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 8 April 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 552 624
Rank change year-on-year +33 +72 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 142 53 176
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.16% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 134 49 158
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -22.58%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -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 67,939 32,820 74,862
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 89.78% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 44,702 21,220 58,170
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 8 April 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 8 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
London +23 39 £100,000 +11.11% 3
South East -7 37 £57,000 +1.79% 13
North of England -36 36 £57,500 -8.00% 9
East of England -31 14 £55,000 - 8
Yorkshire -44 14 £50,000 -26.47% 3
South West - 13 £60,000 - 4
North East -18 11 £100,000 +42.86% 2
North West -33 11 £60,000 - 4
Midlands -45 6 £67,500 +50.00% 4
West Midlands -7 3 £70,000 +55.56% 4
East Midlands -56 3 £60,000 +60.00%
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 April 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.

1 142 (100.00%) C#
2 136 (95.77%) Software Engineering
3 77 (54.23%) .NET
4 31 (21.83%) AWS
5 30 (21.13%) Full-Stack Development
6 23 (16.20%) Microservices
7 21 (14.79%) Azure
8 19 (13.38%) SQL
9 18 (12.68%) SDLC
10 16 (11.27%) C++
10 16 (11.27%) Degree
10 16 (11.27%) SaaS
11 15 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (9.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (9.86%) Product Vision
12 14 (9.86%) Resource Allocation
12 14 (9.86%) Security Cleared
12 14 (9.86%) Vue
13 13 (9.15%) CQRS
13 13 (9.15%) CSS
13 13 (9.15%) HTML
13 13 (9.15%) Python
14 11 (7.75%) Agile
14 11 (7.75%) CI/CD
14 11 (7.75%) Fintech
14 11 (7.75%) TDD
15 10 (7.04%) Mentoring
15 10 (7.04%) Visual Studio
16 9 (6.34%) Design Patterns
16 9 (6.34%) JavaScript

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 31 (21.83%) AWS
2 21 (14.79%) Azure
3 16 (11.27%) SaaS
4 4 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.41%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (7.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (10.56%) Finance
2 6 (4.23%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.52%) Games
3 5 (3.52%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.70%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (54.23%) .NET
2 14 (9.86%) Vue
3 13 (9.15%) CSS
3 13 (9.15%) HTML
4 8 (5.63%) .NET Core
4 8 (5.63%) React
4 8 (5.63%) WPF
5 6 (4.23%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.82%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.41%) Blazor
7 2 (1.41%) Kafka
7 2 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.41%) REST
8 1 (0.70%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.70%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.15%) Hedge funds
2 7 (4.93%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (3.52%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.52%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.11%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.41%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.41%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.41%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.41%) Online Games
6 2 (1.41%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.11%) Windows
2 2 (1.41%) Android
3 1 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (95.77%) Software Engineering
2 30 (21.13%) Full-Stack Development
3 23 (16.20%) Microservices
4 18 (12.68%) SDLC
5 15 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (9.86%) Product Vision
6 14 (9.86%) Resource Allocation
7 13 (9.15%) CQRS
8 11 (7.75%) Agile
8 11 (7.75%) CI/CD
8 11 (7.75%) Fintech
8 11 (7.75%) TDD
9 10 (7.04%) Mentoring
10 9 (6.34%) Design Patterns
11 6 (4.23%) DevOps
11 6 (4.23%) Event-Driven
11 6 (4.23%) Test Automation
12 5 (3.52%) Multithreading
12 5 (3.52%) OOP
12 5 (3.52%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 142 (100.00%) C#
2 19 (13.38%) SQL
3 16 (11.27%) C++
4 13 (9.15%) Python
5 9 (6.34%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.93%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.70%) F#
Qualifications
1 16 (11.27%) Degree
2 14 (9.86%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (9.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.11%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.82%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.11%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (2.11%) Firmware
2 1 (0.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.11%) Terraform
2 2 (1.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (3.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle
2 2 (1.41%) Xamarin