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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 29 17
Rank change year-on-year -44 -12 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,893 3,119 7,077
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.68% 6.84% 8.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.58% 19.94% 24.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,654 2,215 6,367
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,449 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 12,986 15,643 28,699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.39% 34.32% 36.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,212 9,910 23,359
10th Percentile £34,500 £37,574 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,145
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.20% -1.55%

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 March 2026.

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 3 March 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 -43 1,736 £60,000 -7.69% 1,036
UK excluding London -51 1,272 £57,500 - 892
Work from Home -29 756 £60,000 -7.69% 498
London -19 505 £80,000 +6.67% 270
South East -43 372 £55,000 -12.00% 293
North of England -34 364 £65,000 +23.81% 217
Midlands -41 259 £52,500 -4.55% 111
North West -24 177 £62,500 +22.81% 113
East Midlands -19 136 £52,500 -4.55% 51
South West -38 125 £55,000 -4.35% 114
Yorkshire -34 123 £65,000 +30.00% 73
West Midlands -43 123 £52,500 -8.70% 58
East of England -66 89 £55,000 -16.93% 104
North East -8 64 £70,000 +16.67% 36
Scotland -73 46 £60,000 +34.83% 40
Wales -43 16 £45,000 -28.00% 19
Northern Ireland -29 9 £95,000 +61.70% 12
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 44 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.74%) IIS
3 17 (0.90%) CMS
4 8 (0.42%) Kinematics
5 6 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.26%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.053%) Kentico
Applications
1 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.21%) Simulink
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.053%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 44 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.26%) Shopify
4 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.053%) Endur
6 1 (0.053%) Magento
6 1 (0.053%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.053%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 869 (45.91%) Azure
2 336 (17.75%) AWS
3 223 (11.78%) SaaS
4 219 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
5 190 (10.04%) Power Platform
6 127 (6.71%) Serverless
7 99 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
7 99 (5.23%) Power Automate
8 93 (4.91%) Azure Logic Apps
9 91 (4.81%) PowerApps
10 80 (4.23%) GCP
11 73 (3.86%) Azure Functions
12 66 (3.49%) GitHub
13 54 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
14 52 (2.75%) Azure Service Bus
15 38 (2.01%) Azure AKS
16 36 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 33 (1.74%) Entra ID
18 30 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.58%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.37%) DNS
4 6 (0.32%) DHCP
4 6 (0.32%) HTTP
4 6 (0.32%) Internet
5 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.21%) Firewall
5 4 (0.21%) SAN
6 3 (0.16%) Broadband
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.11%) Intranet
7 2 (0.11%) NAS
7 2 (0.11%) VLAN
8 1 (0.053%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.053%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.053%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 369 (19.49%) SQL Server
2 95 (5.02%) Power BI
3 81 (4.28%) Relational Database
4 74 (3.91%) NoSQL
5 61 (3.22%) MySQL
6 56 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
7 52 (2.75%) MongoDB
8 46 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 42 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
10 40 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
12 21 (1.11%) Redis
13 15 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.37%) DB2
15 7 (0.37%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.26%) GIS
17 4 (0.21%) Big Data
17 4 (0.21%) Oracle Database
17 4 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 123 (6.50%) Git
2 69 (3.65%) Selenium
3 62 (3.28%) Visual Studio
4 57 (3.01%) JIRA
5 41 (2.17%) Postman
6 37 (1.95%) WebDriver
7 33 (1.74%) Team Foundation Server
8 28 (1.48%) Jenkins
8 28 (1.48%) SoapUI
9 25 (1.32%) SpecFlow
10 16 (0.85%) Cypress.io
11 14 (0.74%) GitLab
11 14 (0.74%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.69%) NUnit
13 9 (0.48%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.48%) LabVIEW
14 7 (0.37%) Balsamiq
14 7 (0.37%) PowerBuilder
14 7 (0.37%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
General
1 408 (21.55%) Social Skills
2 335 (17.70%) Finance
3 118 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (4.65%) Law
5 78 (4.12%) Public Sector
6 58 (3.06%) Manufacturing
7 57 (3.01%) Retail
8 53 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 45 (2.38%) Banking
10 42 (2.22%) Front Office
11 39 (2.06%) Electronics
12 33 (1.74%) Games
13 32 (1.69%) Legal
14 29 (1.53%) Marketing
15 17 (0.90%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.90%) Military
16 16 (0.85%) Aviation
16 16 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 940 (49.66%) Developer
2 420 (22.19%) Senior
