C# Job Trends in the South East

C#
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 47 14
Rank change year-on-year +11 -33 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 555 374 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.83% 4.77% 9.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.18% 19.76% 31.95%
Number of salaries quoted 510 311 1,407
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,125 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

All Programming Languages
South East

C# falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,502 1,893 5,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.24% 24.12% 28.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,888 1,287 4,125
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

C# job vacancy trend in the South East

C#
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the South East

C#
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# within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 June 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 +39 213 £61,250 -5.77% 41
Surrey -8 117 £65,000 - 31
Oxfordshire +31 104 £65,000 +6.12% 14
Hampshire -13 90 £60,000 +14.29% 27
Kent +1 73 £47,000 +25.33% 29
Buckinghamshire +6 62 £65,000 +8.33% 14
Berkshire +2 47 £50,000 -38.46% 13
East Sussex +2 40 £60,000 +20.00% 5
West Sussex 0 15 £60,000 +7.14% 16
Isle of Wight - 6 £43,750 - 2
Sussex -16 1 £59,500 +40.00% 3
C#
England

C#
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 8 (1.44%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.72%) Confluence
3 2 (0.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 229 (41.26%) Azure
2 105 (18.92%) AWS
3 70 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
4 66 (11.89%) SaaS
5 37 (6.67%) GitHub
6 34 (6.13%) Power Platform
7 22 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (3.78%) Serverless
9 19 (3.42%) Azure AI
10 17 (3.06%) GitHub Copilot
11 16 (2.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.98%) Azure Functions
13 10 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.62%) Anthropic Claude
14 9 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (1.62%) GCP
15 7 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (1.08%) PaaS
17 5 (0.90%) Amazon S3
17 5 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.80%) Internet
2 8 (1.44%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.26%) DNS
4 5 (0.90%) DHCP
4 5 (0.90%) Firewall
4 5 (0.90%) LAN
4 5 (0.90%) WAN
5 3 (0.54%) RS-232
6 2 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.36%) SSL
7 1 (0.18%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (18.56%) SQL Server
2 56 (10.09%) MongoDB
3 55 (9.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 22 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (3.06%) Power BI
7 15 (2.70%) MySQL
8 12 (2.16%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.72%) GIS
9 4 (0.72%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.54%) Metadata
10 3 (0.54%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.54%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.36%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (9.19%) Git
2 23 (4.14%) Postman
2 23 (4.14%) Visual Studio Code
3 21 (3.78%) GitLab
4 20 (3.60%) Selenium
5 18 (3.24%) JIRA
6 16 (2.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (2.34%) SoapUI
7 13 (2.34%) Visual Studio
8 12 (2.16%) WebDriver
9 8 (1.44%) Yeoman
10 6 (1.08%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.90%) LabVIEW
12 4 (0.72%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.72%) NUnit
13 3 (0.54%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.54%) Ranorex
13 3 (0.54%) TeamCity
14 2 (0.36%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.36%) MSTest
General
1 100 (18.02%) Social Skills
2 84 (15.14%) Finance
3 34 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.86%) Manufacturing
5 18 (3.24%) Electronics
5 18 (3.24%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.88%) Aerospace
6 16 (2.88%) Automotive
6 16 (2.88%) Retail
7 13 (2.34%) Games
8 10 (1.80%) Advertising
8 10 (1.80%) Aviation
9 8 (1.44%) Military
10 5 (0.90%) Law
10 5 (0.90%) Marketing
11 4 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.54%) Local Government
13 2 (0.36%) Music Industry
13 2 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 262 (47.21%) Developer
2 171 (30.81%) Software Engineer
3 123 (22.16%) .NET Developer
4 108 (19.46%) C# Software Engineer
5 87 (15.68%) Senior
6 64 (11.53%) C# Developer
