C# Developer Job Trends in the South East

C# Developer
England > South East

The median C# Developer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 185 162
Rank change year-on-year -36 -23 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 67 69 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.49% 1.02% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 1.21% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59 60 244
10th Percentile £32,000 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,500 £66,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

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 12,979 5,718 14,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 84.61% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 8,617 3,585 11,041
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,850 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.59% -9.13%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 +1 29 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Buckinghamshire -17 18 £51,250 -14.58% 2
Hampshire -7 15 £60,000 +11.11% 1
Surrey -21 13 £55,000 - 1
Oxfordshire -4 7 £50,000 +2.56% 3
Kent -35 7 £25,000 -56.52%
Berkshire +8 4 £67,500 +38.46% 1
East Sussex -37 1 £52,500 +5.00%
West Sussex - 1 £55,000 -
Isle of Wight - 1 £50,000 -
C# Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 April 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 67 (100.00%) C#
2 47 (70.15%) .NET
3 25 (37.31%) SQL
4 24 (35.82%) Azure
5 18 (26.87%) Software Engineering
6 17 (25.37%) Full-Stack Development
7 16 (23.88%) Agile
7 16 (23.88%) AWS
8 15 (22.39%) ASP.NET
9 13 (19.40%) CSS
9 13 (19.40%) SaaS
9 13 (19.40%) Vue
10 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
10 12 (17.91%) MVC
11 11 (16.42%) .NET Core
11 11 (16.42%) SQL Server
12 10 (14.93%) AngularJS
12 10 (14.93%) Apple iOS
12 10 (14.93%) Biometrics
12 10 (14.93%) Microservices
12 10 (14.93%) Web Development
13 9 (13.43%) HTML
13 9 (13.43%) MySQL
14 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (10.45%) CQRS
14 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
14 7 (10.45%) Product Vision
14 7 (10.45%) Resource Allocation
14 7 (10.45%) SDLC
15 6 (8.96%) Computer Science

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 1 (1.49%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (35.82%) Azure
2 16 (23.88%) AWS
3 13 (19.40%) SaaS
4 4 (5.97%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.99%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.99%) Zapier
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.49%) GCP
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub
6 1 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.49%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.42%) SQL Server
2 9 (13.43%) MySQL
3 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) Selenium
2 1 (1.49%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.49%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (20.90%) Finance
2 9 (13.43%) Public Sector
2 9 (13.43%) Retail
3 4 (5.97%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.49%) Law
4 1 (1.49%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (70.15%) .NET
2 15 (22.39%) ASP.NET
3 13 (19.40%) CSS
3 13 (19.40%) Vue
4 11 (16.42%) .NET Core
5 10 (14.93%) AngularJS
6 9 (13.43%) HTML
7 5 (7.46%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (7.46%) jQuery
7 5 (7.46%) React
8 4 (5.97%) Entity Framework
9 3 (4.48%) .NET Framework
9 3 (4.48%) REST
9 3 (4.48%) RESTful
10 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET Web API
10 2 (2.99%) Blazor
10 2 (2.99%) OpenAPI
10 2 (2.99%) Swagger
11 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET Core
11 1 (1.49%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.94%) Mobile App
2 4 (5.97%) EPoS
3 3 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.99%) IoT
4 2 (2.99%) NHS
5 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.49%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.93%) Apple iOS
2 4 (5.97%) Android
2 4 (5.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) Software Engineering
2 17 (25.37%) Full-Stack Development
3 16 (23.88%) Agile
4 12 (17.91%) MVC
5 10 (14.93%) Biometrics
5 10 (14.93%) Microservices
5 10 (14.93%) Web Development
6 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (10.45%) CQRS
6 7 (10.45%) Product Vision
6 7 (10.45%) Resource Allocation
6 7 (10.45%) SDLC
7 6 (8.96%) Computer Science
8 5 (7.46%) AI
9 4 (5.97%) API Development
9 4 (5.97%) Design Patterns
9 4 (5.97%) DevOps
9 4 (5.97%) Mobile Application Development
9 4 (5.97%) OOP
9 4 (5.97%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 67 (100.00%) C#
2 25 (37.31%) SQL
3 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.96%) PHP
5 4 (5.97%) C++
5 4 (5.97%) Java
6 3 (4.48%) C
6 3 (4.48%) COBOL
6 3 (4.48%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.96%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.99%) PhD
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.99%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) Xamarin
3 4 (5.97%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.49%) Infragistics
4 1 (1.49%) Perforce