3 333 (17.59%) Software Engineer
4 298 (15.74%) Software Developer
5 285 (15.06%) C# Developer
6 248 (13.10%) .NET Developer
7 221 (11.67%) Senior Developer
8 194 (10.25%) Lead
9 160 (8.45%) Full-Stack Developer
10 113 (5.97%) C# Software Engineer
11 107 (5.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 103 (5.44%) .NET Software Engineer
12 103 (5.44%) C# .NET Developer
13 89 (4.70%) C# Software Developer
14 67 (3.54%) Analyst
15 65 (3.43%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 65 (3.43%) Senior Software Developer
16 64 (3.38%) Lead Developer
17 62 (3.28%) Architect
18 60 (3.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,167 (61.65%) .NET
2 334 (17.64%) .NET Core
3 257 (13.58%) React
4 218 (11.52%) ASP.NET
5 189 (9.98%) HTML
6 179 (9.46%) .NET Framework
7 171 (9.03%) CSS
8 152 (8.03%) AngularJS
9 134 (7.08%) REST
10 95 (5.02%) RESTful
11 85 (4.49%) Entity Framework
12 70 (3.70%) Vue
13 66 (3.49%) Blazor
14 53 (2.80%) ASP.NET Core
15 52 (2.75%) Node.js
16 47 (2.48%) ASP.NET MVC
16 47 (2.48%) XML
17 43 (2.27%) ASP.NET Web API
17 43 (2.27%) WPF
18 42 (2.22%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 116 (6.13%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.43%) Onboarding
5 51 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
6 50 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
7 42 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 40 (2.11%) Low-Code
9 35 (1.85%) Mobile App
10 33 (1.74%) Algorithms
11 29 (1.53%) Hedge funds
11 29 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 20 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 18 (0.95%) Client/Server
15 17 (0.90%) Sports Betting
16 15 (0.79%) Derivative
17 14 (0.74%) AI Agents
17 14 (0.74%) Robotics
18 13 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 90 (4.75%) Windows
2 67 (3.54%) Linux
3 23 (1.22%) Android
4 19 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.85%) Unix
6 11 (0.58%) VMS
7 9 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
9 2 (0.11%) Solaris
9 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.053%) Fedora
10 1 (0.053%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 599 (31.64%) Software Engineering
2 581 (30.69%) Agile
3 435 (22.98%) DevOps
4 408 (21.55%) CI/CD
5 380 (20.07%) Full-Stack Development
6 346 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
7 281 (14.84%) Mentoring
8 279 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 261 (13.79%) Microservices
10 193 (10.20%) Computer Science
11 165 (8.72%) AI
12 162 (8.56%) SDLC
13 145 (7.66%) Test Automation
14 143 (7.55%) Scrum
15 124 (6.55%) MVC
16 122 (6.44%) Containerisation
17 110 (5.81%) Migration
18 106 (5.60%) Business Intelligence
19 105 (5.55%) CRM
20 104 (5.49%) OO
Programming Languages
1 606 (32.01%) SQL
2 439 (23.19%) JavaScript
3 309 (16.32%) Python
4 242 (12.78%) TypeScript
5 232 (12.26%) Java
6 156 (8.24%) C++
7 91 (4.81%) PowerShell
8 62 (3.28%) PHP
9 53 (2.80%) C
10 41 (2.17%) T-SQL
11 28 (1.48%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.22%) Go
13 22 (1.16%) Rust
14 21 (1.11%) Bash
15 17 (0.90%) Delphi
15 17 (0.90%) VBA
16 15 (0.79%) Bicep
16 15 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
17 14 (0.74%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.63%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 275 (14.53%) Degree
2 130 (6.87%) Security Cleared
3 129 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 78 (4.12%) SC Cleared
5 63 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (2.64%) Azure Certification
7 45 (2.38%) ISTQB
8 37 (1.95%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.80%) Master's Degree
10 28 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
12 24 (1.27%) DV Cleared
13 23 (1.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 21 (1.11%) PhD
15 16 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.42%) ISEB
18 7 (0.37%) CREST Certified
19 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
20 5 (0.26%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (8.98%) QA
2 32 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.95%) Data Quality
3 18 (0.95%) GDPR
4 11 (0.58%) ISO 9001
4 11 (0.58%) WCAG
5 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.37%) SLA
6 3 (0.16%) EMIR
6 3 (0.16%) SEPA
7 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.053%) HL7
8 1 (0.053%) IFRS
8 1 (0.053%) ITGC
System Software
1 174 (9.19%) Docker
2 23 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.00%) Firmware
4 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.053%) Squid
8 1 (0.053%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 146 (7.71%) Kubernetes
2 85 (4.49%) Terraform
3 27 (1.43%) Grafana
4 13 (0.69%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.42%) Kibana
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.11%) MOM
8 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.053%) Nessus
9 1 (0.053%) Netcool
9 1 (0.053%) WMI
Vendors
1 391 (20.66%) Microsoft
2 49 (2.59%) Oracle
3 31 (1.64%) Google
4 21 (1.11%) Xamarin
5 17 (0.90%) SAP
6 14 (0.74%) Palantir
7 13 (0.69%) Guidewire
8 12 (0.63%) Databricks
8 12 (0.63%) Sage
9 11 (0.58%) VMware
10 10 (0.53%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.42%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.37%) Adobe
13 7 (0.37%) iManage
13 7 (0.37%) Infor
14 6 (0.32%) Epicor
14 6 (0.32%) Foundry
14 6 (0.32%) IBM
14 6 (0.32%) IFS