C# Software Engineer Job Trends in London

C# Software Engineer
England > London

The median C# Software Engineer salary in London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 406 415
Rank change year-on-year +48 +9 +124
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 25 19 54
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.17% 0.12% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.13% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23 12 49
10th Percentile £70,000 - £56,250
25th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £91,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.64% +7.65%
75th Percentile - £150,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £108,000 - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £66,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -1.48% -12.90%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,294 14,302 18,660
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.10% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,794 8,235 15,024
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.36%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -10.40%

C# Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

C# Software Engineer job vacancy trend in London

C# Software Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in London

C# Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Software Engineer in London over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Software Engineer in London

C# Software Engineer
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 23 January 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
Central London +36 7 £100,000 -38.46% 2
C# Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 January 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 London region featuring C# Software Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) C#
1 25 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 24 (96.00%) .NET
3 7 (28.00%) SQL
4 6 (24.00%) AWS
5 4 (16.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (16.00%) Microservices
5 4 (16.00%) React
6 3 (12.00%) AI
6 3 (12.00%) Azure
6 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (12.00%) Containerisation
6 3 (12.00%) DevOps
6 3 (12.00%) Fintech
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.00%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (8.00%) API Development
7 2 (8.00%) ASP.NET
7 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
7 2 (8.00%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (8.00%) B2B
7 2 (8.00%) B2C
7 2 (8.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (8.00%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (8.00%) Degree
7 2 (8.00%) Design Patterns
7 2 (8.00%) Docker
7 2 (8.00%) Event-Driven
7 2 (8.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 2 (8.00%) Event-Driven Programming

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 6 (24.00%) AWS
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Amazon SQS
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (4.00%) Azure AI
4 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (96.00%) .NET
2 4 (16.00%) React
3 2 (8.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (8.00%) Kafka
3 2 (8.00%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (4.00%) .NET Core
4 1 (4.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (4.00%) AWS CDK
4 1 (4.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Hedge funds
2 4 (16.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (12.00%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (12.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (8.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (8.00%) Client/Server
4 2 (8.00%) Data Structures
4 2 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (8.00%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (16.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (16.00%) Microservices
3 3 (12.00%) AI
3 3 (12.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (12.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (12.00%) DevOps
3 3 (12.00%) Fintech
3 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.00%) API Development
4 2 (8.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (8.00%) B2B
4 2 (8.00%) B2C
4 2 (8.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (8.00%) Design Patterns
4 2 (8.00%) Event-Driven
4 2 (8.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 2 (8.00%) Event-Driven Programming
4 2 (8.00%) Multithreading
4 2 (8.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (28.00%) SQL
3 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.00%) C++
4 1 (4.00%) Python
4 1 (4.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle
2 1 (4.00%) Foundry
2 1 (4.00%) Palantir