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 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 309 189
Rank change year-on-year -39 -120 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 173 269 610
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.75% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.81% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 161 182 579
10th Percentile £25,000 £38,975 £38,650
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,063 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -6.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%

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 39,045 33,150 35,318
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 92.66% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 23,868 16,140 26,897
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 17 January 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 17 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
Midlands +3 54 £65,000 +23.81% 10
South East -3 42 £55,000 +10.00% 17
North of England -20 38 £55,000 +10.00% 17
East Midlands -13 35 £65,000 +23.81% 2
West Midlands +20 19 £70,000 +33.33% 8
North East +6 15 £50,000 +11.11% 3
North West -2 15 £55,000 +10.00% 10
South West +13 14 £52,000 +4.00% 5
East of England +4 14 £25,000 -50.00%
Scotland +10 8 £60,000 +13.74% 8
Yorkshire -28 8 £70,000 +41.41% 4
Wales +5 2 £38,250 -21.54% 2
Northern Ireland -11 1 - -
C# Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 UK excluding London region featuring C# Developer in the job title.

1 173 (100.00%) C#
2 122 (70.52%) .NET
3 85 (49.13%) Azure
4 62 (35.84%) Full-Stack Development
5 58 (33.53%) Agile
6 51 (29.48%) SQL
7 50 (28.90%) .NET Core
8 46 (26.59%) SQL Server
9 43 (24.86%) JavaScript
10 40 (23.12%) AWS
11 37 (21.39%) Software Engineering
12 34 (19.65%) ASP.NET
12 34 (19.65%) MVC
12 34 (19.65%) React
13 30 (17.34%) CSS
14 28 (16.18%) .NET Framework
15 24 (13.87%) TypeScript
16 22 (12.72%) CI/CD
16 22 (12.72%) Computer Science
16 22 (12.72%) REST
16 22 (12.72%) SaaS
17 20 (11.56%) AngularJS
18 19 (10.98%) ASP.NET MVC
18 19 (10.98%) HTML
18 19 (10.98%) Mentoring
19 18 (10.40%) Degree
19 18 (10.40%) Microservices
19 18 (10.40%) PHP
20 17 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
20 17 (9.83%) DevOps

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 (3.47%) CMS
2 2 (1.16%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.16%) Confluence
2 2 (1.16%) IIS
3 1 (0.58%) Kentico
3 1 (0.58%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.58%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 85 (49.13%) Azure
2 40 (23.12%) AWS
3 22 (12.72%) SaaS
4 14 (8.09%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.78%) Power Automate
6 9 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (4.05%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.73%) GitHub
8 3 (1.73%) Serverless
8 3 (1.73%) Zapier
9 2 (1.16%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.16%) Pulumi
10 1 (0.58%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.58%) GCP
10 1 (0.58%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (26.59%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.67%) MySQL
3 7 (4.05%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.89%) Power BI
5 4 (2.31%) Redis
6 2 (1.16%) MS Access
6 2 (1.16%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.58%) GIS
7 1 (0.58%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 7 (4.05%) TeamCity
1 7 (4.05%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.73%) Git
2 3 (1.73%) JIRA
3 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) MSTest
4 1 (0.58%) NUnit
4 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 28 (16.18%) Finance
2 24 (13.87%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.67%) Games
4 6 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.31%) Electronics
5 4 (2.31%) Law
5 4 (2.31%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.73%) Aviation
6 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.16%) Banking
7 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.16%) Retail
8 1 (0.58%) Advertising
8 1 (0.58%) Legal
8 1 (0.58%) Local Government
8 1 (0.58%) Marketing
8 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (70.52%) .NET
2 50 (28.90%) .NET Core
3 34 (19.65%) ASP.NET
3 34 (19.65%) React
4 30 (17.34%) CSS
5 28 (16.18%) .NET Framework
6 22 (12.72%) REST
7 20 (11.56%) AngularJS
8 19 (10.98%) ASP.NET MVC
8 19 (10.98%) HTML
9 16 (9.25%) Entity Framework
10 12 (6.94%) jQuery
11 9 (5.20%) WinForms
11 9 (5.20%) WPF
12 8 (4.62%) Vue
13 7 (4.05%) Blazor
14 6 (3.47%) DirectX
14 6 (3.47%) OpenGL
15 5 (2.89%) ASP.NET Web API
15 5 (2.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.36%) Distributed Systems
1 11 (6.36%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.47%) 3D Graphics
3 6 (3.47%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.31%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.31%) Client/Server
4 4 (2.31%) IoT
4 4 (2.31%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.16%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.58%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.58%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.58%) EPoS
7 1 (0.58%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.58%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.58%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.47%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.89%) Android
3 1 (0.58%) Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (35.84%) Full-Stack Development
2 58 (33.53%) Agile
3 37 (21.39%) Software Engineering
4 34 (19.65%) MVC
5 22 (12.72%) CI/CD
5 22 (12.72%) Computer Science
6 19 (10.98%) Mentoring
7 18 (10.40%) Microservices
8 17 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (9.83%) DevOps
8 17 (9.83%) Technical Leadership
9 15 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (8.09%) Design Patterns
11 12 (6.94%) Architectural Patterns
11 12 (6.94%) OOP
12 11 (6.36%) Coaching
12 11 (6.36%) Conflict Resolution
12 11 (6.36%) TDD
13 9 (5.20%) Mathematics
13 9 (5.20%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 173 (100.00%) C#
2 51 (29.48%) SQL
3 43 (24.86%) JavaScript
4 24 (13.87%) TypeScript
5 18 (10.40%) PHP
6 12 (6.94%) Java
7 11 (6.36%) C++
8 9 (5.20%) T-SQL
9 8 (4.62%) XAML
10 7 (4.05%) Delphi
11 3 (1.73%) C
11 3 (1.73%) COBOL
12 1 (0.58%) Bicep
12 1 (0.58%) Dart
12 1 (0.58%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (10.40%) Degree
2 14 (8.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.73%) Accessibility
1 3 (1.73%) GDPR
2 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.58%) QA
2 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (5.20%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (5.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (9.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.47%) Oracle
3 2 (1.16%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.58%) ESRI
4 1 (0.58%) Infragistics
4 1 (0.58%) Perforce
4 1 (0.58%) Xamarin