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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 51 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 -33 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,837 2,261 8,601
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.98% 5.00% 7.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.64% 16.15% 25.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,517 1,867 7,251
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £35,475
25th Percentile £48,250 £49,120 £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 £77,500 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
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 17,046 14,003 34,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 30.96% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12,082 9,257 25,783
10th Percentile £37,025 £35,000 £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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,474
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 24 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 24 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 -1 2,654 £60,000 -7.69% 618
UK excluding London +2 2,078 £57,500 -4.17% 551
Work from Home +1 1,146 £55,000 -15.38% 380
London -17 631 £82,500 +3.13% 171
South East +13 622 £59,250 -1.25% 186
North of England +30 553 £57,687 +0.32% 130
Midlands -13 354 £57,500 +4.55% 72
North West +53 281 £60,000 +9.09% 67
East of England -3 242 £60,000 -9.37% 64
South West +8 232 £55,000 - 63
East Midlands +16 181 £55,000 - 33
West Midlands -34 173 £59,500 +8.18% 39
Yorkshire -1 154 £55,000 -18.52% 31
North East -5 118 £60,000 +5.26% 35
Scotland -18 36 £55,000 -1.35% 19
Wales -43 35 £50,810 -23.02% 18
Northern Ireland -29 6 £65,000 -18.75% 12

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 73 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.02%) CMS
2 29 (1.02%) IIS
3 17 (0.60%) Confluence
4 14 (0.49%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
5 8 (0.28%) WordPress
6 6 (0.21%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.18%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.14%) Apache
8 4 (0.14%) JBoss
8 4 (0.14%) nginx
9 3 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.070%) DNN
10 2 (0.070%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.070%) Immediacy CMS
10 2 (0.070%) Kentico
10 2 (0.070%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 39 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.25%) Simulink
4 4 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.11%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.070%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.070%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) Magento
3 3 (0.11%) Shopify
4 2 (0.070%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.070%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 2 (0.070%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.035%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.035%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.035%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,399 (49.31%) Azure
2 479 (16.88%) AWS
3 374 (13.18%) Azure DevOps
4 251 (8.85%) Power Platform
5 206 (7.26%) SaaS
6 187 (6.59%) GitHub
7 151 (5.32%) Azure Logic Apps
8 149 (5.25%) Serverless
9 137 (4.83%) Power Automate
10 134 (4.72%) PowerApps
11 129 (4.55%) Azure AI
12 119 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
13 116 (4.09%) GitHub Copilot
14 97 (3.42%) Azure Functions
15 94 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
16 90 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 90 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
17 66 (2.33%) GCP
18 56 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
19 55 (1.94%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.76%) Internet
2 19 (0.67%) Broadband
3 14 (0.49%) DNS
3 14 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.35%) Ethernet
5 9 (0.32%) Firewall
6 8 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
7 7 (0.25%) HTTP
8 6 (0.21%) DHCP
9 5 (0.18%) LAN
9 5 (0.18%) LTE
9 5 (0.18%) VPN
9 5 (0.18%) WAN
10 4 (0.14%) Intranet
10 4 (0.14%) Modbus
10 4 (0.14%) Network Security
11 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.11%) RS-232
11 3 (0.11%) SSL
12 2 (0.070%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 493 (17.38%) SQL Server
2 395 (13.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 341 (12.02%) MongoDB
4 146 (5.15%) Power BI
5 118 (4.16%) Elasticsearch
6 78 (2.75%) NoSQL
7 72 (2.54%) MySQL
8 58 (2.04%) Relational Database
9 54 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
10 38 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 34 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 19 (0.67%) Redis
13 12 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.42%) Db2
13 12 (0.42%) Metadata
14 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.25%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.25%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 203 (7.16%) Git
2 59 (2.08%) JIRA
3 45 (1.59%) Visual Studio
4 42 (1.48%) Selenium
5 35 (1.23%) GitLab
6 30 (1.06%) Postman
7 24 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.81%) SpecFlow
9 21 (0.74%) TeamCity
10 16 (0.56%) Jenkins
11 15 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (0.49%) WebDriver
13 13 (0.46%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.46%) NUnit
14 12 (0.42%) Claude Code
14 12 (0.42%) Cucumber
15 11 (0.39%) SoapUI
16 8 (0.28%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 8 (0.28%) Yeoman
General
1 498 (17.55%) Finance
2 389 (13.71%) Social Skills
3 150 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (3.63%) Manufacturing
5 76 (2.68%) Games
6 67 (2.36%) Public Sector
6 67 (2.36%) Retail
7 58 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (1.97%) Electronics
9 55 (1.94%) Advertising
10 54 (1.90%) Banking
11 51 (1.80%) Aerospace
