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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 47 18
Rank change year-on-year -22 -29 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,476 2,188 7,929
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.68% 5.10% 8.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.30% 16.33% 24.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,158 1,804 6,846
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -2.65%

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 16,184 13,399 32,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.51% 31.21% 33.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,153 9,088 24,848
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £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 22 May 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 22 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 -15 2,298 £60,000 -7.69% 813
UK excluding London -19 1,730 £57,500 -4.17% 665
Work from Home -4 916 £57,500 -11.54% 454
London -16 610 £82,500 +10.00% 223
South East +8 542 £60,000 - 199
North of England +16 466 £60,000 +9.09% 188
Midlands -33 298 £58,250 +5.91% 85
North West +39 239 £60,000 +17.90% 114
East of England -14 187 £60,000 -9.37% 82
South West -9 175 £55,000 - 67
East Midlands +2 150 £55,000 - 45
West Midlands -46 148 £60,000 +9.09% 40
Yorkshire -13 138 £55,000 -18.52% 36
North East -9 89 £65,000 +13.04% 39
Scotland -43 33 £60,000 +20.00% 17
Wales -42 26 £50,000 -29.58% 12
Northern Ireland -30 8 £95,000 - 26

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 65 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.09%) IIS
3 25 (1.01%) CMS
4 12 (0.48%) Confluence
5 11 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.20%) WordPress
8 4 (0.16%) Apache
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.081%) nginx
11 1 (0.040%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.040%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.040%) Appian
11 1 (0.040%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.040%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.081%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.040%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.040%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.081%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.081%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.040%) Endur
5 1 (0.040%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.040%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.040%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.040%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.040%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.040%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,127 (45.52%) Azure
2 402 (16.24%) AWS
3 271 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
4 222 (8.97%) Power Platform
5 210 (8.48%) SaaS
6 143 (5.78%) Azure Logic Apps
7 141 (5.69%) Serverless
8 111 (4.48%) PowerApps
9 109 (4.40%) GitHub
9 109 (4.40%) Power Automate
10 96 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
11 88 (3.55%) Azure Functions
11 88 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
12 73 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
13 63 (2.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 63 (2.54%) GCP
14 58 (2.34%) Azure AI
15 54 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
15 54 (2.18%) GitHub Copilot
16 50 (2.02%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (0.85%) Internet
2 15 (0.61%) Broadband
2 15 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 12 (0.48%) DNS
4 10 (0.40%) Ethernet
5 8 (0.32%) Firewall
6 6 (0.24%) HTTP
7 5 (0.20%) DHCP
7 5 (0.20%) LTE
8 4 (0.16%) Intranet
8 4 (0.16%) Modbus
9 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.12%) Network Security
9 3 (0.12%) VPN
10 2 (0.081%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.081%) FIX Connectivity
10 2 (0.081%) RS-232
10 2 (0.081%) SSL
10 2 (0.081%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 452 (18.26%) SQL Server
2 203 (8.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 166 (6.70%) MongoDB
4 129 (5.21%) Power BI
5 70 (2.83%) NoSQL
6 60 (2.42%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.38%) MySQL
8 48 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
8 48 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
9 35 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 34 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (0.69%) Redis
12 11 (0.44%) DB2
12 11 (0.44%) Metadata
13 9 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.28%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.28%) GIS
15 6 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 176 (7.11%) Git
2 59 (2.38%) Selenium
3 58 (2.34%) JIRA
4 54 (2.18%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.70%) Postman
6 31 (1.25%) GitLab
7 30 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
8 28 (1.13%) WebDriver
9 27 (1.09%) SoapUI
10 23 (0.93%) SpecFlow
10 23 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
11 21 (0.85%) Jenkins
12 19 (0.77%) TeamCity
13 15 (0.61%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.53%) Cucumber
14 13 (0.53%) NUnit
15 9 (0.36%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 8 (0.32%) Yeoman
17 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
General
1 475 (19.18%) Finance
2 356 (14.38%) Social Skills
3 130 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (3.15%) Manufacturing
5 64 (2.58%) Public Sector
6 58 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (2.18%) Banking
8 53 (2.14%) Games
8 53 (2.14%) Retail
9 50 (2.02%) Electronics
10 49 (1.98%) Front Office
11 48 (1.94%) Law
12 39 (1.58%) Aerospace
13 32 (1.29%) Legal
14 31 (1.25%) Automotive
15 27 (1.09%) Advertising
16 25 (1.01%) Marketing
17 15 (0.61%) Aviation
17 15 (0.61%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.48%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,297 (52.38%) Developer
