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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 49 18
Rank change year-on-year -16 -31 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,550 2,132 8,037
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.74% 4.99% 8.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.50% 16.05% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,221 1,754 6,936
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £49,750 £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 £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
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 16,455 13,284 32,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.65% 31.10% 32.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,420 8,949 25,017
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £111,250 £99,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,704
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.41% -2.36%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -12 2,380 £60,000 -7.69% 776
UK excluding London -16 1,805 £57,500 -4.17% 636
Work from Home -4 948 £57,000 -12.31% 422
London -20 614 £82,500 +6.45% 222
South East +11 566 £59,500 -0.83% 185
North of England +14 486 £60,000 +6.19% 176
Midlands -23 313 £57,500 +4.55% 83
North West +43 250 £60,000 +17.90% 106
East of England -15 193 £60,000 -9.37% 77
South West +1 188 £55,000 - 72
East Midlands +8 157 £55,000 - 44
West Midlands -46 156 £60,000 +9.09% 39
Yorkshire -17 139 £55,000 -19.12% 32
North East -11 97 £65,000 +13.04% 40
Scotland -40 31 £58,750 +17.50% 22
Wales -46 25 £50,000 -29.58% 12
Northern Ireland - 7 £80,000 - 20

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 66 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.10%) CMS
2 28 (1.10%) IIS
3 13 (0.51%) Confluence
4 12 (0.47%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.24%) WordPress
7 4 (0.16%) Apache
7 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) JBoss
9 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.078%) nginx
10 1 (0.039%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.039%) Appian
10 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.078%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.078%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.078%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.078%) Shopify
4 2 (0.078%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.039%) Endur
5 1 (0.039%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.039%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,181 (46.31%) Azure
2 413 (16.20%) AWS
3 296 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
4 227 (8.90%) Power Platform
5 214 (8.39%) SaaS
6 145 (5.69%) Azure Logic Apps
7 144 (5.65%) Serverless
8 127 (4.98%) GitHub
9 112 (4.39%) PowerApps
10 111 (4.35%) Power Automate
11 100 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
12 92 (3.61%) Azure Functions
13 89 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
14 77 (3.02%) Azure Service Bus
15 69 (2.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 67 (2.63%) Azure AI
17 65 (2.55%) GitHub Copilot
18 62 (2.43%) GCP
19 54 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
20 51 (2.00%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (0.98%) Internet
2 16 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.59%) Broadband
4 12 (0.47%) DNS
5 10 (0.39%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.35%) Firewall
7 7 (0.27%) HTTP
8 6 (0.24%) DHCP
9 5 (0.20%) LTE
10 4 (0.16%) Intranet
10 4 (0.16%) Modbus
11 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
11 3 (0.12%) LAN
11 3 (0.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.12%) RS-232
11 3 (0.12%) VPN
11 3 (0.12%) WAN
12 2 (0.078%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.078%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 475 (18.63%) SQL Server
2 233 (9.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 193 (7.57%) MongoDB
4 132 (5.18%) Power BI
5 76 (2.98%) NoSQL
6 62 (2.43%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.31%) MySQL
8 58 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
9 50 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
10 36 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 35 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (0.63%) Redis
13 11 (0.43%) DB2
13 11 (0.43%) Metadata
14 9 (0.35%) GIS
15 8 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.27%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
17 6 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
17 6 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 181 (7.10%) Git
2 59 (2.31%) JIRA
3 56 (2.20%) Selenium
4 53 (2.08%) Visual Studio
5 43 (1.69%) Postman
6 32 (1.25%) GitLab
7 30 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.06%) SoapUI
8 27 (1.06%) WebDriver
9 23 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
10 22 (0.86%) SpecFlow
11 21 (0.82%) Jenkins
12 18 (0.71%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.55%) Cucumber
13 14 (0.55%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.51%) NUnit
15 10 (0.39%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 8 (0.31%) Yeoman
17 7 (0.27%) MSTest
General
1 475 (18.63%) Finance
2 373 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 133 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (3.37%) Manufacturing
5 64 (2.51%) Public Sector
6 57 (2.24%) Electronics
6 57 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 57 (2.24%) Retail
7 56 (2.20%) Games
8 54 (2.12%) Banking
9 49 (1.92%) Front Office
9 49 (1.92%) Law
10 44 (1.73%) Aerospace
11 33 (1.29%) Automotive
11 33 (1.29%) Legal
12 32 (1.25%) Advertising
13 28 (1.10%) Marketing
14 15 (0.59%) Investment Banking
15 14 (0.55%) Aviation
16 12 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,346 (52.78%) Developer
2 544 (21.33%) Software Engineer
3 541 (21.22%) Senior
4 473 (18.55%) .NET Developer
5 433 (16.98%) Software Developer
6 397 (15.57%) C# Developer
7 266 (10.43%) Lead
8 263 (10.31%) C# Software Engineer
9 260 (10.20%) Senior Developer
10 189 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
12 172 (6.75%) C# Software Developer
13 167 (6.55%) C# .NET Developer
14 158 (6.20%) .NET Software Engineer
15 117 (4.59%) Graduate
16 109 (4.27%) Lead Developer
17 100 (3.92%) Graduate Developer
18 98 (3.84%) .NET Software Developer
19 93 (3.65%) Azure Developer
20 91 (3.57%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,635 (64.12%) .NET
2 517 (20.27%) .NET Core
3 425 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 319 (12.51%) React
5 266 (10.43%) ASP.NET Core
6 262 (10.27%) HTML
7 260 (10.20%) CSS
8 196 (7.69%) .NET Framework
9 191 (7.49%) AngularJS
10 172 (6.75%) RESTful
11 168 (6.59%) Vue
12 163 (6.39%) REST
13 161 (6.31%) Entity Framework
14 159 (6.24%) Blazor
15 139 (5.45%) Node.js
16 106 (4.16%) ASP.NET Web API
17 85 (3.33%) WPF
18 59 (2.31%) ML.NET
19 56 (2.20%) JSON
20 55 (2.16%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 152 (5.96%) Cloud Native
2 95 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
3 87 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
4 79 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 73 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 64 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
7 54 (2.12%) Hedge funds
8 50 (1.96%) Mobile App
9 45 (1.76%) Algorithms
10 40 (1.57%) Low-Code
11 28 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 27 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 23 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
14 23 (0.90%) Management Information System
14 23 (0.90%) Onboarding
14 23 (0.90%) Sports Betting
15 22 (0.86%) Legacy Code
16 20 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 122 (4.78%) Windows
2 97 (3.80%) Linux
3 33 (1.29%) Android
4 22 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 15 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.51%) VMS
7 12 (0.47%) Unix
8 5 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.078%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.078%) Solaris
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (30.67%) Software Engineering
2 767 (30.08%) Agile
3 607 (23.80%) Full-Stack Development
4 550 (21.57%) CI/CD
5 527 (20.67%) DevOps
6 354 (13.88%) Problem-Solving
7 319 (12.51%) Microservices
8 307 (12.04%) AI
9 292 (11.45%) Mentoring
10 276 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 259 (10.16%) Computer Science
12 231 (9.06%) Test Automation
13 213 (8.35%) SDLC
14 156 (6.12%) Scrum
15 155 (6.08%) Machine Learning
16 144 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
17 143 (5.61%) Containerisation
18 130 (5.10%) Infrastructure as Code
19 128 (5.02%) MVC
20 126 (4.94%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 838 (32.86%) SQL
2 534 (20.94%) JavaScript
3 426 (16.71%) Python
4 328 (12.86%) TypeScript
5 289 (11.33%) C++
6 269 (10.55%) Java
7 104 (4.08%) PHP
8 96 (3.76%) PowerShell
9 65 (2.55%) C
10 43 (1.69%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.37%) Bicep
12 34 (1.33%) Bash
13 31 (1.22%) Go
14 30 (1.18%) VB.NET
15 23 (0.90%) VBA
16 20 (0.78%) Rust
16 20 (0.78%) Scala
17 18 (0.71%) F#
18 16 (0.63%) Haskell
18 16 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 374 (14.67%) Degree
2 182 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 128 (5.02%) Security Cleared
4 76 (2.98%) SC Cleared
5 43 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 43 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 41 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.53%) ISTQB
8 26 (1.02%) PhD
9 25 (0.98%) AWS Certification
10 18 (0.71%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 16 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (0.47%) DV Cleared
13 11 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
17 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
17 6 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (5.45%) QA
2 42 (1.65%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 20 (0.78%) GDPR
5 14 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.47%) WCAG
8 11 (0.43%) SLA
9 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.078%) EMIR
12 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.078%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.078%) ITGC
13 1 (0.039%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 244 (9.57%) Docker
2 29 (1.14%) Firmware
3 19 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
4 11 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.24%) KVM
6 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.078%) vSphere
8 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 209 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 125 (4.90%) Terraform
3 35 (1.37%) Grafana
4 11 (0.43%) Ansible
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.27%) Kibana
7 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.078%) Control-M
8 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.078%) MIIS
8 2 (0.078%) MOM
8 2 (0.078%) Nmap
8 2 (0.078%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.039%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.039%) Nessus
9 1 (0.039%) Netcool
Vendors
1 622 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 48 (1.88%) Google
3 46 (1.80%) Oracle
4 26 (1.02%) Facebook
5 23 (0.90%) Adobe
6 20 (0.78%) OpenAI
7 16 (0.63%) Salesforce
8 15 (0.59%) VMware
9 14 (0.55%) Xamarin
10 12 (0.47%) Databricks
11 11 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
11 11 (0.43%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.35%) Apple
12 9 (0.35%) iManage
12 9 (0.35%) Splunk
13 8 (0.31%) YouTube
14 7 (0.27%) Intapp
14 7 (0.27%) Sony
14 7 (0.27%) Yahoo!
15 6 (0.24%) Dynatrace