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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 47 18
Rank change year-on-year -18 -29 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,565 2,228 8,109
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.75% 5.14% 8.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.60% 16.29% 24.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,240 1,834 6,962
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,938 £48,899 £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 £80,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £58,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.29% +5.91% -

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 16,446 13,676 32,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.66% 31.54% 32.78%
Number of salaries quoted 11,478 9,178 25,107
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 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,810
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.21% -2.16%

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 30 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 30 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 2,400 £60,000 -7.69% 746
UK excluding London -17 1,819 £57,500 -1.29% 626
Work from Home -7 941 £57,500 -11.54% 418
London -18 617 £82,500 +4.76% 212
South East +10 566 £60,000 - 183
North of England +8 494 £60,000 +6.19% 173
Midlands -27 313 £57,500 +4.55% 83
North West +42 255 £60,000 +17.90% 105
East of England -14 197 £60,000 -9.37% 74
South West +1 193 £55,000 - 70
East Midlands +12 158 £55,000 - 43
West Midlands -49 155 £60,000 +9.09% 40
Yorkshire -12 141 £56,250 -17.28% 31
North East -7 98 £65,000 +13.04% 38
Scotland -38 28 £57,500 +11.65% 19
Wales -44 25 £50,000 -24.24% 14
Northern Ireland - 7 £80,000 - 22

