C# Job Trends in Scotland

C#
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 21 39
Rank change year-on-year -91 +18 -14
Permanent jobs citing C# 39 232 161
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.42% 7.15% 6.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.74% 22.07% 17.56%
Number of salaries quoted 23 161 138
10th Percentile £41,670 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.68% -6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,923
% change year-on-year - -4.64% +4.87%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 679 1,051 917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.71% 32.40% 38.72%
Number of salaries quoted 233 557 757
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.88%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,625 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.77%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

C# job vacancy trend in Scotland

C#
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Salary histogram for C# in Scotland

C#
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Glasgow -46 22 £64,500 +29.00% 15
Edinburgh -49 10 £55,000 -8.33% 14
South Ayrshire - 4 £55,498 -
West Lothian -12 2 £52,500 +31.25% 1
Fife +7 1 - - 3
C#
UK

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (51.28%) Azure
2 12 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (28.21%) GitHub
4 7 (17.95%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (12.82%) SaaS
6 4 (10.26%) AWS
6 4 (10.26%) Azure AI
6 4 (10.26%) ChatGPT
6 4 (10.26%) GCP
6 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (7.69%) dbt
7 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (7.69%) Snowflake
8 1 (2.56%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) KDB
1 8 (20.51%) Kdb+
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.13%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (5.13%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.56%) CockroachDB
4 1 (2.56%) Couchbase
4 1 (2.56%) DynamoDB
4 1 (2.56%) MySQL
4 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) JIRA
2 3 (7.69%) Git
3 2 (5.13%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (5.13%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (5.13%) Rational Statemate
3 2 (5.13%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.56%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (33.33%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (23.08%) Law
3 8 (20.51%) Banking
4 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Military
6 4 (10.26%) Avionics
6 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
7 3 (7.69%) Legal
8 2 (5.13%) Back Office
8 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.56%) Electronics
9 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (51.28%) Software Engineer
2 15 (38.46%) Lead
3 11 (28.21%) Senior
4 9 (23.08%) Developer
5 8 (20.51%) Java Engineer
5 8 (20.51%) Java Software Engineer
5 8 (20.51%) Lead Software Engineer
6 7 (17.95%) .NET Software Engineer
6 7 (17.95%) C# Software Engineer
6 7 (17.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 7 (17.95%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 6 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (10.26%) Lead Java Engineer
8 4 (10.26%) Software Team Leader
8 4 (10.26%) Team Leader
9 3 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (7.69%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
9 3 (7.69%) Senior C# Software Engineer
9 3 (7.69%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
9 3 (7.69%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (48.72%) React
2 14 (35.90%) .NET
3 11 (28.21%) AngularJS
3 11 (28.21%) Kafka
4 9 (23.08%) .NET Core
5 8 (20.51%) Blazor
5 8 (20.51%) FIX Protocol
5 8 (20.51%) RESTful
5 8 (20.51%) Spring
6 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
7 3 (7.69%) GraphQL
7 3 (7.69%) OAuth
7 3 (7.69%) OpenAPI
7 3 (7.69%) Swagger
8 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (5.13%) REST
8 2 (5.13%) Vue
8 2 (5.13%) XML
9 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (2.56%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (12.82%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.13%) NHS
4 1 (2.56%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (2.56%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.56%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (76.92%) Software Engineering
2 25 (64.10%) CI/CD
3 23 (58.97%) Agile
4 15 (38.46%) DevOps
5 14 (35.90%) AI
6 13 (33.33%) SDLC
7 12 (30.77%) Microservices
8 10 (25.64%) Machine Learning
8 10 (25.64%) Mentoring
9 9 (23.08%) Operational Stability
10 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (20.51%) Data Design
10 8 (20.51%) Full-Stack Development
11 7 (17.95%) Application Security
11 7 (17.95%) Containerisation
11 7 (17.95%) Deployment Automation
12 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (12.82%) Community of Practice
13 5 (12.82%) Hazard Analysis
13 5 (12.82%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) Java
2 8 (20.51%) C
3 7 (17.95%) SQL
4 5 (12.82%) Ada
5 4 (10.26%) C++
5 4 (10.26%) JavaScript
5 4 (10.26%) Python
6 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) ISO 9001
1 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Docker
2 2 (5.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.69%) Terraform
3 1 (2.56%) Grafana
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Oracle
3 2 (5.13%) Green Hills
4 1 (2.56%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (2.56%) Splunk
4 1 (2.56%) Sybase