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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 26 17
Rank change year-on-year -46 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,840 3,622 5,393
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.02% 6.79% 9.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.63% 20.18% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,611 2,322 4,825
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £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 11,774 17,949 22,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.31% 33.65% 38.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,546 10,498 18,539
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £110,000 £105,000
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 17 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 17 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 -42 1,679 £60,000 - 1,218
UK excluding London -46 1,234 £57,500 +4.55% 1,124
Work from Home -25 781 £60,000 - 617
London -20 493 £80,000 +6.67% 238
North of England -27 370 £62,500 +13.64% 249
South East -42 334 £55,000 -12.00% 361
Midlands -35 261 £55,000 - 153
North West -22 186 £62,500 +19.05% 145
West Midlands -34 136 £55,000 - 59
East Midlands -25 125 £52,500 -4.55% 91
Yorkshire -32 117 £61,500 +23.00% 70
South West -45 113 £55,000 - 124
East of England -59 88 £55,000 - 150
North East -8 69 £70,000 +7.69% 35
Scotland -71 44 £60,000 +33.33% 47
Wales -27 26 £47,500 -5.00% 50
Northern Ireland -14 8 £95,000 +61.70% 15
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 40 (2.17%) IIS
2 39 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.20%) CMS
4 13 (0.71%) Confluence
4 13 (0.71%) Kinematics
5 9 (0.49%) Umbraco
6 6 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.054%) Kentico
Applications
1 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.16%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.11%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.054%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.054%) Simulink
6 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 49 (2.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 3 (0.16%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 3 (0.16%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.054%) Endur
6 1 (0.054%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.054%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.054%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.054%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 893 (48.53%) Azure
2 350 (19.02%) AWS
3 237 (12.88%) Azure DevOps
4 206 (11.20%) SaaS
5 171 (9.29%) Power Platform
6 131 (7.12%) Serverless
7 110 (5.98%) Power Automate
8 103 (5.60%) Dynamics 365
9 94 (5.11%) PowerApps
10 87 (4.73%) GCP
11 84 (4.57%) GitHub
12 79 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
13 67 (3.64%) Azure Functions
14 57 (3.10%) Azure Service Bus
15 49 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
16 48 (2.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 35 (1.90%) Entra ID
18 33 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
19 28 (1.52%) Azure AKS
20 27 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.49%) DNS
4 8 (0.43%) HTTP
5 6 (0.33%) Internet
6 5 (0.27%) DHCP
7 4 (0.22%) Firewall
7 4 (0.22%) SAN
8 3 (0.16%) Intranet
9 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.11%) FTP
9 2 (0.11%) NAS
9 2 (0.11%) SMTP
9 2 (0.11%) SSH
9 2 (0.11%) VLAN
10 1 (0.054%) Broadband
10 1 (0.054%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.054%) Hyperconnected
10 1 (0.054%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 367 (19.95%) SQL Server
2 86 (4.67%) Relational Database
3 79 (4.29%) Power BI
4 78 (4.24%) MySQL
5 75 (4.08%) MongoDB
6 72 (3.91%) NoSQL
7 69 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
9 37 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 36 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
12 22 (1.20%) Redis
13 21 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 9 (0.49%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.33%) Oracle Database
17 5 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
17 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
17 5 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 133 (7.23%) Git
2 84 (4.57%) Selenium
3 81 (4.40%) JIRA
4 69 (3.75%) Visual Studio
5 56 (3.04%) Postman
6 41 (2.23%) Team Foundation Server
6 41 (2.23%) WebDriver
7 40 (2.17%) Jenkins
8 35 (1.90%) SoapUI
9 23 (1.25%) SpecFlow
10 19 (1.03%) Cypress.io
11 16 (0.87%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.76%) NUnit
13 12 (0.65%) GitLab
14 11 (0.60%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.54%) JMeter
15 10 (0.54%) REST Assured
16 7 (0.38%) MSTest
16 7 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
17 6 (0.33%) Cucumber
General
1 465 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 308 (16.74%) Finance
3 112 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (4.57%) Law
5 76 (4.13%) Public Sector
6 66 (3.59%) Retail
7 54 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (2.83%) Manufacturing
9 47 (2.55%) Front Office
10 40 (2.17%) Banking
11 36 (1.96%) Electronics
12 35 (1.90%) Legal
13 30 (1.63%) Marketing
14 25 (1.36%) Games
15 16 (0.87%) Billing
15 16 (0.87%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.76%) Aviation
16 14 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 901 (48.97%) Developer
2 423 (22.99%) Senior
3 292 (15.87%) Software Engineer
4 241 (13.10%) Software Developer
5 240 (13.04%) C# Developer
