C# Software Developer Job Trends

C# Software Developer
UK

The median C# Software Developer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 631 521
Rank change year-on-year -33 -110 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 141 42 282
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.085% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.094% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 135 39 273
10th Percentile £24,000 £37,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £48,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +21.21% -13.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,500 £71,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +21.21% -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 105,685 44,574 74,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 89.72% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 72,853 26,277 45,811
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 £77,000 £75,000 £73,750
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# Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

C# Software Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

C# Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

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

C# Software Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# Software Developer over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for C# Software Developer in the UK

C# Software Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 -36 126 £50,000 -16.67% 9
UK excluding London -36 119 £50,000 -16.67% 7
Work from Home +6 72 £25,000 -58.33% 5
North of England -8 58 £65,000 -25.71% 1
North West +19 36 £75,000 -14.29% 1
South East +4 29 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Midlands -37 19 £25,000 -61.54% 2
Yorkshire -34 16 £50,000 -16.67%
East Midlands -17 14 £24,500 -63.70% 1
East of England -19 13 £25,000 -40.48% 1
London -53 10 £87,500 +14.75% 2
North East -56 6 £100,000 -13.04%
West Midlands -28 5 £72,500 +52.63% 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 September 2026, C# Software 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# Software Developer in the job title.

1 141 (100.00%) C#
2 67 (47.52%) Azure
2 67 (47.52%) SQL
3 59 (41.84%) .NET
4 48 (34.04%) Agile
4 48 (34.04%) CSS
5 46 (32.62%) Computer Science
5 46 (32.62%) PHP
6 45 (31.91%) SQL Server
7 42 (29.79%) AWS
8 34 (24.11%) Degree
9 31 (21.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (21.28%) HTML
10 30 (21.28%) MVC
10 30 (21.28%) Software Engineering
11 27 (19.15%) Full-Stack Development
12 26 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (17.73%) SDLC
14 22 (15.60%) C++
14 22 (15.60%) Mentoring
14 22 (15.60%) OOP
15 20 (14.18%) CQRS
15 20 (14.18%) Microservices
15 20 (14.18%) Product Vision
15 20 (14.18%) Resource Allocation
15 20 (14.18%) SaaS
15 20 (14.18%) Vue
16 19 (13.48%) Java
16 19 (13.48%) jQuery
16 19 (13.48%) Microsoft

C# Software 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 3 (2.13%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 67 (47.52%) Azure
2 42 (29.79%) AWS
3 20 (14.18%) SaaS
4 5 (3.55%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (2.84%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 4 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.84%) Azure Table
5 4 (2.84%) PaaS
6 3 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.42%) Serverless
8 1 (0.71%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.71%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.71%) GitHub
8 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.13%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.71%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (0.71%) FTP
2 1 (0.71%) HTTP
2 1 (0.71%) RTP
2 1 (0.71%) RTSP
2 1 (0.71%) SCTP
2 1 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (0.71%) SS7
2 1 (0.71%) VoIP
2 1 (0.71%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (31.91%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.80%) MySQL
3 9 (6.38%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.42%) SQLite
6 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Git
2 3 (2.13%) GitLab
3 1 (0.71%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (30.50%) Finance
2 20 (14.18%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.64%) Banking
4 6 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.55%) Electronics
5 5 (3.55%) Law
6 4 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.84%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (41.84%) .NET
2 48 (34.04%) CSS
3 30 (21.28%) HTML
4 20 (14.18%) Vue
5 19 (13.48%) jQuery
6 18 (12.77%) .NET Core
7 14 (9.93%) .NET Framework
8 9 (6.38%) ASP.NET
9 8 (5.67%) Entity Framework
9 8 (5.67%) JSON
10 7 (4.96%) LINQ
10 7 (4.96%) React
11 5 (3.55%) Next.js
12 4 (2.84%) ASP.NET MVC
12 4 (2.84%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (2.84%) REST
12 4 (2.84%) Terraform
12 4 (2.84%) WPF
13 3 (2.13%) ADO.NET
13 3 (2.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.93%) Virtual Team
2 5 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (3.55%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.42%) IoT
3 2 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.42%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.71%) CUDA
4 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.71%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.71%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.04%) Agile
2 46 (32.62%) Computer Science
3 30 (21.28%) MVC
3 30 (21.28%) Software Engineering
4 27 (19.15%) Full-Stack Development
5 26 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (17.73%) SDLC
7 22 (15.60%) Mentoring
7 22 (15.60%) OOP
8 20 (14.18%) CQRS
8 20 (14.18%) Microservices
8 20 (14.18%) Product Vision
8 20 (14.18%) Resource Allocation
9 17 (12.06%) Clean Code
9 17 (12.06%) OO
10 15 (10.64%) API Development
11 14 (9.93%) Fintech
12 11 (7.80%) CI/CD
13 6 (4.26%) DevOps
13 6 (4.26%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 141 (100.00%) C#
2 67 (47.52%) SQL
3 46 (32.62%) PHP
4 22 (15.60%) C++
5 19 (13.48%) Java
6 16 (11.35%) Python
7 9 (6.38%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.42%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.71%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 34 (24.11%) Degree
2 31 (21.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.55%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.55%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.96%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 19 (13.48%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.13%) Splunk
3 2 (1.42%) DevExpress
3 2 (1.42%) Telerik