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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 51 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 -30 -2
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,094 2,364 7,691
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.13% 4.80% 7.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.53% 16.32% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,709 1,956 6,397
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,761 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,250 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 17,648 14,488 31,997
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.88% 29.42% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12,569 9,645 23,803
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £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 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 17 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 13 July 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 +4 2,844 £60,000 -7.69% 835
UK excluding London +5 2,300 £57,500 -4.17% 695
Work from Home +2 1,364 £55,000 -15.38% 519
South East +18 677 £60,000 - 214
London -15 652 £82,500 +3.13% 265
North of England +31 570 £57,500 -3.85% 187
Midlands -6 392 £55,000 - 87
North West +37 274 £57,500 +4.55% 103
South West +16 265 £54,750 -0.45% 76
East of England +1 265 £60,000 -9.37% 85
West Midlands -22 200 £60,000 +9.09% 47
East Midlands +15 192 £55,000 - 39
Yorkshire +2 162 £55,000 -19.12% 46
North East -9 134 £60,000 +4.35% 40
Northern Ireland -8 55 £61,250 -23.44% 26
Wales -36 47 £51,810 -20.29% 16
Scotland -26 31 £50,000 -20.00% 24

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 85 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.10%) IIS
3 31 (1.00%) CMS
4 19 (0.61%) Confluence
5 15 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.23%) nginx
9 6 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.16%) Apache
11 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.13%) JBoss
11 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.097%) DNN
12 3 (0.097%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.097%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.097%) Kentico
12 3 (0.097%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 43 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.23%) Simulink
4 5 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.097%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.065%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 44 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
2 6 (0.19%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.097%) Magento
4 3 (0.097%) Shopify
5 2 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.065%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 2 (0.065%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.032%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.032%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.032%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.032%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.032%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.032%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,564 (50.55%) Azure
2 529 (17.10%) AWS
3 423 (13.67%) Azure DevOps
4 287 (9.28%) Power Platform
5 230 (7.43%) SaaS
6 228 (7.37%) GitHub
7 175 (5.66%) Azure AI
8 166 (5.37%) Serverless
9 162 (5.24%) Azure Logic Apps
9 162 (5.24%) Power Automate
10 156 (5.04%) PowerApps
11 154 (4.98%) GitHub Copilot
12 133 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
13 112 (3.62%) Azure Service Bus
14 106 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
15 103 (3.33%) Azure Functions
16 101 (3.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 75 (2.42%) GCP
18 56 (1.81%) Azure AKS
19 54 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (2.00%) Internet
2 19 (0.61%) Broadband
3 18 (0.58%) DNS
4 14 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.32%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.29%) Firewall
6 9 (0.29%) VPN
7 7 (0.23%) HTTP
7 7 (0.23%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.19%) BGP
8 6 (0.19%) DHCP
8 6 (0.19%) IPsec
9 5 (0.16%) LAN
9 5 (0.16%) LTE
9 5 (0.16%) WAN
10 4 (0.13%) Intranet
10 4 (0.13%) Modbus
10 4 (0.13%) Network Security
11 3 (0.097%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.097%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 512 (16.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 508 (16.42%) SQL Server
3 445 (14.38%) MongoDB
4 164 (5.30%) Power BI
5 159 (5.14%) Elasticsearch
6 83 (2.68%) NoSQL
7 74 (2.39%) MySQL
8 60 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 55 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
10 43 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 21 (0.68%) Redis
13 19 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
14 14 (0.45%) Db2
15 13 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
16 12 (0.39%) Metadata
17 11 (0.36%) Big Data
17 11 (0.36%) DynamoDB
17 11 (0.36%) NonStop SQL
18 10 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 214 (6.92%) Git
2 61 (1.97%) JIRA
3 38 (1.23%) Visual Studio
4 35 (1.13%) GitLab
4 35 (1.13%) Selenium
5 25 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
6 24 (0.78%) Postman
7 23 (0.74%) SpecFlow
8 22 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 17 (0.55%) Jenkins
10 15 (0.48%) Claude Code
11 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 14 (0.45%) NUnit
12 12 (0.39%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.26%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.26%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 534 (17.26%) Finance
2 443 (14.32%) Social Skills
3 155 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (3.43%) Manufacturing
5 105 (3.39%) Law
6 94 (3.04%) Legal
7 88 (2.84%) Games
8 78 (2.52%) Retail
9 73 (2.36%) Public Sector
10 70 (2.26%) Advertising
11 64 (2.07%) Marketing
12 61 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 56 (1.81%) Aerospace
13 56 (1.81%) Electronics
14 55 (1.78%) Banking
15 47 (1.52%) Front Office
