C# Job Trends

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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 25 19
Rank change year-on-year -48 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,824 3,782 4,619
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.07% 6.83% 8.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.73% 20.16% 22.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,595 2,467 4,108
10th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £39,800
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £102,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 11,594 18,762 20,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.54% 33.88% 39.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,503 11,078 16,636
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +2.36% -2.31%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 2025. 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 -42 1,667 £60,000 - 2,700
UK excluding London -47 1,212 £57,500 +4.55% 2,391
Work from Home -22 805 £60,000 - 1,611
London -16 504 £80,000 +6.67% 563
North of England -26 349 £61,500 +17.14% 595
South East -46 340 £57,500 -4.17% 642
Midlands -35 260 £55,000 - 392
North West -22 170 £62,500 +19.05% 310
West Midlands -33 143 £57,500 +4.55% 199
Yorkshire -26 123 £60,750 +21.50% 203
East Midlands -28 117 £50,000 -9.09% 174
South West -54 103 £55,000 - 239
East of England -54 91 £55,000 - 315
North East -9 58 £55,000 -13.73% 84
Scotland -71 44 £60,000 +33.33% 147
Wales -32 28 £48,500 -3.00% 62
Northern Ireland -15 7 £78,750 +16.67% 31
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 43 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.30%) IIS
3 28 (1.54%) CMS
4 16 (0.88%) Kinematics
5 14 (0.77%) Confluence
6 9 (0.49%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.055%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.055%) Kentico
Applications
1 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.16%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.055%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 49 (2.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 5 (0.27%) Shopify
5 4 (0.22%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.16%) Fidessa
6 3 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.11%) Endur
7 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.055%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.055%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.055%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 906 (49.67%) Azure
2 352 (19.30%) AWS
3 231 (12.66%) Azure DevOps
4 206 (11.29%) SaaS
5 163 (8.94%) Power Platform
6 121 (6.63%) Serverless
7 118 (6.47%) Dynamics 365
8 109 (5.98%) Power Automate
9 91 (4.99%) PowerApps
10 90 (4.93%) GitHub
11 89 (4.88%) GCP
12 70 (3.84%) Azure Logic Apps
13 58 (3.18%) Azure Functions
14 56 (3.07%) Azure Service Bus
15 51 (2.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 49 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
17 33 (1.81%) Entra ID
17 33 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
18 26 (1.43%) Azure AKS
18 26 (1.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.55%) DNS
4 9 (0.49%) HTTP
5 6 (0.33%) DHCP
5 6 (0.33%) Internet
6 4 (0.22%) Firewall
6 4 (0.22%) SAN
7 3 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.16%) FIX Connectivity
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.11%) FTP
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) SMTP
8 2 (0.11%) SSH
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.055%) Broadband
9 1 (0.055%) IPv6
9 1 (0.055%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.055%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 381 (20.89%) SQL Server
2 90 (4.93%) Relational Database
3 85 (4.66%) MySQL
4 76 (4.17%) Power BI
5 74 (4.06%) MongoDB
5 74 (4.06%) NoSQL
6 66 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 46 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 38 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
12 22 (1.21%) Redis
13 12 (0.66%) DynamoDB
14 11 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
16 5 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
16 5 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
16 5 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 143 (7.84%) Git
2 83 (4.55%) JIRA
3 81 (4.44%) Selenium
4 58 (3.18%) Visual Studio
5 52 (2.85%) Postman
6 42 (2.30%) Team Foundation Server
7 39 (2.14%) WebDriver
8 38 (2.08%) Jenkins
9 34 (1.86%) SoapUI
10 18 (0.99%) Cypress.io
11 17 (0.93%) SpecFlow
11 17 (0.93%) TeamCity
12 15 (0.82%) GitLab
13 14 (0.77%) NUnit
14 10 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
15 9 (0.49%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.49%) JMeter
15 9 (0.49%) MSTest
16 8 (0.44%) REST Assured
17 7 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
General
1 485 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 312 (17.11%) Finance
3 114 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (4.88%) Law
5 78 (4.28%) Public Sector
6 72 (3.95%) Retail
7 53 (2.91%) Front Office
8 52 (2.85%) Manufacturing
9 49 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (2.19%) Banking
11 38 (2.08%) Electronics
11 38 (2.08%) Legal
12 30 (1.64%) Marketing
13 25 (1.37%) Games
14 24 (1.32%) Back Office
15 20 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (0.99%) Billing
17 17 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
18 16 (0.88%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.71%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 912 (50.00%) Developer
2 417 (22.86%) Senior
3 260 (14.25%) Software Engineer
4 241 (13.21%) C# Developer
5 228 (12.50%) Software Developer
6 227 (12.45%) .NET Developer
