C# .NET Developer Job Trends

C# .NET Developer
UK

The median C# .NET Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 563 352
Rank change year-on-year -72 -211 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a C# .NET Developer 161 96 560
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.22% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 149 90 503
10th Percentile £42,200 £42,450 £36,050
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -1.71%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 104,829 44,090 74,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 89.66% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 72,155 25,926 46,385
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,424 £75,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

C# .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'C# .NET Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

C# .NET Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

C# .NET Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK

C# .NET Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# .NET Developer over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for C# .NET Developer in the UK

C# .NET Developer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# .NET Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England -46 159 £60,000 - 58
UK excluding London -44 119 £55,000 -4.35% 26
Work from Home -12 73 £55,000 -4.35% 82
South East +5 60 £55,000 +3.04% 13
London -42 43 £85,000 +4.62% 37
North of England -38 39 £57,500 -11.54% 8
North East -53 17 £100,000 - 4
Yorkshire -28 14 £50,000 -16.67% 1
East of England -30 11 £60,000 +4.35% 2
North West -18 8 £45,000 -30.77% 3
Midlands -41 5 £72,500 +45.73% 3
South West -87 4 £42,500 -15.00%
West Midlands -35 3 £90,000 +56.52% 2
East Midlands -36 2 £45,000 +12.50% 1

C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, C# .NET Developer 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 featuring C# .NET Developer in the job title.

1 161 (100.00%) .NET
1 161 (100.00%) C#
2 61 (37.89%) Software Engineering
3 59 (36.65%) Azure
4 47 (29.19%) .NET Core
4 47 (29.19%) Full-Stack Development
5 38 (23.60%) CSS
5 38 (23.60%) HTML
6 34 (21.12%) SQL Server
7 30 (18.63%) AWS
7 30 (18.63%) SQL
8 28 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (17.39%) Fintech
9 27 (16.77%) ASP.NET
9 27 (16.77%) SaaS
10 26 (16.15%) Microservices
11 25 (15.53%) CI/CD
11 25 (15.53%) JavaScript
12 24 (14.91%) SDLC
13 23 (14.29%) .NET Framework
14 22 (13.66%) Agile
14 22 (13.66%) Vue
15 21 (13.04%) Microsoft
16 20 (12.42%) CQRS
16 20 (12.42%) Product Vision
16 20 (12.42%) Resource Allocation
17 19 (11.80%) DevOps
17 19 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
18 16 (9.94%) ASP.NET Core
18 16 (9.94%) Entity Framework

C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.11%) IIS
2 1 (0.62%) NServiceBus
2 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 59 (36.65%) Azure
2 30 (18.63%) AWS
3 27 (16.77%) SaaS
4 14 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
6 6 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (3.11%) PaaS
8 4 (2.48%) Anthropic Claude
8 4 (2.48%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 4 (2.48%) Azure Table
9 3 (1.86%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.24%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.24%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.24%) iPaaS
10 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.24%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.24%) Serverless
11 1 (0.62%) Azure App Service
11 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.62%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (21.12%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.83%) Relational Database
3 7 (4.35%) MySQL
4 4 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.24%) SQLite
6 1 (0.62%) Power BI
6 1 (0.62%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (7.45%) Git
2 2 (1.24%) Claude Code
2 2 (1.24%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.62%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (16.77%) Finance
2 14 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 11 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.11%) Law
5 4 (2.48%) Games
5 4 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.48%) Retail
6 2 (1.24%) Banking
6 2 (1.24%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (100.00%) .NET
2 47 (29.19%) .NET Core
3 38 (23.60%) CSS
3 38 (23.60%) HTML
4 27 (16.77%) ASP.NET
5 23 (14.29%) .NET Framework
6 22 (13.66%) Vue
7 16 (9.94%) ASP.NET Core
7 16 (9.94%) Entity Framework
8 14 (8.70%) React
8 14 (8.70%) REST
9 10 (6.21%) jQuery
10 9 (5.59%) AngularJS
10 9 (5.59%) RESTful
11 7 (4.35%) Blazor
11 7 (4.35%) WinForms
12 5 (3.11%) ASP.NET MVC
12 5 (3.11%) JSON
12 5 (3.11%) Terraform
13 4 (2.48%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.59%) Data Structures
2 7 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (4.35%) Hedge funds
3 5 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.48%) Sports Betting
5 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.24%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.24%) IoT
6 2 (1.24%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.24%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.62%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.62%) Derivative
7 1 (0.62%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (37.89%) Software Engineering
2 47 (29.19%) Full-Stack Development
3 28 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (17.39%) Fintech
4 26 (16.15%) Microservices
5 25 (15.53%) CI/CD
6 24 (14.91%) SDLC
7 22 (13.66%) Agile
8 20 (12.42%) CQRS
8 20 (12.42%) Product Vision
8 20 (12.42%) Resource Allocation
9 19 (11.80%) DevOps
9 19 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (8.07%) Test Automation
11 12 (7.45%) AI
11 12 (7.45%) Web Development
12 11 (6.83%) Clean Code
13 10 (6.21%) Code Quality
13 10 (6.21%) OO
14 9 (5.59%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 161 (100.00%) C#
2 30 (18.63%) SQL
3 25 (15.53%) JavaScript
4 7 (4.35%) TypeScript
5 6 (3.73%) Python
6 4 (2.48%) C++
7 3 (1.86%) VBA
7 3 (1.86%) VBScript
8 2 (1.24%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.62%) ABAP
9 1 (0.62%) Bicep
9 1 (0.62%) Java
9 1 (0.62%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (4.97%) Degree
2 5 (3.11%) SC Cleared
2 5 (3.11%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.86%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.24%) DevExpress
2 2 (1.24%) OpenAI
2 2 (1.24%) Oracle
2 2 (1.24%) SAP
2 2 (1.24%) Telerik
3 1 (0.62%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.62%) IBM