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 12 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
12 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 581 651
Rank change year-on-year +103 +70 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 212 52 185
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.15% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 196 46 165
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,375 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +2.08% -22.58%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,125 £91,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -22.58%

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 75,019 34,985 79,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 89.49% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 50,497 21,159 60,456
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,670 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.63% +9.74% -12.42%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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
South East +60 77 £60,000 +9.09% 23
London +32 49 £90,000 +50.00% 7
North of England -14 41 £55,000 -24.14% 8
East of England 0 21 £55,000 - 6
North West +4 18 £60,000 -2.04% 1
Midlands -25 15 £70,000 +55.56% 4
Yorkshire -48 12 £50,000 -35.48% 2
South West - 12 £57,500 - 3
North East -30 11 £55,000 -21.43% 5
East Midlands -26 9 £60,000 +60.00% 3
West Midlands -24 6 £70,000 +55.56% 1
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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.

1 212 (100.00%) C#
2 202 (95.28%) Software Engineering
3 116 (54.72%) .NET
4 49 (23.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 44 (20.75%) AWS
6 35 (16.51%) Azure
7 34 (16.04%) Degree
8 31 (14.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (14.15%) Microservices
10 28 (13.21%) SQL
11 27 (12.74%) SDLC
12 24 (11.32%) SaaS
13 22 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (9.91%) C++
14 21 (9.91%) Python
15 20 (9.43%) Product Vision
15 20 (9.43%) Resource Allocation
15 20 (9.43%) Vue
16 19 (8.96%) Agile
16 19 (8.96%) CQRS
16 19 (8.96%) CSS
16 19 (8.96%) HTML
17 18 (8.49%) CI/CD
18 17 (8.02%) TDD
19 16 (7.55%) WPF
20 14 (6.60%) Security Cleared
21 13 (6.13%) DevOps
21 13 (6.13%) Fintech
21 13 (6.13%) Mentoring
22 11 (5.19%) Problem-Solving

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 44 (20.75%) AWS
2 35 (16.51%) Azure
3 24 (11.32%) SaaS
4 7 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.42%) PaaS
6 2 (0.94%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (0.94%) Azure AKS
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (0.94%) Serverless
7 1 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (3.30%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.94%) Git
2 2 (0.94%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.47%) LabVIEW
General
1 22 (10.38%) Finance
2 12 (5.66%) Manufacturing
3 8 (3.77%) Social Skills
4 6 (2.83%) Electronics
4 6 (2.83%) Games
5 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.47%) Automotive
6 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.47%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (54.72%) .NET
2 20 (9.43%) Vue
3 19 (8.96%) CSS
3 19 (8.96%) HTML
4 16 (7.55%) WPF
5 8 (3.77%) .NET Core
5 8 (3.77%) React
6 5 (2.36%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.89%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.42%) Blazor
8 3 (1.42%) RESTful
9 2 (0.94%) Kafka
9 2 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.94%) REST
10 1 (0.47%) AWS CDK
10 1 (0.47%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.13%) Hedge funds
2 10 (4.72%) Distributed Computing
3 7 (3.30%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.83%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.36%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.89%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.89%) Online Games
7 2 (0.94%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.94%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.36%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (95.28%) Software Engineering
2 49 (23.11%) Full-Stack Development
3 30 (14.15%) Microservices
4 27 (12.74%) SDLC
5 22 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (9.43%) Product Vision
6 20 (9.43%) Resource Allocation
7 19 (8.96%) Agile
7 19 (8.96%) CQRS
8 18 (8.49%) CI/CD
9 17 (8.02%) TDD
10 13 (6.13%) DevOps
10 13 (6.13%) Fintech
10 13 (6.13%) Mentoring
11 11 (5.19%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (4.72%) Test Automation
13 9 (4.25%) Design Patterns
14 7 (3.30%) Event-Driven
15 5 (2.36%) Android Development
15 5 (2.36%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 212 (100.00%) C#
2 28 (13.21%) SQL
3 21 (9.91%) C++
3 21 (9.91%) Python
4 9 (4.25%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.25%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.47%) C
5 1 (0.47%) F#
Qualifications
1 34 (16.04%) Degree
2 31 (14.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.60%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.36%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.89%) PhD
6 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.30%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.89%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (4.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.36%) Xamarin
3 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle
48 C# Software Engineer jobs in England