16 38 (1.23%) Legal Technology
17 35 (1.13%) Automotive
18 19 (0.61%) Military
19 18 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,687 (54.52%) Developer
2 781 (25.24%) .NET Developer
3 674 (21.78%) Software Engineer
4 653 (21.11%) Senior
5 410 (13.25%) Software Developer
6 375 (12.12%) C# Developer
7 309 (9.99%) C# Software Engineer
8 308 (9.95%) Senior Developer
9 291 (9.41%) Lead
10 236 (7.63%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (5.69%) Full-Stack Developer
12 166 (5.37%) C# .NET Developer
13 162 (5.24%) C# Software Developer
14 154 (4.98%) .NET Software Engineer
15 144 (4.65%) Graduate
16 130 (4.20%) Lead Developer
17 100 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
18 99 (3.20%) Graduate Developer
19 98 (3.17%) Architect
20 96 (3.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,016 (65.16%) .NET
2 762 (24.63%) .NET Core
3 726 (23.46%) ASP.NET
4 576 (18.62%) ASP.NET Core
5 446 (14.41%) React
6 373 (12.06%) CSS
7 354 (11.44%) HTML
8 303 (9.79%) AngularJS
9 289 (9.34%) RESTful
10 285 (9.21%) Blazor
11 279 (9.02%) Vue
12 268 (8.66%) Entity Framework
13 256 (8.27%) Node.js
14 240 (7.76%) .NET Framework
15 213 (6.88%) ASP.NET Web API
16 207 (6.69%) REST
17 154 (4.98%) ML.NET
18 120 (3.88%) LINQ
19 108 (3.49%) WPF
20 81 (2.62%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 198 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 146 (4.72%) Greenfield Project
3 116 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
4 109 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
5 96 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 75 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 60 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 56 (1.81%) Mobile App
9 55 (1.78%) Hedge funds
10 51 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 44 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 39 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 32 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 30 (0.97%) Low-Code
15 28 (0.90%) Management Information System
16 27 (0.87%) AI Agents
17 24 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
17 24 (0.78%) Robotics
18 23 (0.74%) Legacy Code
18 23 (0.74%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 153 (4.95%) Windows
2 113 (3.65%) Linux
3 42 (1.36%) Android
4 34 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.39%) VMS
7 9 (0.29%) Unix
8 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.097%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.065%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,086 (35.10%) Agile
2 980 (31.67%) Software Engineering
3 905 (29.25%) Full-Stack Development
4 739 (23.88%) CI/CD
5 711 (22.98%) DevOps
6 501 (16.19%) Microservices
7 479 (15.48%) AI
8 450 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
9 356 (11.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 356 (11.51%) Mentoring
10 278 (8.99%) Computer Science
11 271 (8.76%) Test Automation
12 265 (8.56%) Machine Learning
13 234 (7.56%) SDLC
14 199 (6.43%) Multithreading
15 198 (6.40%) Scrum
16 183 (5.91%) TDD
17 180 (5.82%) Business Intelligence
18 177 (5.72%) OO
19 163 (5.27%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,176 (38.01%) SQL
2 718 (23.21%) JavaScript
3 505 (16.32%) Python
4 477 (15.42%) TypeScript
5 342 (11.05%) C++
6 278 (8.99%) Java
7 130 (4.20%) PHP
8 124 (4.01%) PowerShell
9 77 (2.49%) C
10 58 (1.87%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.49%) Bicep
12 40 (1.29%) Go
12 40 (1.29%) VB.NET
13 36 (1.16%) Bash
14 30 (0.97%) VBA
15 24 (0.78%) Rust
16 22 (0.71%) Scala
17 20 (0.65%) F#
18 19 (0.61%) Haskell
18 19 (0.61%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 390 (12.61%) Degree
2 184 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 128 (4.14%) Security Cleared
4 82 (2.65%) SC Cleared
5 43 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 38 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 30 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (0.90%) PhD
9 21 (0.68%) ISTQB
10 20 (0.65%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 12 (0.39%) DV Cleared
12 11 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.19%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.16%) GPEN
15 5 (0.16%) GXPN
15 5 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (7.14%) QA
2 51 (1.65%) Accessibility
3 28 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 26 (0.84%) GDPR
5 22 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.39%) SLA
6 12 (0.39%) WCAG
7 11 (0.36%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.16%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.16%) NCSC
10 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.065%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.065%) ITGC
12 2 (0.065%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.065%) PSD2
13 1 (0.032%) EMIR
System Software
1 369 (11.93%) Docker
2 26 (0.84%) Firmware
3 22 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 12 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.23%) KVM
7 7 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.097%) vSphere
10 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 334 (10.80%) Kubernetes
2 148 (4.78%) Terraform
3 39 (1.26%) Grafana
4 18 (0.58%) Ansible
5 13 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.097%) Control-M
9 3 (0.097%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.065%) Kibana
10 2 (0.065%) MIIS
10 2 (0.065%) MOM
11 1 (0.032%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.032%) Nessus
11 1 (0.032%) Netcool
11 1 (0.032%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,007 (32.55%) Microsoft
2 87 (2.81%) Google
3 64 (2.07%) Facebook
4 49 (1.58%) Oracle
5 26 (0.84%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.74%) Adobe
7 21 (0.68%) YouTube
8 20 (0.65%) Salesforce
9 19 (0.61%) Apple
10 18 (0.58%) VMware
11 17 (0.55%) Sony
11 17 (0.55%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.52%) Databricks
13 15 (0.48%) Xamarin
14 13 (0.42%) Intapp
15 12 (0.39%) SAP
16 11 (0.36%) IBM
16 11 (0.36%) Splunk
17 10 (0.32%) iManage
18 9 (0.29%) ServiceNow