C# Software Engineer Job Trends in England

C# Software Engineer
UK > England

The median C# Software Engineer salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 551 579
Rank change year-on-year +26 +28 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 77 111 104
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.15% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 70 66 96
10th Percentile £43,500 £40,250 £43,125
25th Percentile £53,125 £47,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +2.31% -16.13%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% -10.00%

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 48,271 44,715 46,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 92.72% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,563 23,396 36,518
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

C# Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'C# Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

C# Software Engineer job vacancy trend in England

C# Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in England

C# Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Software Engineer in England

C# Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
London +66 22 £100,000 +11.11% 2
North of England +2 20 £55,000 -19.12% 6
South East +22 13 £50,000 -23.08% 3
South West 0 10 £60,000 +34.08% 3
Yorkshire -12 10 £45,000 -33.82%
East of England +24 7 £81,250 +53.30% 8
North West +18 7 £65,000 +15.56% 6
Midlands +4 5 £65,000 +44.44%
East Midlands -20 5 £65,000 +57.10%
North East +6 3 £55,000 -31.25%
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, C# Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 77 (100.00%) C#
1 77 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 42 (54.55%) .NET
3 18 (23.38%) Azure
3 18 (23.38%) Mentoring
4 17 (22.08%) Visual Studio
5 16 (20.78%) Agile
6 14 (18.18%) AWS
6 14 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
7 13 (16.88%) Microservices
8 12 (15.58%) CI/CD
8 12 (15.58%) Multithreading
9 11 (14.29%) C++
9 11 (14.29%) React
10 10 (12.99%) Embedded Firmware
10 10 (12.99%) Firmware
10 10 (12.99%) Windows
11 9 (11.69%) AngularJS
12 8 (10.39%) DevOps
13 7 (9.09%) Containerisation
13 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
13 7 (9.09%) TDD
14 6 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (7.79%) Design Patterns
14 6 (7.79%) Event-Driven
14 6 (7.79%) SDLC
14 6 (7.79%) SQL
14 6 (7.79%) Unit Testing
15 5 (6.49%) Process Improvement
15 5 (6.49%) SOLID

C# Software Engineer 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 18 (23.38%) Azure
2 14 (18.18%) AWS
3 6 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.60%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (2.60%) SaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Azure AI
5 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 17 (22.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (6.49%) Finance
2 4 (5.19%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.60%) Games
5 1 (1.30%) Billing
5 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (54.55%) .NET
2 11 (14.29%) React
3 9 (11.69%) AngularJS
4 5 (6.49%) WPF
5 3 (3.90%) .NET Core
5 3 (3.90%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.60%) Kafka
6 2 (2.60%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (2.60%) REST
7 1 (1.30%) RESTful
7 1 (1.30%) WCF
7 1 (1.30%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.39%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 7 (9.09%) Hedge funds
3 3 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.60%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.60%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.60%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.60%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 18 (23.38%) Mentoring
3 16 (20.78%) Agile
4 14 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
5 13 (16.88%) Microservices
6 12 (15.58%) CI/CD
6 12 (15.58%) Multithreading
7 8 (10.39%) DevOps
8 7 (9.09%) Containerisation
8 7 (9.09%) TDD
9 6 (7.79%) Design Patterns
9 6 (7.79%) Event-Driven
9 6 (7.79%) SDLC
9 6 (7.79%) Unit Testing
10 5 (6.49%) Process Improvement
10 5 (6.49%) SOLID
11 4 (5.19%) Architectural Patterns
11 4 (5.19%) High Availability
11 4 (5.19%) Roadmaps
12 3 (3.90%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 77 (100.00%) C#
2 11 (14.29%) C++
3 6 (7.79%) SQL
4 3 (3.90%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.90%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.30%) Delphi
5 1 (1.30%) F#
5 1 (1.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.60%) Degree
3 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 10 (12.99%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (12.99%) Firmware
2 1 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle
3 1 (1.30%) Foundry
3 1 (1.30%) Palantir