C# .NET Developer Job Trends in the South East

C# .NET Developer
England > South East

The median C# .NET Developer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 295 289 221
Rank change year-on-year -6 -68 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a C# .NET Developer 56 13 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.30% 0.14% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.16% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 48 12 89
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,344 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% -9.62% +18.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £74,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 17,771 8,045 12,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 89.66% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 12,629 4,424 6,887
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%

C# .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'C# .NET Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

C# .NET Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

C# .NET Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the South East

C# .NET Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# .NET Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Salary histogram for C# .NET Developer in the South East

C# .NET Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# .NET Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 October 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
Thames Valley +21 31 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Surrey -1 24 £90,000 -10.00% 3
Oxfordshire -17 19 £44,000 -29.60%
Buckinghamshire +11 12 £51,500 +28.75% 1
West Sussex - 1 £49,750 -
C# .NET Developer
England

C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 October 2026, C# .NET Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring C# .NET Developer in the job title.

1 56 (100.00%) .NET
1 56 (100.00%) C#
2 22 (39.29%) Azure
2 22 (39.29%) CSS
2 22 (39.29%) HTML
3 19 (33.93%) Full-Stack Development
4 16 (28.57%) ASP.NET
4 16 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 16 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 14 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 13 (23.21%) SaaS
7 12 (21.43%) Microservices
7 12 (21.43%) SQL
8 11 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (19.64%) jQuery
9 10 (17.86%) .NET Framework
9 10 (17.86%) AWS
9 10 (17.86%) Entity Framework
9 10 (17.86%) Vue
9 10 (17.86%) Web Development
10 9 (16.07%) Agile
10 9 (16.07%) ASP.NET Core
11 8 (14.29%) Clean Code
11 8 (14.29%) CQRS
11 8 (14.29%) MySQL
11 8 (14.29%) Product Vision
11 8 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
11 8 (14.29%) REST
11 8 (14.29%) SDLC
12 7 (12.50%) Azure DevOps

C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (5.36%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 22 (39.29%) Azure
2 13 (23.21%) SaaS
3 10 (17.86%) AWS
4 7 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (3.57%) Anthropic Claude
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 8 (14.29%) MySQL
3 6 (10.71%) Relational Database
4 3 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Git
2 3 (5.36%) Claude Code
2 3 (5.36%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (5.36%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.14%) Games
2 4 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.36%) Law
3 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.36%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (100.00%) .NET
2 22 (39.29%) CSS
2 22 (39.29%) HTML
3 16 (28.57%) ASP.NET
4 11 (19.64%) jQuery
5 10 (17.86%) .NET Framework
5 10 (17.86%) Entity Framework
5 10 (17.86%) Vue
6 9 (16.07%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (14.29%) REST
8 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (10.71%) React
9 5 (8.93%) .NET Core
9 5 (8.93%) AngularJS
10 3 (5.36%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (5.36%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 3 (5.36%) Blazor
10 3 (5.36%) LESS
10 3 (5.36%) WinForms
11 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.57%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.79%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.93%) Full-Stack Development
2 16 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 12 (21.43%) Microservices
4 11 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (17.86%) Web Development
6 9 (16.07%) Agile
7 8 (14.29%) Clean Code
7 8 (14.29%) CQRS
7 8 (14.29%) Product Vision
7 8 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
7 8 (14.29%) SDLC
8 7 (12.50%) Code Quality
8 7 (12.50%) DevOps
8 7 (12.50%) Fintech
8 7 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (12.50%) Project Management
8 7 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 6 (10.71%) AI
9 6 (10.71%) MVC
9 6 (10.71%) OO
Programming Languages
1 56 (100.00%) C#
2 14 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (21.43%) SQL
4 6 (10.71%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.36%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.36%) Degree
1 3 (5.36%) Master's Degree
1 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.36%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) OpenAI