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 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 507 488
Rank change year-on-year +99 -19 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 273 42 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.12% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.14% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 246 39 130
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £63,250 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +33.62% +5.45%
75th Percentile £80,438 £80,250 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £70,325
UK median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.13% +29.17% -20.00%

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 76,456 30,703 53,516
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 89.33% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 53,184 17,577 33,053
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 5 September 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 5 September 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 +88 132 £65,000 - 13
North of England -9 73 £85,000 +24.09% 7
East of England - 40 £70,000 - 18
North East -30 35 £100,000 +53.85% 4
Yorkshire -38 24 £50,000 -30.80% 1
Midlands -28 18 £57,500 -26.75% 3
North West +1 14 £50,000 -30.31% 2
West Midlands -27 10 £70,000 -6.67% 2
South West -70 9 £53,500 -35.15% 6
East Midlands -31 8 £26,000 -66.88% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
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 5 September 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.

1 273 (100.00%) C#
2 263 (96.34%) Software Engineering
3 122 (44.69%) .NET
4 59 (21.61%) Degree
5 52 (19.05%) AWS
6 48 (17.58%) Azure
6 48 (17.58%) Full-Stack Development
7 47 (17.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (16.12%) SQL
9 42 (15.38%) C++
10 36 (13.19%) Agile
11 32 (11.72%) Python
12 30 (10.99%) SaaS
13 28 (10.26%) SDLC
13 28 (10.26%) Vue
14 27 (9.89%) WPF
15 24 (8.79%) CSS
15 24 (8.79%) Fintech
16 23 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (8.42%) Microservices
17 21 (7.69%) HTML
18 20 (7.33%) CQRS
18 20 (7.33%) Product Vision
18 20 (7.33%) Resource Allocation
19 19 (6.96%) CI/CD
20 18 (6.59%) Computer Science
20 18 (6.59%) TDD
21 17 (6.23%) Design Patterns
21 17 (6.23%) JavaScript
21 17 (6.23%) PHP

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 (19.05%) AWS
2 48 (17.58%) Azure
3 30 (10.99%) SaaS
4 7 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.56%) PaaS
5 2 (0.73%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (0.73%) Azure Functions
5 2 (0.73%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (0.73%) Serverless
6 1 (0.37%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (0.37%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.10%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.47%) GitLab
2 3 (1.10%) Git
3 2 (0.73%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.37%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.37%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.37%) LabVIEW
General
1 35 (12.82%) Manufacturing
2 21 (7.69%) Finance
3 18 (6.59%) Electronics
3 18 (6.59%) Social Skills
4 10 (3.66%) Games
5 6 (2.20%) Aerospace
5 6 (2.20%) Automotive
6 3 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.73%) Banking
7 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.73%) Law
7 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (44.69%) .NET
2 28 (10.26%) Vue
3 27 (9.89%) WPF
4 24 (8.79%) CSS
5 21 (7.69%) HTML
6 14 (5.13%) .NET Core
7 13 (4.76%) React
8 10 (3.66%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.20%) Blazor
9 6 (2.20%) Django
10 5 (1.83%) RESTful
11 4 (1.47%) Terraform
12 3 (1.10%) ASP.NET Core
12 3 (1.10%) jQuery
13 2 (0.73%) AngularJS
14 1 (0.37%) SignalR
14 1 (0.37%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.69%) Distributed Computing
2 8 (2.93%) Hedge funds
3 7 (2.56%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.83%) Client/Server
4 5 (1.83%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.47%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.47%) Online Games
6 3 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.73%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.37%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.37%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.37%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.37%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.37%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.37%) Life Science
8 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.20%) Linux
2 4 (1.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (96.34%) Software Engineering
2 48 (17.58%) Full-Stack Development
3 36 (13.19%) Agile
4 28 (10.26%) SDLC
5 24 (8.79%) Fintech
6 23 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (8.42%) Microservices
7 20 (7.33%) CQRS
7 20 (7.33%) Product Vision
7 20 (7.33%) Resource Allocation
8 19 (6.96%) CI/CD
9 18 (6.59%) Computer Science
9 18 (6.59%) TDD
10 17 (6.23%) Design Patterns
11 16 (5.86%) Machine Learning
12 15 (5.49%) DevOps
13 14 (5.13%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
13 14 (5.13%) Finite Element Analysis
14 13 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (4.40%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 273 (100.00%) C#
2 44 (16.12%) SQL
3 42 (15.38%) C++
4 32 (11.72%) Python
5 17 (6.23%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.23%) PHP
6 14 (5.13%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.20%) Delphi
8 3 (1.10%) C
8 3 (1.10%) Java
9 2 (0.73%) Julia
Qualifications
1 59 (21.61%) Degree
2 47 (17.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (5.13%) Master's Degree
3 14 (5.13%) PhD
4 6 (2.20%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.40%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.73%) Docker
1 2 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (0.73%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (2.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.83%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.47%) Xamarin
4 2 (0.73%) Oracle
5 1 (0.37%) Google
5 1 (0.37%) Workday