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 19 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
19 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 606 616
Rank change year-on-year +159 +10 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 288 47 209
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 270 40 176
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +25.00% -22.58%
75th Percentile £81,688 £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 83,375 39,258 80,472
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 90.45% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 58,739 23,718 58,294
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +3.77% -11.67%

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 19 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 19 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 +78 119 £65,000 +18.18% 6
North of England +13 66 £60,000 -22.58% 6
London -2 46 £87,500 +66.67% 5
East of England +11 34 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Yorkshire -19 24 £50,000 -35.48% 4
North East -26 24 £100,000 +53.85% 2
North West +1 18 £50,000 -29.08%
Midlands -17 18 £57,500 -26.28%
West Midlands -9 10 £70,000 +14.29%
South West -55 10 £53,500 -35.15% 2
East Midlands -11 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 19 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.

1 288 (100.00%) C#
2 278 (96.53%) Software Engineering
3 149 (51.74%) .NET
4 67 (23.26%) Full-Stack Development
5 62 (21.53%) Azure
6 61 (21.18%) Degree
7 58 (20.14%) AWS
8 56 (19.44%) SQL
9 49 (17.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 42 (14.58%) C++
11 36 (12.50%) Agile
12 35 (12.15%) Python
13 33 (11.46%) SaaS
14 32 (11.11%) SDLC
15 30 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (10.07%) Microservices
16 29 (10.07%) Vue
17 28 (9.72%) CSS
18 26 (9.03%) Fintech
19 25 (8.68%) HTML
19 25 (8.68%) Product Vision
19 25 (8.68%) Resource Allocation
20 24 (8.33%) CQRS
20 24 (8.33%) DevOps
21 22 (7.64%) CI/CD
21 22 (7.64%) Computer Science
21 22 (7.64%) TDD
22 20 (6.94%) PHP
22 20 (6.94%) WPF
23 19 (6.60%) 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 (21.53%) Azure
2 58 (20.14%) AWS
3 33 (11.46%) SaaS
4 12 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.13%) PaaS
6 3 (1.04%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.69%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (0.69%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.69%) GitHub
7 2 (0.69%) Serverless
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.35%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.90%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.04%) MySQL
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.39%) GitLab
2 3 (1.04%) Git
3 2 (0.69%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.35%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.35%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.35%) LabVIEW
General
1 41 (14.24%) Finance
2 27 (9.38%) Manufacturing
3 19 (6.60%) Social Skills
4 10 (3.47%) Electronics
5 6 (2.08%) Games
6 3 (1.04%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.04%) Automotive
7 2 (0.69%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.35%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (51.74%) .NET
2 29 (10.07%) Vue
3 28 (9.72%) CSS
4 25 (8.68%) HTML
5 20 (6.94%) WPF
6 16 (5.56%) .NET Core
7 15 (5.21%) React
8 12 (4.17%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.08%) Blazor
10 5 (1.74%) RESTful
11 4 (1.39%) AngularJS
12 3 (1.04%) Django
12 3 (1.04%) jQuery
13 2 (0.69%) ASP.NET Core
14 1 (0.35%) AWS CDK
14 1 (0.35%) REST
14 1 (0.35%) SignalR
14 1 (0.35%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.90%) Distributed Computing
2 11 (3.82%) Hedge funds
3 7 (2.43%) Algorithms
3 7 (2.43%) Client/Server
4 6 (2.08%) Fixed Income
5 5 (1.74%) e-Learning
5 5 (1.74%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.39%) Online Games
7 3 (1.04%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.35%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.35%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.35%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.35%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.35%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.35%) Life Science
9 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.74%) Android
2 3 (1.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (96.53%) Software Engineering
2 67 (23.26%) Full-Stack Development
3 36 (12.50%) Agile
4 32 (11.11%) SDLC
5 30 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (10.07%) Microservices
7 26 (9.03%) Fintech
8 25 (8.68%) Product Vision
8 25 (8.68%) Resource Allocation
9 24 (8.33%) CQRS
9 24 (8.33%) DevOps
10 22 (7.64%) CI/CD
10 22 (7.64%) Computer Science
10 22 (7.64%) TDD
11 15 (5.21%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (4.86%) Design Patterns
12 14 (4.86%) Machine Learning
13 13 (4.51%) AI
14 12 (4.17%) OOP
15 10 (3.47%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 288 (100.00%) C#
2 56 (19.44%) SQL
3 42 (14.58%) C++
4 35 (12.15%) Python
5 20 (6.94%) PHP
6 19 (6.60%) JavaScript
7 14 (4.86%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.04%) C
8 3 (1.04%) Java
9 2 (0.69%) Julia
10 1 (0.35%) Delphi
10 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 61 (21.18%) Degree
2 49 (17.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.17%) Master's Degree
3 12 (4.17%) PhD
4 9 (3.13%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 5 (1.74%) Docker
2 2 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 5 (1.74%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.69%) Oracle
5 1 (0.35%) Google
22 C# Software Engineer jobs in England