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 67 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.09%) CMS
2 28 (1.09%) IIS
3 13 (0.51%) Confluence
4 12 (0.47%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.23%) WordPress
7 4 (0.16%) Apache
7 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.12%) JBoss
9 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.078%) nginx
10 1 (0.039%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.039%) Appian
10 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.23%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.078%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.078%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.078%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.078%) Shopify
4 2 (0.078%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.039%) Endur
5 1 (0.039%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.039%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,189 (46.35%) Azure
2 417 (16.26%) AWS
3 299 (11.66%) Azure DevOps
4 231 (9.01%) Power Platform
5 216 (8.42%) SaaS
6 147 (5.73%) Azure Logic Apps
7 146 (5.69%) Serverless
8 128 (4.99%) GitHub
9 114 (4.44%) PowerApps
10 113 (4.41%) Power Automate
11 105 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
12 94 (3.66%) Azure Functions
13 90 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
14 77 (3.00%) Azure Service Bus
15 69 (2.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 67 (2.61%) Azure AI
17 66 (2.57%) GitHub Copilot
18 63 (2.46%) GCP
19 54 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
20 52 (2.03%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (0.97%) Internet
2 17 (0.66%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.58%) Broadband
4 13 (0.51%) DNS
5 10 (0.39%) Ethernet
5 10 (0.39%) Firewall
6 7 (0.27%) DHCP
6 7 (0.27%) HTTP
7 5 (0.19%) LTE
8 4 (0.16%) Intranet
8 4 (0.16%) LAN
8 4 (0.16%) Modbus
8 4 (0.16%) WAN
9 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.12%) Network Security
9 3 (0.12%) RS-232
9 3 (0.12%) VPN
10 2 (0.078%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.078%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 479 (18.67%) SQL Server
2 232 (9.04%) Azure SQL Database
3 193 (7.52%) MongoDB
4 133 (5.19%) Power BI
5 77 (3.00%) NoSQL
6 62 (2.42%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.30%) MySQL
8 58 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
9 49 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
10 36 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 35 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (0.62%) Redis
13 11 (0.43%) DB2
13 11 (0.43%) Metadata
14 8 (0.31%) GIS
15 7 (0.27%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 183 (7.13%) Git
2 58 (2.26%) JIRA
3 55 (2.14%) Selenium
4 54 (2.11%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.60%) Postman
6 32 (1.25%) GitLab
7 28 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (0.97%) SoapUI
8 25 (0.97%) WebDriver
9 24 (0.94%) SpecFlow
10 23 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
11 21 (0.82%) Jenkins
12 18 (0.70%) TeamCity
13 15 (0.58%) Cucumber
14 14 (0.55%) Cypress.io
15 13 (0.51%) NUnit
16 10 (0.39%) LabVIEW
17 8 (0.31%) Claude Code
17 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 8 (0.31%) Yeoman
General
1 475 (18.52%) Finance
2 378 (14.74%) Social Skills
3 136 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (3.43%) Manufacturing
5 64 (2.50%) Public Sector
6 58 (2.26%) Retail
7 57 (2.22%) Electronics
7 57 (2.22%) Games
8 56 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 55 (2.14%) Banking
10 48 (1.87%) Front Office
10 48 (1.87%) Law
11 45 (1.75%) Aerospace
12 33 (1.29%) Automotive
12 33 (1.29%) Legal
13 32 (1.25%) Advertising
14 28 (1.09%) Marketing
15 15 (0.58%) Investment Banking
16 14 (0.55%) Aviation
17 12 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,351 (52.67%) Developer
2 549 (21.40%) Software Engineer
3 546 (21.29%) Senior
4 475 (18.52%) .NET Developer
5 430 (16.76%) Software Developer
6 393 (15.32%) C# Developer
7 268 (10.45%) C# Software Engineer
8 265 (10.33%) Lead
9 263 (10.25%) Senior Developer
10 192 (7.49%) Senior Software Engineer
11 178 (6.94%) Full-Stack Developer
12 168 (6.55%) C# Software Developer
13 167 (6.51%) C# .NET Developer
14 157 (6.12%) .NET Software Engineer
15 114 (4.44%) Graduate
16 110 (4.29%) Lead Developer
17 98 (3.82%) Graduate Developer
18 97 (3.78%) .NET Software Developer
19 94 (3.66%) Azure Developer
19 94 (3.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,644 (64.09%) .NET
2 519 (20.23%) .NET Core
3 426 (16.61%) ASP.NET
4 322 (12.55%) React
5 267 (10.41%) ASP.NET Core
6 263 (10.25%) CSS
7 262 (10.21%) HTML
8 196 (7.64%) .NET Framework
9 194 (7.56%) AngularJS
10 173 (6.74%) RESTful
11 168 (6.55%) Vue
12 166 (6.47%) REST
13 161 (6.28%) Entity Framework
14 158 (6.16%) Blazor
15 138 (5.38%) Node.js
16 107 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web API
17 87 (3.39%) WPF
18 59 (2.30%) ML.NET
19 57 (2.22%) JSON
20 55 (2.14%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 151 (5.89%) Cloud Native
2 95 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
4 79 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 74 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
6 65 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 53 (2.07%) Hedge funds
8 51 (1.99%) Mobile App
9 45 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 40 (1.56%) Low-Code
11 28 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.09%) Virtual Team
12 25 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 24 (0.94%) Management Information System
13 24 (0.94%) Onboarding
14 23 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
14 23 (0.90%) Legacy Code
14 23 (0.90%) Sports Betting
15 21 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 128 (4.99%) Windows
2 97 (3.78%) Linux
3 34 (1.33%) Android
4 24 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.51%) VMS
7 12 (0.47%) Unix
8 6 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.078%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.078%) Solaris
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 783 (30.53%) Software Engineering
2 763 (29.75%) Agile
3 614 (23.94%) Full-Stack Development
4 556 (21.68%) CI/CD
5 532 (20.74%) DevOps
6 360 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
7 320 (12.48%) Microservices
8 314 (12.24%) AI
9 293 (11.42%) Mentoring
10 277 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 258 (10.06%) Computer Science
12 234 (9.12%) Test Automation
13 214 (8.34%) SDLC
14 158 (6.16%) Machine Learning
15 155 (6.04%) Scrum
16 147 (5.73%) Business Intelligence
17 145 (5.65%) Containerisation
18 129 (5.03%) Infrastructure as Code
19 127 (4.95%) MVC
19 127 (4.95%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 838 (32.67%) SQL
2 538 (20.97%) JavaScript
3 433 (16.88%) Python
4 329 (12.83%) TypeScript
5 292 (11.38%) C++
6 267 (10.41%) Java
7 101 (3.94%) PHP
8 96 (3.74%) PowerShell
9 65 (2.53%) C
10 45 (1.75%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.36%) Bicep
12 34 (1.33%) Bash
13 31 (1.21%) Go
14 30 (1.17%) VB.NET
15 23 (0.90%) VBA
16 20 (0.78%) Rust
16 20 (0.78%) Scala
17 17 (0.66%) F#
18 16 (0.62%) Haskell
18 16 (0.62%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 377 (14.70%) Degree
2 183 (7.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (4.87%) Security Cleared
4 75 (2.92%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 41 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (1.44%) ISTQB
9 27 (1.05%) PhD
10 26 (1.01%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 12 (0.47%) DV Cleared
13 11 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
17 6 (0.23%) CREST Certified
17 6 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (5.54%) QA
2 43 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 23 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 20 (0.78%) GDPR
5 14 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.47%) SLA
7 12 (0.47%) WCAG
8 5 (0.19%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 14443
9 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.078%) EMIR
11 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.078%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.078%) ITGC
12 1 (0.039%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 246 (9.59%) Docker
2 29 (1.13%) Firmware
3 20 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.23%) KVM
7 4 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.078%) vSphere
10 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 212 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 125 (4.87%) Terraform
3 35 (1.36%) Grafana
4 12 (0.47%) Ansible
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.27%) Kibana
7 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.078%) Control-M
8 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.078%) MIIS
8 2 (0.078%) MOM
8 2 (0.078%) Nmap
8 2 (0.078%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.039%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.039%) Nessus
9 1 (0.039%) Netcool
Vendors
1 627 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 48 (1.87%) Google
3 46 (1.79%) Oracle
4 26 (1.01%) Facebook
5 23 (0.90%) Adobe
6 20 (0.78%) OpenAI
7 16 (0.62%) Salesforce
7 16 (0.62%) VMware
8 14 (0.55%) Xamarin
9 12 (0.47%) Databricks
10 11 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.35%) Apple
11 9 (0.35%) iManage
11 9 (0.35%) Splunk
12 8 (0.31%) YouTube
13 7 (0.27%) Intapp
13 7 (0.27%) Sony
13 7 (0.27%) Yahoo!
14 6 (0.23%) Dynatrace