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 £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 505 521
Rank change year-on-year +102 +16 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 259 47 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.15% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 235 45 146
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,500 £25,125
25th Percentile £53,375 £61,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £76,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +32.17% +8.49%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £69,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £76,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.47% +26.67% -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 71,771 30,825 56,901
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 89.62% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 49,683 17,756 37,944
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,121
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +75 123 £65,000 - 4
North of England +12 68 £60,000 -22.58% 7
East of England +13 40 £70,000 +21.74% 3
North East -28 27 £100,000 +53.85% 5
Yorkshire -8 26 £50,000 -35.48% 2
Midlands -26 18 £57,500 -25.81% 2
North West +6 15 £50,000 -29.08%
West Midlands -20 10 £70,000 +14.29% 1
South West -54 9 £53,500 -35.15%
East Midlands -13 8 £26,000 -66.88% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
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 6 August 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.

1 259 (100.00%) C#
2 249 (96.14%) Software Engineering
3 120 (46.33%) .NET
4 60 (23.17%) Degree
5 52 (20.08%) Azure
6 51 (19.69%) AWS
7 49 (18.92%) Full-Stack Development
8 48 (18.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (16.60%) C++
9 43 (16.60%) SQL
10 33 (12.74%) Python
10 33 (12.74%) SaaS
11 32 (12.36%) Agile
12 29 (11.20%) SDLC
13 28 (10.81%) Vue
14 26 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (10.04%) CSS
15 25 (9.65%) Microservices
16 23 (8.88%) HTML
17 22 (8.49%) CQRS
17 22 (8.49%) Product Vision
17 22 (8.49%) Resource Allocation
17 22 (8.49%) TDD
18 21 (8.11%) Fintech
19 19 (7.34%) WPF
20 18 (6.95%) CI/CD
20 18 (6.95%) Computer Science
21 17 (6.56%) PHP
22 16 (6.18%) DevOps
23 15 (5.79%) .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 52 (20.08%) Azure
2 51 (19.69%) AWS
3 33 (12.74%) SaaS
4 8 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.70%) PaaS
6 2 (0.77%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (0.77%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.77%) Serverless
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.39%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.16%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.54%) GitLab
2 3 (1.16%) Git
3 2 (0.77%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.39%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
General
1 27 (10.42%) Manufacturing
2 22 (8.49%) Finance
3 17 (6.56%) Social Skills
4 10 (3.86%) Electronics
5 8 (3.09%) Games
6 4 (1.54%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.54%) Automotive
7 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.77%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.39%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.39%) Banking
8 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.39%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (46.33%) .NET
2 28 (10.81%) Vue
3 26 (10.04%) CSS
4 23 (8.88%) HTML
5 19 (7.34%) WPF
6 15 (5.79%) .NET Core
7 12 (4.63%) React
8 11 (4.25%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.32%) Blazor
10 5 (1.93%) RESTful
11 4 (1.54%) Django
12 3 (1.16%) ASP.NET Core
12 3 (1.16%) jQuery
13 2 (0.77%) AngularJS
14 1 (0.39%) SignalR
14 1 (0.39%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.95%) Distributed Computing
2 9 (3.47%) Hedge funds
3 7 (2.70%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.93%) Client/Server
4 5 (1.93%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.54%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.54%) Online Games
6 3 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.39%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.39%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.39%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.39%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.39%) Life Science
8 1 (0.39%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.54%) Android
1 4 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (96.14%) Software Engineering
2 49 (18.92%) Full-Stack Development
3 32 (12.36%) Agile
4 29 (11.20%) SDLC
5 26 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (9.65%) Microservices
7 22 (8.49%) CQRS
7 22 (8.49%) Product Vision
7 22 (8.49%) Resource Allocation
7 22 (8.49%) TDD
8 21 (8.11%) Fintech
9 18 (6.95%) CI/CD
9 18 (6.95%) Computer Science
10 16 (6.18%) DevOps
11 15 (5.79%) Design Patterns
12 14 (5.41%) Machine Learning
13 13 (5.02%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (4.63%) OOP
15 11 (4.25%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
15 11 (4.25%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 259 (100.00%) C#
2 43 (16.60%) C++
2 43 (16.60%) SQL
3 33 (12.74%) Python
4 17 (6.56%) PHP
5 14 (5.41%) JavaScript
6 11 (4.25%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.54%) Delphi
8 3 (1.16%) C
8 3 (1.16%) Java
9 2 (0.77%) Julia
Qualifications
1 60 (23.17%) Degree
2 48 (18.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.63%) Master's Degree
3 12 (4.63%) PhD
4 6 (2.32%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.93%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.63%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.77%) Docker
1 2 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (0.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.32%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (3.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.93%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.54%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle
5 1 (0.39%) Google
5 1 (0.39%) Workday