6 238 (12.93%) .NET Developer
7 220 (11.96%) Senior Developer
8 209 (11.36%) Lead
9 139 (7.55%) Full-Stack Developer
10 94 (5.11%) Senior Software Engineer
11 89 (4.84%) C# Software Engineer
12 82 (4.46%) .NET Software Engineer
13 77 (4.18%) C# .NET Developer
14 73 (3.97%) Analyst
15 72 (3.91%) Lead Developer
16 66 (3.59%) Architect
16 66 (3.59%) Senior Software Developer
16 66 (3.59%) Support Engineer
17 64 (3.48%) C# Software Developer
17 64 (3.48%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,125 (61.14%) .NET
2 317 (17.23%) .NET Core
3 278 (15.11%) React
4 246 (13.37%) ASP.NET
5 200 (10.87%) HTML
6 195 (10.60%) .NET Framework
7 179 (9.73%) AngularJS
7 179 (9.73%) CSS
8 143 (7.77%) REST
9 115 (6.25%) RESTful
10 97 (5.27%) Entity Framework
11 86 (4.67%) Vue
12 78 (4.24%) Blazor
13 72 (3.91%) ASP.NET MVC
14 60 (3.26%) SOAP
15 59 (3.21%) ASP.NET Web API
16 57 (3.10%) Node.js
17 55 (2.99%) ASP.NET Core
18 49 (2.66%) Web Services
19 45 (2.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.39%) Cloud Native
2 88 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 74 (4.02%) Product Ownership
4 64 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
7 45 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (2.01%) Mobile App
10 31 (1.68%) Algorithms
10 31 (1.68%) Low-Code
11 24 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 18 (0.98%) Client/Server
12 18 (0.98%) Derivative
12 18 (0.98%) Robotics
13 17 (0.92%) Hedge funds
13 17 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 15 (0.82%) AI Agents
15 14 (0.76%) IoT
16 13 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 86 (4.67%) Windows
2 63 (3.42%) Linux
3 20 (1.09%) Android
4 15 (0.82%) Unix
5 13 (0.71%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.71%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.22%) Solaris
6 4 (0.22%) VMS
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.054%) AIX
8 1 (0.054%) Fedora
8 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (33.70%) Agile
2 546 (29.67%) Software Engineering
3 458 (24.89%) DevOps
4 441 (23.97%) CI/CD
5 404 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
6 378 (20.54%) Full-Stack Development
7 310 (16.85%) Mentoring
8 308 (16.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 285 (15.49%) Microservices
10 206 (11.20%) Computer Science
11 162 (8.80%) Test Automation
12 157 (8.53%) Scrum
13 151 (8.21%) SDLC
14 144 (7.83%) AI
15 142 (7.72%) MVC
16 127 (6.90%) Migration
17 120 (6.52%) CRM
17 120 (6.52%) OO
18 119 (6.47%) Containerisation
19 107 (5.82%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 631 (34.29%) SQL
2 444 (24.13%) JavaScript
3 308 (16.74%) Python
4 254 (13.80%) Java
5 230 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 139 (7.55%) C++
7 102 (5.54%) PowerShell
8 72 (3.91%) PHP
9 47 (2.55%) T-SQL
10 45 (2.45%) C
11 28 (1.52%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.25%) Bash
13 18 (0.98%) Bicep
14 17 (0.92%) Delphi
15 16 (0.87%) Go
16 14 (0.76%) Rust
17 13 (0.71%) VBA
18 12 (0.65%) Kotlin
19 10 (0.54%) Scala
20 8 (0.43%) XAML
Qualifications
1 286 (15.54%) Degree
2 149 (8.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 119 (6.47%) Security Cleared
4 72 (3.91%) SC Cleared
5 66 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 55 (2.99%) Azure Certification
7 51 (2.77%) ISTQB
8 42 (2.28%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 30 (1.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 27 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
11 25 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 20 (1.09%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.60%) PhD
15 9 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.43%) ISEB
17 6 (0.33%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.27%) DBS Check
19 4 (0.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (9.73%) QA
2 41 (2.23%) Accessibility
3 22 (1.20%) GDPR
4 17 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.71%) WCAG
6 9 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.22%) SEPA
9 3 (0.16%) HL7
10 2 (0.11%) EMIR
10 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.11%) SLA
11 1 (0.054%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.054%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.054%) IFRS
11 1 (0.054%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.054%) NIST
11 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
System Software
1 163 (8.86%) Docker
2 20 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.98%) Firmware
4 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.33%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.054%) HDFS
8 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.054%) Squid
8 1 (0.054%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 144 (7.83%) Kubernetes
2 98 (5.33%) Terraform
3 27 (1.47%) Grafana
4 14 (0.76%) Ansible
5 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.38%) Kibana
7 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.16%) Nmap
9 2 (0.11%) Control-M
9 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.11%) Nagios
10 1 (0.054%) WMI
Vendors
1 421 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 51 (2.77%) Oracle
3 29 (1.58%) Google
4 25 (1.36%) Guidewire
5 18 (0.98%) Xamarin
6 15 (0.82%) Sage
6 15 (0.82%) SAP
7 13 (0.71%) Dynatrace
7 13 (0.71%) Palantir
8 11 (0.60%) Databricks
9 10 (0.54%) MuleSoft
9 10 (0.54%) VMware
10 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
10 8 (0.43%) Infor
10 8 (0.43%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.38%) Adobe
11 7 (0.38%) DevExpress
11 7 (0.38%) IBM
11 7 (0.38%) Talend