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 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 610 553
Rank change year-on-year +152 -57 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 327 38 186
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.088% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.097% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 291 33 120
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £36,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +16.92% -8.77%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,250 £82,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £95,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.28% +25.83% -20.00%

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 96,503 39,188 63,204
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 90.49% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 67,572 23,085 36,554
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £54,824 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.71% -0.32% -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 5 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 5 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 +80 138 £65,000 - 14
North of England -3 72 £100,000 +49.81% 13
East of England - 49 £60,000 - 19
London -36 41 £85,000 -5.56% 23
North East -27 37 £100,000 +37.93% 3
Yorkshire -37 20 £50,000 -27.01% 2
North West -23 15 £50,000 -23.08% 8
Midlands -42 15 £45,000 -42.68% 7
South West -61 14 £53,500 -35.15% 5
East Midlands -38 8 £26,000 -66.88% 4
West Midlands - 7 £45,000 - 3
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 327 (100.00%) C#
2 323 (98.78%) Software Engineering
3 155 (47.40%) .NET
4 63 (19.27%) Azure
4 63 (19.27%) Degree
5 56 (17.13%) AWS
5 56 (17.13%) Full-Stack Development
6 55 (16.82%) SQL
7 51 (15.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 50 (15.29%) C++
9 49 (14.98%) Agile
10 41 (12.54%) Python
11 35 (10.70%) Fintech
12 30 (9.17%) WPF
13 28 (8.56%) CI/CD
14 24 (7.34%) Computer Science
15 23 (7.03%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
15 23 (7.03%) DevOps
15 23 (7.03%) Finite Element Analysis
15 23 (7.03%) SDLC
16 22 (6.73%) SaaS
17 21 (6.42%) AI
17 21 (6.42%) Vue
18 20 (6.12%) JavaScript
18 20 (6.12%) PHP
18 20 (6.12%) React
19 19 (5.81%) Microservices
20 17 (5.20%) .NET Core
20 17 (5.20%) Continuous Improvement
20 17 (5.20%) Design Patterns

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 63 (19.27%) Azure
2 56 (17.13%) AWS
3 22 (6.73%) SaaS
4 12 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (2.75%) PaaS
6 7 (2.14%) GitHub
7 4 (1.22%) Serverless
8 3 (0.92%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (0.92%) Azure AKS
8 3 (0.92%) Azure Functions
8 3 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.61%) Datadog
9 2 (0.61%) GitHub Copilot
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon SQS
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Machine Learning
10 1 (0.31%) GCP
10 1 (0.31%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.31%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.20%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.92%) 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 6 (1.83%) GitLab
2 3 (0.92%) Claude Code
2 3 (0.92%) Git
3 2 (0.61%) Eclipse
3 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.31%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
General
1 45 (13.76%) Finance
2 37 (11.31%) Manufacturing
3 24 (7.34%) Social Skills
4 21 (6.42%) Electronics
5 8 (2.45%) Aerospace
5 8 (2.45%) Games
6 7 (2.14%) Automotive
7 5 (1.53%) Agriculture
8 3 (0.92%) Law
9 2 (0.61%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.61%) Banking
9 2 (0.61%) Front Office
9 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.31%) Back Office
10 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.31%) Military
10 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (47.40%) .NET
2 30 (9.17%) WPF
3 21 (6.42%) Vue
4 20 (6.12%) React
5 17 (5.20%) .NET Core
6 16 (4.89%) CSS
7 13 (3.98%) HTML
8 12 (3.67%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.83%) Blazor
9 6 (1.83%) Django
10 5 (1.53%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.53%) RESTful
11 4 (1.22%) Terraform
12 3 (0.92%) ASP.NET Core
12 3 (0.92%) jQuery
12 3 (0.92%) REST
13 2 (0.61%) GraphQL
14 1 (0.31%) Node.js
14 1 (0.31%) Qt
14 1 (0.31%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.65%) Distributed Computing
2 12 (3.67%) Hedge funds
3 7 (2.14%) Client/Server
4 6 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (1.83%) Fixed Income
5 5 (1.53%) e-Learning
5 5 (1.53%) Robotics
6 4 (1.22%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.22%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.22%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.92%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.92%) Reinsurance
8 2 (0.61%) Online Games
9 1 (0.31%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.31%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.31%) Life Science
9 1 (0.31%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.14%) Linux
2 4 (1.22%) Android
3 2 (0.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (98.78%) Software Engineering
2 56 (17.13%) Full-Stack Development
3 49 (14.98%) Agile
4 35 (10.70%) Fintech
5 28 (8.56%) CI/CD
6 24 (7.34%) Computer Science
7 23 (7.03%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
7 23 (7.03%) DevOps
7 23 (7.03%) Finite Element Analysis
7 23 (7.03%) SDLC
8 21 (6.42%) AI
9 19 (5.81%) Microservices
10 17 (5.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (5.20%) Design Patterns
11 16 (4.89%) TDD
12 15 (4.59%) Machine Learning
12 15 (4.59%) Mentoring
12 15 (4.59%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (4.28%) Multithreading
14 12 (3.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 327 (100.00%) C#
2 55 (16.82%) SQL
3 50 (15.29%) C++
4 41 (12.54%) Python
5 20 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 20 (6.12%) PHP
6 16 (4.89%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.83%) Delphi
8 3 (0.92%) C
8 3 (0.92%) Java
9 2 (0.61%) Julia
9 2 (0.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 63 (19.27%) Degree
2 51 (15.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (3.98%) Master's Degree
3 13 (3.98%) PhD
4 6 (1.83%) Azure Certification
5 3 (0.92%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.31%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.06%) QA
System Software
1 9 (2.75%) Docker
2 2 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.61%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (3.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.45%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.22%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle
5 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.31%) Google
5 1 (0.31%) Reuters