C# Software Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

C# Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median C# Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 442 556
Rank change year-on-year -8 +114 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 101 54 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.23% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 95 53 139
10th Percentile £50,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £50,375 £40,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,000 £81,000 £73,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -22.58%

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 53,237 23,120 60,360
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 89.29% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 34,134 14,419 44,867
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,568 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.10% -8.34%

C# Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'C# Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

C# Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

C# Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

C# Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

C# Software Engineer
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# Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
South East -10 33 £56,500 +0.89% 13
North of England -52 32 £55,000 -12.00% 9
Yorkshire -48 14 £50,000 -26.47% 3
South West - 13 £60,000 - 4
East of England -21 12 £55,000 - 8
North East -16 9 £55,000 -21.43% 2
North West -29 9 £60,000 +4.35% 4
Midlands -38 6 £67,500 +50.00% 4
Scotland -31 4 £80,000 +100.00%
West Midlands -21 3 £70,000 +55.56% 4
East Midlands -43 3 £60,000 +60.00%
Wales - 1 £55,000 -
C# Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 April 2026, C# Software Engineer 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# Software Engineer in the job title.

1 101 (100.00%) C#
2 95 (94.06%) Software Engineering
3 40 (39.60%) .NET
4 25 (24.75%) AWS
5 23 (22.77%) Full-Stack Development
6 22 (21.78%) Azure
7 19 (18.81%) Microservices
8 17 (16.83%) SDLC
9 15 (14.85%) C++
9 15 (14.85%) SaaS
10 14 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (13.86%) Security Cleared
11 13 (12.87%) Product Vision
11 13 (12.87%) Resource Allocation
11 13 (12.87%) Vue
12 12 (11.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (11.88%) CQRS
12 12 (11.88%) CSS
12 12 (11.88%) Degree
12 12 (11.88%) HTML
12 12 (11.88%) Python
13 11 (10.89%) Agile
13 11 (10.89%) CI/CD
14 10 (9.90%) TDD
14 10 (9.90%) Visual Studio
15 9 (8.91%) Mentoring
16 7 (6.93%) Design Patterns
16 7 (6.93%) SQL
16 7 (6.93%) WPF
17 6 (5.94%) .NET Core

C# Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (24.75%) AWS
2 22 (21.78%) Azure
3 15 (14.85%) SaaS
4 4 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (4.95%) Finance
1 5 (4.95%) Games
2 4 (3.96%) Manufacturing
2 4 (3.96%) Social Skills
3 1 (0.99%) Aerospace
3 1 (0.99%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (39.60%) .NET
2 13 (12.87%) Vue
3 12 (11.88%) CSS
3 12 (11.88%) HTML
4 7 (6.93%) WPF
5 6 (5.94%) .NET Core
5 6 (5.94%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.96%) React
7 2 (1.98%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.98%) Blazor
7 2 (1.98%) REST
8 1 (0.99%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.95%) Distributed Computing
2 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (3.96%) Hedge funds
3 3 (2.97%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.98%) Online Games
5 1 (0.99%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.99%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.97%) Windows
2 1 (0.99%) Android
2 1 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (94.06%) Software Engineering
2 23 (22.77%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (18.81%) Microservices
4 17 (16.83%) SDLC
5 14 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (12.87%) Product Vision
6 13 (12.87%) Resource Allocation
7 12 (11.88%) CQRS
8 11 (10.89%) Agile
8 11 (10.89%) CI/CD
9 10 (9.90%) TDD
10 9 (8.91%) Mentoring
11 7 (6.93%) Design Patterns
12 6 (5.94%) DevOps
13 5 (4.95%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (4.95%) Test Automation
14 4 (3.96%) Architectural Patterns
14 4 (3.96%) Event-Driven
14 4 (3.96%) High Availability
14 4 (3.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 101 (100.00%) C#
2 15 (14.85%) C++
3 12 (11.88%) Python
4 7 (6.93%) SQL
5 5 (4.95%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.95%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.99%) F#
Qualifications
1 14 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (11.88%) Degree
3 3 (2.97%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.97%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (2.97%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) Terraform
2 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (4.95%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.99%) Xamarin