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 £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 482 448
Rank change year-on-year +36 -34 +32
Permanent C# Software Engineer jobs 255 45 154
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.13% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.14% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 218 42 101
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +30.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,250 £69,500
90th Percentile - £82,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.19% +19.13% -21.77%

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 adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,015 31,446 45,386
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.71% 89.99% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 56,313 18,988 24,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%

C# Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent C# Software Engineer job postings 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 C# Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 November 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 C# Software Engineer jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
South East +28 112 £70,000 +7.69% 5
North of England -30 73 £100,000 +66.67% 8
East of England - 46 £60,000 - 2
North East -31 38 £100,000 +29.03% 2
Yorkshire -32 20 £50,000 +11.11%
South West -60 16 £53,500 -10.83% 2
North West -34 15 £60,000 -7.69% 6
Midlands -67 7 £45,000 -42.68% 2
West Midlands - 4 £34,500 -
East Midlands -55 3 £85,000 +8.28% 2
Northern Ireland - 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 4 November 2026, C# Software Engineer job ads cited 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 C# Software Engineer job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1C#100.0%255
1Software Engineering100.0%255
3.NET43.5%111
4C++21.2%54
5Degree18.0%46
6Agile17.3%44
7AWS16.5%42
8Azure15.3%39
9Computer Science Degree13.7%35
10Fintech13.3%34
11SQL12.5%32
12Full-Stack Development12.2%31
13Python11.8%30
14Computational Fluid Dynamics9.0%23
14Finite Element Analysis9.0%23
16WPF8.6%22
17.NET Core7.5%19
17JavaScript7.5%19
19Vue7.1%18
20CI/CD6.7%17
20Design Patterns6.7%17
20PHP6.7%17
23Computer Science6.3%16
23Machine Learning6.3%16
23SaaS6.3%16
26DevOps5.9%15
26SDLC5.9%15
28Master's Degree5.5%14
28PhD5.5%14
28TypeScript5.5%14

C# Software Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1.NET Software Engineer32.2%82
2Senior C# Software Engineer23.5%60
3C++ Software Engineer14.9%38
4Lead Software Engineer12.2%31
5Azure Software Engineer11.4%29
6Python Software Engineer11.0%28
7AWS Software Engineer9.8%25
8Full-Stack Software Engineer7.5%19
9Graduate Software Engineer6.7%17
9PHP Software Engineer6.7%17
9Senior .NET Software Engineer6.7%17
12Electronics Engineer4.3%11
13.NET Software Developer2.7%7
13C# .NET Developer2.7%7
13C# Software Developer2.7%7
13Developer/Software Engineer2.7%7
13Robotics Software Engineer2.7%7
18Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.4%6
18Delphi Software Engineer2.4%6
20Full-Stack .NET Developer2.0%5
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