2 531 (21.45%) Software Engineer
3 528 (21.32%) Senior
4 434 (17.53%) .NET Developer
5 428 (17.29%) Software Developer
6 414 (16.72%) C# Developer
7 260 (10.50%) Lead
8 258 (10.42%) C# Software Engineer
9 255 (10.30%) Senior Developer
10 182 (7.35%) Senior Software Engineer
11 177 (7.15%) C# Software Developer
12 176 (7.11%) Full-Stack Developer
13 172 (6.95%) C# .NET Developer
14 156 (6.30%) .NET Software Engineer
15 121 (4.89%) Graduate
16 105 (4.24%) Lead Developer
17 104 (4.20%) Graduate Developer
18 97 (3.92%) .NET Software Developer
19 95 (3.84%) Graduate Software Developer
19 95 (3.84%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,566 (63.25%) .NET
2 488 (19.71%) .NET Core
3 385 (15.55%) ASP.NET
4 298 (12.04%) React
5 241 (9.73%) HTML
6 239 (9.65%) CSS
7 225 (9.09%) ASP.NET Core
8 188 (7.59%) .NET Framework
9 175 (7.07%) AngularJS
10 161 (6.50%) RESTful
11 154 (6.22%) REST
12 150 (6.06%) Vue
13 143 (5.78%) Entity Framework
14 140 (5.65%) Blazor
15 126 (5.09%) Node.js
16 91 (3.68%) ASP.NET Web API
17 81 (3.27%) WPF
18 54 (2.18%) jQuery
19 53 (2.14%) JSON
20 52 (2.10%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 151 (6.10%) Cloud Native
2 88 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 72 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 69 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 54 (2.18%) Hedge funds
8 48 (1.94%) Mobile App
9 44 (1.78%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.66%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.17%) Virtual Team
12 24 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 24 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
13 23 (0.93%) Legacy Code
13 23 (0.93%) Management Information System
13 23 (0.93%) Sports Betting
14 22 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
15 21 (0.85%) Onboarding
16 19 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 120 (4.85%) Windows
2 93 (3.76%) Linux
3 28 (1.13%) Android
4 19 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.57%) VMS
7 12 (0.48%) Unix
8 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.081%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.081%) Solaris
10 2 (0.081%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 769 (31.06%) Software Engineering
2 727 (29.36%) Agile
3 571 (23.06%) Full-Stack Development
4 528 (21.32%) CI/CD
5 505 (20.40%) DevOps
6 335 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
7 306 (12.36%) Microservices
8 284 (11.47%) Mentoring
9 278 (11.23%) AI
10 264 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 260 (10.50%) Computer Science
12 230 (9.29%) Test Automation
13 200 (8.08%) SDLC
14 147 (5.94%) Scrum
15 141 (5.69%) Machine Learning
16 140 (5.65%) Containerisation
17 136 (5.49%) Business Intelligence
18 126 (5.09%) MVC
19 125 (5.05%) Infrastructure as Code
20 119 (4.81%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 793 (32.03%) SQL
2 511 (20.64%) JavaScript
3 416 (16.80%) Python
4 313 (12.64%) TypeScript
5 276 (11.15%) C++
6 266 (10.74%) Java
7 109 (4.40%) PHP
8 95 (3.84%) PowerShell
9 63 (2.54%) C
10 37 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.33%) Bash
11 33 (1.33%) Bicep
12 29 (1.17%) Go
13 26 (1.05%) VB.NET
14 22 (0.89%) VBA
15 21 (0.85%) Scala
16 19 (0.77%) F#
16 19 (0.77%) Rust
17 17 (0.69%) Haskell
18 16 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 362 (14.62%) Degree
2 178 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 124 (5.01%) Security Cleared
4 71 (2.87%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 42 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 40 (1.62%) ISTQB
9 26 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 25 (1.01%) PhD
11 18 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 16 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.53%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
19 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (5.49%) QA
2 43 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.77%) GDPR
5 14 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.53%) WCAG
7 12 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.44%) SLA
9 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
10 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 2 (0.081%) EMIR
11 2 (0.081%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.081%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.081%) ITGC
12 1 (0.040%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.040%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 234 (9.45%) Docker
2 25 (1.01%) Firmware
3 18 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (0.28%) KVM
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.081%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.081%) vSphere
9 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.040%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 198 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 123 (4.97%) Terraform
3 36 (1.45%) Grafana
4 11 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.40%) Ansible
6 7 (0.28%) Kibana
7 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.081%) Control-M
8 2 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.081%) MIIS
8 2 (0.081%) MOM
8 2 (0.081%) Nmap
9 1 (0.040%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.040%) Nessus
9 1 (0.040%) Netcool
9 1 (0.040%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 577 (23.30%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.86%) Oracle
3 45 (1.82%) Google
4 25 (1.01%) Adobe
5 21 (0.85%) Facebook
6 17 (0.69%) OpenAI
7 15 (0.61%) VMware
8 12 (0.48%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.48%) Xamarin
9 11 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (0.44%) Databricks
9 11 (0.44%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.36%) iManage
11 8 (0.32%) Apple
11 8 (0.32%) Splunk
12 7 (0.28%) Intapp
13 6 (0.24%) Aderant
13 6 (0.24%) Sony
13 6 (0.24%) Yahoo!
13 6 (0.24%) YouTube