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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 57 21
Rank change year-on-year +11 -36 -2
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,418 2,107 5,774
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.18% 4.22% 6.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.38% 15.26% 22.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,911 1,740 4,522
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £78,125 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,125 £90,000
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 18,593 13,805 25,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.31% 27.63% 30.34%
Number of salaries quoted 13,204 9,058 17,573
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,747 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +11 3,119 £60,000 -4.00% 737
UK excluding London +20 2,609 £57,500 - 614
Work from Home +9 1,544 £55,000 -8.33% 421
South East +22 747 £60,000 - 207
London -18 678 £82,500 +3.13% 222
North of England +45 637 £57,500 -4.17% 155
Midlands +2 416 £60,000 +9.09% 86
East of England +28 315 £60,000 +9.09% 80
South West +31 303 £52,500 - 57
North West +53 299 £55,000 -6.78% 80
West Midlands -11 218 £60,000 +4.35% 32
East Midlands +21 198 £55,000 - 54
Yorkshire +18 182 £55,000 -8.33% 32
North East -2 156 £65,000 +8.33% 45
Northern Ireland +4 115 £50,000 -10.31% 5
Wales -53 46 £51,619 +1.21% 17
Scotland -18 32 £50,000 -22.78% 22

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 99 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.08%) IIS
3 33 (0.97%) CMS
4 23 (0.67%) Confluence
5 15 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.20%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 5 (0.15%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.088%) DNN
12 3 (0.088%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.088%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.088%) Kentico
12 3 (0.088%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 43 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.088%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.088%) Simulink
6 3 (0.088%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 49 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 9 (0.26%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.088%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.088%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.059%) Magento
7 2 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.029%) Eikon
8 1 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.029%) RMDS
8 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,697 (49.65%) Azure
2 583 (17.06%) AWS
3 471 (13.78%) Azure DevOps
4 326 (9.54%) Power Platform
5 267 (7.81%) SaaS
6 252 (7.37%) GitHub
7 197 (5.76%) Power Automate
8 193 (5.65%) Azure AI
9 173 (5.06%) PowerApps
9 173 (5.06%) Serverless
10 169 (4.94%) GitHub Copilot
11 161 (4.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 153 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
13 137 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
14 129 (3.77%) Azure Service Bus
15 115 (3.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 107 (3.13%) Azure Functions
17 88 (2.57%) GCP
18 52 (1.52%) Azure AKS
18 52 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.81%) Internet
2 21 (0.61%) DNS
3 19 (0.56%) Broadband
4 18 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 17 (0.50%) HTTP
6 12 (0.35%) Firewall
7 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.23%) VPN
9 7 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
10 6 (0.18%) BGP
10 6 (0.18%) DHCP
10 6 (0.18%) IPsec
10 6 (0.18%) SNMP
11 5 (0.15%) LAN
11 5 (0.15%) WAN
12 4 (0.12%) Intranet
12 4 (0.12%) Modbus
12 4 (0.12%) Network Security
13 3 (0.088%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.088%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 607 (17.76%) SQL Server
2 518 (15.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 457 (13.37%) MongoDB
4 174 (5.09%) Power BI
5 167 (4.89%) Elasticsearch
6 95 (2.78%) NoSQL
7 94 (2.75%) MySQL
8 82 (2.40%) Relational Database
9 71 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
10 42 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 39 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 32 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
13 29 (0.85%) Redis
14 18 (0.53%) DynamoDB
15 14 (0.41%) Metadata
16 13 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
16 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
17 11 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
17 11 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
18 10 (0.29%) Db2
Development Applications
1 290 (8.48%) Git
2 74 (2.17%) JIRA
3 43 (1.26%) Selenium
3 43 (1.26%) Visual Studio
4 34 (0.99%) GitLab
5 31 (0.91%) Jenkins
6 25 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
7 24 (0.70%) TeamCity
8 23 (0.67%) NUnit
9 22 (0.64%) Postman
10 17 (0.50%) Claude Code
10 17 (0.50%) SpecFlow
11 14 (0.41%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.29%) Cucumber
12 10 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (0.23%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.23%) Jasmine
13 8 (0.23%) Subversion
13 8 (0.23%) Yeoman
14 7 (0.20%) Moq
General
1 561 (16.41%) Social Skills
2 542 (15.86%) Finance
3 185 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (5.06%) Legal
5 124 (3.63%) Law
6 117 (3.42%) Manufacturing
7 99 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 89 (2.60%) Games
9 82 (2.40%) Public Sector
10 80 (2.34%) Retail
11 71 (2.08%) Advertising
12 70 (2.05%) Marketing
13 60 (1.76%) Electronics
14 58 (1.70%) Aerospace
15 57 (1.67%) Banking
16 48 (1.40%) Front Office
17 40 (1.17%) Legal Technology
