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 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 548 624
Rank change year-on-year +35 +76 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 158 54 180
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 150 50 162
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,875 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -22.58%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,688 £79,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £93,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.04% -5.00% -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 72,301 33,434 77,817
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 89.22% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 47,276 21,446 59,559
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 22 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 22 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
South East 0 50 £60,000 +7.14% 17
London +34 42 £90,000 - 4
North of England -37 34 £60,000 -9.77% 6
East of England -20 15 £55,000 - 4
Yorkshire -54 12 £50,000 -31.27%
South West - 12 £57,500 - 1
North West -23 11 £60,000 - 4
North East -36 11 £100,000 +42.86% 2
Midlands -49 8 £62,500 +38.89% 7
East Midlands -46 5 £60,000 +60.00% 4
West Midlands -28 3 £70,000 +55.56% 3
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 158 (100.00%) C#
2 149 (94.30%) Software Engineering
3 85 (53.80%) .NET
4 37 (23.42%) AWS
5 32 (20.25%) Full-Stack Development
6 25 (15.82%) Azure
6 25 (15.82%) Microservices
7 23 (14.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (14.56%) Degree
8 20 (12.66%) SDLC
8 20 (12.66%) SQL
9 19 (12.03%) C++
10 18 (11.39%) Python
10 18 (11.39%) SaaS
11 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (10.13%) Product Vision
12 16 (10.13%) Resource Allocation
12 16 (10.13%) Vue
13 15 (9.49%) CQRS
13 15 (9.49%) CSS
13 15 (9.49%) HTML
14 14 (8.86%) Security Cleared
15 12 (7.59%) Agile
15 12 (7.59%) CI/CD
15 12 (7.59%) TDD
16 11 (6.96%) Fintech
17 9 (5.70%) Mentoring
17 9 (5.70%) WPF
18 8 (5.06%) Test Automation
18 8 (5.06%) Visual Studio

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 37 (23.42%) AWS
2 25 (15.82%) Azure
3 18 (11.39%) SaaS
4 4 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.63%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.63%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (5.06%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.63%) Git
General
1 16 (10.13%) Finance
2 6 (3.80%) Manufacturing
2 6 (3.80%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.16%) Games
4 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.63%) Automotive
5 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (53.80%) .NET
2 16 (10.13%) Vue
3 15 (9.49%) CSS
3 15 (9.49%) HTML
4 9 (5.70%) WPF
5 7 (4.43%) .NET Core
6 5 (3.16%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.16%) React
7 2 (1.27%) Blazor
7 2 (1.27%) Kafka
7 2 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.27%) REST
8 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.63%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.63%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.23%) Hedge funds
2 9 (5.70%) Distributed Computing
3 7 (4.43%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.53%) Fixed Income
6 3 (1.90%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.90%) Online Games
7 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.27%) Sports Betting
8 1 (0.63%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.27%) Android
2 1 (0.63%) Linux
2 1 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (94.30%) Software Engineering
2 32 (20.25%) Full-Stack Development
3 25 (15.82%) Microservices
4 20 (12.66%) SDLC
5 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (10.13%) Product Vision
6 16 (10.13%) Resource Allocation
7 15 (9.49%) CQRS
8 12 (7.59%) Agile
8 12 (7.59%) CI/CD
8 12 (7.59%) TDD
9 11 (6.96%) Fintech
10 9 (5.70%) Mentoring
11 8 (5.06%) Test Automation
12 7 (4.43%) Event-Driven
13 6 (3.80%) Design Patterns
13 6 (3.80%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (3.16%) DevOps
15 4 (2.53%) Architectural Patterns
15 4 (2.53%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 158 (100.00%) C#
2 20 (12.66%) SQL
3 19 (12.03%) C++
4 18 (11.39%) Python
5 6 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.80%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.63%) F#
Qualifications
1 23 (14.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 23 (14.56%) Degree
2 14 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.90%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.90%) PhD
4 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.16%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Docker
1 1 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.90%) Terraform
2 2 (1.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (3.16%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.27%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle