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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 47 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 -28 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,609 2,254 8,388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.84% 5.10% 7.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.89% 16.13% 24.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,291 1,860 7,109
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,198 £35,950
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £80,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

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 16,420 13,971 33,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.90% 31.60% 31.73%
Number of salaries quoted 11,482 9,186 25,567
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,625 £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 £110,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 2,441 £60,000 -7.69% 698
UK excluding London -5 1,870 £57,500 -2.54% 575
Work from Home -4 974 £55,000 -15.38% 435
London -17 611 £82,500 +3.13% 173
South East +10 572 £59,000 -1.67% 173
North of England +27 515 £60,000 +4.35% 159
Midlands -11 318 £57,500 +4.55% 76
North West +56 263 £60,000 +11.63% 99
East of England -10 205 £60,000 -9.37% 83
South West +5 200 £55,000 - 64
East Midlands +12 161 £55,000 - 36
West Midlands -37 157 £60,000 +9.09% 40
Yorkshire -11 145 £55,000 -18.52% 26
North East -8 107 £65,000 +13.04% 35
Scotland -25 29 £55,000 - 12
Wales -48 27 £50,000 -24.24% 12
Northern Ireland - 6 £65,000 - 11

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 68 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.00%) IIS
3 25 (0.96%) CMS
4 14 (0.54%) Confluence
5 12 (0.46%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.27%) WordPress
8 5 (0.19%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.15%) Apache
9 4 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.11%) JBoss
11 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.077%) nginx
12 1 (0.038%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.038%) Appian
12 1 (0.038%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.038%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 31 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.27%) Simulink
4 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.11%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.038%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) Magento
4 2 (0.077%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.077%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.077%) Shopify
4 2 (0.077%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.038%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.038%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.038%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.038%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.038%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.038%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,230 (47.14%) Azure
2 426 (16.33%) AWS
3 307 (11.77%) Azure DevOps
4 230 (8.82%) Power Platform
5 207 (7.93%) SaaS
6 143 (5.48%) Serverless
7 141 (5.40%) Azure Logic Apps
8 140 (5.37%) GitHub
9 119 (4.56%) PowerApps
10 118 (4.52%) Power Automate
11 113 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
12 90 (3.45%) Azure Functions
13 86 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
14 83 (3.18%) Azure AI
15 78 (2.99%) GitHub Copilot
16 77 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
17 70 (2.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 64 (2.45%) GCP
19 53 (2.03%) Azure AKS
20 51 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.34%) Internet
2 16 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.57%) Broadband
4 14 (0.54%) DNS
5 11 (0.42%) Firewall
6 10 (0.38%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.31%) DHCP
8 6 (0.23%) HTTP
9 5 (0.19%) LAN
9 5 (0.19%) LTE
9 5 (0.19%) WAN
10 4 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
10 4 (0.15%) Intranet
10 4 (0.15%) Modbus
11 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.11%) Network Security
11 3 (0.11%) RS-232
11 3 (0.11%) VPN
12 2 (0.077%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.077%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 479 (18.36%) SQL Server
2 269 (10.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 226 (8.66%) MongoDB
4 134 (5.14%) Power BI
5 74 (2.84%) NoSQL
6 71 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
7 66 (2.53%) MySQL
8 57 (2.18%) Relational Database
9 48 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
10 33 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 31 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (0.61%) Redis
13 11 (0.42%) Db2
13 11 (0.42%) Metadata
14 9 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.31%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.31%) GIS
16 6 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.23%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 181 (6.94%) Git
2 56 (2.15%) JIRA
3 51 (1.95%) Selenium
4 47 (1.80%) Visual Studio
5 35 (1.34%) Postman
6 30 (1.15%) GitLab
7 24 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
8 23 (0.88%) SpecFlow
8 23 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
9 22 (0.84%) WebDriver
10 20 (0.77%) TeamCity
11 19 (0.73%) SoapUI
12 18 (0.69%) Jenkins
13 14 (0.54%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.46%) Cucumber
14 12 (0.46%) NUnit
15 9 (0.34%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.31%) Bitbucket
16 8 (0.31%) Claude Code
16 8 (0.31%) Yeoman
General
1 473 (18.13%) Finance
2 373 (14.30%) Social Skills
3 134 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 63 (2.41%) Public Sector
6 62 (2.38%) Games
7 61 (2.34%) Retail
8 57 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (2.15%) Banking
10 55 (2.11%) Electronics
11 48 (1.84%) Law
12 46 (1.76%) Aerospace
13 44 (1.69%) Front Office
14 37 (1.42%) Advertising
15 35 (1.34%) Legal
16 33 (1.26%) Automotive
17 30 (1.15%) Marketing
18 16 (0.61%) Investment Banking
19 13 (0.50%) Aviation
20 12 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,374 (52.66%) Developer
