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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 41 18
Rank change year-on-year -35 -23 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,203 2,502 7,861
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.46% 5.91% 8.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.12% 18.09% 24.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,911 2,116 6,824
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £63,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +10.00% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £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 15,607 13,830 32,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.43% 32.68% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,607 10,170 24,922
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £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 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,635
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.54% -2.48%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -32 2,027 £62,500 -3.85% 790
UK excluding London -41 1,510 £59,000 +2.61% 623
Work from Home -24 805 £60,000 -7.69% 444
London -21 560 £82,500 +10.00% 266
South East -22 446 £60,000 - 223
North of England -13 419 £60,000 +9.09% 144
Midlands -44 279 £60,000 +9.09% 82
North West -6 208 £60,000 +14.29% 93
East of England -47 153 £60,000 -9.37% 77
South West -26 150 £55,000 -2.22% 65
East Midlands -20 142 £60,000 +9.09% 37
West Midlands -55 137 £59,000 +7.27% 45
Yorkshire -39 136 £62,000 +3.68% 27
North East -22 75 £70,000 +21.74% 24
Scotland -67 39 £60,000 +23.71% 18
Wales -44 25 £41,750 -35.77% 17
Northern Ireland -35 9 £95,000 - 12
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 63 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.00%) CMS
3 21 (0.95%) IIS
4 10 (0.45%) Umbraco
5 6 (0.27%) Confluence
6 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.18%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.091%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.091%) JBoss
8 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.091%) nginx
8 2 (0.091%) WordPress
9 1 (0.045%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.045%) Apache
9 1 (0.045%) Appian
9 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Simulink
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 2 (0.091%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.091%) 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
Cloud Services
1 945 (42.90%) Azure
2 365 (16.57%) AWS
3 213 (9.67%) SaaS
4 205 (9.31%) Power Platform
5 200 (9.08%) Azure DevOps
6 130 (5.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 128 (5.81%) Serverless
8 106 (4.81%) PowerApps
9 105 (4.77%) Power Automate
10 85 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
11 80 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
12 78 (3.54%) Azure Functions
13 66 (3.00%) GitHub
14 64 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
15 60 (2.72%) GCP
16 46 (2.09%) Azure AKS
17 38 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
18 32 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 32 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
19 24 (1.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.59%) TCP/IP
2 11 (0.50%) Broadband
3 10 (0.45%) DNS
4 9 (0.41%) Ethernet
5 8 (0.36%) HTTP
6 6 (0.27%) Intranet
7 4 (0.18%) Firewall
7 4 (0.18%) Internet
7 4 (0.18%) LTE
7 4 (0.18%) Modbus
7 4 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.14%) DHCP
8 3 (0.14%) Network Security
8 3 (0.14%) SSL
9 2 (0.091%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.091%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.091%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.091%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.091%) VPN
10 1 (0.045%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 431 (19.56%) SQL Server
2 125 (5.67%) Power BI
3 86 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (3.31%) NoSQL
5 59 (2.68%) MySQL
6 52 (2.36%) Relational Database
7 47 (2.13%) MongoDB
8 45 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (1.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 36 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.68%) Redis
13 13 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.50%) DB2
15 7 (0.32%) Metadata
15 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 5 (0.23%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
17 4 (0.18%) ClickHouse
17 4 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 145 (6.58%) Git
2 66 (3.00%) Selenium
3 55 (2.50%) Visual Studio
4 52 (2.36%) JIRA
5 41 (1.86%) Postman
6 31 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.27%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.23%) SoapUI
9 24 (1.09%) SpecFlow
10 22 (1.00%) GitLab
11 21 (0.95%) Jenkins
12 20 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
13 18 (0.82%) TeamCity
14 16 (0.73%) Cypress.io
15 12 (0.54%) NUnit
16 11 (0.50%) Cucumber
17 8 (0.36%) Balsamiq
18 7 (0.32%) LabVIEW
18 7 (0.32%) REST Assured
18 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 430 (19.52%) Finance
2 333 (15.12%) Social Skills
3 121 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (2.95%) Manufacturing
5 61 (2.77%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.72%) Law
7 57 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (2.36%) Front Office
9 46 (2.09%) Banking
10 41 (1.86%) Games
10 41 (1.86%) Retail
11 36 (1.63%) Electronics
12 31 (1.41%) Legal
13 30 (1.36%) Aerospace
14 22 (1.00%) Automotive
15 20 (0.91%) Marketing
16 16 (0.73%) Advertising
17 15 (0.68%) Aviation
17 15 (0.68%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,130 (51.29%) Developer
2 502 (22.79%) Senior
