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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 23 42
Rank change year-on-year -71 +19 -17
Permanent jobs citing C# 45 238 150
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.64% 7.33% 6.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.84% 21.72% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 28 164 130
10th Percentile £41,400 £28,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £52,938 £33,375 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -12.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,438 £62,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £71,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%

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 658 1,096 962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.01% 33.73% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 262 584 770
10th Percentile £28,025 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,125 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,249 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £89,875 £79,894 £82,548
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 28 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 28 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 -32 21 £64,500 +25.24% 20
Edinburgh -45 16 £60,000 - 19
South Ayrshire - 4 £55,498 - 1
West Lothian -11 2 £52,500 +31.25%
Fife +7 1 - -
Aberdeen -7 1 £60,000 +20.00% 6
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (48.89%) Azure
2 15 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (24.44%) GitHub
4 7 (15.56%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (13.33%) Azure Key Vault
5 6 (13.33%) dbt
5 6 (13.33%) Snowflake
6 5 (11.11%) SaaS
7 4 (8.89%) AWS
7 4 (8.89%) Azure AI
7 4 (8.89%) ChatGPT
7 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (6.67%) GCP
9 2 (4.44%) Serverless
10 1 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (2.22%) Power Automate
10 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
10 1 (2.22%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) KDB
1 6 (13.33%) Kdb+
2 5 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (4.44%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (2.22%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (2.22%) DynamoDB
4 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) JIRA
2 3 (6.67%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (4.44%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (4.44%) Rational Statemate
3 2 (4.44%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.22%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (28.89%) Finance
2 6 (13.33%) Banking
2 6 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (13.33%) Law
2 6 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (11.11%) Military
3 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.89%) Avionics
5 2 (4.44%) Back Office
5 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Legal
5 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.22%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Software Engineer
2 15 (33.33%) Lead
3 13 (28.89%) Senior
4 11 (24.44%) Developer
5 8 (17.78%) .NET Software Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) C# Software Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 7 (15.56%) Lead Software Engineer
7 6 (13.33%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (13.33%) Java Engineer
7 6 (13.33%) Java Software Engineer
8 5 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (8.89%) Lead Developer
9 4 (8.89%) Software Team Leader
9 4 (8.89%) Team Leader
10 3 (6.67%) Data Engineer
10 3 (6.67%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
10 3 (6.67%) Senior C# Software Engineer
10 3 (6.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (40.00%) .NET
1 18 (40.00%) React
2 11 (24.44%) AngularJS
3 8 (17.78%) .NET Core
3 8 (17.78%) Blazor
3 8 (17.78%) RESTful
4 7 (15.56%) Kafka
5 6 (13.33%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (13.33%) GraphQL
5 6 (13.33%) OAuth
5 6 (13.33%) OpenAPI
5 6 (13.33%) Spring
5 6 (13.33%) Swagger
6 4 (8.89%) .NET Framework
7 3 (6.67%) REST
7 3 (6.67%) Vue
8 2 (4.44%) Web Services
8 2 (4.44%) XML
9 1 (2.22%) ADO
9 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (6.67%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.44%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.44%) NHS
4 1 (2.22%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (2.22%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.22%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.22%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (71.11%) Software Engineering
2 26 (57.78%) Agile
3 25 (55.56%) CI/CD
4 19 (42.22%) DevOps
5 13 (28.89%) Mentoring
6 12 (26.67%) Microservices
7 11 (24.44%) AI
8 10 (22.22%) SDLC
9 9 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
9 9 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (15.56%) Application Security
10 7 (15.56%) Containerisation
10 7 (15.56%) Deployment Automation
10 7 (15.56%) Machine Learning
10 7 (15.56%) OO
11 6 (13.33%) Asset Management
11 6 (13.33%) Coaching
11 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (13.33%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.89%) SQL
2 11 (24.44%) Java
3 7 (15.56%) C
4 6 (13.33%) PowerShell
5 5 (11.11%) Ada
6 4 (8.89%) Python
7 3 (6.67%) C++
7 3 (6.67%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.22%) MATLAB
8 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (17.78%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (17.78%) Docker
2 2 (4.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 6 (13.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Green Hills
2 2 (4.44%) Oracle
3 1 (2.22%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (2.22%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.22%) Talend