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 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 213 219
Rank change year-on-year -173 +6 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 146 542 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 1.14% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 1.20% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 137 432 398
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,800 £37,275
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 32,791 45,172 28,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.71% 94.82% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 20,183 24,278 21,746
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% -4.66% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025. 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 -82 37 £56,250 +12.50% 25
South East -73 35 £54,625 +1.63% 22
Midlands -6 33 £61,750 +23.50% 38
West Midlands +16 21 £70,000 +40.00% 17
East of England +2 21 £57,500 +15.00% 6
North East -14 17 £50,000 - 4
South West +12 16 £45,000 -18.18% 6
North West +4 13 £62,500 +25.00% 14
East Midlands -23 12 £40,000 -20.00% 21
Yorkshire -53 7 £80,000 +61.62% 7
Wales -13 2 £38,250 -15.00% 3
Northern Ireland -3 1 - -
Scotland -15 1 £40,000 -24.53% 1
C# Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, 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.

1 146 (100.00%) C#
2 123 (84.25%) .NET
3 72 (49.32%) Azure
4 54 (36.99%) Agile
5 52 (35.62%) SQL
6 44 (30.14%) Full-Stack Development
7 42 (28.77%) JavaScript
7 42 (28.77%) SQL Server
8 40 (27.40%) AWS
9 35 (23.97%) Software Engineering
10 34 (23.29%) CSS
11 32 (21.92%) ASP.NET
11 32 (21.92%) MVC
12 30 (20.55%) .NET Framework
12 30 (20.55%) HTML
13 28 (19.18%) SaaS
14 27 (18.49%) React
15 26 (17.81%) .NET Core
16 25 (17.12%) Mentoring
17 24 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (16.44%) Degree
17 24 (16.44%) Microservices
18 23 (15.75%) CI/CD
18 23 (15.75%) DevOps
19 22 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
19 22 (15.07%) REST
19 22 (15.07%) TypeScript
20 21 (14.38%) AngularJS
21 20 (13.70%) Computer Science
22 17 (11.64%) Computer Science Degree

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 8 (5.48%) CMS
2 5 (3.42%) Confluence
2 5 (3.42%) IIS
3 2 (1.37%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.68%) Kentico
4 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 7 (4.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.05%) Magento
2 3 (2.05%) Shopify
3 1 (0.68%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.68%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 72 (49.32%) Azure
2 40 (27.40%) AWS
3 28 (19.18%) SaaS
4 8 (5.48%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (5.48%) Power Automate
4 8 (5.48%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.11%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.05%) GCP
7 3 (2.05%) GitHub
8 2 (1.37%) BigCommerce
8 2 (1.37%) NuGet
8 2 (1.37%) Pulumi
8 2 (1.37%) Sage Pay
8 2 (1.37%) Serverless
9 1 (0.68%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.68%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.68%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.37%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.68%) Internet
2 1 (0.68%) RS-232
2 1 (0.68%) RS-422
2 1 (0.68%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (28.77%) SQL Server
2 17 (11.64%) MySQL
3 5 (3.42%) Redis
4 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.37%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.37%) MS Access
7 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.68%) GIS
7 1 (0.68%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 11 (7.53%) Visual Studio
2 10 (6.85%) Git
3 7 (4.79%) JIRA
3 7 (4.79%) TeamCity
4 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.37%) Postman
5 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.68%) GitLab
5 1 (0.68%) MSTest
5 1 (0.68%) NUnit
5 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.68%) Subversion
General
1 34 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.70%) Finance
3 11 (7.53%) Games
4 8 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.11%) Law
6 5 (3.42%) Aviation
6 5 (3.42%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.42%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.74%) Electronics
8 3 (2.05%) Retail
9 2 (1.37%) Banking
9 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Front Office
10 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.68%) Legal
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Marketing
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (84.25%) .NET
2 34 (23.29%) CSS
3 32 (21.92%) ASP.NET
4 30 (20.55%) .NET Framework
4 30 (20.55%) HTML
5 27 (18.49%) React
6 26 (17.81%) .NET Core
7 22 (15.07%) REST
8 21 (14.38%) AngularJS
9 14 (9.59%) Blazor
9 14 (9.59%) jQuery
10 13 (8.90%) Entity Framework
11 11 (7.53%) ASP.NET MVC
11 11 (7.53%) Vue
11 11 (7.53%) WPF
12 7 (4.79%) WinForms
13 6 (4.11%) RESTful
14 5 (3.42%) HTML5
15 4 (2.74%) CSS3
15 4 (2.74%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.59%) Product Ownership
2 13 (8.90%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.11%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.74%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.74%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.05%) EPoS
6 3 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.37%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.37%) IoT
7 2 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.68%) Acoustics
8 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.68%) BYOD
8 1 (0.68%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.68%) Online Games
8 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.79%) Android
2 6 (4.11%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.74%) Windows
4 3 (2.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.99%) Agile
2 44 (30.14%) Full-Stack Development
3 35 (23.97%) Software Engineering
4 32 (21.92%) MVC
5 25 (17.12%) Mentoring
6 24 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (16.44%) Microservices
7 23 (15.75%) CI/CD
7 23 (15.75%) DevOps
8 22 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.70%) Computer Science
10 15 (10.27%) Design Patterns
11 14 (9.59%) Coaching
12 13 (8.90%) Conflict Resolution
12 13 (8.90%) Technical Leadership
13 12 (8.22%) TDD
13 12 (8.22%) Web Development
14 11 (7.53%) OO
14 11 (7.53%) OOP
15 10 (6.85%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 146 (100.00%) C#
2 52 (35.62%) SQL
3 42 (28.77%) JavaScript
4 22 (15.07%) TypeScript
5 14 (9.59%) Java
5 14 (9.59%) PHP
6 10 (6.85%) C++
7 8 (5.48%) XAML
8 6 (4.11%) Python
9 4 (2.74%) Delphi
10 2 (1.37%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.68%) Bicep
11 1 (0.68%) C
11 1 (0.68%) Dart
11 1 (0.68%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.68%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.68%) Swift
11 1 (0.68%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (16.44%) Degree
2 17 (11.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.68%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.05%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.05%) QA
2 1 (0.68%) GDPR
2 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (8.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (6.16%) Terraform
2 3 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (7.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.37%) Google
2 2 (1.37%) OpenAI
2 2 (1.37%) Oracle
2 2 (1.37%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.68%) Adobe
3 1 (0.68%) ESRI
3 1 (0.68%) SAP
3 1 (0.68%) Trayport