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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 27 47
Rank change year-on-year -72 +20 -25
Permanent jobs citing C# 41 204 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.49% 7.36% 6.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.90% 20.73% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 26 139 130
10th Percentile £42,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,813 £35,000 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +0.11%
75th Percentile £65,750 £58,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -

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 594 984 1,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.55% 35.52% 48.19%
Number of salaries quoted 259 516 752
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £78,031 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £82,375
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 20 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 20 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
Edinburgh -44 20 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Glasgow -13 12 £64,500 +26.47% 11
South Ayrshire - 4 £55,498 -
Aberdeen -8 3 £60,000 +26.32% 7
West Lothian -8 2 £52,500 +31.25% 2
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 (2.44%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (56.10%) Azure
2 17 (41.46%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (26.83%) Azure Key Vault
3 11 (26.83%) dbt
3 11 (26.83%) Snowflake
4 7 (17.07%) GitHub
5 4 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (9.76%) SaaS
6 3 (7.32%) AWS
6 3 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (4.88%) Azure AI
7 2 (4.88%) ChatGPT
7 2 (4.88%) GCP
7 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.88%) Serverless
8 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (2.44%) Boomi
8 1 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.44%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (2.44%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) JIRA
2 2 (4.88%) Git
2 2 (4.88%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (4.88%) Rational Rhapsody
2 2 (4.88%) Rational Statemate
2 2 (4.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (26.83%) Finance
2 5 (12.20%) Military
3 4 (9.76%) Avionics
3 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Back Office
4 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Senior
2 11 (26.83%) Azure Engineer
2 11 (26.83%) Software Engineer
3 10 (24.39%) Lead
4 9 (21.95%) Developer
5 7 (17.07%) .NET Software Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) C# Software Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Lead Developer
7 4 (9.76%) Software Team Leader
7 4 (9.76%) Team Leader
8 3 (7.32%) Data Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Senior C# Software Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Software Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Lead Software Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Lead Software Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) SaaS Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (41.46%) .NET
2 11 (26.83%) GraphQL
2 11 (26.83%) OAuth
2 11 (26.83%) OpenAPI
2 11 (26.83%) Swagger
3 8 (19.51%) React
4 7 (17.07%) AngularJS
5 5 (12.20%) .NET Core
5 5 (12.20%) Blazor
5 5 (12.20%) RESTful
6 3 (7.32%) .NET Framework
7 2 (4.88%) REST
7 2 (4.88%) Vue
7 2 (4.88%) XML
8 1 (2.44%) ADO
8 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET
8 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (2.44%) AWS CDK
8 1 (2.44%) NestJS
8 1 (2.44%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.88%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.44%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (75.61%) Software Engineering
2 23 (56.10%) Agile
3 20 (48.78%) DevOps
4 19 (46.34%) CI/CD
5 17 (41.46%) Mentoring
6 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (29.27%) OO
8 11 (26.83%) Asset Management
8 11 (26.83%) Coaching
8 11 (26.83%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (19.51%) Microservices
10 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
10 5 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
10 5 (12.20%) Hazard Analysis
11 4 (9.76%) Application Security
11 4 (9.76%) Containerisation
11 4 (9.76%) Data Engineering
11 4 (9.76%) Deployment Automation
11 4 (9.76%) SDLC
11 4 (9.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (41.46%) SQL
2 11 (26.83%) PowerShell
3 7 (17.07%) C
4 5 (12.20%) Ada
5 4 (9.76%) Java
6 3 (7.32%) Python
7 2 (4.88%) C++
7 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.44%) MATLAB
8 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Docker
2 2 (4.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) Terraform
2 6 (14.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Green Hills
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.44%) Talend