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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 24 19
Rank change year-on-year -41 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,898 4,817 4,977
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.82% 7.07% 9.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.39% 22.31% 22.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 3,213 4,429
10th Percentile £34,000 £36,738 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,250 £46,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 12,333 21,596 22,289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 24.85% 31.69% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 8,239 12,917 18,274
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £83,125 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 29 October 2025.

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 29 October 2025. 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 -38 1,751 £60,000 - 1,361
UK excluding London -51 1,229 £55,000 - 1,156
Work from Home -33 908 £60,000 +8.11% 803
London -26 563 £80,000 +6.67% 456
South East -45 347 £57,500 -4.17% 475
North of England -51 332 £60,000 +14.29% 244
Midlands -29 269 £55,000 - 154
North West -66 171 £62,500 +25.00% 165
West Midlands -25 150 £55,000 - 83
East of England -48 123 £55,000 -4.35% 118
East Midlands -23 119 £50,000 - 70
Yorkshire -40 118 £55,000 +10.00% 42
South West -59 90 £52,500 +5.00% 104
North East -19 45 £51,250 -14.58% 41
Scotland -94 39 £57,000 +10.68% 37
Wales -29 27 £48,500 -3.00% 35
Northern Ireland -11 4 £62,500 -3.85% 10

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 64 (3.37%) IIS
2 60 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 42 (2.21%) CMS
4 24 (1.26%) Kinematics
5 20 (1.05%) Confluence
6 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.63%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.21%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.21%) nginx
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.11%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.053%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.053%) Kentico
12 1 (0.053%) MetaMask
Applications
1 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.26%) OrCAD
3 4 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
3 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.16%) Blender
4 3 (0.16%) Civil 3D
4 3 (0.16%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.16%) ProjectWise
4 3 (0.16%) Revit
4 3 (0.16%) S-PLUS
5 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.053%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.053%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 76 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 8 (0.42%) Shopify
5 7 (0.37%) Infor CloudSuite
6 6 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.21%) Magento
7 4 (0.21%) Sage 1000
7 4 (0.21%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.16%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.16%) Bloomberg AIM
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
9 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.053%) Endur
10 1 (0.053%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.053%) ION Anvil
10 1 (0.053%) Loan IQ
10 1 (0.053%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.053%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 929 (48.95%) Azure
2 333 (17.54%) AWS
3 269 (14.17%) Azure DevOps
4 196 (10.33%) SaaS
5 185 (9.75%) Power Platform
6 156 (8.22%) Dynamics 365
7 134 (7.06%) Power Automate
8 116 (6.11%) PowerApps
9 114 (6.01%) GitHub
10 108 (5.69%) Serverless
11 100 (5.27%) GCP
12 84 (4.43%) Azure Logic Apps
13 75 (3.95%) Azure Service Bus
14 68 (3.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 65 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
16 60 (3.16%) Azure Functions
17 41 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
18 34 (1.79%) Entra ID
19 29 (1.53%) PaaS
20 28 (1.48%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.84%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (0.63%) Internet
3 8 (0.42%) Ethernet
3 8 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.37%) DNS
4 7 (0.37%) Modbus
4 7 (0.37%) MQTT
4 7 (0.37%) WPA
5 6 (0.32%) HTTP
6 5 (0.26%) SAN
7 4 (0.21%) DHCP
7 4 (0.21%) Firewall
8 2 (0.11%) Broadband
8 2 (0.11%) FTP
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) SMTP
8 2 (0.11%) SSH
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.053%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.053%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 435 (22.92%) SQL Server
2 100 (5.27%) MongoDB
3 99 (5.22%) Relational Database
4 93 (4.90%) MySQL
5 85 (4.48%) Power BI
6 74 (3.90%) NoSQL
7 71 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 49 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
9 48 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 44 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 43 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
12 24 (1.26%) Redis
13 19 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
14 15 (0.79%) DynamoDB
15 11 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 9 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
16 9 (0.47%) Data Hub
16 9 (0.47%) KDB
16 9 (0.47%) Kdb+
16 9 (0.47%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 192 (10.12%) Git
2 92 (4.85%) JIRA
3 63 (3.32%) Selenium
4 53 (2.79%) Visual Studio
5 40 (2.11%) Postman
6 38 (2.00%) Jenkins
7 35 (1.84%) Octopus Deploy
7 35 (1.84%) TeamCity
8 34 (1.79%) Team Foundation Server
9 24 (1.26%) NUnit
9 24 (1.26%) WebDriver
10 21 (1.11%) GitLab
11 19 (1.00%) SpecFlow
12 16 (0.84%) SoapUI
13 14 (0.74%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.68%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.58%) MSBuild
16 10 (0.53%) JMeter
17 9 (0.47%) MSTest
18 8 (0.42%) Jasmine
General
1 554 (29.19%) Social Skills
2 314 (16.54%) Finance
3 124 (6.53%) Law
4 120 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (5.27%) Retail