7 222 (12.17%) Senior Developer
8 217 (11.90%) Lead
9 143 (7.84%) Full-Stack Developer
10 82 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
11 75 (4.11%) Analyst
12 74 (4.06%) Architect
13 73 (4.00%) Graduate
14 68 (3.73%) C# .NET Developer
14 68 (3.73%) C# Software Developer
15 67 (3.67%) Support Engineer
16 65 (3.56%) .NET Software Engineer
17 64 (3.51%) Lead Developer
18 62 (3.40%) C# Software Engineer
18 62 (3.40%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,092 (59.87%) .NET
2 297 (16.28%) .NET Core
3 288 (15.79%) React
4 247 (13.54%) ASP.NET
5 214 (11.73%) HTML
6 207 (11.35%) .NET Framework
7 198 (10.86%) CSS
8 196 (10.75%) AngularJS
9 140 (7.68%) REST
10 126 (6.91%) RESTful
11 107 (5.87%) Entity Framework
12 89 (4.88%) Vue
13 82 (4.50%) Blazor
14 78 (4.28%) ASP.NET MVC
15 67 (3.67%) ASP.NET Web API
16 61 (3.34%) Node.js
16 61 (3.34%) SOAP
17 58 (3.18%) Web Services
18 50 (2.74%) ASP.NET Core
18 50 (2.74%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 148 (8.11%) Cloud Native
2 98 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 76 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
5 50 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
7 40 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (1.97%) Mobile App
10 33 (1.81%) Algorithms
11 28 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 22 (1.21%) Low-Code
13 21 (1.15%) Robotics
14 18 (0.99%) Client/Server
14 18 (0.99%) Derivative
15 16 (0.88%) AI Agents
16 15 (0.82%) Virtual Team
17 14 (0.77%) Hedge funds
17 14 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
18 12 (0.66%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 84 (4.61%) Windows
2 57 (3.13%) Linux
3 18 (0.99%) Android
4 14 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 14 (0.77%) Unix
4 14 (0.77%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.27%) Solaris
6 4 (0.22%) VMS
7 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
9 1 (0.055%) AIX
9 1 (0.055%) Fedora
9 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (34.70%) Agile
2 521 (28.56%) Software Engineering
3 475 (26.04%) DevOps
4 443 (24.29%) CI/CD
5 411 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
6 375 (20.56%) Full-Stack Development
7 330 (18.09%) Mentoring
8 309 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 290 (15.90%) Microservices
10 215 (11.79%) Computer Science
11 179 (9.81%) Test Automation
12 162 (8.88%) Scrum
13 157 (8.61%) MVC
14 141 (7.73%) AI
14 141 (7.73%) SDLC
15 126 (6.91%) Migration
16 122 (6.69%) OO
17 120 (6.58%) CRM
18 119 (6.52%) Containerisation
19 111 (6.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 653 (35.80%) SQL
2 448 (24.56%) JavaScript
3 303 (16.61%) Python
4 263 (14.42%) Java
5 234 (12.83%) TypeScript
6 141 (7.73%) C++
7 101 (5.54%) PowerShell
8 81 (4.44%) PHP
9 52 (2.85%) C
10 46 (2.52%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.92%) VB.NET
12 20 (1.10%) Bash
13 19 (1.04%) Bicep
14 18 (0.99%) Go
15 17 (0.93%) Delphi
16 16 (0.88%) VBA
17 14 (0.77%) Rust
18 10 (0.55%) Kotlin
18 10 (0.55%) Scala
19 9 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 304 (16.67%) Degree
2 161 (8.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 97 (5.32%) Security Cleared
4 66 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 63 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 51 (2.80%) Azure Certification
7 47 (2.58%) ISTQB
8 39 (2.14%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 28 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (1.43%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 18 (0.99%) DV Cleared
14 15 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.55%) PhD
16 8 (0.44%) ISEB
17 7 (0.38%) MCP
18 6 (0.33%) HND
18 6 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
19 5 (0.27%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (9.87%) QA
2 37 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.43%) GDPR
4 16 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.88%) ISO 9001
5 15 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.55%) WCAG
7 4 (0.22%) HL7
7 4 (0.22%) SEPA
8 3 (0.16%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.16%) NIST
8 3 (0.16%) SLA
9 2 (0.11%) EMIR
9 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.055%) COBIT
10 1 (0.055%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.055%) IFRS
10 1 (0.055%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.055%) SOC 2
System Software
1 164 (8.99%) Docker
2 21 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.77%) Firmware
4 10 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
5 8 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.22%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.055%) HDFS
8 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.055%) Squid
Systems Management
1 142 (7.79%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.10%) Terraform
3 23 (1.26%) Grafana
4 12 (0.66%) Ansible
5 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.33%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.27%) Control-M
7 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.16%) Kibana
9 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.11%) Nagios
9 2 (0.11%) Nmap
10 1 (0.055%) WMI
Vendors
1 435 (23.85%) Microsoft
2 51 (2.80%) Oracle
3 29 (1.59%) Guidewire
4 28 (1.54%) Google
5 17 (0.93%) Sage
5 17 (0.93%) Xamarin
6 15 (0.82%) SAP
7 14 (0.77%) Databricks
8 13 (0.71%) Dynatrace
8 13 (0.71%) Palantir
9 12 (0.66%) OpenAI
10 10 (0.55%) Infor
10 10 (0.55%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.55%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.49%) DevExpress
11 9 (0.49%) VMware
12 8 (0.44%) Adobe
12 8 (0.44%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.38%) Talend
13 7 (0.38%) YouTube