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 5 July 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 611 635
Rank change year-on-year +166 +24 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 293 48 226
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.11% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.13% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 274 41 193
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 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +25.00% -22.58%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £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 81,328 38,265 86,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 90.46% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 57,241 22,793 63,788
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,918 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,673 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% +7.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,000 £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 5 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 5 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 +70 113 £65,000 +18.18% 4
North of England +14 67 £60,000 -21.82% 8
London +24 53 £90,000 +71.43% 2
East of England +13 35 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Yorkshire -16 23 £50,000 -35.48% 1
North East -23 23 £100,000 +53.85% 7
North West +5 21 £50,000 -29.08%
Midlands -10 18 £67,500 -13.46% 1
South West -54 12 £54,250 -34.24% 2
West Midlands -10 9 £70,000 +14.29% 1
East Midlands -19 9 £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 5 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.

1 293 (100.00%) C#
2 283 (96.59%) Software Engineering
3 151 (51.54%) .NET
4 71 (24.23%) Full-Stack Development
5 64 (21.84%) Azure
6 62 (21.16%) AWS
7 60 (20.48%) Degree
8 57 (19.45%) SQL
9 48 (16.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (13.99%) C++
11 38 (12.97%) Agile
12 35 (11.95%) Python
13 34 (11.60%) SDLC
14 32 (10.92%) Microservices
14 32 (10.92%) SaaS
15 30 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (9.56%) CSS
16 28 (9.56%) Vue
17 25 (8.53%) DevOps
17 25 (8.53%) HTML
17 25 (8.53%) Product Vision
17 25 (8.53%) Resource Allocation
18 24 (8.19%) CQRS
18 24 (8.19%) TDD
19 23 (7.85%) CI/CD
20 22 (7.51%) Fintech
21 21 (7.17%) Computer Science
22 20 (6.83%) PHP
22 20 (6.83%) WPF
23 19 (6.48%) 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 64 (21.84%) Azure
2 62 (21.16%) AWS
3 32 (10.92%) SaaS
4 14 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.07%) PaaS
6 3 (1.02%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.68%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (0.68%) Azure Functions
7 2 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.68%) GitHub
7 2 (0.68%) Serverless
8 1 (0.34%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.02%) MySQL
4 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.37%) GitLab
2 2 (0.68%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.68%) Git
3 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (15.36%) Finance
2 26 (8.87%) Manufacturing
3 17 (5.80%) Social Skills
4 10 (3.41%) Electronics
5 7 (2.39%) Games
6 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.02%) Automotive
7 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.34%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.34%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.34%) Front Office
8 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (51.54%) .NET
2 28 (9.56%) CSS
2 28 (9.56%) Vue
3 25 (8.53%) HTML
4 20 (6.83%) WPF
5 17 (5.80%) .NET Core
5 17 (5.80%) React
6 12 (4.10%) ASP.NET
7 6 (2.05%) Blazor
8 5 (1.71%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.71%) RESTful
9 3 (1.02%) Django
9 3 (1.02%) jQuery
10 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (0.68%) REST
11 1 (0.34%) AWS CDK
11 1 (0.34%) Kafka
11 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (0.34%) SignalR
11 1 (0.34%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.80%) Distributed Computing
2 15 (5.12%) Hedge funds
3 7 (2.39%) Algorithms
3 7 (2.39%) Client/Server
4 6 (2.05%) Fixed Income
5 5 (1.71%) e-Learning
5 5 (1.71%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.37%) Online Games
7 3 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.68%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.34%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.34%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.34%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.34%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.34%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.71%) Android
2 3 (1.02%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (96.59%) Software Engineering
2 71 (24.23%) Full-Stack Development
3 38 (12.97%) Agile
4 34 (11.60%) SDLC
5 32 (10.92%) Microservices
6 30 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (8.53%) DevOps
7 25 (8.53%) Product Vision
7 25 (8.53%) Resource Allocation
8 24 (8.19%) CQRS
8 24 (8.19%) TDD
9 23 (7.85%) CI/CD
10 22 (7.51%) Fintech
11 21 (7.17%) Computer Science
12 14 (4.78%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (4.44%) Design Patterns
13 13 (4.44%) Machine Learning
14 12 (4.10%) AI
14 12 (4.10%) Mentoring
14 12 (4.10%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 293 (100.00%) C#
2 57 (19.45%) SQL
3 41 (13.99%) C++
4 35 (11.95%) Python
5 20 (6.83%) PHP
6 19 (6.48%) JavaScript
7 15 (5.12%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.02%) Java
9 2 (0.68%) C
9 2 (0.68%) Julia
Qualifications
1 60 (20.48%) Degree
2 48 (16.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (4.78%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.10%) Master's Degree
4 12 (4.10%) PhD
5 6 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.75%) QA
System Software
1 5 (1.71%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.73%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (4.10%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.73%) Salesforce
3 5 (1.71%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.68%) Oracle