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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 27 16
Rank change year-on-year -47 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,863 3,601 6,318
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.94% 6.87% 9.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.54% 20.28% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,626 2,304 5,675
10th Percentile £36,125 £40,000 £36,700
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 11,989 17,754 25,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.95% 33.86% 38.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,657 10,325 21,232
10th Percentile £32,838 £37,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
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 January 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 29 January 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 -43 1,701 £60,000 -4.00% 990
UK excluding London -49 1,243 £55,000 -4.35% 888
Work from Home -26 782 £60,000 - 582
London -24 501 £80,000 +7.74% 245
North of England -30 362 £62,500 +13.64% 197
South East -43 339 £55,000 -12.00% 309
Midlands -34 265 £52,500 -4.55% 124
North West -19 181 £62,500 +13.64% 117
West Midlands -36 135 £52,500 -4.55% 50
East Midlands -21 130 £52,500 -4.55% 74
South West -37 117 £55,000 - 85
Yorkshire -38 114 £60,000 +20.00% 53
East of England -62 92 £55,000 -16.92% 101
North East -13 67 £70,000 +9.80% 28
Scotland -78 44 £60,000 +33.33% 44
Wales -27 24 £47,500 -20.83% 32
Northern Ireland -18 8 £95,000 +61.70% 13
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 41 (2.20%) IIS
2 40 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.18%) CMS
4 12 (0.64%) Confluence
4 12 (0.64%) Kinematics
5 9 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
11 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.054%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.054%) Kentico
11 1 (0.054%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.11%) Simulink
5 2 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.054%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.054%) Endur
5 1 (0.054%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.054%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.054%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.054%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 895 (48.04%) Azure
2 347 (18.63%) AWS
3 238 (12.78%) Azure DevOps
4 213 (11.43%) SaaS
5 181 (9.72%) Power Platform
6 132 (7.09%) Serverless
7 110 (5.90%) Power Automate
8 105 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
9 97 (5.21%) PowerApps
10 91 (4.88%) GCP
11 81 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 81 (4.35%) GitHub
12 72 (3.86%) Azure Functions
13 56 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 49 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
15 46 (2.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 36 (1.93%) Entra ID
17 33 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
18 31 (1.66%) Azure AKS
19 28 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.88%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.38%) DNS
3 7 (0.38%) HTTP
4 6 (0.32%) Internet
5 5 (0.27%) DHCP
6 4 (0.21%) Firewall
6 4 (0.21%) SAN
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.11%) Broadband
8 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.054%) FTP
9 1 (0.054%) LTE
9 1 (0.054%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.054%) SMTP
9 1 (0.054%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 373 (20.02%) SQL Server
2 85 (4.56%) Power BI
3 84 (4.51%) Relational Database
4 74 (3.97%) MySQL
5 72 (3.86%) MongoDB
6 69 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 69 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 45 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 36 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
12 20 (1.07%) Redis
13 12 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.48%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.32%) GIS
15 6 (0.32%) MariaDB
15 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 131 (7.03%) Git
2 81 (4.35%) Selenium
3 79 (4.24%) JIRA
4 68 (3.65%) Visual Studio
5 53 (2.84%) Postman
6 40 (2.15%) WebDriver
7 39 (2.09%) Team Foundation Server
8 34 (1.83%) Jenkins
8 34 (1.83%) SoapUI
9 23 (1.23%) SpecFlow
10 18 (0.97%) Cypress.io
11 16 (0.86%) TeamCity
12 15 (0.81%) GitLab
13 13 (0.70%) NUnit
14 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.48%) JMeter
15 9 (0.48%) REST Assured
16 8 (0.43%) LabVIEW
17 7 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
18 6 (0.32%) git-flow
General
1 459 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 323 (17.34%) Finance
3 112 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (4.40%) Law
5 73 (3.92%) Public Sector
6 62 (3.33%) Retail
7 57 (3.06%) Manufacturing
8 55 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 50 (2.68%) Front Office
10 44 (2.36%) Banking
11 37 (1.99%) Electronics
12 32 (1.72%) Legal
13 30 (1.61%) Marketing
14 27 (1.45%) Games
15 16 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.81%) Aerospace
16 15 (0.81%) Aviation
16 15 (0.81%) Military
16 15 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (0.75%) Billing
Job Titles
1 913 (49.01%) Developer
2 426 (22.87%) Senior
3 301 (16.16%) Software Engineer
4 250 (13.42%) C# Developer
5 246 (13.20%) Software Developer
6 238 (12.78%) .NET Developer
7 217 (11.65%) Senior Developer
8 212 (11.38%) Lead
