C# Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

C# Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median C# Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 324 174
Rank change year-on-year -25 -150 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 182 256 789
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.75% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.81% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 168 167 754
10th Percentile £25,000 £40,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -6.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £64,750
90th Percentile £79,125 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 41,153 31,623 46,073
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.03% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 25,401 15,172 35,925
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

C# Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

C# Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

C# Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Developer in the UK excluding London

C# Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 February 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
Midlands +2 55 £65,000 +23.81% 11
North of England -31 44 £55,000 +10.00% 10
South East -6 42 £55,000 +10.00% 19
East Midlands -5 36 £65,000 +23.81% 5
West Midlands +12 19 £70,000 +33.33% 6
North West +7 18 £57,500 +15.00% 7
East of England +4 16 £37,500 -25.00% 1
North East +1 16 £50,000 +11.11%
South West +4 14 £52,000 +4.00% 3
Yorkshire -31 10 £65,000 +31.31% 3
Scotland -7 8 £60,000 +14.29%
Wales +5 2 £39,500 -16.84% 1
Northern Ireland -15 1 - - 1
C# Developer
UK

C# Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 February 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 UK excluding London region featuring C# Developer in the job title.

1 182 (100.00%) C#
2 124 (68.13%) .NET
3 85 (46.70%) Azure
4 65 (35.71%) Full-Stack Development
5 58 (31.87%) Agile
6 51 (28.02%) .NET Core
6 51 (28.02%) SQL
7 47 (25.82%) SQL Server
8 44 (24.18%) JavaScript
9 41 (22.53%) AWS
10 40 (21.98%) Software Engineering
11 35 (19.23%) React
12 33 (18.13%) MVC
13 32 (17.58%) ASP.NET
14 28 (15.38%) CSS
15 25 (13.74%) .NET Framework
16 23 (12.64%) SaaS
17 21 (11.54%) Computer Science
17 21 (11.54%) TypeScript
18 20 (10.99%) Mentoring
19 19 (10.44%) CI/CD
19 19 (10.44%) Microservices
19 19 (10.44%) REST
20 18 (9.89%) AngularJS
20 18 (9.89%) ASP.NET MVC
20 18 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
20 18 (9.89%) PHP
21 17 (9.34%) Degree
21 17 (9.34%) HTML
21 17 (9.34%) Technical Leadership

C# Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (3.30%) CMS
2 2 (1.10%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.10%) Confluence
2 2 (1.10%) IIS
3 1 (0.55%) Kentico
3 1 (0.55%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 85 (46.70%) Azure
2 41 (22.53%) AWS
3 23 (12.64%) SaaS
4 14 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.40%) Power Automate
6 6 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.30%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.65%) Serverless
7 3 (1.65%) Zapier
8 2 (1.10%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.10%) GitHub
8 2 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.10%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.55%) GCP
9 1 (0.55%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (25.82%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.69%) MySQL
3 9 (4.95%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.85%) Power BI
5 4 (2.20%) Redis
6 2 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.10%) MS Access
6 2 (1.10%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.55%) GIS
7 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (3.85%) TeamCity
2 6 (3.30%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.65%) Git
4 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 29 (15.93%) Finance
2 25 (13.74%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.24%) Games
4 6 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (2.75%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.20%) Electronics
6 4 (2.20%) Law
6 4 (2.20%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.65%) Aviation
7 3 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.65%) Retail
8 2 (1.10%) Banking
9 1 (0.55%) Advertising
9 1 (0.55%) Legal
9 1 (0.55%) Local Government
9 1 (0.55%) Marketing
9 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (68.13%) .NET
2 51 (28.02%) .NET Core
3 35 (19.23%) React
4 32 (17.58%) ASP.NET
5 28 (15.38%) CSS
6 25 (13.74%) .NET Framework
7 19 (10.44%) REST
8 18 (9.89%) AngularJS
8 18 (9.89%) ASP.NET MVC
9 17 (9.34%) HTML
10 15 (8.24%) Entity Framework
11 12 (6.59%) jQuery
12 11 (6.04%) WinForms
13 9 (4.95%) WPF
14 8 (4.40%) Vue
15 7 (3.85%) Blazor
15 7 (3.85%) XML
16 6 (3.30%) DirectX
16 6 (3.30%) OpenGL
17 4 (2.20%) Autofac
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.59%) Distributed Systems
1 12 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.30%) 3D Graphics
2 6 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.75%) IoT
3 5 (2.75%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.20%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.20%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.20%) Sports Betting
4 4 (2.20%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.10%) Digital Signage
6 2 (1.10%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.10%) Smart City
7 1 (0.55%) EPoS
7 1 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.55%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.55%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.30%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.75%) Android
3 2 (1.10%) Linux
4 1 (0.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (35.71%) Full-Stack Development
2 58 (31.87%) Agile
3 40 (21.98%) Software Engineering
4 33 (18.13%) MVC
5 21 (11.54%) Computer Science
6 20 (10.99%) Mentoring
7 19 (10.44%) CI/CD
7 19 (10.44%) Microservices
8 18 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (9.34%) Technical Leadership
10 16 (8.79%) DevOps
11 14 (7.69%) Design Patterns
11 14 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (7.14%) Architectural Patterns
13 12 (6.59%) Coaching
13 12 (6.59%) Conflict Resolution
13 12 (6.59%) OOP
14 10 (5.49%) SDLC
14 10 (5.49%) TDD
15 9 (4.95%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 182 (100.00%) C#
2 51 (28.02%) SQL
3 44 (24.18%) JavaScript
4 21 (11.54%) TypeScript
5 18 (9.89%) PHP
6 12 (6.59%) Java
7 11 (6.04%) C++
8 9 (4.95%) Delphi
9 8 (4.40%) T-SQL
9 8 (4.40%) XAML
10 3 (1.65%) C
10 3 (1.65%) COBOL
11 1 (0.55%) Bash
11 1 (0.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (9.34%) Degree
2 13 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.10%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.65%) Accessibility
1 3 (1.65%) GDPR
2 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (4.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (5.49%) Terraform
2 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (8.79%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.85%) Oracle
3 2 (1.10%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.55%) ESRI
4 1 (0.55%) Infragistics
4 1 (0.55%) Perforce
4 1 (0.55%) Xamarin