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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 23 46
Rank change year-on-year -78 +23 -23
Permanent jobs citing C# 42 233 153
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.52% 7.44% 6.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.60% 21.90% 15.18%
Number of salaries quoted 26 161 130
10th Percentile £42,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,813 £33,750 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -16.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,125 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +3.31%

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 636 1,064 1,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 23.03% 33.96% 41.88%
Number of salaries quoted 251 569 763
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,648 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 -31 18 £64,500 +25.85% 16
Edinburgh -49 16 £60,000 +4.35% 22
South Ayrshire - 4 £55,498 - 1
Aberdeen -8 2 £60,000 +20.00% 6
West Lothian -12 2 £52,500 +31.25%
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 (2.38%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 21 (50.00%) Azure
2 15 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (19.05%) Azure Key Vault
3 8 (19.05%) dbt
3 8 (19.05%) GitHub
3 8 (19.05%) Snowflake
4 5 (11.90%) GitHub Actions
4 5 (11.90%) SaaS
5 4 (9.52%) AWS
6 3 (7.14%) Azure AI
6 3 (7.14%) ChatGPT
6 3 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (7.14%) GCP
6 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.76%) Serverless
8 1 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.38%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.52%) KDB
2 4 (9.52%) Kdb+
3 2 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (4.76%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (2.38%) DynamoDB
4 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Git
2 2 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (4.76%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (4.76%) Rational Statemate
2 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (28.57%) Finance
2 5 (11.90%) Military
2 5 (11.90%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Avionics
3 4 (9.52%) Banking
3 4 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (9.52%) Law
3 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Back Office
4 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 13 (30.95%) Lead
2 13 (30.95%) Senior
3 10 (23.81%) Developer
4 8 (19.05%) Azure Engineer
5 7 (16.67%) .NET Software Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) C# Software Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 5 (11.90%) Lead Software Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Java Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Java Software Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Lead Developer
7 4 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Software Developer
7 4 (9.52%) Software Team Leader
7 4 (9.52%) Team Leader
8 3 (7.14%) Data Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) SaaS Developer
9 2 (4.76%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (40.48%) .NET
2 14 (33.33%) React
3 9 (21.43%) AngularJS
4 8 (19.05%) GraphQL
4 8 (19.05%) OAuth
4 8 (19.05%) OpenAPI
4 8 (19.05%) Swagger
5 6 (14.29%) .NET Core
5 6 (14.29%) Blazor
5 6 (14.29%) RESTful
6 5 (11.90%) Kafka
7 4 (9.52%) .NET Framework
7 4 (9.52%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (9.52%) Spring
8 3 (7.14%) Vue
9 2 (4.76%) REST
9 2 (4.76%) XML
10 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET Web API
10 1 (2.38%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.76%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.76%) NHS
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.38%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (73.81%) Software Engineering
2 25 (59.52%) Agile
3 21 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 19 (45.24%) DevOps
5 14 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (23.81%) Microservices
8 9 (21.43%) OO
9 8 (19.05%) AI
9 8 (19.05%) Asset Management
9 8 (19.05%) Coaching
9 8 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (19.05%) SDLC
10 6 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
11 5 (11.90%) Application Security
11 5 (11.90%) Containerisation
11 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (11.90%) Deployment Automation
11 5 (11.90%) Hazard Analysis
11 5 (11.90%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 15 (35.71%) SQL
2 8 (19.05%) Java
2 8 (19.05%) PowerShell
3 7 (16.67%) C
4 5 (11.90%) Ada
5 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 3 (7.14%) Python
6 2 (4.76%) C++
7 1 (2.38%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) Terraform
2 7 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Green Hills
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (2.38%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.38%) Talend