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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 56 21
Rank change year-on-year +10 -35 -2
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,412 2,110 5,823
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.15% 4.22% 6.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.43% 15.36% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,907 1,744 4,459
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,938 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 18,515 13,740 25,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.07% 27.45% 30.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13,176 9,007 17,342
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +10 3,117 £60,000 -4.00% 754
UK excluding London +20 2,619 £57,500 - 621
Work from Home +8 1,537 £55,000 -8.33% 436
South East +20 754 £60,000 - 200
London -18 666 £83,500 +4.38% 251
North of England +42 646 £57,500 -4.17% 146
Midlands +1 415 £60,000 +9.09% 91
East of England +27 317 £60,000 +9.09% 79
North West +46 303 £55,000 -8.33% 78
South West +28 296 £52,500 - 77
West Midlands -8 216 £60,000 +4.35% 39
East Midlands +14 199 £55,000 - 51
Yorkshire +13 181 £55,000 -8.33% 32
North East 0 162 £65,000 +13.04% 38
Northern Ireland +10 116 £50,000 -10.31% 6
Wales -49 46 £51,619 +3.24% 17
Scotland -10 31 £50,000 -22.78% 19

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 99 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.08%) IIS
3 33 (0.97%) CMS
4 23 (0.67%) Confluence
5 15 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.088%) DNN
12 3 (0.088%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.088%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.088%) Kentico
12 3 (0.088%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 44 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.088%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.088%) Simulink
6 3 (0.088%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 50 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.088%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.088%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.059%) Magento
7 2 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.029%) Eikon
8 1 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.029%) RMDS
8 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,687 (49.44%) Azure
2 578 (16.94%) AWS
3 475 (13.92%) Azure DevOps
4 326 (9.55%) Power Platform
5 268 (7.85%) SaaS
6 251 (7.36%) GitHub
7 199 (5.83%) Power Automate
8 193 (5.66%) Azure AI
9 176 (5.16%) PowerApps
10 172 (5.04%) Serverless
11 169 (4.95%) GitHub Copilot
12 158 (4.63%) Azure Logic Apps
13 156 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
14 138 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
15 129 (3.78%) Azure Service Bus
16 117 (3.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 106 (3.11%) Azure Functions
18 87 (2.55%) GCP
19 51 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
20 50 (1.47%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (1.85%) Internet
2 20 (0.59%) DNS
3 18 (0.53%) Broadband
3 18 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.50%) HTTP
5 14 (0.41%) Firewall
6 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.23%) VPN
8 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
9 6 (0.18%) BGP
9 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 6 (0.18%) SNMP
10 5 (0.15%) DHCP
10 5 (0.15%) LAN
10 5 (0.15%) WAN
11 4 (0.12%) Intranet
11 4 (0.12%) Modbus
11 4 (0.12%) Network Security
12 3 (0.088%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (0.088%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 597 (17.50%) SQL Server
2 518 (15.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 458 (13.42%) MongoDB
4 174 (5.10%) Power BI
5 168 (4.92%) Elasticsearch
6 96 (2.81%) NoSQL
7 88 (2.58%) MySQL
8 80 (2.34%) Relational Database
9 72 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
10 41 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 37 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 33 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
13 29 (0.85%) Redis
14 19 (0.56%) DynamoDB
15 15 (0.44%) Metadata
16 14 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
17 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
18 11 (0.32%) Data Lake
18 11 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
18 11 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 293 (8.59%) Git
2 72 (2.11%) JIRA
3 43 (1.26%) Selenium
3 43 (1.26%) Visual Studio
4 33 (0.97%) GitLab
5 29 (0.85%) Jenkins
6 25 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
7 24 (0.70%) TeamCity
8 23 (0.67%) NUnit
9 22 (0.64%) Postman
10 17 (0.50%) Claude Code
11 15 (0.44%) SpecFlow
12 14 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.23%) Jasmine
15 8 (0.23%) Subversion
15 8 (0.23%) Yeoman
16 7 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 560 (16.41%) Social Skills
2 535 (15.68%) Finance
3 184 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (5.13%) Legal
5 123 (3.60%) Law
6 120 (3.52%) Manufacturing
7 100 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 90 (2.64%) Games
9 79 (2.32%) Retail
10 78 (2.29%) Public Sector
11 71 (2.08%) Advertising
12 70 (2.05%) Marketing
13 62 (1.82%) Electronics
14 58 (1.70%) Aerospace
15 54 (1.58%) Banking
16 48 (1.41%) Front Office
17 40 (1.17%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.06%) Automotive
19 27 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
20 18 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,797 (52.67%) Developer
