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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 442 566
Rank change year-on-year -11 +124 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 118 52 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 112 51 151
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,750 £41,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -9.80%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £82,500 £73,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -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 57,889 23,347 63,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 88.44% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 36,888 14,537 46,793
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 17 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 17 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 +1 44 £57,500 +2.68% 18
North of England -38 34 £60,000 -11.76% 6
East of England -17 15 £55,000 - 4
South West - 13 £60,000 - 3
Yorkshire -52 12 £50,000 -31.27%
North West -15 11 £60,000 - 4
North East -30 11 £100,000 +37.93% 2
Midlands -52 7 £65,000 +44.44% 7
Scotland -28 4 £80,000 +100.00%
East Midlands -45 4 £60,000 +60.00% 4
West Midlands -26 3 £70,000 +55.56% 3
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 17 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.

1 118 (100.00%) C#
2 111 (94.07%) Software Engineering
3 49 (41.53%) .NET
4 30 (25.42%) AWS
5 26 (22.03%) Full-Stack Development
6 22 (18.64%) Azure
6 22 (18.64%) Microservices
7 20 (16.95%) SDLC
8 18 (15.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (15.25%) Degree
8 18 (15.25%) SaaS
9 17 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.56%) C++
10 16 (13.56%) Product Vision
10 16 (13.56%) Resource Allocation
10 16 (13.56%) Vue
11 15 (12.71%) CQRS
11 15 (12.71%) CSS
11 15 (12.71%) HTML
11 15 (12.71%) Python
12 14 (11.86%) Security Cleared
13 12 (10.17%) Agile
13 12 (10.17%) SQL
14 11 (9.32%) CI/CD
14 11 (9.32%) TDD
15 9 (7.63%) WPF
16 8 (6.78%) Mentoring
16 8 (6.78%) Visual Studio
17 7 (5.93%) .NET Core
18 6 (5.08%) Design Patterns

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 30 (25.42%) AWS
2 22 (18.64%) Azure
3 18 (15.25%) SaaS
4 4 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.85%) Git
General
1 6 (5.08%) Finance
1 6 (5.08%) Manufacturing
2 5 (4.24%) Games
2 5 (4.24%) Social Skills
3 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
3 1 (0.85%) Automotive
3 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (41.53%) .NET
2 16 (13.56%) Vue
3 15 (12.71%) CSS
3 15 (12.71%) HTML
4 9 (7.63%) WPF
5 7 (5.93%) .NET Core
6 5 (4.24%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.54%) React
8 2 (1.69%) Blazor
8 2 (1.69%) REST
9 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.85%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Distributed Computing
2 6 (5.08%) Hedge funds
3 4 (3.39%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.54%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.69%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.69%) Online Games
6 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.69%) Android
2 1 (0.85%) Linux
2 1 (0.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (94.07%) Software Engineering
2 26 (22.03%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (18.64%) Microservices
4 20 (16.95%) SDLC
5 17 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (13.56%) Product Vision
6 16 (13.56%) Resource Allocation
7 15 (12.71%) CQRS
8 12 (10.17%) Agile
9 11 (9.32%) CI/CD
9 11 (9.32%) TDD
10 8 (6.78%) Mentoring
11 6 (5.08%) Design Patterns
11 6 (5.08%) Fintech
11 6 (5.08%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (4.24%) DevOps
12 5 (4.24%) Test Automation
13 4 (3.39%) Architectural Patterns
13 4 (3.39%) Event-Driven
13 4 (3.39%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 118 (100.00%) C#
2 16 (13.56%) C++
3 15 (12.71%) Python
4 12 (10.17%) SQL
5 5 (4.24%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.39%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.85%) F#
Qualifications
1 18 (15.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 18 (15.25%) Degree
2 14 (11.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.54%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.54%) PhD
4 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.39%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) Terraform
2 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (4.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.69%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle
36 C# Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London