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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 69 59
Rank change year-on-year -38 -10 -39
Permanent jobs citing C# 28 78 381
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.88% 3.78% 5.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.31% 11.93% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 23 61 294
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% -6.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,750 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

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 527 654 3,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 16.61% 31.72% 56.29%
Number of salaries quoted 251 360 1,138
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -7.97%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,005 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,474 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 30 May 2026.

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 30 May 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
Edinburgh +6 21 £60,000 +6.19% 6
Glasgow -6 6 £55,000 -14.73% 3
Aberdeen -23 1 £60,000 +50.00% 1
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 (3.57%) IIS
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.71%) Azure AI
3 3 (10.71%) Azure Key Vault
3 3 (10.71%) dbt
3 3 (10.71%) Snowflake
4 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (10.71%) MongoDB
2 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Git
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (14.29%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Developer
2 11 (39.29%) Senior
3 8 (28.57%) C# Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Senior Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Software Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) .NET Developer
5 4 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Senior C# Developer
6 3 (10.71%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Senior C# Software Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.57%) .NET Software Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) Applications Manager
8 1 (3.57%) Junior
8 1 (3.57%) Junior Data Scientist
8 1 (3.57%) Power Platform Developer
8 1 (3.57%) Software Support Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (50.00%) .NET
2 6 (21.43%) .NET Core
3 5 (17.86%) React
4 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (14.29%) Blazor
5 3 (10.71%) GraphQL
5 3 (10.71%) ML.NET
5 3 (10.71%) OAuth
5 3 (10.71%) OpenAPI
5 3 (10.71%) REST
5 3 (10.71%) RESTful
5 3 (10.71%) Swagger
6 2 (7.14%) .NET Framework
6 2 (7.14%) AngularJS
6 2 (7.14%) Entity Framework
7 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (3.57%) LINQ
7 1 (3.57%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) BBC
1 3 (10.71%) Social Media
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
2 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
1 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Agile
2 9 (32.14%) DevOps
3 8 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 6 (21.43%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (21.43%) OO
5 4 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 4 (14.29%) Coaching
5 4 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.71%) AI
6 3 (10.71%) Asset Management
6 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.71%) Microservices
6 3 (10.71%) Multithreading
6 3 (10.71%) Scrum
7 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.14%) Micro Frontends
7 2 (7.14%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
2 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
3 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.14%) Python
6 1 (3.57%) C
6 1 (3.57%) C++
6 1 (3.57%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Apple
2 3 (10.71%) Facebook
2 3 (10.71%) Google
2 3 (10.71%) Sony
2 3 (10.71%) Yahoo!
3 1 (3.57%) VMware
3 1 (3.57%) Xamarin