7 58 (10.45%) .NET Software Engineer
8 52 (9.37%) Lead
8 52 (9.37%) Software Developer
9 49 (8.83%) Senior Software Engineer
10 47 (8.47%) Full-Stack Developer
11 43 (7.75%) C# .NET Developer
12 32 (5.77%) C++ Software Engineer
13 31 (5.59%) Python Engineer
13 31 (5.59%) Python Software Engineer
14 25 (4.50%) .NET Software Developer
15 24 (4.32%) Senior Developer
16 23 (4.14%) Analyst
17 22 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
18 21 (3.78%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 399 (71.89%) .NET
2 119 (21.44%) ASP.NET
3 97 (17.48%) .NET Core
4 74 (13.33%) ASP.NET Core
5 70 (12.61%) HTML
6 63 (11.35%) React
6 63 (11.35%) Vue
7 60 (10.81%) CSS
8 48 (8.65%) AngularJS
9 43 (7.75%) RESTful
10 42 (7.57%) Node.js
11 36 (6.49%) Blazor
12 33 (5.95%) ASP.NET Web API
13 32 (5.77%) REST
14 31 (5.59%) Entity Framework
15 29 (5.23%) .NET Framework
16 21 (3.78%) SOAP
17 19 (3.42%) WPF
18 18 (3.24%) ML.NET
19 17 (3.06%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 22 (3.96%) Algorithms
4 20 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.70%) Distributed Computing
6 15 (2.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 14 (2.52%) Low-Code
8 12 (2.16%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.80%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (1.44%) Client/Server
10 8 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.44%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.90%) NHS
14 4 (0.72%) Onboarding
15 3 (0.54%) AI Agents
15 3 (0.54%) Security Posture
15 3 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.60%) Windows
2 19 (3.42%) Linux
3 8 (1.44%) Android
3 8 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (38.38%) Software Engineering
2 194 (34.95%) Agile
3 142 (25.59%) Full-Stack Development
4 112 (20.18%) CI/CD
5 106 (19.10%) DevOps
6 94 (16.94%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (13.69%) AI
8 68 (12.25%) Computer Science
9 67 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (11.89%) SDLC
11 62 (11.17%) Microservices
12 58 (10.45%) Mentoring
13 54 (9.73%) Scrum
14 50 (9.01%) Machine Learning
15 46 (8.29%) Software Testing
16 44 (7.93%) Test Automation
17 43 (7.75%) TDD
18 40 (7.21%) SOLID
19 39 (7.03%) OOP
20 38 (6.85%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 195 (35.14%) SQL
2 111 (20.00%) Python
3 109 (19.64%) C++
4 85 (15.32%) JavaScript
5 61 (10.99%) TypeScript
6 34 (6.13%) Java
7 25 (4.50%) C
8 11 (1.98%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.98%) T-SQL
9 10 (1.80%) PHP
10 7 (1.26%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.26%) Embedded C++
11 5 (0.90%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.72%) Go
12 4 (0.72%) Julia
12 4 (0.72%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.72%) VBA
12 4 (0.72%) VBScript
13 2 (0.36%) Bicep
14 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 138 (24.86%) Degree
2 59 (10.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 34 (6.13%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.50%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.24%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.88%) ISTQB
8 14 (2.52%) PhD
9 11 (1.98%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 11 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.08%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
13 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.36%) CSQA
13 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.18%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.23%) QA
2 11 (1.98%) ISO 9001
3 7 (1.26%) GDPR
4 5 (0.90%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.90%) SLA
5 4 (0.72%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.72%) WCAG
6 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (9.19%) Docker
2 10 (1.80%) Firmware
3 6 (1.08%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.90%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (5.23%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.52%) Terraform
3 2 (0.36%) MIIS
Vendors
1 152 (27.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.88%) Oracle
3 11 (1.98%) Facebook
4 7 (1.26%) Xamarin
5 6 (1.08%) Google
5 6 (1.08%) Salesforce
6 5 (0.90%) OpenAI
6 5 (0.90%) VMware
6 5 (0.90%) YouTube
7 4 (0.72%) EMC
7 4 (0.72%) Instagram
7 4 (0.72%) SYSPRO
8 3 (0.54%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.36%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.18%) BMC
10 1 (0.18%) IFS
10 1 (0.18%) Remedy
10 1 (0.18%) Rollbar