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 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 214 158
Rank change year-on-year -9 -56 -54
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 75 63 273
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.52% 0.80% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.95% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 64 57 260
10th Percentile £35,625 £45,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,063 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%

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 13,780 6,665 15,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.09% 84.92% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,452 3,617 11,291
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,460 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +6.92% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +29 35 £48,750 -18.75% 4
Buckinghamshire +1 21 £51,250 -14.58% 2
Surrey -6 18 £55,000 - 3
Hampshire -27 12 £60,000 +10.60% 1
Oxfordshire +2 11 £40,000 -38.46%
Kent -34 7 £25,000 -50.00% 2
Berkshire +15 3 £70,000 +27.27% 2
East Sussex -22 1 £52,500 +5.00%
West Sussex - 1 £55,000 - 1
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 19 May 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 75 (100.00%) C#
2 55 (73.33%) .NET
3 30 (40.00%) SQL
4 27 (36.00%) Azure
5 23 (30.67%) Software Engineering
6 22 (29.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 20 (26.67%) AWS
8 18 (24.00%) SaaS
8 18 (24.00%) Vue
9 17 (22.67%) CSS
10 15 (20.00%) Agile
10 15 (20.00%) Microservices
11 14 (18.67%) ASP.NET
11 14 (18.67%) HTML
12 13 (17.33%) Microsoft
12 13 (17.33%) Web Development
13 12 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (16.00%) CQRS
13 12 (16.00%) Product Vision
13 12 (16.00%) Resource Allocation
13 12 (16.00%) SDLC
14 11 (14.67%) MVC
15 10 (13.33%) AngularJS
15 10 (13.33%) SQL Server
16 9 (12.00%) .NET Core
16 9 (12.00%) Apple iOS
16 9 (12.00%) Biometrics
17 7 (9.33%) JavaScript
17 7 (9.33%) MySQL
18 6 (8.00%) 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 (1.33%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.00%) Azure
2 20 (26.67%) AWS
3 18 (24.00%) SaaS
4 4 (5.33%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.33%) GCP
6 1 (1.33%) GitHub
6 1 (1.33%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.33%) Serverless
6 1 (1.33%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 7 (9.33%) MySQL
3 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Git
2 1 (1.33%) Selenium
2 1 (1.33%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.33%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (17.33%) Finance
2 8 (10.67%) Public Sector
2 8 (10.67%) Retail
3 4 (5.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.33%) Law
4 1 (1.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (73.33%) .NET
2 18 (24.00%) Vue
3 17 (22.67%) CSS
4 14 (18.67%) ASP.NET
4 14 (18.67%) HTML
5 10 (13.33%) AngularJS
6 9 (12.00%) .NET Core
7 5 (6.67%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (6.67%) React
8 4 (5.33%) Entity Framework
8 4 (5.33%) jQuery
9 3 (4.00%) .NET Framework
9 3 (4.00%) RESTful
10 2 (2.67%) Blazor
10 2 (2.67%) REST
11 1 (1.33%) ASP.NET Core
11 1 (1.33%) CSS3
11 1 (1.33%) HTML5
11 1 (1.33%) OpenAPI
11 1 (1.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.00%) EPoS
3 2 (2.67%) NHS
3 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.33%) IoT
4 1 (1.33%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (4.00%) Android
2 3 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (30.67%) Software Engineering
2 22 (29.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 15 (20.00%) Agile
3 15 (20.00%) Microservices
4 13 (17.33%) Web Development
5 12 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (16.00%) CQRS
5 12 (16.00%) Product Vision
5 12 (16.00%) Resource Allocation
5 12 (16.00%) SDLC
6 11 (14.67%) MVC
7 9 (12.00%) Biometrics
8 6 (8.00%) Computer Science
9 5 (6.67%) AI
10 4 (5.33%) API Development
10 4 (5.33%) Clean Code
10 4 (5.33%) DevOps
10 4 (5.33%) Mobile Application Development
11 3 (4.00%) Architectural Design
11 3 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 75 (100.00%) C#
2 30 (40.00%) SQL
3 7 (9.33%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.00%) PHP
5 3 (4.00%) C
5 3 (4.00%) C++
5 3 (4.00%) COBOL
5 3 (4.00%) Java
5 3 (4.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.33%) Python
6 1 (1.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.33%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.33%) OpenAI
2 4 (5.33%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.33%) Infragistics
3 1 (1.33%) Perforce