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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 26 17
Rank change year-on-year -45 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,799 3,645 5,104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.03% 6.79% 9.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.68% 20.14% 23.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,590 2,340 4,577
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
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 11,472 18,099 21,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.34% 33.70% 38.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8,401 10,572 17,634
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,576
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 £83,750
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 11 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 11 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 -41 1,647 £60,000 - 889
UK excluding London -46 1,213 £57,500 +4.55% 777
Work from Home -23 779 £60,000 - 549
London -22 486 £80,000 +6.67% 220
North of England -23 360 £62,500 +13.64% 178
South East -44 334 £55,650 -10.96% 273
Midlands -32 256 £55,000 - 98
North West -16 180 £62,500 +17.92% 100
West Midlands -30 138 £55,000 - 45
East Midlands -22 118 £52,500 -4.55% 53
Yorkshire -29 118 £60,750 +21.50% 39
South West -46 108 £55,000 - 72
East of England -60 86 £55,000 -2.22% 92
North East -4 64 £65,000 - 39
Scotland -71 45 £60,000 +33.33% 41
Wales -27 26 £47,500 -5.00% 31
Northern Ireland -15 8 £95,000 +61.70% 5
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 39 (2.17%) IIS
1 39 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.22%) CMS
3 14 (0.78%) Kinematics
4 13 (0.72%) Confluence
5 9 (0.50%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.28%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.17%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.11%) nginx
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.056%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.056%) Kentico
Applications
1 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.11%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.056%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 49 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.28%) Shopify
4 4 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 4 (0.22%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite
5 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.056%) Endur
6 1 (0.056%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.056%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.056%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 880 (48.92%) Azure
2 338 (18.79%) AWS
3 230 (12.78%) Azure DevOps
4 197 (10.95%) SaaS
5 163 (9.06%) Power Platform
6 122 (6.78%) Serverless
7 107 (5.95%) Power Automate
8 105 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
9 90 (5.00%) PowerApps
10 82 (4.56%) GCP
10 82 (4.56%) GitHub
11 69 (3.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 59 (3.28%) Azure Functions
13 52 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
14 47 (2.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 46 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
16 31 (1.72%) Entra ID
17 30 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
18 28 (1.56%) Azure AKS
19 25 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.72%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.50%) DNS
4 8 (0.44%) HTTP
5 7 (0.39%) Internet
6 5 (0.28%) DHCP
7 4 (0.22%) SAN
8 3 (0.17%) Firewall
8 3 (0.17%) 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 (0.056%) Hyperconnected
10 1 (0.056%) IPv6
10 1 (0.056%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.056%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (20.34%) SQL Server
2 86 (4.78%) Relational Database
3 82 (4.56%) MongoDB
4 77 (4.28%) MySQL
4 77 (4.28%) Power BI
5 73 (4.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 72 (4.00%) NoSQL
7 45 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
8 38 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 35 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
10 24 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
11 22 (1.22%) Redis
12 11 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.50%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
14 6 (0.33%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
15 5 (0.28%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 127 (7.06%) Git
2 85 (4.72%) Selenium
3 84 (4.67%) JIRA
4 64 (3.56%) Visual Studio
5 56 (3.11%) Postman
6 43 (2.39%) Team Foundation Server
7 41 (2.28%) WebDriver
8 38 (2.11%) Jenkins
9 37 (2.06%) SoapUI
10 19 (1.06%) SpecFlow
11 18 (1.00%) Cypress.io
12 15 (0.83%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.72%) GitLab
13 13 (0.72%) NUnit
14 9 (0.50%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.44%) JMeter
15 8 (0.44%) MSTest
15 8 (0.44%) REST Assured
16 7 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
16 7 (0.39%) PowerBuilder
General
1 470 (26.13%) Social Skills
2 292 (16.23%) Finance
3 111 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (4.50%) Law
5 76 (4.22%) Public Sector
6 66 (3.67%) Retail
7 52 (2.89%) Manufacturing
8 49 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 46 (2.56%) Front Office
10 38 (2.11%) Banking
11 36 (2.00%) Electronics
11 36 (2.00%) Legal
12 30 (1.67%) Marketing
13 24 (1.33%) Games
14 17 (0.94%) Billing
15 16 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (0.83%) Aviation
16 15 (0.83%) Telecoms
17 12 (0.67%) Back Office
17 12 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 891 (49.53%) Developer
2 410 (22.79%) Senior
3 275 (15.29%) Software Engineer
4 238 (13.23%) C# Developer
