C# Job Trends in England

C#
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 37 17
Rank change year-on-year -38 -20 +6
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,954 2,307 7,012
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.56% 6.21% 8.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.33% 18.32% 25.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,715 1,960 6,194
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,225 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%

All Programming Languages
England

C# falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,633 12,590 27,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.84% 33.90% 32.84%
Number of salaries quoted 9,580 9,329 22,622
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,475
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £64,482 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% +8.33% -7.69%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C# relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

C# job vacancy trend in England

C#
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in England over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in England

C#
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# within the England region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
London -26 539 £82,500 +10.00% 256
South East -27 427 £58,750 -2.08% 227
North of England -24 414 £62,500 +13.64% 161
Midlands -46 270 £57,500 +4.55% 98
North West -17 200 £60,000 +17.49% 96
South West -22 148 £55,000 -4.35% 97
Yorkshire -34 139 £62,000 +12.73% 40
East Midlands -24 137 £55,000 - 48
East of England -49 136 £55,000 -16.93% 81
West Midlands -58 133 £57,500 +4.55% 50
North East -16 75 £70,000 +21.74% 26
C#
UK

C#
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 56 (2.87%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.23%) CMS
3 18 (0.92%) IIS
4 11 (0.56%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.26%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.15%) Confluence
6 3 (0.15%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) nginx
7 2 (0.10%) WordPress
8 1 (0.051%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.051%) Apache
8 1 (0.051%) Appian
8 1 (0.051%) JBoss
8 1 (0.051%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.051%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 20 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
4 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 27 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) Shopify
3 3 (0.15%) Magento
4 1 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.051%) Endur
4 1 (0.051%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.051%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.051%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.051%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.051%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 850 (43.50%) Azure
2 315 (16.12%) AWS
3 201 (10.29%) SaaS
4 191 (9.77%) Power Platform
5 182 (9.31%) Azure DevOps
6 116 (5.94%) Azure Logic Apps
7 112 (5.73%) Serverless
8 97 (4.96%) Power Automate
9 95 (4.86%) PowerApps
10 83 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
11 68 (3.48%) Azure Functions
12 67 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
13 64 (3.28%) GitHub
14 55 (2.81%) Azure Service Bus
15 50 (2.56%) GCP
16 41 (2.10%) Azure AKS
17 36 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
18 33 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 24 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
20 23 (1.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.51%) Broadband
1 10 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
2 9 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.36%) Ethernet
4 6 (0.31%) Intranet
5 5 (0.26%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) DNS
6 4 (0.20%) Internet
6 4 (0.20%) LTE
7 3 (0.15%) Network Security
8 2 (0.10%) DHCP
8 2 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.10%) Modbus
9 1 (0.051%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.051%) Firewall
9 1 (0.051%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.051%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.051%) Profibus
9 1 (0.051%) SAN
9 1 (0.051%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 393 (20.11%) SQL Server
2 109 (5.58%) Power BI
3 74 (3.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 65 (3.33%) NoSQL
5 54 (2.76%) Relational Database
6 52 (2.66%) MySQL
7 43 (2.20%) MongoDB
8 40 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 14 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (0.72%) Redis
12 11 (0.56%) DB2
13 7 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (0.31%) Metadata
15 4 (0.20%) ClickHouse
15 4 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
15 4 (0.20%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.15%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 126 (6.45%) Git
2 68 (3.48%) Selenium
3 56 (2.87%) Visual Studio
4 49 (2.51%) JIRA
5 41 (2.10%) Postman
6 31 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 27 (1.38%) SoapUI
7 27 (1.38%) WebDriver
8 26 (1.33%) SpecFlow
9 20 (1.02%) Jenkins
10 16 (0.82%) GitLab
11 15 (0.77%) Cypress.io
12 14 (0.72%) TeamCity
13 12 (0.61%) NUnit
13 12 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
14 11 (0.56%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.46%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.36%) REST Assured
17 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 5 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 371 (18.99%) Finance
2 330 (16.89%) Social Skills
3 118 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (3.43%) Law
5 61 (3.12%) Public Sector
6 51 (2.61%) Manufacturing
7 49 (2.51%) Front Office
8 46 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 44 (2.25%) Banking
10 40 (2.05%) Retail
11 39 (2.00%) Games
12 33 (1.69%) Legal
13 28 (1.43%) Electronics
14 22 (1.13%) Marketing
