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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 49 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 -28 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,124 2,351 7,653
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.16% 4.78% 7.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.73% 16.28% 24.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,721 1,946 6,363
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £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 £77,500 £81,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 17,623 14,439 31,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.84% 29.39% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,568 9,610 23,710
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +2 2,851 £60,000 -7.69% 630
UK excluding London +8 2,341 £57,500 -4.17% 537
Work from Home +1 1,402 £55,000 -15.38% 333
South East +18 685 £60,000 - 178
London -21 650 £82,500 +3.13% 188
North of England +36 579 £55,000 -6.78% 116
Midlands -9 387 £55,000 - 81
North West +50 279 £57,500 +4.55% 59
South West +20 265 £53,500 -2.73% 62
East of England +3 263 £60,000 -9.37% 71
West Midlands -24 199 £60,000 +9.09% 40
East Midlands +12 188 £55,000 - 41
Yorkshire +5 164 £55,000 -18.52% 31
North East -6 136 £59,500 +3.48% 28
Northern Ireland +1 83 £61,250 -23.44% 18
Wales -38 47 £51,810 -20.29% 10
Scotland -16 34 £52,500 -17.32% 17

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 86 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.12%) IIS
3 33 (1.06%) CMS
4 19 (0.61%) Confluence
5 15 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.22%) nginx
9 6 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.16%) Apache
11 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.13%) JBoss
11 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.096%) DNN
12 3 (0.096%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.096%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.096%) Kentico
12 3 (0.096%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 44 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.19%) Simulink
5 5 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.096%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.064%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 46 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
2 7 (0.22%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.16%) Shopify
4 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.096%) Magento
6 2 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.064%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.064%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.032%) Eikon
7 1 (0.032%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.032%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.032%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.032%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.032%) RMDS
7 1 (0.032%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.032%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.032%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,575 (50.42%) Azure
2 518 (16.58%) AWS
3 425 (13.60%) Azure DevOps
4 291 (9.31%) Power Platform
5 237 (7.59%) SaaS
6 228 (7.30%) GitHub
7 177 (5.67%) Azure AI
8 164 (5.25%) Serverless
9 163 (5.22%) Power Automate
10 162 (5.19%) Azure Logic Apps
11 157 (5.03%) PowerApps
12 154 (4.93%) GitHub Copilot
13 132 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
14 115 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
15 110 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
16 103 (3.30%) Azure Functions
17 102 (3.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 71 (2.27%) GCP
19 57 (1.82%) Azure AKS
20 54 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.98%) Internet
2 19 (0.61%) Broadband
3 18 (0.58%) DNS
4 15 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.29%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.26%) Firewall
6 8 (0.26%) VPN
7 7 (0.22%) HTTP
7 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.19%) BGP
8 6 (0.19%) DHCP
8 6 (0.19%) IPsec
9 5 (0.16%) LAN
9 5 (0.16%) WAN
10 4 (0.13%) Intranet
10 4 (0.13%) LTE
10 4 (0.13%) Modbus
10 4 (0.13%) Network Security
11 3 (0.096%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.096%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 519 (16.61%) SQL Server
2 512 (16.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 447 (14.31%) MongoDB
4 165 (5.28%) Power BI
5 160 (5.12%) Elasticsearch
6 82 (2.62%) NoSQL
7 72 (2.30%) MySQL
8 58 (1.86%) Relational Database
9 55 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
10 44 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 23 (0.74%) Redis
13 21 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
14 14 (0.45%) Db2
15 12 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
15 12 (0.38%) Metadata
16 11 (0.35%) Big Data
16 11 (0.35%) DynamoDB
16 11 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 213 (6.82%) Git
2 61 (1.95%) JIRA
3 39 (1.25%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.15%) GitLab
5 35 (1.12%) Selenium
6 26 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
7 22 (0.70%) Postman
8 21 (0.67%) SpecFlow
9 20 (0.64%) TeamCity
10 16 (0.51%) Claude Code
10 16 (0.51%) Jenkins
11 13 (0.42%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.35%) NUnit
13 10 (0.32%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.26%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.22%) Moq
15 7 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
16 6 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 525 (16.81%) Finance
2 467 (14.95%) Social Skills
3 159 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
4 126 (4.03%) Legal
5 105 (3.36%) Law
5 105 (3.36%) Manufacturing
6 89 (2.85%) Games
7 78 (2.50%) Retail
8 72 (2.30%) Public Sector
9 69 (2.21%) Advertising
10 64 (2.05%) Marketing
11 59 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 57 (1.82%) Banking
13 55 (1.76%) Electronics