12 49 (1.73%) Front Office
13 47 (1.66%) Law
14 46 (1.62%) Marketing
15 37 (1.30%) Legal
16 34 (1.20%) Automotive
17 18 (0.63%) Investment Banking
18 15 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,544 (54.42%) Developer
2 653 (23.02%) .NET Developer
3 631 (22.24%) Software Engineer
4 581 (20.48%) Senior
5 430 (15.16%) Software Developer
6 386 (13.61%) C# Developer
7 301 (10.61%) C# Software Engineer
8 277 (9.76%) Senior Developer
9 269 (9.48%) Lead
10 224 (7.90%) Senior Software Engineer
11 169 (5.96%) Full-Stack Developer
12 167 (5.89%) C# .NET Developer
13 166 (5.85%) C# Software Developer
14 160 (5.64%) .NET Software Engineer
15 132 (4.65%) Graduate
16 125 (4.41%) Lead Developer
17 99 (3.49%) Graduate Developer
18 95 (3.35%) .NET Software Developer
19 94 (3.31%) Azure Developer
19 94 (3.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,853 (65.32%) .NET
2 680 (23.97%) .NET Core
3 606 (21.36%) ASP.NET
4 453 (15.97%) ASP.NET Core
5 400 (14.10%) React
6 326 (11.49%) CSS
7 313 (11.03%) HTML
8 268 (9.45%) AngularJS
9 242 (8.53%) RESTful
10 238 (8.39%) Vue
11 236 (8.32%) Blazor
12 221 (7.79%) Entity Framework
13 213 (7.51%) .NET Framework
14 202 (7.12%) Node.js
15 193 (6.80%) REST
16 170 (5.99%) ASP.NET Web API
17 117 (4.12%) ML.NET
18 101 (3.56%) WPF
19 92 (3.24%) LINQ
20 65 (2.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 177 (6.24%) Cloud Native
2 120 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
3 109 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
4 93 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 90 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 76 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
7 57 (2.01%) Mobile App
8 56 (1.97%) Hedge funds
9 49 (1.73%) Algorithms
10 37 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
11 36 (1.27%) Onboarding
12 35 (1.23%) Low-Code
12 35 (1.23%) Virtual Team
13 29 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 24 (0.85%) Legacy Code
14 24 (0.85%) Management Information System
14 24 (0.85%) Sports Betting
15 23 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
16 22 (0.78%) AI Agents
16 22 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 141 (4.97%) Windows
2 105 (3.70%) Linux
3 41 (1.45%) Android
4 26 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.32%) Unix
8 7 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.070%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 937 (33.03%) Agile
2 875 (30.84%) Software Engineering
3 786 (27.71%) Full-Stack Development
4 647 (22.81%) CI/CD
5 623 (21.96%) DevOps
6 416 (14.66%) AI
7 413 (14.56%) Microservices
8 395 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
9 314 (11.07%) Mentoring
10 303 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 272 (9.59%) Computer Science
12 235 (8.28%) Test Automation
13 229 (8.07%) SDLC
14 218 (7.68%) Machine Learning
15 181 (6.38%) Scrum
16 166 (5.85%) TDD
17 164 (5.78%) Business Intelligence
18 162 (5.71%) Multithreading
19 154 (5.43%) Containerisation
20 153 (5.39%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1,043 (36.76%) SQL
2 614 (21.64%) JavaScript
3 450 (15.86%) Python
4 401 (14.13%) TypeScript
5 327 (11.53%) C++
6 268 (9.45%) Java
7 118 (4.16%) PHP
8 97 (3.42%) PowerShell
9 71 (2.50%) C
10 57 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 42 (1.48%) Bicep
12 38 (1.34%) Go
13 35 (1.23%) Bash
13 35 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 29 (1.02%) VBA
15 23 (0.81%) Rust
16 19 (0.67%) MATLAB
17 18 (0.63%) Scala
18 17 (0.60%) Delphi
18 17 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 382 (13.46%) Degree
2 184 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 124 (4.37%) Security Cleared
4 77 (2.71%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.55%) Master's Degree
6 42 (1.48%) Azure Certification
7 33 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (0.99%) PhD
9 27 (0.95%) ISTQB
10 18 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (0.35%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
13 7 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.21%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 5 (0.18%) CREST Certified
15 5 (0.18%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (5.46%) QA
2 48 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 24 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.74%) GDPR
5 17 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.42%) SLA
7 12 (0.42%) WCAG
8 5 (0.18%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 14443
9 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 3 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.11%) NCSC
11 2 (0.070%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.070%) ITGC
12 1 (0.035%) EMIR
12 1 (0.035%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 322 (11.35%) Docker
2 28 (0.99%) Firmware
3 21 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.21%) KVM
6 6 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 285 (10.05%) Kubernetes
2 140 (4.93%) Terraform
3 36 (1.27%) Grafana
4 16 (0.56%) Ansible
5 10 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.21%) Kibana
8 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.11%) Control-M
9 3 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.070%) Hadoop YARN
10 2 (0.070%) MIIS
10 2 (0.070%) MOM
11 1 (0.035%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.035%) Nessus
11 1 (0.035%) Netcool
11 1 (0.035%) Nmap
Vendors
1 828 (29.19%) Microsoft
2 62 (2.19%) Google
3 49 (1.73%) Facebook
4 45 (1.59%) Oracle
5 24 (0.85%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.81%) Adobe
7 19 (0.67%) Salesforce
8 17 (0.60%) VMware
9 16 (0.56%) Xamarin
9 16 (0.56%) YouTube
10 15 (0.53%) Apple
10 15 (0.53%) Databricks
11 13 (0.46%) Sony
11 13 (0.46%) Yahoo!
12 10 (0.35%) Splunk
13 9 (0.32%) iManage
13 9 (0.32%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.28%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.28%) IBM
14 8 (0.28%) SAP