C# Developer Job Trends in the South East

C# Developer
England > South East

The median C# Developer salary in the South East is £51,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 255 177
Rank change year-on-year +1 -78 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 80 37 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.42% 0.41% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.46% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 66 36 127
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,625 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,125 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +6.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £73,500
England median annual salary £61,250 £65,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -5.77% +14.04% -8.80%

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 17,750 8,076 11,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 89.75% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 12,613 4,436 6,692
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,924 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.42% -6.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
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# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

C# Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

C# Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

C# Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Developer in the South East

C# 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# Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 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 +31 44 £50,000 -20.00% 8
Surrey -7 26 £90,000 +67.44% 2
Oxfordshire -18 19 £44,000 -32.31%
Berkshire +17 15 £70,000 +27.27% 7
Buckinghamshire +2 10 £51,500 +30.38% 1
Isle of Wight - 6 £45,000 -
Kent -24 3 £25,000 -37.50% 6
West Sussex - 1 £49,750 -
C# Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 2026, C# 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# Developer in the job title.

1 80 (100.00%) C#
2 65 (81.25%) .NET
3 27 (33.75%) CSS
4 25 (31.25%) HTML
5 24 (30.00%) Azure
5 24 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 22 (27.50%) SQL Server
7 21 (26.25%) Software Engineering
8 19 (23.75%) ASP.NET
9 18 (22.50%) JavaScript
10 16 (20.00%) Agile
11 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (17.50%) jQuery
12 13 (16.25%) .NET Framework
12 13 (16.25%) Clean Code
12 13 (16.25%) Entity Framework
12 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (16.25%) SQL
13 12 (15.00%) Microservices
13 12 (15.00%) MySQL
13 12 (15.00%) SaaS
14 11 (13.75%) Code Quality
14 11 (13.75%) Degree
14 11 (13.75%) Web Development
15 10 (12.50%) AWS
15 10 (12.50%) Git
15 10 (12.50%) OO
15 10 (12.50%) Relational Database
15 10 (12.50%) SDLC
16 9 (11.25%) .NET Core

C# 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 4 (5.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.75%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.00%) Azure
2 12 (15.00%) SaaS
3 10 (12.50%) AWS
4 7 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.75%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.25%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.25%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (27.50%) SQL Server
2 12 (15.00%) MySQL
3 10 (12.50%) Relational Database
4 6 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Git
2 4 (5.00%) Claude Code
2 4 (5.00%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (5.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (7.50%) Finance
2 6 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (7.50%) Law
2 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
2 6 (7.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Electronics
3 5 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.00%) Games
5 3 (3.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (81.25%) .NET
2 27 (33.75%) CSS
3 25 (31.25%) HTML
4 19 (23.75%) ASP.NET
5 14 (17.50%) jQuery
6 13 (16.25%) .NET Framework
6 13 (16.25%) Entity Framework
7 9 (11.25%) .NET Core
7 9 (11.25%) ASP.NET Core
7 9 (11.25%) React
8 8 (10.00%) REST
8 8 (10.00%) Vue
9 7 (8.75%) AngularJS
9 7 (8.75%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (5.00%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (5.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 4 (5.00%) LESS
11 3 (3.75%) Blazor
11 3 (3.75%) WinForms
12 1 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (3.75%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.50%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.25%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.25%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.25%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.25%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 21 (26.25%) Software Engineering
3 16 (20.00%) Agile
4 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (16.25%) Clean Code
5 13 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (15.00%) Microservices
7 11 (13.75%) Code Quality
7 11 (13.75%) Web Development
8 10 (12.50%) OO
8 10 (12.50%) SDLC
9 9 (11.25%) MVC
9 9 (11.25%) OOP
10 8 (10.00%) Fintech
11 7 (8.75%) CQRS
11 7 (8.75%) DevOps
11 7 (8.75%) Product Vision
11 7 (8.75%) Project Management
11 7 (8.75%) Resource Allocation
11 7 (8.75%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 80 (100.00%) C#
2 18 (22.50%) JavaScript
3 13 (16.25%) SQL
4 7 (8.75%) TypeScript
5 4 (5.00%) VB.NET
6 3 (3.75%) PHP
7 2 (2.50%) C++
7 2 (2.50%) Java
8 1 (1.25%) Python
8 1 (1.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.75%) Degree
2 6 (7.50%) Master's Degree
2 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
2 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (1.25%) OpenAI