18 37 (1.08%) Automotive
19 27 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
20 18 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,817 (53.16%) Developer
2 807 (23.61%) .NET Developer
3 758 (22.18%) Senior
4 739 (21.62%) Software Engineer
5 428 (12.52%) Software Developer
6 396 (11.59%) C# Developer
7 362 (10.59%) Senior Developer
8 357 (10.44%) Lead
9 327 (9.57%) C# Software Engineer
10 250 (7.31%) Senior Software Engineer
11 182 (5.32%) Full-Stack Developer
12 168 (4.92%) C# Software Developer
13 165 (4.83%) C# .NET Developer
14 162 (4.74%) Graduate
15 158 (4.62%) Lead Developer
16 146 (4.27%) .NET Software Engineer
17 117 (3.42%) Architect
18 114 (3.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 109 (3.19%) Graduate Developer
20 108 (3.16%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,189 (64.04%) .NET
2 786 (23.00%) .NET Core
3 779 (22.79%) ASP.NET
4 603 (17.64%) ASP.NET Core
5 497 (14.54%) React
6 404 (11.82%) CSS
7 395 (11.56%) HTML
8 332 (9.71%) AngularJS
9 325 (9.51%) RESTful
10 312 (9.13%) Blazor
11 302 (8.84%) Entity Framework
12 297 (8.69%) Vue
13 274 (8.02%) .NET Framework
14 267 (7.81%) Node.js
15 255 (7.46%) REST
16 222 (6.50%) ASP.NET Web API
17 156 (4.56%) ML.NET
18 133 (3.89%) WPF
19 119 (3.48%) LINQ
20 88 (2.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 225 (6.58%) Cloud Native
2 155 (4.53%) Greenfield Project
3 151 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
4 132 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
5 119 (3.48%) Product Ownership
6 98 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 89 (2.60%) Virtual Team
8 59 (1.73%) Mobile App
9 51 (1.49%) Algorithms
10 48 (1.40%) Hedge funds
10 48 (1.40%) Onboarding
11 43 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 39 (1.14%) AI Agents
13 37 (1.08%) Management Information System
14 32 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 32 (0.94%) Robotics
15 29 (0.85%) Legacy Code
16 28 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
17 26 (0.76%) Fixed Income
18 24 (0.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 168 (4.92%) Windows
2 119 (3.48%) Linux
3 41 (1.20%) Android
4 37 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.26%) Unix
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.18%) VMS
8 5 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.029%) CentOS
10 1 (0.029%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,208 (35.34%) Agile
2 1,134 (33.18%) Software Engineering
3 941 (27.53%) Full-Stack Development
4 842 (24.63%) CI/CD
5 815 (23.84%) DevOps
6 585 (17.12%) Microservices
7 556 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
8 539 (15.77%) AI
9 463 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 451 (13.19%) Mentoring
11 325 (9.51%) Test Automation
12 292 (8.54%) Computer Science
13 290 (8.48%) SDLC
14 277 (8.10%) Machine Learning
15 220 (6.44%) Scrum
15 220 (6.44%) Software Testing
16 215 (6.29%) OO
17 201 (5.88%) Multithreading
18 189 (5.53%) TDD
19 188 (5.50%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,241 (36.31%) SQL
2 817 (23.90%) JavaScript
3 568 (16.62%) Python
4 533 (15.59%) TypeScript
5 342 (10.01%) C++
6 303 (8.86%) Java
7 147 (4.30%) PowerShell
8 145 (4.24%) PHP
9 82 (2.40%) C
10 68 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 48 (1.40%) Go
12 46 (1.35%) Bicep
13 43 (1.26%) VB.NET
14 36 (1.05%) VBA
15 35 (1.02%) Bash
16 26 (0.76%) Rust
17 22 (0.64%) Delphi
17 22 (0.64%) Ruby
17 22 (0.64%) Scala
18 18 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 418 (12.23%) Degree
2 199 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 144 (4.21%) Security Cleared
4 108 (3.16%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.20%) Azure Certification
6 40 (1.17%) Master's Degree
7 27 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (0.61%) DV Cleared
9 19 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 19 (0.56%) PhD
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
11 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 4 (0.12%) ISEB
16 4 (0.12%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 316 (9.25%) QA
2 60 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 33 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 31 (0.91%) GDPR
5 21 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.35%) WCAG
7 8 (0.23%) SLA
8 7 (0.20%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.088%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.088%) NIST
11 3 (0.088%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.088%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 402 (11.76%) Docker
2 20 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.53%) Firmware
4 12 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.088%) vSphere
10 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.029%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 351 (10.27%) Kubernetes
2 164 (4.80%) Terraform
3 34 (0.99%) Grafana
4 19 (0.56%) Ansible
5 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.088%) Control-M
8 3 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.059%) MIIS
10 1 (0.029%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.029%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,109 (32.45%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.60%) Google
3 65 (1.90%) Facebook
4 52 (1.52%) Oracle
5 34 (0.99%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.73%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.67%) Adobe
8 22 (0.64%) YouTube
9 19 (0.56%) Databricks
10 18 (0.53%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) VMware
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) Intapp
13 12 (0.35%) Foundry
13 12 (0.35%) iManage
13 12 (0.35%) SAP
13 12 (0.35%) Splunk
14 11 (0.32%) Aderant
14 11 (0.32%) IBM