9 143 (7.68%) Full-Stack Developer
10 100 (5.37%) Senior Software Engineer
11 95 (5.10%) C# Software Engineer
12 84 (4.51%) .NET Software Engineer
13 80 (4.29%) C# .NET Developer
14 74 (3.97%) Lead Developer
15 69 (3.70%) Analyst
16 66 (3.54%) C# Software Developer
16 66 (3.54%) Graduate
16 66 (3.54%) Support Engineer
17 63 (3.38%) Architect
18 61 (3.27%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,127 (60.49%) .NET
2 322 (17.28%) .NET Core
3 273 (14.65%) React
4 236 (12.67%) ASP.NET
5 196 (10.52%) HTML
6 188 (10.09%) .NET Framework
7 176 (9.45%) CSS
8 171 (9.18%) AngularJS
9 139 (7.46%) REST
10 109 (5.85%) RESTful
11 93 (4.99%) Entity Framework
12 80 (4.29%) Vue
13 72 (3.86%) Blazor
14 69 (3.70%) ASP.NET MVC
15 58 (3.11%) Node.js
16 56 (3.01%) SOAP
17 55 (2.95%) ASP.NET Web API
18 54 (2.90%) ASP.NET Core
19 45 (2.42%) jQuery
19 45 (2.42%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 123 (6.60%) Cloud Native
2 81 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 71 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 67 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 54 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
7 45 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (1.93%) Mobile App
10 33 (1.77%) Algorithms
11 32 (1.72%) Low-Code
12 26 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (1.02%) Hedge funds
14 18 (0.97%) Client/Server
14 18 (0.97%) Derivative
14 18 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 17 (0.91%) Robotics
16 15 (0.81%) AI Agents
16 15 (0.81%) IoT
16 15 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 94 (5.05%) Windows
2 72 (3.86%) Linux
3 22 (1.18%) Android
4 15 (0.81%) Unix
5 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.27%) VMS
8 4 (0.21%) Solaris
9 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
10 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.054%) AIX
11 1 (0.054%) Fedora
11 1 (0.054%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 612 (32.85%) Agile
2 564 (30.27%) Software Engineering
3 455 (24.42%) DevOps
4 432 (23.19%) CI/CD
5 398 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
6 380 (20.40%) Full-Stack Development
7 302 (16.21%) Mentoring
8 297 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 278 (14.92%) Microservices
10 208 (11.16%) Computer Science
11 162 (8.70%) Test Automation
12 153 (8.21%) Scrum
13 150 (8.05%) SDLC
14 147 (7.89%) AI
15 139 (7.46%) MVC
16 122 (6.55%) CRM
16 122 (6.55%) Migration
17 121 (6.49%) Containerisation
18 114 (6.12%) OO
19 104 (5.58%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 628 (33.71%) SQL
2 444 (23.83%) JavaScript
3 310 (16.64%) Python
4 246 (13.20%) Java
5 231 (12.40%) TypeScript
6 154 (8.27%) C++
7 105 (5.64%) PowerShell
8 73 (3.92%) PHP
9 54 (2.90%) C
10 45 (2.42%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.40%) Bash
11 26 (1.40%) VB.NET
12 19 (1.02%) Go
12 19 (1.02%) Rust
13 18 (0.97%) Bicep
13 18 (0.97%) Delphi
14 14 (0.75%) VBA
15 11 (0.59%) Kotlin
16 9 (0.48%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.48%) Scala
Qualifications
1 291 (15.62%) Degree
2 147 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 122 (6.55%) Security Cleared
4 72 (3.86%) SC Cleared
5 65 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (2.84%) Azure Certification
7 50 (2.68%) ISTQB
8 41 (2.20%) AWS Certification
9 32 (1.72%) Master's Degree
10 29 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (1.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 27 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 21 (1.13%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.81%) PhD
15 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.43%) ISEB
17 7 (0.38%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.27%) DBS Check
19 4 (0.21%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (9.61%) QA
2 41 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 22 (1.18%) GDPR
4 17 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.70%) WCAG
6 12 (0.64%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.21%) SEPA
9 3 (0.16%) HL7
9 3 (0.16%) SLA
10 2 (0.11%) EMIR
10 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.054%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.054%) IFRS
11 1 (0.054%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.054%) ITGC
11 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
System Software
1 165 (8.86%) Docker
2 21 (1.13%) Active Directory
2 21 (1.13%) Firmware
3 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.32%) KVM
6 2 (0.11%) vSphere
7 1 (0.054%) HDFS
7 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.054%) Squid
Systems Management
1 142 (7.62%) Kubernetes
2 99 (5.31%) Terraform
3 28 (1.50%) Grafana
4 14 (0.75%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.11%) Control-M
9 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.054%) MOM
10 1 (0.054%) Nagios
10 1 (0.054%) Nessus
10 1 (0.054%) WMI
Vendors
1 416 (22.33%) Microsoft
2 54 (2.90%) Oracle
3 31 (1.66%) Google
4 21 (1.13%) Guidewire
5 19 (1.02%) Xamarin
6 16 (0.86%) SAP
7 14 (0.75%) Sage
8 13 (0.70%) Dynatrace
8 13 (0.70%) Palantir
9 10 (0.54%) Databricks
9 10 (0.54%) VMware
10 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
11 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
11 8 (0.43%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.43%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.38%) Adobe
12 7 (0.38%) IBM
12 7 (0.38%) Infor
13 6 (0.32%) Epicor
13 6 (0.32%) Salesforce