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 7 June 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 503 551
Rank change year-on-year +117 +48 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 219 43 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.15% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.16% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 202 41 176
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £53,125 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.41% +19.13% +2.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £73,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.14% +15.42% -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 62,975 26,396 71,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 89.08% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 42,900 14,137 51,523
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +78 108 £65,000 +18.18% 11
North of England +3 56 £60,000 -22.58% 10
East of England +4 28 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Yorkshire -32 21 £50,000 -35.48% 2
North West -5 19 £60,000 -14.89% 2
Midlands -27 16 £70,000 -9.68% 1
North East -29 16 £100,000 +53.85% 6
East Midlands -21 9 £26,000 -66.88%
West Midlands -19 7 £70,000 +47.37% 1
South West - 7 £55,000 - 6
Scotland +4 3 £80,000 +25.98%
Wales - 1 £55,000 - 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 7 June 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.

1 219 (100.00%) C#
2 209 (95.43%) Software Engineering
3 102 (46.58%) .NET
4 57 (26.03%) Degree
5 55 (25.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 52 (23.74%) AWS
7 45 (20.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (17.35%) Azure
9 35 (15.98%) C++
10 34 (15.53%) SDLC
11 32 (14.61%) Microservices
11 32 (14.61%) SaaS
12 30 (13.70%) SQL
13 29 (13.24%) Python
14 28 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (12.79%) CSS
14 28 (12.79%) Vue
15 25 (11.42%) Agile
15 25 (11.42%) HTML
15 25 (11.42%) Product Vision
15 25 (11.42%) Resource Allocation
16 24 (10.96%) CQRS
17 20 (9.13%) TDD
18 19 (8.68%) WPF
19 18 (8.22%) DevOps
20 17 (7.76%) CI/CD
21 15 (6.85%) .NET Core
22 14 (6.39%) Design Patterns
22 14 (6.39%) JavaScript
22 14 (6.39%) Security Cleared

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 (23.74%) AWS
2 38 (17.35%) Azure
3 32 (14.61%) SaaS
4 10 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (2.74%) PaaS
6 2 (0.91%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (0.91%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (0.91%) Serverless
7 1 (0.46%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.46%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.94%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.83%) GitLab
3 2 (0.91%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.91%) Git
4 1 (0.46%) LabVIEW
General
1 24 (10.96%) Manufacturing
2 16 (7.31%) Finance
3 13 (5.94%) Social Skills
4 10 (4.57%) Electronics
5 7 (3.20%) Games
6 3 (1.37%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.37%) Automotive
7 2 (0.91%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (46.58%) .NET
2 28 (12.79%) CSS
2 28 (12.79%) Vue
3 25 (11.42%) HTML
4 19 (8.68%) WPF
5 15 (6.85%) .NET Core
6 11 (5.02%) React
7 8 (3.65%) ASP.NET
8 5 (2.28%) Blazor
8 5 (2.28%) RESTful
9 4 (1.83%) AngularJS
10 3 (1.37%) Django
10 3 (1.37%) jQuery
11 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET Core
11 1 (0.46%) REST
11 1 (0.46%) SignalR
11 1 (0.46%) WinUI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.85%) Distributed Computing
2 7 (3.20%) Algorithms
2 7 (3.20%) Hedge funds
3 5 (2.28%) Client/Server
3 5 (2.28%) e-Learning
3 5 (2.28%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.83%) Online Games
5 2 (0.91%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.46%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.46%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.28%) Android
2 3 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (95.43%) Software Engineering
2 55 (25.11%) Full-Stack Development
3 34 (15.53%) SDLC
4 32 (14.61%) Microservices
5 28 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (11.42%) Agile
6 25 (11.42%) Product Vision
6 25 (11.42%) Resource Allocation
7 24 (10.96%) CQRS
8 20 (9.13%) TDD
9 18 (8.22%) DevOps
10 17 (7.76%) CI/CD
11 14 (6.39%) Design Patterns
12 13 (5.94%) Machine Learning
12 13 (5.94%) Mentoring
13 12 (5.48%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (5.02%) Computer Science
14 11 (5.02%) OOP
15 9 (4.11%) Fintech
16 8 (3.65%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 219 (100.00%) C#
2 35 (15.98%) C++
3 30 (13.70%) SQL
4 29 (13.24%) Python
5 14 (6.39%) JavaScript
6 9 (4.11%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.83%) PHP
8 3 (1.37%) Java
9 2 (0.91%) C
9 2 (0.91%) Julia
Qualifications
1 57 (26.03%) Degree
2 45 (20.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.39%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.48%) Master's Degree
4 12 (5.48%) PhD
5 6 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.91%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (0.91%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.28%) Terraform
2 3 (1.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (4.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.28%) Salesforce
2 5 (2.28%) Xamarin
3 2 (0.91%) Oracle