C# Developer
UK

The median C# Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 216 238
Rank change year-on-year -3 +22 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Developer 1,346 1,850 2,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.37% 1.77% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.93% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 1,740 2,315
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured C# Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C# Developer.

Salary trend for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Developer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +11 1,275 £57,500 -11.54% 221
UK excluding London +8 994 £55,000 -4.35% 163
Work from Home -33 680 £55,000 -8.33% 176
London -56 306 £70,000 -12.50% 77
North of England +108 301 £55,000 -8.33% 46
South East -57 258 £55,000 -8.33% 39
Midlands +62 158 £50,000 -7.41% 35
North West +57 153 £52,500 -12.50% 25
South West -10 135 £55,000 +10.00% 15
Yorkshire +111 99 £55,000 -20.00% 13
East of England +19 98 £57,500 +15.00% 11
West Midlands +49 82 £53,500 -6.96% 17
East Midlands +27 76 £47,500 +11.76% 18
North East +26 49 £60,000 +26.32% 10
Wales +15 19 £50,000 +11.11% 12
Northern Ireland +38 16 £47,500 -5.00% 2
Scotland -105 8 £60,000 - 10
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 -

C# Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, C# Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring C# Developer in the job title.

1 1,346 (100.00%) C#
2 1,181 (87.74%) .NET
3 730 (54.23%) Azure
4 659 (48.96%) JavaScript
5 642 (47.70%) SQL Server
6 587 (43.61%) Agile
7 580 (43.09%) ASP.NET
8 546 (40.56%) Full Stack Development
9 487 (36.18%) .NET Core
10 466 (34.62%) MVC
11 440 (32.69%) SQL
12 433 (32.17%) Microsoft
13 430 (31.95%) AngularJS
14 360 (26.75%) .NET Framework
15 349 (25.93%) HTML
16 327 (24.29%) ASP.NET MVC
17 326 (24.22%) Microservices
18 312 (23.18%) ASP.NET Web API
19 303 (22.51%) Entity Framework
20 273 (20.28%) React
21 246 (18.28%) CSS
22 239 (17.76%) RESTful
23 223 (16.57%) TDD
24 220 (16.34%) DevOps
25 216 (16.05%) Finance
26 205 (15.23%) Social Skills
27 195 (14.49%) TypeScript
28 193 (14.34%) AWS
29 167 (12.41%) Azure DevOps
30 164 (12.18%) HTML5

C# Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 72 (5.35%) IIS
2 68 (5.05%) CMS
3 36 (2.67%) Kentico
4 34 (2.53%) Sitecore CMS
4 34 (2.53%) Umbraco
5 33 (2.45%) Headless CMS
6 16 (1.19%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.37%) Confluence
8 3 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.074%) EPiServer
Applications
1 15 (1.11%) Photoshop
2 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.15%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.074%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 16 (1.19%) Payment Gateway
2 15 (1.11%) SDL Web 8
3 6 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.22%) Maximo
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.15%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 730 (54.23%) Azure
2 193 (14.34%) AWS
3 167 (12.41%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (3.42%) Serverless
5 45 (3.34%) GitHub
6 33 (2.45%) Kontent
6 33 (2.45%) Power Platform
6 33 (2.45%) SaaS
7 31 (2.30%) Google Play
8 26 (1.93%) Azure Functions
8 26 (1.93%) Azure Service Bus
9 18 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (1.34%) GCP
10 16 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 14 (1.04%) Azure API Management
11 14 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (1.04%) NuGet
12 11 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.83%) Internet
2 10 (0.74%) Hyperconnected
3 8 (0.59%) Broadband
3 8 (0.59%) Mobile Broadband
3 8 (0.59%) Network Security
4 4 (0.30%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.22%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.15%) 4G
6 2 (0.15%) 5G
6 2 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 642 (47.70%) SQL Server
2 88 (6.54%) MongoDB
3 60 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
4 59 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (2.30%) Redis
6 29 (2.15%) NoSQL
7 26 (1.93%) MySQL
8 25 (1.86%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (1.11%) Power BI
11 13 (0.97%) Oracle Database
12 11 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.74%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.37%) Big Data
15 5 (0.37%) Couchbase
16 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
16 3 (0.22%) Crystal Reports
16 3 (0.22%) GIS
17 2 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 131 (9.73%) Visual Studio
2 108 (8.02%) Git
3 42 (3.12%) NUnit
4 36 (2.67%) Jasmine
5 34 (2.53%) JIRA
6 32 (2.38%) TeamCity
7 30 (2.23%) Octopus Deploy
8 29 (2.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 28 (2.08%) Karma Test Runner
10 18 (1.34%) Jenkins
10 18 (1.34%) Moq
10 18 (1.34%) Postman
11 14 (1.04%) git-flow
11 14 (1.04%) Sourcetree
11 14 (1.04%) SpecFlow
12 11 (0.82%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
14 8 (0.59%) Selenium
15 6 (0.45%) CMake
15 6 (0.45%) MSTest
General
1 216 (16.05%) Finance
2 205 (15.23%) Social Skills
3 59 (4.38%) Games
4 49 (3.64%) Marketing
5 42 (3.12%) Music Industry
6 38 (2.82%) Retail
7 37 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
8 36 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 30 (2.23%) Front Office
10 25 (1.86%) Banking
10 25 (1.86%) Law
11 23 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 22 (1.63%) Advertising
13 21 (1.56%) Legal
14 20 (1.49%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.19%) Public Sector
16 14 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.67%) Investment Banking
17 9 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.59%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,181 (87.74%) .NET
2 580 (43.09%) ASP.NET
3 487 (36.18%) .NET Core
4 430 (31.95%) AngularJS
5 360 (26.75%) .NET Framework
6 349 (25.93%) HTML
7 327 (24.29%) ASP.NET MVC
8 312 (23.18%) ASP.NET Web API
9 303 (22.51%) Entity Framework
10 273 (20.28%) React
11 246 (18.28%) CSS
12 239 (17.76%) RESTful
13 164 (12.18%) HTML5
14 123 (9.14%) Blazor
15 104 (7.73%) Vue
16 103 (7.65%) LINQ
17 102 (7.58%) Web Services
18 91 (6.76%) CSS3
18 91 (6.76%) WPF
19 86 (6.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 83 (6.17%) Greenfield Project
2 65 (4.83%) Mobile App
3 43 (3.19%) Client/Server
4 41 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (2.30%) iPhone
6 27 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 27 (2.01%) Product Ownership
7 26 (1.93%) Hedge funds
8 25 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.63%) Data Structures
9 22 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
10 21 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
11 17 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (1.26%) Equities
12 16 (1.19%) Legacy Code
13 14 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.04%) Fixed Income
13 14 (1.04%) Virtual Team
14 13 (0.97%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.49%) Android
2 45 (3.34%) Windows
3 15 (1.11%) Linux
4 14 (1.04%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.45%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.074%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 587 (43.61%) Agile
2 546 (40.56%) Full Stack Development
3 466 (34.62%) MVC
4 326 (24.22%) Microservices
5 223 (16.57%) TDD
6 220 (16.34%) DevOps
7 164 (12.18%) Software Engineering
8 156 (11.59%) Scrum
9 153 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
10 137 (10.18%) Multithreading
11 126 (9.36%) CI/CD
12 123 (9.14%) Unit Testing
13 121 (8.99%) Web Development
14 119 (8.84%) BDD
15 102 (7.58%) Mentoring
16 101 (7.50%) Design Patterns
17 97 (7.21%) Computer Science
18 95 (7.06%) Kanban
19 93 (6.91%) Continuous Integration
20 84 (6.24%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1,346 (100.00%) C#
2 659 (48.96%) JavaScript
3 440 (32.69%) SQL
4 195 (14.49%) TypeScript
5 96 (7.13%) T-SQL
6 53 (3.94%) VB.NET
7 33 (2.45%) VB
8 30 (2.23%) Java
8 30 (2.23%) VB6
9 27 (2.01%) Python
10 17 (1.26%) Delphi
11 15 (1.11%) XPath
12 11 (0.82%) C++
13 10 (0.74%) PowerShell
14 9 (0.67%) Bicep
15 8 (0.59%) C
16 7 (0.52%) F#
16 7 (0.52%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.45%) XAML
18 4 (0.30%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 108 (8.02%) Degree
2 42 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (1.04%) Security Cleared
4 7 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
4 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.37%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.30%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.30%) MCSD
7 3 (0.22%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.22%) MCPD
7 3 (0.22%) PhD
8 2 (0.15%) HNC
9 1 (0.074%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.074%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.074%) MCSA
9 1 (0.074%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.13%) QA
2 5 (0.37%) GDPR
3 3 (0.22%) SLA
4 1 (0.074%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (5.72%) Docker
2 14 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.22%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 81 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 23 (1.71%) Terraform
3 7 (0.52%) MIIS
4 4 (0.30%) Grafana
4 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 433 (32.17%) Microsoft
2 34 (2.53%) Sitecore
3 33 (2.45%) Google
3 33 (2.45%) Optimizely
4 29 (2.15%) Oracle
5 28 (2.08%) Facebook
6 15 (1.11%) Adobe
6 15 (1.11%) Xamarin
7 14 (1.04%) Cognizant
8 8 (0.59%) SAP
9 7 (0.52%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.45%) Twitter
11 4 (0.30%) Databricks
11 4 (0.30%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.30%) Splunk
12 2 (0.15%) Charles River
12 2 (0.15%) VMware
13 1 (0.074%) F5
13 1 (0.074%) Telerik
13 1 (0.074%) UiPath