5 237 (13.17%) .NET Developer
6 235 (13.06%) Software Developer
7 216 (12.01%) Senior Developer
8 211 (11.73%) Lead
9 139 (7.73%) Full-Stack Developer
10 88 (4.89%) Senior Software Engineer
11 79 (4.39%) C# Software Engineer
12 74 (4.11%) .NET Software Engineer
12 74 (4.11%) Analyst
12 74 (4.11%) C# .NET Developer
13 71 (3.95%) Lead Developer
14 67 (3.72%) Support Engineer
15 66 (3.67%) Senior Software Developer
16 65 (3.61%) C# Software Developer
17 64 (3.56%) Architect
18 62 (3.45%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,100 (61.15%) .NET
2 312 (17.34%) .NET Core
3 281 (15.62%) React
4 246 (13.67%) ASP.NET
5 204 (11.34%) HTML
6 198 (11.01%) .NET Framework
7 190 (10.56%) AngularJS
8 179 (9.95%) CSS
9 135 (7.50%) REST
10 119 (6.61%) RESTful
11 101 (5.61%) Entity Framework
12 91 (5.06%) Vue
13 83 (4.61%) Blazor
14 76 (4.22%) ASP.NET MVC
15 66 (3.67%) ASP.NET Web API
16 63 (3.50%) SOAP
17 60 (3.34%) Node.js
18 52 (2.89%) ASP.NET Core
19 49 (2.72%) Web Services
20 44 (2.45%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 135 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 90 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 74 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 64 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
6 46 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
7 43 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
8 38 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (2.00%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.78%) Algorithms
11 27 (1.50%) Low-Code
12 22 (1.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (1.06%) Client/Server
13 19 (1.06%) Robotics
14 17 (0.94%) Derivative
15 16 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 14 (0.78%) AI Agents
16 14 (0.78%) Hedge funds
17 12 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
18 11 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 84 (4.67%) Windows
2 55 (3.06%) Linux
3 21 (1.17%) Android
4 14 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.72%) Unix
5 13 (0.72%) 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 (0.056%) AIX
8 1 (0.056%) Fedora
8 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 616 (34.24%) Agile
2 531 (29.52%) Software Engineering
3 443 (24.62%) DevOps
4 424 (23.57%) CI/CD
5 398 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
6 382 (21.23%) Full-Stack Development
7 313 (17.40%) Mentoring
8 305 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 285 (15.84%) Microservices
10 200 (11.12%) Computer Science
11 162 (9.01%) Scrum
11 162 (9.01%) Test Automation
12 148 (8.23%) SDLC
13 143 (7.95%) MVC
14 142 (7.89%) AI
15 127 (7.06%) Migration
16 119 (6.61%) CRM
16 119 (6.61%) OO
17 115 (6.39%) Containerisation
18 106 (5.89%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 636 (35.35%) SQL
2 436 (24.24%) JavaScript
3 295 (16.40%) Python
4 248 (13.79%) Java
5 227 (12.62%) TypeScript
6 131 (7.28%) C++
7 100 (5.56%) PowerShell
8 72 (4.00%) PHP
9 45 (2.50%) C
9 45 (2.50%) T-SQL
10 29 (1.61%) VB.NET
11 20 (1.11%) Bash
12 17 (0.94%) Delphi
13 16 (0.89%) Bicep
14 15 (0.83%) Go
15 14 (0.78%) VBA
16 13 (0.72%) Rust
17 10 (0.56%) Kotlin
17 10 (0.56%) Scala
18 9 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 282 (15.68%) Degree
2 146 (8.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 104 (5.78%) Security Cleared
4 66 (3.67%) SC Cleared
5 65 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 52 (2.89%) Azure Certification
7 51 (2.83%) ISTQB
8 39 (2.17%) AWS Certification
9 32 (1.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 28 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 25 (1.39%) Master's Degree
13 19 (1.06%) DV Cleared
14 15 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.56%) PhD
16 8 (0.44%) ISEB
17 7 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 5 (0.28%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.28%) DBS Check
18 5 (0.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (9.78%) QA
2 39 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 22 (1.22%) GDPR
4 16 (0.89%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.67%) WCAG
6 9 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.22%) HL7
8 4 (0.22%) SEPA
9 2 (0.11%) EMIR
9 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.11%) SLA
10 1 (0.056%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.056%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.056%) IFRS
10 1 (0.056%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.056%) NIST
10 1 (0.056%) SOC 2
System Software
1 153 (8.50%) Docker
2 18 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.89%) Firmware
4 10 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.22%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.056%) HDFS
8 1 (0.056%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.056%) Squid
8 1 (0.056%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 136 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 89 (4.95%) Terraform
3 23 (1.28%) Grafana
4 12 (0.67%) Ansible
5 6 (0.33%) Kibana
5 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.17%) Control-M
7 3 (0.17%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.11%) Nagios
8 2 (0.11%) Nmap
9 1 (0.056%) WMI
Vendors
1 426 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 51 (2.83%) Oracle
3 26 (1.45%) Guidewire
4 25 (1.39%) Google
5 18 (1.00%) Xamarin
6 17 (0.94%) Sage
7 15 (0.83%) SAP
8 13 (0.72%) Dynatrace
8 13 (0.72%) Palantir
9 11 (0.61%) Databricks
10 10 (0.56%) MuleSoft
11 9 (0.50%) Infor
12 8 (0.44%) Dataiku
12 8 (0.44%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.44%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.44%) VMware
13 7 (0.39%) DevExpress
13 7 (0.39%) Foundry
13 7 (0.39%) Talend
13 7 (0.39%) YouTube