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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 55 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 -33 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,320 2,240 5,820
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.20% 4.50% 6.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.10% 15.67% 23.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,850 1,860 4,668
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,438 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +11.21% -7.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,125 £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 18,346 14,298 25,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.70% 28.75% 30.38%
Number of salaries quoted 13,040 9,465 18,107
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
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 3 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 3 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 3,022 £60,000 -7.69% 960
UK excluding London +12 2,525 £57,500 - 689
Work from Home +5 1,500 £55,000 -12.00% 539
South East +19 725 £60,000 - 224
London -21 665 £82,500 +3.13% 378
North of England +34 623 £57,500 -4.17% 170
Midlands -6 404 £57,500 +4.55% 100
North West +48 298 £55,000 -4.35% 86
South West +22 294 £53,000 -3.64% 70
East of England +14 291 £60,000 -2.04% 76
West Midlands -16 215 £60,000 +4.35% 47
East Midlands +16 189 £55,000 - 52
Yorkshire +17 177 £55,000 -15.38% 45
North East -7 148 £60,000 +4.35% 40
Northern Ireland +8 111 £50,000 -37.50% 25
Wales -50 45 £51,619 -1.68% 16
Scotland -13 34 £50,000 -22.48% 21

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 97 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.02%) IIS
3 33 (0.99%) CMS
4 23 (0.69%) Confluence
5 15 (0.45%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.24%) 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
10 5 (0.15%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.090%) DNN
12 3 (0.090%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.090%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.090%) Kentico
12 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 45 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Simulink
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.090%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.090%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 48 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.24%) Elite 3E
3 7 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.090%) Magento
6 3 (0.090%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.090%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.060%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.060%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.060%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.060%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.030%) Eikon
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.030%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.030%) RMDS
8 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,648 (49.64%) Azure
2 558 (16.81%) AWS
3 444 (13.37%) Azure DevOps
4 314 (9.46%) Power Platform
5 261 (7.86%) SaaS
6 240 (7.23%) GitHub
7 186 (5.60%) Azure AI
7 186 (5.60%) Power Automate
8 167 (5.03%) PowerApps
9 163 (4.91%) Serverless
10 160 (4.82%) GitHub Copilot
11 157 (4.73%) Azure Logic Apps
12 147 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
13 131 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
14 119 (3.58%) Azure Service Bus
15 107 (3.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 100 (3.01%) Azure Functions
17 82 (2.47%) GCP
18 56 (1.69%) Azure AKS
19 53 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.87%) Internet
2 18 (0.54%) Broadband
2 18 (0.54%) DNS
3 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.39%) HTTP
5 10 (0.30%) Firewall
6 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.24%) VPN
7 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.18%) BGP
8 6 (0.18%) DHCP
8 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 5 (0.15%) LAN
9 5 (0.15%) WAN
10 4 (0.12%) Intranet
10 4 (0.12%) LTE
10 4 (0.12%) Modbus
10 4 (0.12%) Network Security
10 4 (0.12%) SNMP
11 3 (0.090%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 574 (17.29%) SQL Server
2 513 (15.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 453 (13.64%) MongoDB
4 170 (5.12%) Power BI
5 164 (4.94%) Elasticsearch
6 85 (2.56%) MySQL
7 84 (2.53%) NoSQL
8 73 (2.20%) Relational Database
9 65 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
10 45 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 43 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
13 28 (0.84%) Redis
14 15 (0.45%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.39%) Db2
15 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
16 12 (0.36%) Metadata
17 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
17 11 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 255 (7.68%) Git
2 73 (2.20%) JIRA
3 45 (1.36%) Selenium
4 43 (1.30%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.02%) GitLab
6 26 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
7 24 (0.72%) Jenkins
8 22 (0.66%) TeamCity
9 21 (0.63%) Postman
10 20 (0.60%) NUnit
11 19 (0.57%) SpecFlow
12 16 (0.48%) Claude Code
13 15 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (0.24%) Jasmine
15 8 (0.24%) Yeoman
16 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
16 7 (0.21%) Moq
16 7 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 528 (15.90%) Finance
2 525 (15.81%) Social Skills
3 173 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
4 160 (4.82%) Legal
5 116 (3.49%) Law
6 115 (3.46%) Manufacturing
7 88 (2.65%) Games
8 80 (2.41%) Public Sector
8 80 (2.41%) Retail
