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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 68 22
Rank change year-on-year +19 -46 -4
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,406 1,905 5,370
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.90% 3.84% 7.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.19% 14.72% 22.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,844 1,591 3,583
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £36,738
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £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 18,721 12,944 23,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.93% 26.08% 30.96%
Number of salaries quoted 13,256 8,345 14,347
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +17 3,109 £60,000 -4.00% 1,670
UK excluding London +31 2,625 £57,500 - 1,103
Work from Home +21 1,534 £55,500 -7.50% 822
South East +26 771 £60,000 - 269
London -15 657 £85,000 +6.25% 687
North of England +40 633 £57,500 -4.17% 257
Midlands 0 413 £60,000 +9.09% 161
East of England +33 321 £60,000 +9.09% 169
North West +53 305 £55,000 -12.00% 150
South West +29 287 £54,250 +3.33% 80
West Midlands -18 215 £62,500 +13.64% 79
East Midlands +20 198 £60,000 +9.09% 82
North East +3 173 £70,000 +24.44% 41
Yorkshire -4 155 £55,000 -8.33% 68
Northern Ireland 0 116 £50,000 -10.31% 63
Wales -55 44 £51,619 +6.43% 34
Scotland +17 42 £55,000 -14.73% 89

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
1 117 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 43 (1.26%) IIS
3 31 (0.91%) CMS
4 25 (0.73%) Confluence
5 13 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.23%) Apache
7 8 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.23%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.23%) nginx
7 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.15%) JBoss
9 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.12%) Kentico
9 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.088%) DNN
10 3 (0.088%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.088%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.088%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 39 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Simulink
5 4 (0.12%) Stateflow
6 3 (0.088%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.029%) Revit
7 1 (0.029%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 56 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.41%) Elite 3E
3 11 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
4 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.12%) Shopify
5 3 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.088%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.088%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.029%) Eikon
7 1 (0.029%) Endur
7 1 (0.029%) Magento
7 1 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.029%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.029%) RMDS
7 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,646 (48.33%) Azure
2 595 (17.47%) AWS
3 487 (14.30%) Azure DevOps
4 353 (10.36%) Power Platform
5 260 (7.63%) GitHub
6 251 (7.37%) SaaS
7 212 (6.22%) Power Automate
8 200 (5.87%) Serverless
9 194 (5.70%) Azure AI
10 187 (5.49%) PowerApps
11 172 (5.05%) GitHub Copilot
12 167 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
13 154 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
14 144 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
15 129 (3.79%) Azure Service Bus
16 120 (3.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 114 (3.35%) Azure Functions
18 90 (2.64%) GCP
19 50 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
20 47 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.82%) Internet
2 22 (0.65%) Firewall
3 20 (0.59%) DNS
4 17 (0.50%) HTTP
4 17 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.32%) VLAN
5 11 (0.32%) Wireless
6 10 (0.29%) Broadband
7 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
7 9 (0.26%) VPN
8 6 (0.18%) BGP
8 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.18%) IPsec
8 6 (0.18%) SNMP
9 5 (0.15%) DHCP
9 5 (0.15%) Intranet
9 5 (0.15%) LAN
9 5 (0.15%) WAN
10 3 (0.088%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.088%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 600 (17.62%) SQL Server
2 502 (14.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 451 (13.24%) MongoDB
4 185 (5.43%) Power BI
5 163 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
6 105 (3.08%) NoSQL
7 97 (2.85%) Relational Database
8 87 (2.55%) MySQL
9 81 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
10 40 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
11 34 (1.00%) Redis
12 33 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 28 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 27 (0.79%) DynamoDB
15 20 (0.59%) Metadata
16 18 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
17 17 (0.50%) Data Lake
17 17 (0.50%) Spark SQL
18 14 (0.41%) Big Data
19 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 326 (9.57%) Git
2 76 (2.23%) JIRA
3 45 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.06%) GitLab
5 34 (1.00%) Selenium
6 31 (0.91%) Jenkins
7 30 (0.88%) Claude Code
8 25 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
9 23 (0.68%) NUnit
10 21 (0.62%) TeamCity
11 19 (0.56%) Postman
12 11 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.32%) SpecFlow
13 10 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.26%) Subversion
14 9 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
15 8 (0.23%) Eclipse
15 8 (0.23%) Moq
General
1 584 (17.15%) Social Skills
2 517 (15.18%) Finance
3 204 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (5.34%) Legal
5 129 (3.79%) Manufacturing
6 126 (3.70%) Law
7 122 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 102 (2.99%) Public Sector
9 88 (2.58%) Games
10 72 (2.11%) Retail
11 68 (2.00%) Advertising
12 66 (1.94%) Electronics
13 65 (1.91%) Marketing
14 64 (1.88%) Aerospace
15 55 (1.61%) Banking
