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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 67 22
Rank change year-on-year +21 -45 -4
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,390 1,920 5,441
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.99% 3.87% 6.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.28% 14.64% 22.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,867 1,592 3,849
10th Percentile £39,098 £37,500 £36,748
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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% -2.34%

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 18,548 13,113 24,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.36% 26.43% 30.79%
Number of salaries quoted 13,189 8,454 15,373
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% -4.62%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
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 12 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 12 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 +16 3,099 £60,000 -4.00% 1,315
UK excluding London +28 2,614 £57,500 - 831
Work from Home +18 1,524 £55,000 -8.33% 2,252
South East +30 769 £60,000 - 234
London -16 654 £85,000 +6.25% 608
North of England +39 630 £57,500 -4.17% 187
Midlands +2 417 £60,000 +9.09% 126
East of England +34 318 £60,000 +9.09% 123
North West +52 297 £55,000 -12.00% 95
South West +29 287 £53,500 +1.90% 89
West Midlands -16 219 £61,250 +11.36% 55
East Midlands +21 198 £60,000 +9.09% 70
North East +1 171 £65,000 +13.04% 45
Yorkshire -10 162 £55,000 -8.18% 49
Northern Ireland +11 116 £50,000 -10.31% 22
Wales -53 46 £51,619 +4.81% 21
Scotland -1 33 £52,500 -18.60% 49

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
1 115 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.24%) IIS
3 30 (0.88%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) Confluence
5 13 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
10 5 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
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 40 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.088%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.088%) Simulink
5 3 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.088%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 55 (1.62%) 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%) 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 1,658 (48.91%) Azure
2 596 (17.58%) AWS
3 484 (14.28%) Azure DevOps
4 350 (10.32%) Power Platform
5 249 (7.35%) GitHub
5 249 (7.35%) SaaS
6 211 (6.22%) Power Automate
7 192 (5.66%) Serverless
8 191 (5.63%) Azure AI
9 189 (5.58%) PowerApps
10 166 (4.90%) GitHub Copilot
11 163 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
12 151 (4.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 151 (4.45%) Dynamics 365
13 126 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
14 120 (3.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 111 (3.27%) Azure Functions
16 89 (2.63%) GCP
17 49 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
18 46 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.83%) Internet
2 20 (0.59%) DNS
3 19 (0.56%) Firewall
4 17 (0.50%) Broadband
4 17 (0.50%) HTTP
5 16 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.27%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.24%) VLAN
7 8 (0.24%) VPN
7 8 (0.24%) Wireless
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%) LAN
9 5 (0.15%) WAN
10 4 (0.12%) Intranet
10 4 (0.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.088%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 594 (17.52%) SQL Server
2 513 (15.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 453 (13.36%) MongoDB
4 186 (5.49%) Power BI
5 162 (4.78%) Elasticsearch
6 101 (2.98%) NoSQL
7 84 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 80 (2.36%) MySQL
9 75 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
11 34 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 27 (0.80%) Redis
13 23 (0.68%) DynamoDB
14 19 (0.56%) Metadata
15 17 (0.50%) Spark SQL
16 15 (0.44%) Data Lake
17 14 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
18 13 (0.38%) Big Data
18 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 307 (9.06%) Git
2 73 (2.15%) JIRA
3 45 (1.33%) Visual Studio
4 38 (1.12%) Selenium
5 33 (0.97%) GitLab
6 28 (0.83%) Jenkins
7 24 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.68%) Claude Code
9 22 (0.65%) NUnit
10 21 (0.62%) TeamCity
11 20 (0.59%) Postman
12 13 (0.38%) SpecFlow
13 12 (0.35%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
15 9 (0.27%) Bitbucket
16 8 (0.24%) Subversion
17 7 (0.21%) Moq
17 7 (0.21%) MSI
17 7 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 573 (16.90%) Social Skills
2 511 (15.07%) Finance
3 194 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (5.34%) Legal
5 124 (3.66%) Law
6 122 (3.60%) Manufacturing
7 115 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 101 (2.98%) Public Sector
9 91 (2.68%) Games
10 74 (2.18%) Retail
11 68 (2.01%) Advertising
12 66 (1.95%) Electronics
13 65 (1.92%) Marketing
14 60 (1.77%) Aerospace
15 53 (1.56%) Banking
16 45 (1.33%) Front Office
17 40 (1.18%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.06%) Automotive
19 27 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
20 18 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,757 (51.83%) Developer
2 794 (23.42%) .NET Developer
