C# Software Engineer Job Trends in England

C# Software Engineer
UK > England

The median C# Software Engineer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 589 562
Rank change year-on-year +122 -27 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 318 39 177
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.091% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.10% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 280 34 113
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +10.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,375 £99,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.19% +9.60% -16.67%

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 96,110 38,793 61,457
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 90.54% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 67,178 23,108 35,135
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,160 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 12 October 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 October 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 +78 132 £65,000 +6.12% 13
North of England -6 71 £100,000 +53.85% 10
East of England - 48 £60,000 - 12
London -34 38 £87,500 -2.78% 28
North East -32 36 £100,000 +53.85% 5
Yorkshire -36 20 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Midlands -34 16 £45,000 -42.68% 6
North West -18 15 £55,000 -15.38% 3
South West -59 15 £53,500 -35.15% 4
East Midlands -27 9 £26,000 -66.88% 4
West Midlands - 7 £45,000 - 2
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 October 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.

1 318 (100.00%) C#
2 315 (99.06%) Software Engineering
3 151 (47.48%) .NET
4 62 (19.50%) Azure
5 59 (18.55%) Degree
6 54 (16.98%) AWS
7 53 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
8 52 (16.35%) SQL
9 51 (16.04%) Agile
10 49 (15.41%) C++
11 47 (14.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 39 (12.26%) Python
13 35 (11.01%) Fintech
14 30 (9.43%) CI/CD
15 29 (9.12%) WPF
16 24 (7.55%) Computer Science
17 23 (7.23%) AI
17 23 (7.23%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
17 23 (7.23%) DevOps
17 23 (7.23%) Finite Element Analysis
18 21 (6.60%) JavaScript
18 21 (6.60%) SDLC
19 20 (6.29%) PHP
19 20 (6.29%) React
19 20 (6.29%) SaaS
20 19 (5.97%) Vue
21 18 (5.66%) Microservices
22 17 (5.35%) Design Patterns
22 17 (5.35%) Mentoring
22 17 (5.35%) SQL Server

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 (0.31%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 62 (19.50%) Azure
2 54 (16.98%) AWS
3 20 (6.29%) SaaS
4 12 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (2.83%) GitHub
5 9 (2.83%) PaaS
6 4 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (1.26%) Serverless
7 3 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
7 3 (0.94%) Azure AKS
7 3 (0.94%) Azure Functions
7 3 (0.94%) Datadog
7 3 (0.94%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (0.63%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.31%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.31%) GCP
9 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.63%) Ethernet
1 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.94%) MySQL
4 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.20%) GitLab
2 3 (0.94%) Claude Code
2 3 (0.94%) Eclipse
2 3 (0.94%) Git
2 3 (0.94%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.31%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
General
1 42 (13.21%) Finance
2 36 (11.32%) Manufacturing
3 26 (8.18%) Social Skills
4 21 (6.60%) Electronics
5 8 (2.52%) Aerospace
5 8 (2.52%) Games
6 7 (2.20%) Automotive
7 5 (1.57%) Agriculture
8 4 (1.26%) Law
9 2 (0.63%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.63%) Banking
9 2 (0.63%) Front Office
9 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.63%) Military
9 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.31%) Back Office
10 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.31%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (47.48%) .NET
2 29 (9.12%) WPF
3 20 (6.29%) React
4 19 (5.97%) Vue
5 16 (5.03%) .NET Core
6 14 (4.40%) CSS
7 12 (3.77%) ASP.NET
8 11 (3.46%) HTML
9 6 (1.89%) Blazor
9 6 (1.89%) Django
10 5 (1.57%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.57%) RESTful
11 4 (1.26%) REST
11 4 (1.26%) Terraform
12 3 (0.94%) ASP.NET Core
12 3 (0.94%) GraphQL
12 3 (0.94%) jQuery
13 2 (0.63%) Node.js
13 2 (0.63%) Web Services
14 1 (0.31%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.55%) Distributed Computing
2 11 (3.46%) Hedge funds
3 7 (2.20%) Client/Server
3 7 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (1.57%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.57%) e-Learning
4 5 (1.57%) Robotics
5 4 (1.26%) Fixed Income
5 4 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.26%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.94%) Cloud Native
6 3 (0.94%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.94%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.63%) Online Games
8 1 (0.31%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.31%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.31%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.52%) Linux
2 3 (0.94%) Android
2 3 (0.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (99.06%) Software Engineering
2 53 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 51 (16.04%) Agile
4 35 (11.01%) Fintech
5 30 (9.43%) CI/CD
6 24 (7.55%) Computer Science
7 23 (7.23%) AI
7 23 (7.23%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
7 23 (7.23%) DevOps
7 23 (7.23%) Finite Element Analysis
8 21 (6.60%) SDLC
9 18 (5.66%) Microservices
10 17 (5.35%) Design Patterns
10 17 (5.35%) Mentoring
11 16 (5.03%) TDD
12 15 (4.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (4.72%) Machine Learning
12 15 (4.72%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (4.40%) Multithreading
13 14 (4.40%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 318 (100.00%) C#
2 52 (16.35%) SQL
3 49 (15.41%) C++
4 39 (12.26%) Python
5 21 (6.60%) JavaScript
6 20 (6.29%) PHP
7 16 (5.03%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.89%) Delphi
9 3 (0.94%) C
9 3 (0.94%) Java
10 2 (0.63%) Julia
10 2 (0.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 59 (18.55%) Degree
2 47 (14.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.09%) Master's Degree
3 13 (4.09%) PhD
4 6 (1.89%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.94%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.46%) QA
System Software
1 10 (3.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.94%) Grafana
Vendors
1 13 (4.09%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.52%) Salesforce
3 3 (0.94%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.63%) Oracle
5 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.31%) Google
5 1 (0.31%) Reuters