14 52 (1.66%) Aerospace
15 49 (1.57%) Front Office
16 38 (1.22%) Legal Technology
17 35 (1.12%) Automotive
18 20 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
18 20 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,709 (54.71%) Developer
2 786 (25.16%) .NET Developer
3 682 (21.83%) Senior
4 676 (21.64%) Software Engineer
5 407 (13.03%) Software Developer
6 375 (12.00%) C# Developer
7 326 (10.44%) Senior Developer
8 308 (9.86%) C# Software Engineer
9 299 (9.57%) Lead
10 237 (7.59%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (5.63%) Full-Stack Developer
12 167 (5.35%) C# .NET Developer
13 162 (5.19%) C# Software Developer
14 154 (4.93%) .NET Software Engineer
15 146 (4.67%) Graduate
16 133 (4.26%) Lead Developer
17 102 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
18 99 (3.17%) Graduate Developer
19 98 (3.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
20 95 (3.04%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,037 (65.20%) .NET
2 758 (24.26%) .NET Core
3 728 (23.30%) ASP.NET
4 580 (18.57%) ASP.NET Core
5 448 (14.34%) React
6 373 (11.94%) CSS
7 356 (11.40%) HTML
8 307 (9.83%) AngularJS
9 292 (9.35%) RESTful
10 287 (9.19%) Blazor
11 281 (8.99%) Vue
12 268 (8.58%) Entity Framework
13 257 (8.23%) Node.js
14 237 (7.59%) .NET Framework
15 213 (6.82%) ASP.NET Web API
16 212 (6.79%) REST
17 154 (4.93%) ML.NET
18 120 (3.84%) LINQ
19 109 (3.49%) WPF
20 81 (2.59%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 198 (6.34%) Cloud Native
2 145 (4.64%) Greenfield Project
3 118 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
4 112 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
5 98 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 77 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 71 (2.27%) Virtual Team
8 55 (1.76%) Mobile App
9 53 (1.70%) Hedge funds
10 51 (1.63%) Algorithms
11 46 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 38 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 28 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 28 (0.90%) Management Information System
15 27 (0.86%) AI Agents
16 25 (0.80%) Robotics
17 24 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
18 23 (0.74%) Legacy Code
19 22 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 150 (4.80%) Windows
2 107 (3.43%) Linux
3 42 (1.34%) Android
4 34 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.38%) VMS
7 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.22%) Unix
8 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.064%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,099 (35.18%) Agile
2 996 (31.88%) Software Engineering
3 903 (28.91%) Full-Stack Development
4 758 (24.26%) CI/CD
5 721 (23.08%) DevOps
6 521 (16.68%) Microservices
7 483 (15.46%) AI
8 465 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
9 388 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 374 (11.97%) Mentoring
11 282 (9.03%) Test Automation
12 274 (8.77%) Computer Science
13 264 (8.45%) Machine Learning
14 241 (7.71%) SDLC
15 200 (6.40%) Multithreading
15 200 (6.40%) Scrum
16 183 (5.86%) TDD
17 179 (5.73%) Business Intelligence
18 177 (5.67%) OO
19 173 (5.54%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,185 (37.93%) SQL
2 727 (23.27%) JavaScript
3 508 (16.26%) Python
4 487 (15.59%) TypeScript
5 336 (10.76%) C++
6 272 (8.71%) Java
7 135 (4.32%) PHP
8 134 (4.29%) PowerShell
9 77 (2.46%) C
10 59 (1.89%) T-SQL
11 45 (1.44%) Bicep
12 40 (1.28%) Go
12 40 (1.28%) VB.NET
13 34 (1.09%) Bash
14 31 (0.99%) VBA
15 26 (0.83%) Rust
16 22 (0.70%) Scala
17 20 (0.64%) F#
18 19 (0.61%) Haskell
19 18 (0.58%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 385 (12.32%) Degree
2 182 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 115 (3.68%) Security Cleared
4 79 (2.53%) SC Cleared
5 43 (1.38%) Master's Degree
6 36 (1.15%) Azure Certification
7 29 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (0.86%) PhD
9 19 (0.61%) ISTQB
10 17 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.35%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
12 10 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 6 (0.19%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.16%) GPEN
17 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 5 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (8.00%) QA
2 50 (1.60%) Accessibility
3 29 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 26 (0.83%) GDPR
5 21 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.38%) SLA
7 11 (0.35%) ISO 9001
7 11 (0.35%) WCAG
8 6 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.16%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.16%) NCSC
10 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.096%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.064%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.064%) ITGC
12 2 (0.064%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.064%) PSD2
13 1 (0.032%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 363 (11.62%) Docker
2 25 (0.80%) Firmware
3 22 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.16%) KVM
8 3 (0.096%) vSphere
9 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 326 (10.44%) Kubernetes
2 144 (4.61%) Terraform
3 36 (1.15%) Grafana
4 17 (0.54%) Ansible
5 14 (0.45%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.096%) Control-M
9 3 (0.096%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.064%) MIIS
10 2 (0.064%) MOM
11 1 (0.032%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.032%) Kibana
11 1 (0.032%) Nessus
11 1 (0.032%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,016 (32.52%) Microsoft
2 84 (2.69%) Google
3 64 (2.05%) Facebook
4 49 (1.57%) Oracle
5 27 (0.86%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.74%) Adobe
7 22 (0.70%) YouTube
8 21 (0.67%) Salesforce
9 19 (0.61%) Apple
10 17 (0.54%) Sony
10 17 (0.54%) Yahoo!
11 16 (0.51%) Databricks
11 16 (0.51%) VMware
12 15 (0.48%) Xamarin
13 14 (0.45%) Intapp
14 12 (0.38%) SAP
14 12 (0.38%) Splunk
15 11 (0.35%) IBM
16 10 (0.32%) iManage
17 9 (0.29%) ServiceNow