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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 41 18
Rank change year-on-year -35 -23 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,218 2,461 7,894
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.46% 5.82% 8.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.21% 17.93% 24.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,919 2,083 6,842
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +10.43% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% +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 15,613 13,722 32,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.34% 32.46% 33.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,624 10,083 25,022
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £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 £85,336 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
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 2 May 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 2 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 -33 2,038 £62,500 -3.85% 800
UK excluding London -40 1,508 £59,000 +2.61% 600
Work from Home -20 816 £60,000 -7.69% 434
London -22 576 £82,500 +10.00% 273
South East -19 449 £60,000 - 212
North of England -18 418 £60,000 +9.09% 153
Midlands -40 275 £60,000 +9.09% 75
North West -4 213 £60,000 +15.67% 96
East of England -42 156 £60,000 -9.37% 73
South West -29 147 £53,750 -2.27% 62
East Midlands -14 141 £60,000 +9.09% 34
Yorkshire -33 135 £62,500 +4.52% 32
West Midlands -54 134 £59,500 +8.18% 41
North East -24 70 £68,750 +19.57% 25
Scotland -75 37 £60,000 +20.00% 21
Wales -43 27 £42,000 -35.38% 16
Northern Ireland -36 9 £95,000 - 4
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 64 (2.89%) SharePoint
2 22 (0.99%) CMS
3 19 (0.86%) IIS
4 11 (0.50%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.36%) Confluence
6 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.18%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.090%) JBoss
8 2 (0.090%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.090%) nginx
8 2 (0.090%) WordPress
9 1 (0.045%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.045%) Apache
9 1 (0.045%) Appian
9 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Simulink
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.090%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.090%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 2 (0.090%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.090%) Shopify
4 1 (0.045%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.045%) Endur
4 1 (0.045%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.045%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.045%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.045%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.045%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.045%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 951 (42.88%) Azure
2 368 (16.59%) AWS
3 213 (9.60%) SaaS
4 208 (9.38%) Power Platform
5 202 (9.11%) Azure DevOps
6 130 (5.86%) Azure Logic Apps
7 129 (5.82%) Serverless
8 106 (4.78%) PowerApps
9 105 (4.73%) Power Automate
10 86 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
11 83 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
12 79 (3.56%) Azure Functions
13 65 (2.93%) Azure Service Bus
14 63 (2.84%) GitHub
15 59 (2.66%) GCP
16 47 (2.12%) Azure AKS
17 41 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
18 34 (1.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 33 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
20 25 (1.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.68%) Broadband
2 12 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.45%) DNS
3 10 (0.45%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.32%) HTTP
5 6 (0.27%) Intranet
6 4 (0.18%) Firewall
6 4 (0.18%) Internet
6 4 (0.18%) LTE
6 4 (0.18%) Modbus
6 4 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.14%) DHCP
7 3 (0.14%) Network Security
7 3 (0.14%) SSL
8 2 (0.090%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.090%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.090%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.090%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.090%) VPN
9 1 (0.045%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 439 (19.79%) SQL Server
2 128 (5.77%) Power BI
3 91 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (3.29%) NoSQL
5 59 (2.66%) MySQL
6 53 (2.39%) MongoDB
7 52 (2.34%) Relational Database
8 47 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
9 38 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (0.63%) Redis
13 12 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.54%) Metadata
14 11 (0.50%) DB2
15 6 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 5 (0.23%) ClickHouse
16 5 (0.23%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
17 4 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 145 (6.54%) Git
2 63 (2.84%) Selenium
3 54 (2.43%) Visual Studio
4 53 (2.39%) JIRA
5 40 (1.80%) Postman
6 31 (1.40%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.26%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.22%) SoapUI
9 23 (1.04%) SpecFlow
10 22 (0.99%) GitLab
11 21 (0.95%) Jenkins
11 21 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
12 18 (0.81%) TeamCity
13 15 (0.68%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.59%) NUnit
15 10 (0.45%) Cucumber
16 8 (0.36%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.36%) Moq
17 7 (0.32%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 440 (19.84%) Finance
2 342 (15.42%) Social Skills
3 126 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (2.93%) Manufacturing
5 61 (2.75%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (2.52%) Law
8 51 (2.30%) Front Office
9 46 (2.07%) Banking
10 45 (2.03%) Retail
11 40 (1.80%) Games
12 38 (1.71%) Electronics
13 33 (1.49%) Aerospace
14 31 (1.40%) Legal
15 26 (1.17%) Automotive
16 19 (0.86%) Marketing
17 17 (0.77%) Advertising
18 15 (0.68%) Aviation
