C# Developer Job Trends in the South East

C# Developer
England > South East

The median C# Developer salary in the South East is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 231 151
Rank change year-on-year -5 -80 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 45 76 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.44% 0.83% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.90% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 42 45 119
10th Percentile £38,650 £43,100 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% -5.17%
75th Percentile £62,188 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £66,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% - -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 9,484 8,430 7,412
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 91.56% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,872 4,529 5,390
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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 +10 19 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Hampshire +22 10 £56,250 +4.17% 1
Buckinghamshire -4 10 £55,000 +7.32%
Kent -6 6 £32,500 -43.48%
Surrey +4 5 £60,000 -25.00%
Oxfordshire - 5 £60,000 - 2
Berkshire -2 4 £65,000 +52.94% 3
East Sussex -6 3 £60,000 +20.00%
West Sussex - 1 £55,000 - 3
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 2 January 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 45 (100.00%) C#
2 34 (75.56%) .NET
3 17 (37.78%) Azure
4 12 (26.67%) .NET Core
5 11 (24.44%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (22.22%) ASP.NET
6 10 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 10 (22.22%) SQL
7 9 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 8 (17.78%) Agile
8 8 (17.78%) Degree
8 8 (17.78%) MVC
8 8 (17.78%) SQL Server
9 7 (15.56%) AngularJS
9 7 (15.56%) MySQL
9 7 (15.56%) REST
10 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
10 6 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (13.33%) DevOps
10 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
10 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (11.11%) AI
12 4 (8.89%) .NET Framework
12 4 (8.89%) ASP.NET MVC
12 4 (8.89%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (8.89%) AWS
12 4 (8.89%) CI/CD
12 4 (8.89%) CSS
12 4 (8.89%) Docker
12 4 (8.89%) jQuery

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 2 (4.44%) CMS
2 1 (2.22%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.22%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (37.78%) Azure
2 4 (8.89%) AWS
2 4 (8.89%) SaaS
3 3 (6.67%) Power Automate
3 3 (6.67%) Zapier
4 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.22%) GitHub
4 1 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.22%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (15.56%) MySQL
3 2 (4.44%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (28.89%) Finance
2 5 (11.11%) Aviation
2 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Banking
3 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.44%) Retail
4 1 (2.22%) Law
4 1 (2.22%) Legal
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (75.56%) .NET
2 12 (26.67%) .NET Core
3 10 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 7 (15.56%) AngularJS
4 7 (15.56%) REST
5 4 (8.89%) .NET Framework
5 4 (8.89%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (8.89%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (8.89%) CSS
5 4 (8.89%) jQuery
5 4 (8.89%) React
5 4 (8.89%) Vue
5 4 (8.89%) WinForms
6 3 (6.67%) Blazor
6 3 (6.67%) Entity Framework
6 3 (6.67%) OpenAPI
6 3 (6.67%) Swagger
6 3 (6.67%) WPF
7 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (2.22%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) IoT
2 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.44%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (4.44%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.22%) EPoS
3 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.22%) Android
2 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (24.44%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 8 (17.78%) Agile
3 8 (17.78%) MVC
4 6 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 6 (13.33%) DevOps
4 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (11.11%) AI
6 4 (8.89%) CI/CD
7 3 (6.67%) Architectural Design
7 3 (6.67%) Clean Code
7 3 (6.67%) Decision-Making
7 3 (6.67%) ERP
7 3 (6.67%) Machine Learning
7 3 (6.67%) Mathematics
7 3 (6.67%) Microservices
7 3 (6.67%) OOP
7 3 (6.67%) Risk Management
7 3 (6.67%) SOLID
7 3 (6.67%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 45 (100.00%) C#
2 10 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 10 (22.22%) SQL
3 4 (8.89%) TypeScript
4 3 (6.67%) C
4 3 (6.67%) C++
4 3 (6.67%) COBOL
4 3 (6.67%) Java
4 3 (6.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (17.78%) Degree
2 6 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (8.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (8.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.22%) Infragistics
3 1 (2.22%) Perforce
3 1 (2.22%) Xamarin