6 86 (4.53%) Front Office
7 74 (3.90%) Public Sector
8 71 (3.74%) Manufacturing
9 65 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 61 (3.21%) Banking
11 46 (2.42%) Electronics
12 45 (2.37%) Back Office
13 42 (2.21%) Legal
14 30 (1.58%) Marketing
14 30 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (1.53%) Games
16 25 (1.32%) Billing
17 22 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (0.84%) Automotive
19 15 (0.79%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 946 (49.84%) Developer
2 379 (19.97%) Senior
3 245 (12.91%) .NET Developer
4 235 (12.38%) Lead
5 224 (11.80%) Software Engineer
6 214 (11.28%) C# Developer
7 211 (11.12%) Senior Developer
8 162 (8.54%) Software Developer
9 152 (8.01%) Full-Stack Developer
10 101 (5.32%) Architect
11 91 (4.79%) Analyst
12 72 (3.79%) C# .NET Developer
12 72 (3.79%) Lead Developer
13 62 (3.27%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 62 (3.27%) Graduate
14 61 (3.21%) Support Engineer
15 58 (3.06%) Senior Software Engineer
16 54 (2.85%) Support Analyst
17 51 (2.69%) .NET Software Engineer
17 51 (2.69%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,125 (59.27%) .NET
2 335 (17.65%) React
3 297 (15.65%) HTML
4 284 (14.96%) ASP.NET
5 280 (14.75%) .NET Core
6 252 (13.28%) CSS
7 231 (12.17%) .NET Framework
8 225 (11.85%) AngularJS
9 167 (8.80%) RESTful
10 156 (8.22%) REST
11 136 (7.17%) Entity Framework
12 106 (5.58%) Vue
13 97 (5.11%) Blazor
14 87 (4.58%) Web Services
15 76 (4.00%) ASP.NET MVC
16 75 (3.95%) ASP.NET Web API
17 65 (3.42%) HTML5
17 65 (3.42%) Node.js
18 63 (3.32%) XML
19 60 (3.16%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.17%) Cloud Native
2 121 (6.38%) Onboarding
3 82 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 43 (2.27%) Algorithms
7 41 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
7 41 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
7 41 (2.16%) Mobile App
8 39 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 27 (1.42%) Robotics
11 26 (1.37%) IoT
12 25 (1.32%) Derivative
13 22 (1.16%) Operational Technology
14 19 (1.00%) Virtual Team
15 18 (0.95%) AI Agents
16 17 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 16 (0.84%) Management Information System
17 16 (0.84%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 94 (4.95%) Windows
2 54 (2.85%) Linux
3 26 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.11%) Android
5 17 (0.90%) Unix
6 16 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.16%) Solaris
7 3 (0.16%) VMS
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
9 1 (0.053%) AIX
9 1 (0.053%) Fedora
9 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.053%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 679 (35.77%) Agile
2 536 (28.24%) DevOps
3 490 (25.82%) CI/CD
4 474 (24.97%) Problem-Solving
5 456 (24.03%) Software Engineering
6 378 (19.92%) Full-Stack Development
7 334 (17.60%) Microservices
8 319 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 308 (16.23%) Mentoring
10 267 (14.07%) Computer Science
11 189 (9.96%) AI
11 189 (9.96%) Test Automation
12 187 (9.85%) MVC
13 176 (9.27%) Scrum
14 148 (7.80%) SDLC
15 140 (7.38%) Clean Code
15 140 (7.38%) CRM
16 137 (7.22%) User Experience
17 134 (7.06%) Containerisation
18 133 (7.01%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 765 (40.31%) SQL
2 544 (28.66%) JavaScript
3 370 (19.49%) Python
4 336 (17.70%) Java
5 283 (14.91%) TypeScript
6 199 (10.48%) C++
7 123 (6.48%) PHP
8 114 (6.01%) C
9 107 (5.64%) PowerShell
10 65 (3.42%) Rust
11 59 (3.11%) Ruby
12 54 (2.85%) MATLAB
12 54 (2.85%) R
12 54 (2.85%) VB.NET
13 50 (2.63%) Dart
14 49 (2.58%) T-SQL
15 24 (1.26%) Bicep
16 16 (0.84%) Bash
16 16 (0.84%) Go
17 15 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 369 (19.44%) Degree
2 220 (11.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 84 (4.43%) Security Cleared
4 63 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 56 (2.95%) SC Cleared
6 44 (2.32%) Azure Certification
7 30 (1.58%) ISTQB
7 30 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 29 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (0.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 13 (0.68%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.53%) HND
13 9 (0.47%) PhD
14 8 (0.42%) ISEB
15 7 (0.37%) HNC
16 6 (0.32%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (9.01%) QA
2 37 (1.95%) GDPR
3 29 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.84%) ISO 9001
6 11 (0.58%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 9 (0.47%) NIST
9 4 (0.21%) SEPA
9 4 (0.21%) WCAG
10 3 (0.16%) HL7
10 3 (0.16%) SLA
11 2 (0.11%) EMIR
11 2 (0.11%) ITGC
11 2 (0.11%) MiFID
11 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.053%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.053%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.053%) IFRS
12 1 (0.053%) SOC 2
System Software
1 200 (10.54%) Docker
2 22 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.68%) Firmware
5 11 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) vSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.11%) Squid
10 1 (0.053%) HDFS
10 1 (0.053%) KVM
Systems Management
1 165 (8.69%) Kubernetes
2 93 (4.90%) Terraform
3 22 (1.16%) Grafana
4 12 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.58%) Ansible
6 6 (0.32%) Control-M
6 6 (0.32%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.11%) Kibana
8 2 (0.11%) Nagios
8 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.053%) WMI
Vendors
1 495 (26.08%) Microsoft
2 60 (3.16%) Oracle
3 44 (2.32%) Guidewire
4 35 (1.84%) Google
5 21 (1.11%) Xamarin
6 20 (1.05%) Sage
6 20 (1.05%) VMware
7 17 (0.90%) Databricks
8 16 (0.84%) DevExpress
9 13 (0.68%) Infor
10 12 (0.63%) IBM
10 12 (0.63%) Salesforce
10 12 (0.63%) Siemens
11 11 (0.58%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.58%) Rockwell
11 11 (0.58%) SAP
12 10 (0.53%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.53%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.47%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.47%) Rollbar