18 15 (0.68%) Investment Banking
19 11 (0.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,142 (51.49%) Developer
2 499 (22.50%) Senior
3 462 (20.83%) Software Engineer
4 421 (18.98%) Software Developer
5 406 (18.30%) C# Developer
6 303 (13.66%) .NET Developer
7 248 (11.18%) Senior Developer
8 246 (11.09%) Lead
9 203 (9.15%) C# Software Engineer
10 169 (7.62%) Full-Stack Developer
11 165 (7.44%) C# Software Developer
12 158 (7.12%) Senior Software Engineer
13 154 (6.94%) C# .NET Developer
14 134 (6.04%) .NET Software Engineer
15 121 (5.46%) Graduate
16 106 (4.78%) Graduate Developer
17 99 (4.46%) Lead Developer
18 97 (4.37%) Graduate Software Developer
19 95 (4.28%) SQL Developer
20 85 (3.83%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,358 (61.23%) .NET
2 384 (17.31%) .NET Core
3 256 (11.54%) ASP.NET
4 246 (11.09%) React
5 191 (8.61%) CSS
5 191 (8.61%) HTML
6 181 (8.16%) .NET Framework
7 133 (6.00%) REST
8 129 (5.82%) AngularJS
9 112 (5.05%) RESTful
10 94 (4.24%) Vue
11 91 (4.10%) ASP.NET Core
12 86 (3.88%) Entity Framework
12 86 (3.88%) Node.js
13 84 (3.79%) Blazor
14 63 (2.84%) WPF
15 56 (2.52%) jQuery
16 50 (2.25%) Playwright
17 44 (1.98%) HTML5 Canvas
18 43 (1.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 132 (5.95%) Cloud Native
2 82 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (3.20%) Product Ownership
4 59 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
5 51 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
7 46 (2.07%) Hedge funds
8 45 (2.03%) Algorithms
9 41 (1.85%) Low-Code
10 39 (1.76%) Mobile App
11 30 (1.35%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 22 (0.99%) Onboarding
13 22 (0.99%) Sports Betting
14 21 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
14 21 (0.95%) Legacy Code
14 21 (0.95%) Management Information System
15 18 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.81%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 102 (4.60%) Windows
2 85 (3.83%) Linux
3 17 (0.77%) Android
4 14 (0.63%) VMS
4 14 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.54%) Unix
6 11 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.090%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.090%) Solaris
7 2 (0.090%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.090%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.045%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.045%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 711 (32.06%) Software Engineering
2 612 (27.59%) Agile
3 437 (19.70%) CI/CD
4 426 (19.21%) DevOps
5 422 (19.03%) Full-Stack Development
6 298 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
7 267 (12.04%) Mentoring
8 251 (11.32%) Microservices
9 250 (11.27%) Computer Science
10 248 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 201 (9.06%) Test Automation
12 189 (8.52%) AI
13 179 (8.07%) SDLC
14 146 (6.58%) MVC
15 135 (6.09%) Business Intelligence
16 133 (6.00%) Scrum
17 132 (5.95%) Containerisation
18 112 (5.05%) Infrastructure as Code
19 106 (4.78%) Analytics
20 105 (4.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 670 (30.21%) SQL
2 435 (19.61%) JavaScript
3 378 (17.04%) Python
4 271 (12.22%) TypeScript
5 251 (11.32%) Java
6 231 (10.41%) C++
7 114 (5.14%) PHP
8 92 (4.15%) PowerShell
9 49 (2.21%) C
10 40 (1.80%) T-SQL
11 31 (1.40%) Go
12 30 (1.35%) Bash
13 27 (1.22%) Bicep
13 27 (1.22%) VB.NET
14 24 (1.08%) VBA
15 20 (0.90%) Scala
16 19 (0.86%) Rust
17 17 (0.77%) Delphi
17 17 (0.77%) F#
18 15 (0.68%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 324 (14.61%) Degree
2 165 (7.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 119 (5.37%) Security Cleared
4 68 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 45 (2.03%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (1.80%) ISTQB
7 37 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 29 (1.31%) AWS Certification
9 21 (0.95%) PhD
10 20 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 17 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.68%) DV Cleared
14 10 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.36%) CREST Certified
17 7 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 5 (0.23%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (6.09%) QA
2 40 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.68%) GDPR
5 13 (0.59%) ISO 9001
5 13 (0.59%) WCAG
6 11 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.45%) SLA
8 5 (0.23%) IEC 61131
9 3 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.14%) EMIR
10 2 (0.090%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.090%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.090%) ITGC
11 1 (0.045%) HL7
11 1 (0.045%) ISO/IEC 14443
11 1 (0.045%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 1 (0.045%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.045%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 184 (8.30%) Docker
2 21 (0.95%) Firmware
3 15 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.36%) KVM
6 4 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.045%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 156 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 102 (4.60%) Terraform
3 37 (1.67%) Grafana
4 12 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.50%) Ansible
6 7 (0.32%) Kibana
7 6 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) Nmap
9 2 (0.090%) MIIS
9 2 (0.090%) MOM
10 1 (0.045%) Control-M
10 1 (0.045%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.045%) Nessus
10 1 (0.045%) Netcool
10 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 427 (19.25%) Microsoft
2 44 (1.98%) Oracle
3 31 (1.40%) Google
4 25 (1.13%) Adobe
5 13 (0.59%) VMware
6 12 (0.54%) Databricks
7 11 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (0.50%) OpenAI
7 11 (0.50%) ServiceNow
7 11 (0.50%) Xamarin
8 8 (0.36%) SAP
9 7 (0.32%) iManage
10 6 (0.27%) Aderant
10 6 (0.27%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.27%) Facebook
11 5 (0.23%) Allen-Bradley
11 5 (0.23%) Blue Prism
11 5 (0.23%) Intapp
11 5 (0.23%) Palantir
11 5 (0.23%) Workday