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 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 290 198
Rank change year-on-year -25 -92 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 284 224 999
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.82% 1.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.92% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 256 188 953
10th Percentile £24,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 61,115 24,359 64,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 88.70% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 39,195 14,667 47,120
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,075 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.21%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +11.32% -11.67%

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 3 May 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 3 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
North of England -27 86 £65,000 +19.82% 9
South East -19 76 £55,000 +4.76% 6
Midlands -31 70 £62,500 +19.05% 2
East Midlands -9 48 £55,000 +4.76%
North West -5 41 £75,000 +46.34% 4
Yorkshire -35 36 £55,000 -3.08% 1
East of England -7 35 £25,000 -44.44%
West Midlands -45 22 £70,000 +40.00% 2
North East -36 9 £100,000 +45.45% 4
Scotland -13 8 £60,000 +53.85%
South West -56 7 £60,000 +11.63% 1
Wales -27 2 £37,500 -21.05%
C# Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 UK excluding London region featuring C# Developer in the job title.

1 284 (100.00%) C#
2 152 (53.52%) .NET
3 121 (42.61%) Azure
4 99 (34.86%) SQL
5 75 (26.41%) Agile
6 69 (24.30%) Full-Stack Development
7 65 (22.89%) SQL Server
8 62 (21.83%) AWS
9 57 (20.07%) .NET Core
10 55 (19.37%) Computer Science
10 55 (19.37%) Software Engineering
11 54 (19.01%) PHP
12 46 (16.20%) CSS
13 43 (15.14%) MVC
14 41 (14.44%) SaaS
15 38 (13.38%) ASP.NET
16 33 (11.62%) Microsoft
17 30 (10.56%) Microservices
18 29 (10.21%) Degree
18 29 (10.21%) SDLC
19 27 (9.51%) C++
19 27 (9.51%) Computer Science Degree
20 25 (8.80%) jQuery
20 25 (8.80%) Mentoring
20 25 (8.80%) OOP
21 24 (8.45%) Java
21 24 (8.45%) React
22 23 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
22 23 (8.10%) JavaScript
23 22 (7.75%) HTML

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 1 (0.35%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Magento
1 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 121 (42.61%) Azure
2 62 (21.83%) AWS
3 41 (14.44%) SaaS
4 13 (4.58%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.41%) Anthropic Claude
7 3 (1.06%) GitHub
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Functions
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.70%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.70%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.70%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.70%) Serverless
8 2 (0.70%) Zapier
9 1 (0.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (22.89%) SQL Server
2 19 (6.69%) MySQL
3 11 (3.87%) Power BI
3 11 (3.87%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.76%) Git
2 4 (1.41%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 68 (23.94%) Finance
2 28 (9.86%) Social Skills
3 10 (3.52%) Retail
4 9 (3.17%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.82%) Games
6 4 (1.41%) Banking
6 4 (1.41%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.06%) Law
8 1 (0.35%) Advertising
8 1 (0.35%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (53.52%) .NET
2 57 (20.07%) .NET Core
3 46 (16.20%) CSS
4 38 (13.38%) ASP.NET
5 25 (8.80%) jQuery
6 24 (8.45%) React
7 22 (7.75%) HTML
7 22 (7.75%) Vue
8 20 (7.04%) AngularJS
9 15 (5.28%) .NET Framework
10 14 (4.93%) ASP.NET MVC
11 11 (3.87%) WinForms
12 10 (3.52%) Entity Framework
12 10 (3.52%) XML
13 9 (3.17%) REST
14 7 (2.46%) Blazor
15 6 (2.11%) DirectX
15 6 (2.11%) OpenGL
16 5 (1.76%) ASP.NET Core
17 4 (1.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.87%) Mobile App
1 11 (3.87%) Virtual Team
2 8 (2.82%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.46%) Sports Betting
4 6 (2.11%) 3D Graphics
5 4 (1.41%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.41%) EPoS
5 4 (1.41%) Hedge funds
5 4 (1.41%) IoT
6 2 (0.70%) Digital Signage
6 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.70%) Legacy Code
6 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.70%) NHS
6 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.70%) Smart City
7 1 (0.35%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.35%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.17%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.41%) Windows
3 3 (1.06%) Android
4 2 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (26.41%) Agile
2 69 (24.30%) Full-Stack Development
3 55 (19.37%) Computer Science
3 55 (19.37%) Software Engineering
4 43 (15.14%) MVC
5 30 (10.56%) Microservices
6 29 (10.21%) SDLC
7 25 (8.80%) Mentoring
7 25 (8.80%) OOP
8 23 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (5.99%) Product Vision
9 17 (5.99%) Resource Allocation
10 16 (5.63%) CQRS
11 15 (5.28%) Clean Code
12 14 (4.93%) Web Development
13 13 (4.58%) Technical Leadership
14 11 (3.87%) Business Intelligence
14 11 (3.87%) CI/CD
14 11 (3.87%) Design Patterns
14 11 (3.87%) OO
Programming Languages
1 284 (100.00%) C#
2 99 (34.86%) SQL
3 54 (19.01%) PHP
4 27 (9.51%) C++
5 24 (8.45%) Java
6 23 (8.10%) JavaScript
7 15 (5.28%) TypeScript
8 11 (3.87%) Delphi
8 11 (3.87%) T-SQL
9 10 (3.52%) Python
10 3 (1.06%) C
10 3 (1.06%) COBOL
11 1 (0.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (10.21%) Degree
2 27 (9.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.70%) PhD
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.70%) GDPR
2 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.52%) Oracle
3 4 (1.41%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.41%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.35%) Infragistics
4 1 (0.35%) Perforce
4 1 (0.35%) WooCommerce