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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 42 29
Rank change year-on-year -67 -13 -7
Permanent jobs citing C# 43 257 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.68% 5.96% 7.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.44% 14.07% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 27 193 165
10th Percentile £41,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £90,500 £72,196 £71,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

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 668 1,826 1,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 26.16% 42.33% 38.83%
Number of salaries quoted 237 700 827
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,875 £35,733
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.88%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,747 £71,966
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for C# 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +12 25 £73,750 +34.09% 12
Edinburgh -49 9 £55,000 -8.33% 20
Fife +6 6 £45,000 -10.00% 4
West Lothian 0 2 £52,500 -19.23%
Lanarkshire -12 1 £80,000 - 4
C#
UK

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.65%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (51.16%) Azure
2 12 (27.91%) GitHub
3 10 (23.26%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (18.60%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (18.60%) SaaS
5 5 (11.63%) AWS
5 5 (11.63%) GCP
6 4 (9.30%) Azure AI
6 4 (9.30%) ChatGPT
6 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (2.33%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (2.33%) Datadog
8 1 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
8 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) KDB
1 8 (18.60%) Kdb+
2 6 (13.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.65%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (4.65%) Hadoop
3 2 (4.65%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.65%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.33%) CockroachDB
4 1 (2.33%) Couchbase
4 1 (2.33%) DynamoDB
4 1 (2.33%) MySQL
4 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Git
1 3 (6.98%) LabVIEW
1 3 (6.98%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (25.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (23.26%) Finance
3 9 (20.93%) Law
4 8 (18.60%) Banking
5 6 (13.95%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (9.30%) Electronics
6 4 (9.30%) Social Skills
7 3 (6.98%) Legal
7 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.65%) Back Office
8 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.65%) Marketing
9 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Software Engineer
2 14 (32.56%) Senior
3 12 (27.91%) Developer
3 12 (27.91%) Lead
4 8 (18.60%) .NET Software Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) C# Software Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Java Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Java Software Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Lead Software Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Lead Java Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Senior C# Software Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Software Developer
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Test Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (53.49%) React
2 21 (48.84%) .NET
3 13 (30.23%) AngularJS
4 11 (25.58%) .NET Core
4 11 (25.58%) Kafka
5 9 (20.93%) Blazor
5 9 (20.93%) RESTful
6 8 (18.60%) FIX Protocol
6 8 (18.60%) Spring
7 5 (11.63%) .NET Framework
7 5 (11.63%) ASP.NET
7 5 (11.63%) CSS
7 5 (11.63%) HTML
8 4 (9.30%) REST
9 3 (6.98%) Vue
10 2 (4.65%) ASP.NET Web API
10 2 (4.65%) CSS3
10 2 (4.65%) HTML5
10 2 (4.65%) XML
11 1 (2.33%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (11.63%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.98%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.65%) Educational Technology
4 2 (4.65%) NHS
4 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.33%) Blockchain
5 1 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.33%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (67.44%) Software Engineering
2 25 (58.14%) Agile
2 25 (58.14%) CI/CD
3 16 (37.21%) Microservices
4 14 (32.56%) Artificial Intelligence
4 14 (32.56%) DevOps
5 12 (27.91%) Full-Stack Development
5 12 (27.91%) Machine Learning
6 11 (25.58%) SDLC
7 9 (20.93%) Operational Stability
8 8 (18.60%) Application Security
8 8 (18.60%) Containerisation
8 8 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (18.60%) Data Design
8 8 (18.60%) Deployment Automation
8 8 (18.60%) Mentoring
9 5 (11.63%) Community of Practice
9 5 (11.63%) MVC
9 5 (11.63%) Visualisation
10 4 (9.30%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 16 (37.21%) Java
2 10 (23.26%) SQL
3 8 (18.60%) JavaScript
4 5 (11.63%) Python
5 4 (9.30%) C
6 3 (6.98%) C++
6 3 (6.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (6.98%) Degree
1 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) CCA
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (20.93%) Docker
2 2 (4.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) Mentor Graphics
2 3 (6.98%) Oracle
3 1 (2.33%) Splunk
3 1 (2.33%) Sybase