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 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 604 611
Rank change year-on-year +163 +7 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 286 47 221
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.33% 0.11% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.12% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 269 40 188
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +22.45% -20.97%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £77,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,625 £93,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +20.83% -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 82,535 39,220 83,741
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.37% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 58,071 23,613 61,241
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,123
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.53% -11.46%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 July 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 July 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 +78 114 £65,000 +18.18% 5
North of England +27 65 £60,000 -22.58% 6
London +29 49 £90,000 +71.43% 9
East of England +14 35 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Yorkshire -17 23 £50,000 -35.48% 3
North East -35 23 £100,000 +53.85% 3
North West 0 19 £50,000 -29.08%
Midlands -19 17 £70,000 -10.26%
South West -49 11 £53,500 -35.15% 5
West Midlands -10 9 £70,000 +14.29%
East Midlands -24 8 £26,000 -66.88%
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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.

1 286 (100.00%) C#
2 276 (96.50%) Software Engineering
3 147 (51.40%) .NET
4 67 (23.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 62 (21.68%) Azure
6 60 (20.98%) Degree
7 59 (20.63%) AWS
8 55 (19.23%) SQL
9 48 (16.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (14.34%) C++
11 35 (12.24%) Agile
11 35 (12.24%) Python
12 32 (11.19%) SaaS
12 32 (11.19%) SDLC
13 30 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (10.49%) Microservices
14 28 (9.79%) CSS
14 28 (9.79%) Vue
15 25 (8.74%) HTML
15 25 (8.74%) Product Vision
15 25 (8.74%) Resource Allocation
16 24 (8.39%) CQRS
16 24 (8.39%) Fintech
17 23 (8.04%) DevOps
18 22 (7.69%) TDD
19 21 (7.34%) CI/CD
19 21 (7.34%) Computer Science
20 20 (6.99%) PHP
20 20 (6.99%) WPF
21 19 (6.64%) 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 62 (21.68%) Azure
2 59 (20.63%) AWS
3 32 (11.19%) SaaS
4 12 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.15%) PaaS
6 3 (1.05%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.70%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (0.70%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.70%) GitHub
7 2 (0.70%) Serverless
8 1 (0.35%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.94%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.05%) MySQL
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.40%) GitLab
2 2 (0.70%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.70%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
General
1 44 (15.38%) Finance
2 26 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 17 (5.94%) Social Skills
4 10 (3.50%) Electronics
5 6 (2.10%) Games
6 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.05%) Automotive
7 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.35%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.35%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (51.40%) .NET
2 28 (9.79%) CSS
2 28 (9.79%) Vue
3 25 (8.74%) HTML
4 20 (6.99%) WPF
5 17 (5.94%) .NET Core
6 14 (4.90%) React
7 12 (4.20%) ASP.NET
8 6 (2.10%) Blazor
9 5 (1.75%) RESTful
10 3 (1.05%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.05%) Django
10 3 (1.05%) jQuery
11 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET Core
12 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
12 1 (0.35%) Kafka
12 1 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
12 1 (0.35%) REST
12 1 (0.35%) SignalR
12 1 (0.35%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.94%) Distributed Computing
2 13 (4.55%) Hedge funds
3 7 (2.45%) Algorithms
3 7 (2.45%) Client/Server
4 6 (2.10%) Fixed Income
5 5 (1.75%) e-Learning
5 5 (1.75%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.40%) Online Games
7 3 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.70%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.35%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.35%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.35%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.35%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.75%) Android
2 3 (1.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (96.50%) Software Engineering
2 67 (23.43%) Full-Stack Development
3 35 (12.24%) Agile
4 32 (11.19%) SDLC
5 30 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (10.49%) Microservices
6 25 (8.74%) Product Vision
6 25 (8.74%) Resource Allocation
7 24 (8.39%) CQRS
7 24 (8.39%) Fintech
8 23 (8.04%) DevOps
9 22 (7.69%) TDD
10 21 (7.34%) CI/CD
10 21 (7.34%) Computer Science
11 14 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (4.55%) Design Patterns
12 13 (4.55%) Machine Learning
13 12 (4.20%) AI
13 12 (4.20%) OOP
14 10 (3.50%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 286 (100.00%) C#
2 55 (19.23%) SQL
3 41 (14.34%) C++
4 35 (12.24%) Python
5 20 (6.99%) PHP
6 19 (6.64%) JavaScript
7 14 (4.90%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.05%) Java
9 2 (0.70%) C
9 2 (0.70%) Julia
Qualifications
1 60 (20.98%) Degree
2 48 (16.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.20%) Master's Degree
3 12 (4.20%) PhD
4 11 (3.85%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.10%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 5 (1.75%) Docker
2 2 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.20%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.80%) Salesforce
3 5 (1.75%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle