C# Software Engineer Job Trends in England

C# Software Engineer
UK > England

The median C# Software Engineer salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 566 563
Rank change year-on-year -9 -3 +129
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 37 156 119
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.080% 0.26% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.28% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 35 97 111
10th Percentile £43,500 £35,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile £80,250 £87,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £103,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,250 £73,000
% change year-on-year +13.54% -21.58% +4.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 41,626 56,727 44,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.37% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 26,646 31,734 34,381
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 +35 19 £55,000 -19.12% 3
Yorkshire +9 14 £45,000 -33.82% 1
London +36 5 £90,000 -10.00% 6
South West +12 5 £60,000 +71.43% 10
Midlands +31 4 £78,500 +74.44% 4
South East +16 4 £65,000 +23.81% 10
East Midlands +11 4 £78,500 +42.40% 2
North West +17 3 £65,000 +18.18% 1
North East -1 2 £77,500 -3.13% 1
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, 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 37 (100.00%) C#
1 37 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (54.05%) .NET
3 16 (43.24%) Mentoring
4 12 (32.43%) Agile
4 12 (32.43%) Azure
5 11 (29.73%) AWS
5 11 (29.73%) C++
6 10 (27.03%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (27.03%) Firmware
6 10 (27.03%) Multithreading
6 10 (27.03%) Visual Studio
6 10 (27.03%) Windows
7 9 (24.32%) CI/CD
7 9 (24.32%) Full-Stack Development
7 9 (24.32%) React
8 8 (21.62%) SQL
9 7 (18.92%) AngularJS
9 7 (18.92%) Containerisation
9 7 (18.92%) Microservices
10 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (16.22%) DevOps
10 6 (16.22%) SaaS
11 5 (13.51%) .NET Core
11 5 (13.51%) SDLC
11 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (13.51%) TDD
12 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (10.81%) Coaching
12 4 (10.81%) Conflict Resolution

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 12 (32.43%) Azure
2 11 (29.73%) AWS
3 6 (16.22%) SaaS
4 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (8.11%) GitHub
5 3 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.70%) Azure AI
6 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.70%) NuGet
Development Applications
1 10 (27.03%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.41%) CircleCI
3 1 (2.70%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.70%) Billing
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Games
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (54.05%) .NET
2 9 (24.32%) React
3 7 (18.92%) AngularJS
4 5 (13.51%) .NET Core
5 4 (10.81%) RESTful
6 3 (8.11%) ASP.NET
6 3 (8.11%) WPF
7 1 (2.70%) Blazor
7 1 (2.70%) REST
7 1 (2.70%) WCF
7 1 (2.70%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (13.51%) Product Ownership
3 3 (8.11%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (5.41%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.41%) Client/Server
4 2 (5.41%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.41%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.70%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.70%) Legacy Code
5 1 (2.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 16 (43.24%) Mentoring
3 12 (32.43%) Agile
4 10 (27.03%) Multithreading
5 9 (24.32%) CI/CD
5 9 (24.32%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (18.92%) Containerisation
6 7 (18.92%) Microservices
7 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (16.22%) DevOps
8 5 (13.51%) SDLC
8 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (13.51%) TDD
9 4 (10.81%) Coaching
9 4 (10.81%) Conflict Resolution
9 4 (10.81%) People Management
9 4 (10.81%) Roadmaps
9 4 (10.81%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (10.81%) Unit Testing
10 3 (8.11%) AI
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) C#
2 11 (29.73%) C++
3 8 (21.62%) SQL
4 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.70%) Delphi
6 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Degree
1 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
1 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 10 (27.03%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (27.03%) Firmware
2 3 (8.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.41%) Oracle
2 1 (2.70%) Foundry
2 1 (2.70%) Palantir