C#
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring C# skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 42 18
Rank change year-on-year -31 -24 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,237 2,439 7,891
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.46% 5.68% 8.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.24% 17.64% 24.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,936 2,068 6,831
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +11.30% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

All Programming Languages
UK

C# falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,709 13,824 32,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.27% 32.18% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10,701 10,076 24,946
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C# relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

C# job vacancy trend in the UK

C#
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C#.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C#

C#
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the UK

C#
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# within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 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 -31 2,055 £62,500 -3.85% 848
UK excluding London -37 1,520 £60,000 +4.35% 663
Work from Home -17 824 £60,000 -7.69% 441
London -21 579 £82,500 +10.00% 270
South East -17 454 £60,000 - 219
North of England -17 418 £60,750 +10.45% 162
Midlands -41 279 £60,000 +9.09% 92
North West -3 215 £60,000 +15.67% 91
East of England -31 158 £60,000 -9.37% 81
South West -24 150 £55,000 - 73
East Midlands -17 142 £60,000 +9.09% 43
West Midlands -54 137 £60,000 +9.09% 49
Yorkshire -42 133 £62,500 +4.17% 41
North East -20 70 £70,000 +21.74% 30
Scotland -63 37 £60,000 +23.71% 28
Wales -45 26 £41,750 -35.77% 19
Northern Ireland -34 8 £95,000 - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

