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 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 455 554
Rank change year-on-year +9 +99 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 130 50 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.19% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.21% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 123 49 152
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,750 £38,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -5.31%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £73,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 59,551 23,657 63,914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 88.60% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 37,910 14,693 46,868
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £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 £76,950
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 24 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 24 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 +9 55 £60,000 +7.14% 19
North of England -43 33 £60,000 -11.76% 3
East of England -31 15 £55,000 - 5
Yorkshire -55 12 £50,000 -35.48%
South West - 12 £57,500 - 1
North West -23 11 £60,000 - 3
North East -30 10 £77,500 +10.71%
Midlands -37 10 £65,000 +44.44% 6
East Midlands -56 6 £60,000 +60.00% 3
West Midlands -18 4 £70,000 +55.56% 3
Scotland -26 4 £80,000 +100.00%
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 24 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.

1 130 (100.00%) C#
2 121 (93.08%) Software Engineering
3 54 (41.54%) .NET
4 33 (25.38%) AWS
5 27 (20.77%) Full-Stack Development
6 25 (19.23%) Azure
7 23 (17.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (17.69%) Degree
7 23 (17.69%) Microservices
8 21 (16.15%) SaaS
8 21 (16.15%) SDLC
9 20 (15.38%) C++
10 19 (14.62%) Python
11 18 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (13.08%) Product Vision
12 17 (13.08%) Resource Allocation
12 17 (13.08%) Vue
13 16 (12.31%) CQRS
13 16 (12.31%) CSS
13 16 (12.31%) HTML
14 14 (10.77%) Security Cleared
15 13 (10.00%) Agile
15 13 (10.00%) SQL
16 12 (9.23%) CI/CD
16 12 (9.23%) TDD
17 9 (6.92%) WPF
18 8 (6.15%) Mentoring
18 8 (6.15%) Visual Studio
19 7 (5.38%) Microsoft
19 7 (5.38%) Problem-Solving

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 33 (25.38%) AWS
2 25 (19.23%) Azure
3 21 (16.15%) SaaS
4 4 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.77%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.77%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (6.15%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.77%) Git
General
1 6 (4.62%) Finance
1 6 (4.62%) Manufacturing
2 5 (3.85%) Games
2 5 (3.85%) Social Skills
3 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
3 1 (0.77%) Automotive
3 1 (0.77%) Electronics
3 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (41.54%) .NET
2 17 (13.08%) Vue
3 16 (12.31%) CSS
3 16 (12.31%) HTML
4 9 (6.92%) WPF
5 6 (4.62%) .NET Core
6 5 (3.85%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.31%) React
8 2 (1.54%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.54%) Blazor
9 1 (0.77%) Django
9 1 (0.77%) REST
9 1 (0.77%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.69%) Distributed Computing
2 5 (3.85%) Hedge funds
3 4 (3.08%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.08%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.31%) Online Games
5 2 (1.54%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.77%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.77%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.54%) Android
2 1 (0.77%) Linux
2 1 (0.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (93.08%) Software Engineering
2 27 (20.77%) Full-Stack Development
3 23 (17.69%) Microservices
4 21 (16.15%) SDLC
5 18 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (13.08%) Product Vision
6 17 (13.08%) Resource Allocation
7 16 (12.31%) CQRS
8 13 (10.00%) Agile
9 12 (9.23%) CI/CD
9 12 (9.23%) TDD
10 8 (6.15%) Mentoring
11 7 (5.38%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (4.62%) Design Patterns
12 6 (4.62%) Test Automation
13 5 (3.85%) DevOps
13 5 (3.85%) Fintech
13 5 (3.85%) High Availability
14 4 (3.08%) Architectural Patterns
14 4 (3.08%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 130 (100.00%) C#
2 20 (15.38%) C++
3 19 (14.62%) Python
4 13 (10.00%) SQL
5 4 (3.08%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.08%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.77%) F#
Qualifications
1 23 (17.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 23 (17.69%) Degree
2 14 (10.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.31%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.31%) PhD
4 2 (1.54%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.77%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.54%) Terraform
2 1 (0.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (5.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.54%) Xamarin
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle