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 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 559 614
Rank change year-on-year +26 +55 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 107 75 164
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.21% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 99 54 149
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £90,000 £76,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% -16.13%

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 58,500 35,914 69,536
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 90.72% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 38,046 21,101 55,004
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +41 34 £100,000 +11.11% 6
North of England -20 28 £55,000 -8.33% 12
South East -8 20 £55,000 - 13
South West -13 13 £60,000 - 7
Yorkshire -31 13 £50,000 -4.76% 7
East of England +5 11 £55,000 - 7
North West -16 8 £62,500 +11.11% 5
North East -14 7 £100,000 +29.03%
Midlands -26 3 £60,000 +33.33% 5
East Midlands -30 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 9 March 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.

1 107 (100.00%) C#
1 107 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 60 (56.07%) .NET
3 20 (18.69%) Azure
4 19 (17.76%) Full-Stack Development
5 16 (14.95%) AWS
6 15 (14.02%) Security Cleared
7 14 (13.08%) Mentoring
7 14 (13.08%) Microservices
8 13 (12.15%) Visual Studio
9 12 (11.21%) C++
10 11 (10.28%) Agile
11 10 (9.35%) CI/CD
11 10 (9.35%) SQL
12 9 (8.41%) Fintech
12 9 (8.41%) SDLC
12 9 (8.41%) TDD
13 8 (7.48%) Multithreading
13 8 (7.48%) React
14 7 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (6.54%) Degree
14 7 (6.54%) Design Patterns
14 7 (6.54%) SaaS
15 6 (5.61%) .NET Core
15 6 (5.61%) AngularJS
15 6 (5.61%) DevOps
15 6 (5.61%) Embedded Firmware
15 6 (5.61%) Event-Driven
15 6 (5.61%) Firmware
15 6 (5.61%) Microsoft

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.93%) Palantir Foundry
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.69%) Azure
2 16 (14.95%) AWS
3 7 (6.54%) SaaS
4 4 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.87%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (12.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (10.28%) Finance
2 4 (3.74%) Social Skills
3 3 (2.80%) Games
4 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (56.07%) .NET
2 8 (7.48%) React
3 6 (5.61%) .NET Core
3 6 (5.61%) AngularJS
4 5 (4.67%) WPF
5 4 (3.74%) ASP.NET
5 4 (3.74%) CSS
5 4 (3.74%) HTML
5 4 (3.74%) Vue
6 2 (1.87%) Kafka
6 2 (1.87%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.87%) REST
7 1 (0.93%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.93%) Blazor
7 1 (0.93%) WCF
7 1 (0.93%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.28%) Hedge funds
2 7 (6.54%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.87%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.87%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.87%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.87%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.93%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.61%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (17.76%) Full-Stack Development
3 14 (13.08%) Mentoring
3 14 (13.08%) Microservices
4 11 (10.28%) Agile
5 10 (9.35%) CI/CD
6 9 (8.41%) Fintech
6 9 (8.41%) SDLC
6 9 (8.41%) TDD
7 8 (7.48%) Multithreading
8 7 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (6.54%) Design Patterns
9 6 (5.61%) DevOps
9 6 (5.61%) Event-Driven
10 5 (4.67%) Product Vision
10 5 (4.67%) Resource Allocation
11 4 (3.74%) Architectural Patterns
11 4 (3.74%) Containerisation
11 4 (3.74%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (3.74%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 107 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (11.21%) C++
3 10 (9.35%) SQL
4 6 (5.61%) Python
5 5 (4.67%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.74%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.93%) F#
Qualifications
1 15 (14.02%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.54%) Degree
3 5 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.93%) PhD
4 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.61%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (5.61%) Firmware
2 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.87%) Terraform
2 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (5.61%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.87%) Oracle
3 1 (0.93%) Foundry
3 1 (0.93%) Palantir
3 1 (0.93%) Xamarin