2 577 (22.12%) Software Engineer
3 547 (20.97%) Senior
4 519 (19.89%) .NET Developer
5 425 (16.29%) Software Developer
6 386 (14.79%) C# Developer
7 284 (10.89%) C# Software Engineer
8 261 (10.00%) Lead
9 260 (9.97%) Senior Developer
10 201 (7.70%) Senior Software Engineer
11 173 (6.63%) Full-Stack Developer
12 166 (6.36%) C# Software Developer
13 164 (6.29%) C# .NET Developer
14 156 (5.98%) .NET Software Engineer
15 123 (4.71%) Graduate
16 117 (4.48%) Lead Developer
17 96 (3.68%) .NET Software Developer
17 96 (3.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 96 (3.68%) Graduate Developer
18 94 (3.60%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,673 (64.12%) .NET
2 546 (20.93%) .NET Core
3 462 (17.71%) ASP.NET
4 340 (13.03%) React
5 308 (11.81%) ASP.NET Core
6 278 (10.66%) CSS
7 270 (10.35%) HTML
8 210 (8.05%) AngularJS
9 196 (7.51%) .NET Framework
10 189 (7.24%) RESTful
11 185 (7.09%) Vue
12 175 (6.71%) Blazor
12 175 (6.71%) REST
13 172 (6.59%) Entity Framework
14 148 (5.67%) Node.js
15 117 (4.48%) ASP.NET Web API
16 92 (3.53%) WPF
17 74 (2.84%) ML.NET
18 61 (2.34%) LINQ
19 58 (2.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 161 (6.17%) Cloud Native
2 99 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
3 98 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
4 81 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 76 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
6 70 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
7 53 (2.03%) Hedge funds
8 51 (1.95%) Mobile App
9 44 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 36 (1.38%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.11%) Virtual Team
12 28 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
13 26 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 26 (1.00%) Onboarding
14 24 (0.92%) Legacy Code
14 24 (0.92%) Management Information System
15 23 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
16 22 (0.84%) Sports Betting
17 19 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
18 18 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 132 (5.06%) Windows
2 95 (3.64%) Linux
3 36 (1.38%) Android
4 26 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.46%) VMS
7 11 (0.42%) Unix
8 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.11%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.077%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.077%) Solaris
11 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 809 (31.01%) Software Engineering
2 797 (30.55%) Agile
3 653 (25.03%) Full-Stack Development
4 565 (21.66%) CI/CD
5 542 (20.77%) DevOps
6 362 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
7 342 (13.11%) AI
8 336 (12.88%) Microservices
9 297 (11.38%) Mentoring
10 275 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 260 (9.97%) Computer Science
12 230 (8.82%) Test Automation
13 209 (8.01%) SDLC
14 175 (6.71%) Machine Learning
15 153 (5.86%) Scrum
16 150 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
17 146 (5.60%) Containerisation
18 133 (5.10%) TDD
19 130 (4.98%) Infrastructure as Code
20 126 (4.83%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 884 (33.88%) SQL
2 544 (20.85%) JavaScript
3 425 (16.29%) Python
4 339 (12.99%) TypeScript
5 305 (11.69%) C++
6 266 (10.20%) Java
7 110 (4.22%) PHP
8 94 (3.60%) PowerShell
9 65 (2.49%) C
10 46 (1.76%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.34%) Bicep
11 35 (1.34%) Go
12 34 (1.30%) VB.NET
13 31 (1.19%) Bash
14 23 (0.88%) VBA
15 20 (0.77%) Rust
15 20 (0.77%) Scala
16 18 (0.69%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.65%) F#
18 16 (0.61%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 373 (14.30%) Degree
2 184 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 122 (4.68%) Security Cleared
4 74 (2.84%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 38 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.30%) ISTQB
9 28 (1.07%) PhD
10 23 (0.88%) AWS Certification
11 14 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 11 (0.42%) DV Cleared
14 10 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
18 6 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
18 6 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (5.33%) QA
2 42 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 23 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.80%) GDPR
5 13 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 12 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.46%) SLA
6 12 (0.46%) WCAG
7 5 (0.19%) IEC 61131
8 4 (0.15%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 14443
8 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 7816
9 3 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.077%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.077%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.077%) ITGC
11 1 (0.038%) EMIR
11 1 (0.038%) NCSC
11 1 (0.038%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 259 (9.93%) Docker
2 28 (1.07%) Firmware
3 22 (0.84%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.23%) KVM
7 5 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 225 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 126 (4.83%) Terraform
3 33 (1.26%) Grafana
4 14 (0.54%) Ansible
5 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.27%) Kibana
7 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.11%) Control-M
8 3 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.077%) MIIS
9 2 (0.077%) MOM
9 2 (0.077%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.038%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.038%) Nessus
10 1 (0.038%) Netcool
10 1 (0.038%) Nmap
Vendors
1 670 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 49 (1.88%) Google
3 43 (1.65%) Oracle
4 31 (1.19%) Facebook
5 22 (0.84%) Adobe
6 21 (0.80%) OpenAI
7 18 (0.69%) VMware
8 17 (0.65%) Salesforce
9 15 (0.57%) Xamarin
10 13 (0.50%) Databricks
11 11 (0.42%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.38%) Apple
13 9 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (0.34%) iManage
13 9 (0.34%) YouTube
14 8 (0.31%) Sony
14 8 (0.31%) Yahoo!
15 7 (0.27%) Intapp
15 7 (0.27%) Splunk
16 6 (0.23%) Dynatrace