
5 3 (4.55%) Front Office
6 2 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (63.64%) .NET
2 17 (25.76%) .NET Core
2 17 (25.76%) .NET Framework
3 14 (21.21%) CSS
4 10 (15.15%) ASP.NET
5 8 (12.12%) jQuery
6 7 (10.61%) Entity Framework
6 7 (10.61%) HTML
7 6 (9.09%) AngularJS
7 6 (9.09%) WPF
8 4 (6.06%) Autofac
8 4 (6.06%) React
9 3 (4.55%) Blazor
9 3 (4.55%) REST
9 3 (4.55%) Vue
9 3 (4.55%) WinForms
10 2 (3.03%) ADO
10 2 (3.03%) Avalonia
10 2 (3.03%) Next.js
10 2 (3.03%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.55%) Fixed Income
1 3 (4.55%) Hedge funds
2 2 (3.03%) EPoS
2 2 (3.03%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.03%) NHS
3 1 (1.52%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Android
1 2 (3.03%) Apple iOS
1 2 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (48.48%) Agile
2 19 (28.79%) Computer Science
3 12 (18.18%) MVC
4 11 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (15.15%) Software Engineering
6 8 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (10.61%) OOP
7 7 (10.61%) TDD
8 5 (7.58%) SDLC
9 4 (6.06%) CI/CD
9 4 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (6.06%) Dependency Injection
9 4 (6.06%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (6.06%) Microservices
9 4 (6.06%) Migration
9 4 (6.06%) RAD
10 3 (4.55%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (4.55%) Product Vision
10 3 (4.55%) Resource Allocation
11 2 (3.03%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 66 (100.00%) C#
2 28 (42.42%) SQL
3 18 (27.27%) PHP
4 12 (18.18%) JavaScript
5 9 (13.64%) Java
6 8 (12.12%) C++
7 4 (6.06%) XAML
8 3 (4.55%) TypeScript
9 2 (3.03%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 8 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (12.12%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.03%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.52%) IBM
3 1 (1.52%) ION Trading
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