15 20 (1.02%) Aerospace
16 17 (0.87%) Investment Banking
17 15 (0.77%) Aviation
18 14 (0.72%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.67%) Automotive
20 12 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,014 (51.89%) Developer
2 419 (21.44%) Senior
3 384 (19.65%) Software Engineer
4 361 (18.47%) C# Developer
5 337 (17.25%) Software Developer
6 289 (14.79%) .NET Developer
7 229 (11.72%) Lead
8 215 (11.00%) Senior Developer
9 160 (8.19%) Full-Stack Developer
10 149 (7.63%) C# Software Engineer
11 147 (7.52%) C# .NET Developer
12 132 (6.76%) C# Software Developer
13 127 (6.50%) Senior Software Engineer
14 115 (5.89%) .NET Software Engineer
15 86 (4.40%) Lead Developer
16 80 (4.09%) Graduate
17 77 (3.94%) .NET Software Developer
18 70 (3.58%) Azure Developer
18 70 (3.58%) SQL Developer
19 69 (3.53%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,250 (63.97%) .NET
2 361 (18.47%) .NET Core
3 251 (12.85%) ASP.NET
4 225 (11.51%) React
5 186 (9.52%) HTML
6 175 (8.96%) .NET Framework
7 174 (8.90%) CSS
8 125 (6.40%) REST
9 118 (6.04%) AngularJS
10 102 (5.22%) RESTful
11 82 (4.20%) ASP.NET Core
12 81 (4.15%) Vue
13 78 (3.99%) Blazor
14 75 (3.84%) Entity Framework
15 67 (3.43%) Node.js
16 49 (2.51%) WPF
17 47 (2.41%) Playwright
18 40 (2.05%) XML
19 39 (2.00%) ASP.NET MVC
19 39 (2.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.17%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
3 65 (3.33%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
5 45 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.20%) Hedge funds
6 43 (2.20%) Low-Code
7 41 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.00%) Mobile App
9 35 (1.79%) Algorithms
10 29 (1.48%) Onboarding
11 25 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 23 (1.18%) Virtual Team
13 22 (1.13%) Sports Betting
14 18 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
14 18 (0.92%) Legacy Code
14 18 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 16 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
15 16 (0.82%) Management Information System
16 15 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 86 (4.40%) Windows
2 66 (3.38%) Linux
3 14 (0.72%) VMS
4 13 (0.67%) Android
5 12 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.56%) Unix
7 10 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.051%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.051%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.051%) Solaris
8 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.051%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (31.73%) Software Engineering
2 536 (27.43%) Agile
3 377 (19.29%) DevOps
4 370 (18.94%) CI/CD
5 369 (18.88%) Full-Stack Development
6 263 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
7 236 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 233 (11.92%) Mentoring
9 227 (11.62%) Microservices
10 187 (9.57%) Computer Science
11 176 (9.01%) Test Automation
12 167 (8.55%) SDLC
13 149 (7.63%) AI
14 129 (6.60%) MVC
15 121 (6.19%) Business Intelligence
15 121 (6.19%) Scrum
16 112 (5.73%) Containerisation
17 97 (4.96%) Software Testing
18 95 (4.86%) Clean Code
19 94 (4.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 588 (30.09%) SQL
2 405 (20.73%) JavaScript
3 313 (16.02%) Python
4 244 (12.49%) TypeScript
5 218 (11.16%) Java
6 185 (9.47%) C++
7 76 (3.89%) PHP
8 72 (3.68%) PowerShell
9 43 (2.20%) C
10 37 (1.89%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.69%) Go
12 28 (1.43%) Bash
13 25 (1.28%) Bicep
14 20 (1.02%) VB.NET
15 18 (0.92%) Delphi
15 18 (0.92%) Rust
15 18 (0.92%) VBA
16 17 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.61%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 259 (13.25%) Degree
2 117 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 97 (4.96%) Security Cleared
4 60 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 45 (2.30%) ISTQB
6 43 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (1.79%) Azure Certification
7 35 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (1.07%) PhD
11 20 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
12 18 (0.92%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 15 (0.77%) DV Cleared
14 11 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 10 (0.51%) CREST Certified
16 7 (0.36%) ISEB
17 6 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 5 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (6.91%) QA
2 36 (1.84%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.82%) GDPR
5 13 (0.67%) WCAG
6 9 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.41%) SLA
8 5 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.15%) EMIR
10 2 (0.10%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.10%) ITGC
11 1 (0.051%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.051%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 152 (7.78%) Docker
2 18 (0.92%) Firmware
3 12 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.051%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 133 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 69 (3.53%) Terraform
3 29 (1.48%) Grafana
4 8 (0.41%) Ansible
5 7 (0.36%) Kibana
5 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 2 (0.10%) MIIS
8 1 (0.051%) Control-M
8 1 (0.051%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.051%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.051%) Netcool
8 1 (0.051%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 368 (18.83%) Microsoft
2 41 (2.10%) Oracle
3 21 (1.07%) Google
4 18 (0.92%) Adobe
5 13 (0.67%) Xamarin
6 12 (0.61%) SAP
7 11 (0.56%) Databricks
8 10 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.46%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.41%) Palantir
10 8 (0.41%) Workday
11 7 (0.36%) iManage
11 7 (0.36%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.36%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.36%) VMware
12 6 (0.31%) Aderant
12 6 (0.31%) IBM
12 6 (0.31%) IFS
13 5 (0.26%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.26%) SnapLogic