C# Developer Job Trends in the South East

C# Developer
England > South East

The median C# Developer salary in the South East is £50,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 August 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 248 173
Rank change year-on-year +8 -75 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 81 40 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.46% 0.44% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.50% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 64 39 169
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -16.67% +2.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%

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 16,665 8,056 13,273
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.23% 89.38% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,858 4,499 8,641
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 26 August 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 26 August 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 +38 37 £47,000 -10.48% 1
Surrey -2 30 £55,000 +2.33% 5
Buckinghamshire +9 16 £51,500 +28.75%
Oxfordshire -17 12 £40,000 -38.46%
Berkshire +24 9 £50,000 - 1
Isle of Wight - 6 £45,000 -
Kent -15 5 £25,000 -37.50% 5
Hampshire -52 2 £60,000 +15.11%
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 26 August 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 81 (100.00%) C#
2 63 (77.78%) .NET
3 31 (38.27%) Software Engineering
4 28 (34.57%) Azure
5 27 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 24 (29.63%) CSS
7 23 (28.40%) SQL
8 22 (27.16%) HTML
9 19 (23.46%) SaaS
10 18 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (20.99%) AWS
11 17 (20.99%) Microservices
11 17 (20.99%) SQL Server
12 15 (18.52%) Agile
12 15 (18.52%) SDLC
12 15 (18.52%) Vue
12 15 (18.52%) Web Development
13 14 (17.28%) ASP.NET
14 12 (14.81%) Clean Code
14 12 (14.81%) CQRS
14 12 (14.81%) Product Vision
14 12 (14.81%) React
14 12 (14.81%) Resource Allocation
15 11 (13.58%) AngularJS
15 11 (13.58%) JavaScript
15 11 (13.58%) OO
16 10 (12.35%) .NET Core
16 10 (12.35%) Degree
16 10 (12.35%) Microsoft
16 10 (12.35%) MySQL

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:

Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 28 (34.57%) Azure
2 19 (23.46%) SaaS
3 17 (20.99%) AWS
4 5 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.70%) Anthropic Claude
5 3 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (20.99%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.35%) MySQL
3 6 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (7.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Git
2 4 (4.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (9.88%) Public Sector
2 6 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (7.41%) Finance
2 6 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (7.41%) Law
3 5 (6.17%) Electronics
3 5 (6.17%) Manufacturing
3 5 (6.17%) Retail
4 4 (4.94%) Games
5 2 (2.47%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (77.78%) .NET
2 24 (29.63%) CSS
3 22 (27.16%) HTML
4 15 (18.52%) Vue
5 14 (17.28%) ASP.NET
6 12 (14.81%) React
7 11 (13.58%) AngularJS
8 10 (12.35%) .NET Core
9 9 (11.11%) .NET Framework
9 9 (11.11%) Entity Framework
10 6 (7.41%) jQuery
11 5 (6.17%) ASP.NET Core
12 4 (4.94%) ASP.NET MVC
12 4 (4.94%) REST
13 3 (3.70%) Blazor
13 3 (3.70%) WinForms
14 1 (1.23%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 1 (1.23%) JSON
14 1 (1.23%) RESTful
14 1 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (3.70%) Low-Code
2 3 (3.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.23%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.23%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (38.27%) Software Engineering
2 27 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 18 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (20.99%) Microservices
5 15 (18.52%) Agile
5 15 (18.52%) SDLC
5 15 (18.52%) Web Development
6 12 (14.81%) Clean Code
6 12 (14.81%) CQRS
6 12 (14.81%) Product Vision
6 12 (14.81%) Resource Allocation
7 11 (13.58%) OO
8 9 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (9.88%) MVC
9 8 (9.88%) OOP
10 7 (8.64%) AI
10 7 (8.64%) Code Quality
10 7 (8.64%) Scrum
10 7 (8.64%) Technology Strategy
11 6 (7.41%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 81 (100.00%) C#
2 23 (28.40%) SQL
3 11 (13.58%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.94%) PHP
5 3 (3.70%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.47%) C++
6 2 (2.47%) Java
7 1 (1.23%) Python
7 1 (1.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (12.35%) Degree
2 6 (7.41%) Master's Degree
2 6 (7.41%) SC Cleared
2 6 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 10 (12.35%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.70%) OpenAI