3 747 (22.04%) Senior
4 737 (21.74%) Software Engineer
5 381 (11.24%) Software Developer
6 365 (10.77%) C# Developer
7 356 (10.50%) Lead
8 349 (10.29%) Senior Developer
9 330 (9.73%) C# Software Engineer
10 246 (7.26%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (5.19%) Full-Stack Developer
12 162 (4.78%) C# .NET Developer
13 159 (4.69%) Lead Developer
14 143 (4.22%) Graduate
15 140 (4.13%) C# Software Developer
16 134 (3.95%) .NET Software Engineer
17 119 (3.51%) Architect
18 115 (3.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 105 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
20 89 (2.63%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,168 (63.95%) .NET
2 765 (22.57%) ASP.NET
3 744 (21.95%) .NET Core
4 596 (17.58%) ASP.NET Core
5 495 (14.60%) React
6 394 (11.62%) CSS
7 391 (11.53%) HTML
8 329 (9.71%) AngularJS
9 326 (9.62%) RESTful
10 303 (8.94%) Blazor
11 302 (8.91%) Entity Framework
12 294 (8.67%) Vue
13 264 (7.79%) .NET Framework
14 258 (7.61%) Node.js
15 252 (7.43%) REST
16 221 (6.52%) ASP.NET Web API
17 163 (4.81%) Terraform
18 150 (4.42%) ML.NET
19 145 (4.28%) WPF
20 118 (3.48%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 218 (6.43%) Cloud Native
2 164 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
3 152 (4.48%) Greenfield Project
4 130 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 129 (3.81%) Product Ownership
6 106 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
7 90 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 59 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 58 (1.71%) Algorithms
10 51 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
11 50 (1.47%) Management Information System
11 50 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 46 (1.36%) Hedge funds
13 45 (1.33%) AI Agents
14 33 (0.97%) Robotics
15 30 (0.88%) Data Structures
16 27 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 25 (0.74%) Legacy Code
17 25 (0.74%) Low-Code
18 24 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 178 (5.25%) Windows
2 113 (3.33%) Linux
3 43 (1.27%) Android
4 40 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.18%) Unix
8 3 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.059%) VMS
10 1 (0.029%) CentOS
10 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,181 (34.84%) Agile
2 1,142 (33.69%) Software Engineering
3 932 (27.49%) Full-Stack Development
4 856 (25.25%) CI/CD
5 800 (23.60%) DevOps
6 575 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
7 572 (16.87%) Microservices
8 555 (16.37%) AI
9 478 (14.10%) Mentoring
10 475 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 327 (9.65%) Test Automation
12 292 (8.61%) SDLC
13 280 (8.26%) Computer Science
14 272 (8.02%) Machine Learning
15 221 (6.52%) Software Testing
16 214 (6.31%) Scrum
17 205 (6.05%) OO
18 204 (6.02%) Business Intelligence
19 197 (5.81%) Technical Leadership
20 191 (5.63%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,222 (36.05%) SQL
2 837 (24.69%) JavaScript
3 572 (16.87%) Python
4 522 (15.40%) TypeScript
5 352 (10.38%) C++
6 302 (8.91%) Java
7 139 (4.10%) PowerShell
8 127 (3.75%) PHP
9 85 (2.51%) C
10 68 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 45 (1.33%) Bicep
12 42 (1.24%) Go
13 41 (1.21%) VB.NET
14 37 (1.09%) VBA
15 34 (1.00%) Bash
16 24 (0.71%) Ruby
17 23 (0.68%) Rust
18 22 (0.65%) Delphi
19 19 (0.56%) Scala
20 15 (0.44%) F#
Qualifications
1 420 (12.39%) Degree
2 192 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 148 (4.37%) Security Cleared
4 112 (3.30%) SC Cleared
5 46 (1.36%) Azure Certification
6 42 (1.24%) Master's Degree
7 38 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 21 (0.62%) PhD
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.18%) OSCP
16 5 (0.15%) CREST Certified
17 4 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 310 (9.14%) QA
2 69 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 56 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 42 (1.24%) GDPR
5 22 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (0.53%) WCAG
7 7 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (0.21%) NCSC
8 6 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
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%) NIST
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.088%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.088%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.088%) PSD2
System Software
1 381 (11.24%) Docker
2 25 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.53%) Firmware
3 18 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.15%) KVM
8 3 (0.088%) vSphere
9 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 332 (9.79%) Kubernetes
2 30 (0.88%) Grafana
3 18 (0.53%) Ansible
4 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 3 (0.088%) Control-M
8 3 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.059%) Bosun
9 2 (0.059%) EnCase
9 2 (0.059%) FTK
10 1 (0.029%) MIIS
Vendors
1 1,124 (33.16%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.63%) Google
3 63 (1.86%) Facebook
4 51 (1.50%) Oracle
5 32 (0.94%) OpenAI
6 26 (0.77%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.68%) VMware
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 21 (0.62%) Adobe
10 18 (0.53%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) Databricks
13 15 (0.44%) HP
13 15 (0.44%) Intapp
14 14 (0.41%) Foundry
15 12 (0.35%) Aderant
15 12 (0.35%) SAP
16 11 (0.32%) IBM
17 10 (0.29%) iManage