16 45 (1.32%) Front Office
17 38 (1.12%) Legal Technology
18 33 (0.97%) Automotive
19 27 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
20 20 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,740 (51.09%) Developer
2 795 (23.34%) .NET Developer
3 771 (22.64%) Senior
4 754 (22.14%) Software Engineer
5 362 (10.63%) Senior Developer
6 357 (10.48%) Software Developer
7 347 (10.19%) C# Software Engineer
8 346 (10.16%) C# Developer
9 341 (10.01%) Lead
10 250 (7.34%) Senior Software Engineer
11 173 (5.08%) Full-Stack Developer
12 159 (4.67%) C# .NET Developer
13 149 (4.37%) Lead Developer
14 137 (4.02%) .NET Software Engineer
15 134 (3.93%) Graduate
16 122 (3.58%) C# Software Developer
17 121 (3.55%) Architect
18 119 (3.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 100 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
20 88 (2.58%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,178 (63.95%) .NET
2 751 (22.05%) ASP.NET
3 731 (21.46%) .NET Core
4 590 (17.32%) ASP.NET Core
5 516 (15.15%) React
6 384 (11.27%) CSS
6 384 (11.27%) HTML
7 332 (9.75%) RESTful
8 331 (9.72%) AngularJS
9 301 (8.84%) Blazor
10 298 (8.75%) Entity Framework
11 284 (8.34%) Vue
12 269 (7.90%) .NET Framework
13 268 (7.87%) REST
14 264 (7.75%) Node.js
15 221 (6.49%) ASP.NET Web API
16 167 (4.90%) Terraform
17 148 (4.35%) ML.NET
18 142 (4.17%) WPF
19 116 (3.41%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 226 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 174 (5.11%) Enterprise Software
3 154 (4.52%) Greenfield Project
4 139 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
5 134 (3.93%) Product Ownership
6 103 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
7 87 (2.55%) Virtual Team
8 61 (1.79%) Algorithms
9 59 (1.73%) Mobile App
10 57 (1.67%) Onboarding
10 57 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 54 (1.59%) Management Information System
12 52 (1.53%) AI Agents
13 45 (1.32%) Hedge funds
14 37 (1.09%) Robotics
15 31 (0.91%) Data Structures
16 28 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 25 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
17 25 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
17 25 (0.73%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 188 (5.52%) Windows
2 113 (3.32%) Linux
3 42 (1.23%) Android
4 41 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.21%) Unix
8 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.029%) CentOS
10 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,179 (34.62%) Agile
2 1,168 (34.29%) Software Engineering
3 928 (27.25%) Full-Stack Development
4 889 (26.10%) CI/CD
5 811 (23.81%) DevOps
6 599 (17.59%) AI
7 591 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
8 572 (16.79%) Microservices
9 485 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 481 (14.12%) Mentoring
11 339 (9.95%) Test Automation
12 293 (8.60%) SDLC
13 279 (8.19%) Computer Science
14 266 (7.81%) Machine Learning
15 228 (6.69%) Software Testing
16 216 (6.34%) Scrum
17 209 (6.14%) OO
18 205 (6.02%) Technical Leadership
19 200 (5.87%) Business Intelligence
20 195 (5.73%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,221 (35.85%) SQL
2 839 (24.63%) JavaScript
3 588 (17.26%) Python
4 518 (15.21%) TypeScript
5 351 (10.31%) C++
6 306 (8.98%) Java
7 131 (3.85%) PowerShell
8 120 (3.52%) PHP
9 89 (2.61%) C
10 70 (2.06%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.38%) Go
12 46 (1.35%) VB.NET
13 45 (1.32%) Bicep
14 37 (1.09%) VBA
15 31 (0.91%) Bash
16 23 (0.68%) Delphi
16 23 (0.68%) Rust
17 22 (0.65%) Ruby
18 18 (0.53%) Scala
19 16 (0.47%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 411 (12.07%) Degree
2 188 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 161 (4.73%) Security Cleared
4 120 (3.52%) SC Cleared
5 51 (1.50%) Azure Certification
6 41 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 23 (0.68%) DV Cleared
9 19 (0.56%) AWS Certification
9 19 (0.56%) PhD
10 15 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (0.44%) ISTQB
11 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
11 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 7 (0.21%) OSCP
13 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.15%) CREST Certified
15 4 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (9.13%) QA
2 71 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 59 (1.73%) Data Quality
4 45 (1.32%) GDPR
5 22 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (0.59%) WCAG
7 9 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.15%) NIST
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
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.088%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.088%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.088%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 395 (11.60%) Docker
2 29 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 21 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.47%) Firmware
5 11 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
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%) HDFS
10 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.029%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 333 (9.78%) Kubernetes
2 24 (0.70%) Grafana
3 19 (0.56%) Ansible
4 17 (0.50%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.15%) EnCase
8 5 (0.15%) FTK
9 4 (0.12%) Control-M
10 3 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.059%) Bosun
12 1 (0.029%) Kibana
12 1 (0.029%) logstash
12 1 (0.029%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 1,130 (33.18%) Microsoft
2 91 (2.67%) Google
3 62 (1.82%) Facebook
4 54 (1.59%) Oracle
5 35 (1.03%) OpenAI
6 28 (0.82%) Salesforce
7 26 (0.76%) VMware
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 17 (0.50%) Adobe
9 17 (0.50%) Apple
9 17 (0.50%) Databricks
9 17 (0.50%) HP
10 16 (0.47%) Foundry
10 16 (0.47%) Sony
10 16 (0.47%) Yahoo!
11 13 (0.38%) Intapp
12 12 (0.35%) Aderant
12 12 (0.35%) SAP
13 11 (0.32%) IBM
13 11 (0.32%) Splunk