9 78 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 72 (2.17%) Advertising
11 67 (2.02%) Marketing
12 58 (1.75%) Electronics
13 55 (1.66%) Aerospace
13 55 (1.66%) Banking
14 46 (1.39%) Front Office
15 39 (1.17%) Legal Technology
16 36 (1.08%) Automotive
17 24 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
18 18 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,793 (54.01%) Developer
2 802 (24.16%) .NET Developer
3 737 (22.20%) Senior
4 710 (21.39%) Software Engineer
5 428 (12.89%) Software Developer
6 396 (11.93%) C# Developer
7 359 (10.81%) Senior Developer
8 333 (10.03%) Lead
9 314 (9.46%) C# Software Engineer
10 242 (7.29%) Senior Software Engineer
11 178 (5.36%) Full-Stack Developer
12 172 (5.18%) C# Software Developer
13 167 (5.03%) C# .NET Developer
14 159 (4.79%) Graduate
15 148 (4.46%) .NET Software Engineer
15 148 (4.46%) Lead Developer
16 110 (3.31%) Architect
16 110 (3.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 106 (3.19%) Graduate Developer
18 104 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,139 (64.43%) .NET
2 772 (23.25%) .NET Core
3 762 (22.95%) ASP.NET
4 594 (17.89%) ASP.NET Core
5 476 (14.34%) React
6 389 (11.72%) CSS
7 377 (11.36%) HTML
8 322 (9.70%) AngularJS
9 312 (9.40%) RESTful
10 304 (9.16%) Blazor
11 290 (8.73%) Entity Framework
12 289 (8.70%) Vue
13 262 (7.89%) Node.js
14 260 (7.83%) .NET Framework
15 241 (7.26%) REST
16 222 (6.69%) ASP.NET Web API
17 156 (4.70%) ML.NET
18 124 (3.73%) WPF
19 120 (3.61%) LINQ
20 89 (2.68%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 217 (6.54%) Cloud Native
2 152 (4.58%) Greenfield Project
3 137 (4.13%) Enterprise Software
4 127 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 103 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 92 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
7 85 (2.56%) Virtual Team
8 57 (1.72%) Mobile App
9 52 (1.57%) Hedge funds
10 49 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 49 (1.48%) Onboarding
11 38 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (1.05%) Management Information System
13 31 (0.93%) AI Agents
14 30 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 30 (0.90%) Robotics
15 28 (0.84%) Legacy Code
16 27 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
16 27 (0.81%) Low-Code
17 23 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 164 (4.94%) Windows
2 111 (3.34%) Linux
3 44 (1.33%) Android
4 37 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.27%) VMS
7 8 (0.24%) Unix
8 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,167 (35.15%) Agile
2 1,077 (32.44%) Software Engineering
3 923 (27.80%) Full-Stack Development
4 806 (24.28%) CI/CD
5 775 (23.34%) DevOps
6 565 (17.02%) Microservices
7 519 (15.63%) AI
8 515 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
9 440 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 419 (12.62%) Mentoring
11 311 (9.37%) Test Automation
12 288 (8.67%) Computer Science
13 270 (8.13%) Machine Learning
14 269 (8.10%) SDLC
15 209 (6.30%) Scrum
16 206 (6.20%) Software Testing
17 201 (6.05%) Multithreading
18 200 (6.02%) OO
19 192 (5.78%) TDD
20 179 (5.39%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,223 (36.84%) SQL
2 790 (23.80%) JavaScript
3 548 (16.51%) Python
4 527 (15.87%) TypeScript
5 339 (10.21%) C++
6 286 (8.61%) Java
7 148 (4.46%) PowerShell
8 145 (4.37%) PHP
9 75 (2.26%) C
10 67 (2.02%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.42%) Bicep
11 47 (1.42%) VB.NET
12 42 (1.27%) Go
13 33 (0.99%) Bash
13 33 (0.99%) VBA
14 23 (0.69%) Rust
15 22 (0.66%) Scala
16 19 (0.57%) Delphi
16 19 (0.57%) F#
17 18 (0.54%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 407 (12.26%) Degree
2 198 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 130 (3.92%) Security Cleared
4 97 (2.92%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 35 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (0.66%) PhD
9 19 (0.57%) ISTQB
10 18 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 15 (0.45%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.12%) ISEB
18 3 (0.090%) GPEN
18 3 (0.090%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 294 (8.86%) QA
2 55 (1.66%) Accessibility
3 31 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 28 (0.84%) GDPR
5 20 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.36%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) SLA
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
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 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.090%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.090%) PSD2
12 2 (0.060%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.060%) NIST
13 1 (0.030%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 386 (11.63%) Docker
2 21 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.63%) Firmware
3 13 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.15%) KVM
8 3 (0.090%) vSphere
9 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 345 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 157 (4.73%) Terraform
3 34 (1.02%) Grafana
4 18 (0.54%) Ansible
5 16 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.090%) Control-M
9 3 (0.090%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.060%) MIIS
11 1 (0.030%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.030%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,079 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 87 (2.62%) Google
3 65 (1.96%) Facebook
4 48 (1.45%) Oracle
5 30 (0.90%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.69%) Adobe
8 22 (0.66%) YouTube
9 19 (0.57%) Apple
9 19 (0.57%) Databricks
10 17 (0.51%) Sony
10 17 (0.51%) Yahoo!
11 16 (0.48%) Intapp
11 16 (0.48%) VMware
12 14 (0.42%) Xamarin
13 12 (0.36%) iManage
13 12 (0.36%) SAP
13 12 (0.36%) Splunk
14 11 (0.33%) IBM
15 9 (0.27%) Aderant