3 457 (20.74%) Software Engineer
4 411 (18.66%) Software Developer
5 403 (18.29%) C# Developer
6 299 (13.57%) .NET Developer
7 246 (11.17%) Lead
7 246 (11.17%) Senior Developer
8 195 (8.85%) C# Software Engineer
9 168 (7.63%) Full-Stack Developer
10 157 (7.13%) Senior Software Engineer
11 156 (7.08%) C# Software Developer
12 154 (6.99%) C# .NET Developer
13 130 (5.90%) .NET Software Engineer
14 118 (5.36%) Graduate
15 102 (4.63%) Graduate Developer
16 97 (4.40%) Lead Developer
17 92 (4.18%) Graduate Software Developer
18 89 (4.04%) SQL Developer
19 84 (3.81%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,353 (61.42%) .NET
2 382 (17.34%) .NET Core
3 252 (11.44%) ASP.NET
4 246 (11.17%) React
5 193 (8.76%) HTML
6 189 (8.58%) CSS
7 184 (8.35%) .NET Framework
8 133 (6.04%) REST
9 132 (5.99%) AngularJS
10 108 (4.90%) RESTful
11 92 (4.18%) Vue
12 86 (3.90%) ASP.NET Core
13 85 (3.86%) Node.js
14 83 (3.77%) Blazor
14 83 (3.77%) Entity Framework
15 60 (2.72%) WPF
16 51 (2.32%) jQuery
16 51 (2.32%) Playwright
17 43 (1.95%) HTML5 Canvas
18 41 (1.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 124 (5.63%) Cloud Native
2 78 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (3.22%) Product Ownership
4 58 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (2.13%) Hedge funds
7 45 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 42 (1.91%) Algorithms
9 40 (1.82%) Low-Code
10 39 (1.77%) Mobile App
11 27 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 23 (1.04%) Onboarding
14 22 (1.00%) Sports Betting
15 21 (0.95%) Distributed Computing
15 21 (0.95%) Management Information System
16 19 (0.86%) Legacy Code
17 18 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (0.82%) Public Cloud
17 18 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 104 (4.72%) Windows
2 83 (3.77%) Linux
3 17 (0.77%) Android
4 14 (0.64%) VMS
4 14 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.54%) Unix
6 2 (0.091%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.091%) Solaris
6 2 (0.091%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.091%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.091%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.091%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.045%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.045%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (32.18%) Software Engineering
2 609 (27.64%) Agile
3 427 (19.38%) DevOps
4 425 (19.29%) CI/CD
5 416 (18.88%) Full-Stack Development
6 291 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
7 266 (12.07%) Mentoring
8 249 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 249 (11.30%) Microservices
9 235 (10.67%) Computer Science
10 196 (8.90%) Test Automation
11 182 (8.26%) AI
12 177 (8.03%) SDLC
13 144 (6.54%) MVC
14 136 (6.17%) Scrum
15 134 (6.08%) Business Intelligence
16 130 (5.90%) Containerisation
17 106 (4.81%) Infrastructure as Code
17 106 (4.81%) Software Testing
18 104 (4.72%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 659 (29.91%) SQL
2 438 (19.88%) JavaScript
3 363 (16.48%) Python
4 270 (12.26%) TypeScript
5 241 (10.94%) Java
6 226 (10.26%) C++
7 109 (4.95%) PHP
8 93 (4.22%) PowerShell
9 49 (2.22%) C
10 41 (1.86%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.50%) Go
12 30 (1.36%) Bash
13 27 (1.23%) Bicep
14 26 (1.18%) VB.NET
15 24 (1.09%) VBA
16 20 (0.91%) Scala
17 18 (0.82%) Rust
18 17 (0.77%) Delphi
18 17 (0.77%) F#
19 15 (0.68%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 314 (14.25%) Degree
2 157 (7.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 119 (5.40%) Security Cleared
4 68 (3.09%) SC Cleared
5 42 (1.91%) Azure Certification
5 42 (1.91%) ISTQB
5 42 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (1.68%) Master's Degree
7 29 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 21 (0.95%) PhD
9 20 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (0.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 17 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
12 16 (0.73%) DV Cleared
13 11 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.41%) CREST Certified
15 7 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (6.22%) QA
2 40 (1.82%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.64%) 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 4 (0.18%) IEC 61131
9 3 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.14%) EMIR
10 2 (0.091%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.091%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.091%) ITGC
11 1 (0.045%) HL7
11 1 (0.045%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.045%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 183 (8.31%) Docker
2 21 (0.95%) Firmware
3 15 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.36%) KVM
6 5 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.045%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 154 (6.99%) Kubernetes
2 102 (4.63%) Terraform
3 36 (1.63%) Grafana
4 12 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.45%) Ansible
6 7 (0.32%) Kibana
7 6 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) Nmap
9 2 (0.091%) MIIS
9 2 (0.091%) 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
Vendors
1 416 (18.88%) Microsoft
2 41 (1.86%) Oracle
3 31 (1.41%) Google
4 25 (1.13%) Adobe
5 13 (0.59%) VMware
6 12 (0.54%) Databricks
6 12 (0.54%) Xamarin
7 11 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (0.50%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.45%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.41%) SAP
10 7 (0.32%) iManage
11 6 (0.27%) Aderant
11 6 (0.27%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.27%) Palantir
12 5 (0.23%) Blue Prism
12 5 (0.23%) Facebook
12 5 (0.23%) Intapp
12 5 (0.23%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.23%) Workday