C#
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 64 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 22 (0.98%) CMS
3 19 (0.85%) IIS
4 11 (0.49%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.36%) Confluence
6 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.18%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.089%) JBoss
8 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.089%) nginx
8 2 (0.089%) WordPress
9 1 (0.045%) Apache
9 1 (0.045%) Appian
9 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Simulink
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.089%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.089%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.13%) Magento
4 2 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.089%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.045%) Endur
5 1 (0.045%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.045%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.045%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.045%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.045%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.045%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.045%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 961 (42.96%) Azure
2 372 (16.63%) AWS
3 212 (9.48%) SaaS
4 210 (9.39%) Power Platform
5 205 (9.16%) Azure DevOps
6 131 (5.86%) Azure Logic Apps
7 130 (5.81%) Serverless
8 109 (4.87%) PowerApps
9 106 (4.74%) Power Automate
10 90 (4.02%) Dynamics 365
11 83 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
12 79 (3.53%) Azure Functions
13 66 (2.95%) GitHub
14 65 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
15 60 (2.68%) GCP
16 47 (2.10%) Azure AKS
17 41 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
18 35 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 32 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
20 25 (1.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.63%) Broadband
2 12 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.45%) DNS
3 10 (0.45%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.31%) HTTP
5 6 (0.27%) Intranet
6 5 (0.22%) Internet
7 4 (0.18%) Firewall
7 4 (0.18%) LTE
7 4 (0.18%) Modbus
8 3 (0.13%) DHCP
8 3 (0.13%) Network Security
8 3 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.13%) SSL
9 2 (0.089%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.089%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.089%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.089%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.089%) VPN
10 1 (0.045%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 437 (19.54%) SQL Server
2 127 (5.68%) Power BI
3 94 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
4 71 (3.17%) NoSQL
5 60 (2.68%) MongoDB
6 58 (2.59%) MySQL
7 51 (2.28%) Relational Database
8 48 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
9 37 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (0.63%) Redis
13 12 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.54%) Metadata
14 11 (0.49%) DB2
15 6 (0.27%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.22%) ClickHouse
16 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (0.18%) GIS
17 4 (0.18%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 144 (6.44%) Git
2 63 (2.82%) Selenium
3 54 (2.41%) JIRA
3 54 (2.41%) Visual Studio
4 40 (1.79%) Postman
5 31 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
6 28 (1.25%) WebDriver
7 27 (1.21%) SoapUI
8 23 (1.03%) SpecFlow
9 22 (0.98%) GitLab
10 21 (0.94%) Jenkins
10 21 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
11 18 (0.80%) TeamCity
12 15 (0.67%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.58%) NUnit
14 10 (0.45%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.40%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.36%) Moq
17 7 (0.31%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 443 (19.80%) Finance
2 338 (15.11%) Social Skills
3 125 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (3.08%) Manufacturing
5 60 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (2.68%) Public Sector
6 56 (2.50%) Law
7 52 (2.32%) Front Office
8 46 (2.06%) Banking
9 45 (2.01%) Retail
10 39 (1.74%) Games
11 38 (1.70%) Electronics
12 33 (1.48%) Aerospace
13 31 (1.39%) Legal
14 26 (1.16%) Automotive
15 19 (0.85%) Marketing
16 18 (0.80%) Advertising
17 15 (0.67%) Aviation
17 15 (0.67%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,151 (51.45%) Developer
2 503 (22.49%) Senior
3 469 (20.97%) Software Engineer
4 421 (18.82%) Software Developer
5 409 (18.28%) C# Developer
6 310 (13.86%) .NET Developer
7 250 (11.18%) Lead
8 248 (11.09%) Senior Developer
9 213 (9.52%) C# Software Engineer
10 168 (7.51%) Full-Stack Developer
11 166 (7.42%) C# Software Developer
12 160 (7.15%) Senior Software Engineer
13 157 (7.02%) C# .NET Developer
14 135 (6.03%) .NET Software Engineer
15 122 (5.45%) Graduate
16 107 (4.78%) Graduate Developer
17 102 (4.56%) Lead Developer
18 98 (4.38%) Graduate Software Developer
19 96 (4.29%) SQL Developer
20 84 (3.76%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,373 (61.38%) .NET
2 386 (17.26%) .NET Core
3 263 (11.76%) ASP.NET
4 248 (11.09%) React
5 192 (8.58%) CSS
5 192 (8.58%) HTML
6 182 (8.14%) .NET Framework
7 132 (5.90%) REST
8 130 (5.81%) AngularJS
9 116 (5.19%) RESTful
10 99 (4.43%) ASP.NET Core
11 98 (4.38%) Vue
12 89 (3.98%) Entity Framework
13 88 (3.93%) Node.js
14 85 (3.80%) Blazor
15 69 (3.08%) WPF
16 56 (2.50%) jQuery
17 51 (2.28%) Playwright
18 44 (1.97%) HTML5 Canvas
19 42 (1.88%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 82 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (3.22%) Product Ownership
4 61 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
5 51 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (2.15%) Hedge funds
6 48 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 45 (2.01%) Algorithms
8 40 (1.79%) Low-Code
9 39 (1.74%) Mobile App
10 30 (1.34%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 23 (1.03%) Sports Betting
13 22 (0.98%) Legacy Code
14 21 (0.94%) Management Information System
15 20 (0.89%) Onboarding
16 19 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
17 18 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (0.80%) Public Cloud
17 18 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 103 (4.60%) Windows
2 84 (3.76%) Linux
3 17 (0.76%) Android
4 14 (0.63%) VMS
4 14 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.49%) Unix
6 2 (0.089%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.089%) Solaris
6 2 (0.089%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.089%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.089%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.045%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.045%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 714 (31.92%) Software Engineering
2 618 (27.63%) Agile
3 442 (19.76%) CI/CD
4 432 (19.31%) DevOps
5 430 (19.22%) Full-Stack Development
6 295 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
7 270 (12.07%) Mentoring
8 256 (11.44%) Microservices
9 251 (11.22%) Computer Science
10 247 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 207 (9.25%) Test Automation
12 195 (8.72%) AI
13 181 (8.09%) SDLC
14 145 (6.48%) MVC
15 134 (5.99%) Scrum
16 133 (5.95%) Business Intelligence
17 130 (5.81%) Containerisation
18 114 (5.10%) Infrastructure as Code
19 106 (4.74%) Analytics
20 105 (4.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 672 (30.04%) SQL
2 440 (19.67%) JavaScript
3 376 (16.81%) Python
4 275 (12.29%) TypeScript
5 251 (11.22%) Java
6 233 (10.42%) C++
7 113 (5.05%) PHP
8 92 (4.11%) PowerShell
9 48 (2.15%) C
10 39 (1.74%) T-SQL
11 30 (1.34%) Bash
11 30 (1.34%) Go
12 27 (1.21%) Bicep
13 26 (1.16%) VB.NET
14 23 (1.03%) VBA
15 22 (0.98%) Scala
16 19 (0.85%) F#
16 19 (0.85%) Rust
17 17 (0.76%) Haskell
18 16 (0.72%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 327 (14.62%) Degree
2 167 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 118 (5.27%) Security Cleared
4 67 (3.00%) SC Cleared
5 45 (2.01%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (1.83%) ISTQB
8 38 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.30%) AWS Certification
10 22 (0.98%) PhD
11 20 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 18 (0.80%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 17 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
14 14 (0.63%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (0.36%) CREST Certified
17 8 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 5 (0.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (6.03%) QA
2 40 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.63%) GDPR
5 13 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 13 (0.58%) WCAG
6 12 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.49%) SLA
8 5 (0.22%) IEC 61131
9 3 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.13%) EMIR
10 2 (0.089%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.089%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.089%) ITGC
11 1 (0.045%) HL7
11 1 (0.045%) ISO/IEC 14443
11 1 (0.045%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 1 (0.045%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.045%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 183 (8.18%) Docker
2 22 (0.98%) Firmware
3 15 (0.67%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.36%) KVM
6 5 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.045%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 156 (6.97%) Kubernetes
2 107 (4.78%) Terraform
3 36 (1.61%) Grafana
4 12 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.49%) Ansible
6 7 (0.31%) Kibana
7 6 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.13%) Nmap
9 2 (0.089%) MIIS
9 2 (0.089%) MOM
10 1 (0.045%) Control-M
10 1 (0.045%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.045%) Nessus
10 1 (0.045%) Netcool
10 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 435 (19.45%) Microsoft
2 42 (1.88%) Oracle
3 32 (1.43%) Google
4 25 (1.12%) Adobe
5 13 (0.58%) VMware
6 12 (0.54%) Databricks
6 12 (0.54%) OpenAI
7 11 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (0.49%) ServiceNow
7 11 (0.49%) Xamarin
8 7 (0.31%) Facebook
8 7 (0.31%) iManage
9 6 (0.27%) Aderant
9 6 (0.27%) Dynatrace
9 6 (0.27%) SAP
10 5 (0.22%) Apple
10 5 (0.22%) Blue Prism
10 5 (0.22%) Intapp
10 5 (0.22%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.22%) Siemens