C# Software Engineer Job Trends in England

C# Software Engineer
UK > England

The median C# Software Engineer salary in England is £71,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 596 576 559
Rank change year-on-year -20 -17 +141
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 39 175 137
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.091% 0.28% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.29% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 34 111 124
10th Percentile £43,500 £36,250 £48,400
25th Percentile £57,813 £45,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,750 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.38% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £80,250 £86,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £83,375 £100,000 £118,875
UK median annual salary £68,500 £62,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.60% -16.67% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 38,803 60,511 47,827
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 95.20% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 23,177 34,778 36,916
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,421 £44,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 15 October 2025.

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 15 October 2025. 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
North of England -7 21 £65,000 -4.41% 9
Yorkshire +15 15 £55,000 -19.12% 2
London +43 6 £90,000 - 5
Midlands +17 6 £78,500 +74.44% 1
East Midlands +4 6 £78,500 +73.48%
North West -11 5 £65,000 +15.56% 3
South East -3 4 £61,250 +16.67% 12
South West +18 2 £82,500 +112.90% 7
North East +6 1 £65,000 -18.75% 6
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 39 (100.00%) C#
1 39 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 24 (61.54%) .NET
3 19 (48.72%) Agile
3 19 (48.72%) Azure
4 18 (46.15%) Mentoring
5 17 (43.59%) AWS
6 16 (41.03%) SQL
7 15 (38.46%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (33.33%) CI/CD
8 13 (33.33%) SaaS
9 12 (30.77%) React
10 11 (28.21%) Microservices
10 11 (28.21%) Product Ownership
11 10 (25.64%) Full-Stack Development
11 10 (25.64%) Roadmaps
11 10 (25.64%) Technology Roadmap
11 10 (25.64%) Windows
12 9 (23.08%) C++
12 9 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (20.51%) DevOps
13 8 (20.51%) AngularJS
13 8 (20.51%) Multithreading
13 8 (20.51%) JavaScript
13 8 (20.51%) Visual Studio
13 8 (20.51%) Firmware
13 8 (20.51%) Containerisation
13 8 (20.51%) Embedded Firmware
14 7 (17.95%) People Management
15 6 (15.38%) Azure DevOps

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 19 (48.72%) Azure
2 17 (43.59%) AWS
3 13 (33.33%) SaaS
4 6 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (12.82%) GitHub
6 4 (10.26%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.56%) Azure AI
7 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.56%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Couchbase
1 1 (2.56%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (20.51%) Visual Studio
2 3 (7.69%) CircleCI
3 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.56%) LabVIEW
3 1 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (2.56%) Spock
3 1 (2.56%) TeamCity
General
1 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Finance
3 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.13%) Advertising
4 2 (5.13%) Back Office
5 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.56%) Billing
5 1 (2.56%) Games
5 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (61.54%) .NET
2 12 (30.77%) React
3 8 (20.51%) AngularJS
4 5 (12.82%) .NET Core
4 5 (12.82%) RESTful
5 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET
6 3 (7.69%) REST
6 3 (7.69%) WCF
6 3 (7.69%) WinForms
7 2 (5.13%) .NET Framework
7 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (5.13%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (5.13%) HTML
7 2 (5.13%) jQuery
7 2 (5.13%) KnockoutJS
7 2 (5.13%) QuickFIX
7 2 (5.13%) Web Services
8 1 (2.56%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (2.56%) Middleware
8 1 (2.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (38.46%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (28.21%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.56%) Legacy Code
5 1 (2.56%) Online Games
5 1 (2.56%) PKI
5 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (48.72%) Agile
3 18 (46.15%) Mentoring
4 13 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 11 (28.21%) Microservices
6 10 (25.64%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (25.64%) Roadmaps
6 10 (25.64%) Technology Roadmap
7 9 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (20.51%) Containerisation
8 8 (20.51%) DevOps
8 8 (20.51%) Multithreading
9 7 (17.95%) People Management
10 6 (15.38%) KYC
10 6 (15.38%) SDLC
10 6 (15.38%) TDD
11 5 (12.82%) Coaching
11 5 (12.82%) Conflict Resolution
11 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (10.26%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (100.00%) C#
2 16 (41.03%) SQL
3 9 (23.08%) C++
4 8 (20.51%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.13%) Java
5 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.56%) Delphi
6 1 (2.56%) Groovy
6 1 (2.56%) Python
6 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
1 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (20.51%) Firmware
2 5 (12.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Grafana
2 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.56%) Foundry
3 1 (2.56%) Palantir