2 801 (23.48%) .NET Developer
3 755 (22.13%) Senior
4 742 (21.75%) Software Engineer
5 413 (12.10%) Software Developer
6 385 (11.28%) C# Developer
7 360 (10.55%) Senior Developer
8 359 (10.52%) Lead
9 332 (9.73%) C# Software Engineer
10 247 (7.24%) Senior Software Engineer
11 180 (5.28%) Full-Stack Developer
12 161 (4.72%) C# Software Developer
13 160 (4.69%) C# .NET Developer
14 158 (4.63%) Lead Developer
15 157 (4.60%) Graduate
16 143 (4.19%) .NET Software Engineer
17 120 (3.52%) Architect
18 115 (3.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 105 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
20 104 (3.05%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,182 (63.95%) .NET
2 779 (22.83%) ASP.NET
3 775 (22.71%) .NET Core
4 604 (17.70%) ASP.NET Core
5 499 (14.62%) React
6 394 (11.55%) CSS
7 389 (11.40%) HTML
8 327 (9.58%) AngularJS
9 326 (9.55%) RESTful
10 312 (9.14%) Blazor
11 300 (8.79%) Entity Framework
12 298 (8.73%) Vue
13 272 (7.97%) .NET Framework
14 269 (7.88%) Node.js
15 251 (7.36%) REST
16 222 (6.51%) ASP.NET Web API
17 161 (4.72%) Terraform
18 156 (4.57%) ML.NET
19 139 (4.07%) WPF
20 119 (3.49%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 225 (6.59%) Cloud Native
2 153 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
2 153 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
3 128 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
4 123 (3.60%) Product Ownership
5 99 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 89 (2.61%) Virtual Team
7 60 (1.76%) Mobile App
8 52 (1.52%) Algorithms
9 49 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 47 (1.38%) Hedge funds
11 46 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 40 (1.17%) AI Agents
13 38 (1.11%) Management Information System
14 32 (0.94%) Robotics
15 31 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 28 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
16 28 (0.82%) Legacy Code
17 26 (0.76%) Fixed Income
18 25 (0.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 170 (4.98%) Windows
2 117 (3.43%) Linux
3 41 (1.20%) Android
4 37 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.23%) Unix
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.12%) VMS
9 3 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.029%) CentOS
10 1 (0.029%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,201 (35.20%) Agile
2 1,141 (33.44%) Software Engineering
3 938 (27.49%) Full-Stack Development
4 838 (24.56%) CI/CD
5 813 (23.83%) DevOps
6 586 (17.17%) Microservices
7 560 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
8 541 (15.86%) AI
9 463 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 453 (13.28%) Mentoring
11 325 (9.53%) Test Automation
12 292 (8.56%) SDLC
13 285 (8.35%) Computer Science
14 277 (8.12%) Machine Learning
15 222 (6.51%) Software Testing
16 218 (6.39%) Scrum
17 209 (6.13%) OO
18 199 (5.83%) Multithreading
19 190 (5.57%) Software Architecture
20 189 (5.54%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1,228 (35.99%) SQL
2 810 (23.74%) JavaScript
3 565 (16.56%) Python
4 527 (15.45%) TypeScript
5 335 (9.82%) C++
6 291 (8.53%) Java
7 144 (4.22%) PowerShell
8 141 (4.13%) PHP
9 83 (2.43%) C
10 68 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 48 (1.41%) Go
12 46 (1.35%) Bicep
13 42 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 36 (1.06%) VBA
15 35 (1.03%) Bash
16 26 (0.76%) Rust
17 23 (0.67%) Ruby
18 21 (0.62%) Delphi
18 21 (0.62%) Scala
19 17 (0.50%) F#
Qualifications
1 413 (12.10%) Degree
2 193 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 144 (4.22%) Security Cleared
4 108 (3.17%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 39 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 29 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 18 (0.53%) ISTQB
9 18 (0.53%) PhD
10 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
10 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.15%) CREST Certified
14 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.15%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 317 (9.29%) QA
2 61 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 33 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 32 (0.94%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.35%) WCAG
7 7 (0.21%) NCSC
8 6 (0.18%) SLA
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.088%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 3 (0.088%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.088%) NIST
11 3 (0.088%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.088%) PSD2
System Software
1 394 (11.55%) Docker
2 21 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.53%) Firmware
4 13 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.088%) vSphere
10 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 345 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 33 (0.97%) Grafana
3 18 (0.53%) Ansible
4 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.088%) Control-M
7 3 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.059%) MIIS
9 1 (0.029%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1,115 (32.68%) Microsoft
2 90 (2.64%) Google
3 65 (1.91%) Facebook
4 50 (1.47%) Oracle
5 33 (0.97%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.73%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.67%) Adobe
8 22 (0.64%) YouTube
9 18 (0.53%) Apple
9 18 (0.53%) Databricks
9 18 (0.53%) VMware
10 17 (0.50%) Sony
10 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
11 15 (0.44%) Intapp
12 12 (0.35%) Foundry
12 12 (0.35%) SAP
13 11 (0.32%) IBM
13 11 (0.32%) iManage
13 11 (0.32%) Splunk
14 10 (0.29%) Aderant