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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -48 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,827 4,058 4,395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.14% 7.02% 8.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.81% 20.75% 21.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,597 2,733 3,897
10th Percentile £32,900 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £105,000
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 11,556 19,553 20,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.84% 33.82% 40.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,507 11,785 16,439
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,649
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,000 £106,289
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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 -46 1,668 £60,000 - 1,321
UK excluding London -51 1,212 £57,500 +4.55% 1,253
Work from Home -22 830 £60,000 +4.35% 792
London -21 505 £80,000 +6.67% 271
North of England -33 341 £60,000 +9.09% 280
South East -46 340 £60,000 - 404
Midlands -35 262 £55,000 - 173
North West -27 168 £62,500 +18.48% 161
West Midlands -36 141 £57,500 +4.55% 88
Yorkshire -37 122 £58,750 +17.50% 81
East Midlands -23 121 £50,000 -9.09% 84
South West -52 103 £55,000 +10.00% 128
East of England -59 97 £55,000 -4.35% 145
North East -18 53 £55,000 -15.38% 40
Scotland -72 41 £60,000 +33.33% 86
Wales -27 30 £48,500 -3.00% 36
Northern Ireland -10 8 £80,000 +20.75% 20
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 44 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 42 (2.30%) IIS
3 33 (1.81%) CMS
4 18 (0.99%) Kinematics
5 16 (0.88%) Confluence
6 9 (0.49%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) nginx
8 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.055%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.055%) Kentico
Applications
1 15 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.16%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.16%) S-PLUS
6 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.055%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 53 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.38%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
4 5 (0.27%) Shopify
5 4 (0.22%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.11%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.11%) Endur
6 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.055%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.055%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.055%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.055%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 910 (49.81%) Azure
2 356 (19.49%) AWS
3 239 (13.08%) Azure DevOps
4 210 (11.49%) SaaS
5 163 (8.92%) Power Platform
6 125 (6.84%) Dynamics 365
7 115 (6.29%) Serverless
8 110 (6.02%) Power Automate
9 94 (5.15%) GCP
9 94 (5.15%) GitHub
10 91 (4.98%) PowerApps
11 71 (3.89%) Azure Logic Apps
12 60 (3.28%) Azure Service Bus
13 57 (3.12%) Azure Functions
14 56 (3.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 51 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
16 37 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
17 34 (1.86%) Entra ID
18 26 (1.42%) Azure AKS
19 23 (1.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.49%) HTTP
4 8 (0.44%) DNS
5 5 (0.27%) Internet
5 5 (0.27%) SAN
6 4 (0.22%) DHCP
7 3 (0.16%) Firewall
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
7 3 (0.16%) WPA
8 2 (0.11%) FTP
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) SMTP
8 2 (0.11%) SSH
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.055%) Broadband
9 1 (0.055%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.055%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.055%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.055%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (21.46%) SQL Server
2 92 (5.04%) Relational Database
3 82 (4.49%) MySQL
4 78 (4.27%) MongoDB
5 77 (4.21%) Power BI
6 72 (3.94%) NoSQL
7 66 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
8 47 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
9 44 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 38 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 25 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
12 24 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
13 23 (1.26%) Redis
14 14 (0.77%) DynamoDB
15 11 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 8 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
17 7 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
18 6 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
19 5 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
19 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 156 (8.54%) Git
2 81 (4.43%) JIRA
3 76 (4.16%) Selenium
4 52 (2.85%) Visual Studio
5 48 (2.63%) Postman
6 42 (2.30%) Jenkins
7 38 (2.08%) Team Foundation Server
8 32 (1.75%) WebDriver
9 27 (1.48%) SoapUI
10 19 (1.04%) TeamCity
11 18 (0.99%) Cypress.io
11 18 (0.99%) SpecFlow
12 16 (0.88%) GitLab
12 16 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
13 13 (0.71%) NUnit
14 10 (0.55%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.55%) JMeter
15 9 (0.49%) MSTest
16 8 (0.44%) REST Assured
16 8 (0.44%) SonarQube
General
1 486 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 305 (16.69%) Finance
3 113 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (4.98%) Law
5 77 (4.21%) Public Sector
6 76 (4.16%) Retail
7 58 (3.17%) Front Office
8 54 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 49 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 39 (2.13%) Electronics
11 38 (2.08%) Legal
12 37 (2.03%) Banking
13 32 (1.75%) Marketing
14 29 (1.59%) Back Office
15 25 (1.37%) Games
16 22 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (1.09%) Billing
17 20 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
18 16 (0.88%) Telecoms
19 11 (0.60%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 915 (50.08%) Developer
2 410 (22.44%) Senior
3 258 (14.12%) Software Engineer
4 239 (13.08%) C# Developer
5 227 (12.42%) .NET Developer
6 223 (12.21%) Lead
7 219 (11.99%) Senior Developer
7 219 (11.99%) Software Developer
8 143 (7.83%) Full-Stack Developer
9 86 (4.71%) Architect
10 79 (4.32%) Senior Software Engineer
11 76 (4.16%) Analyst
12 73 (4.00%) Graduate
13 67 (3.67%) C# .NET Developer
13 67 (3.67%) C# Software Developer
14 66 (3.61%) Lead Developer
15 65 (3.56%) Support Engineer
16 58 (3.17%) .NET Software Engineer
16 58 (3.17%) Graduate Developer
17 57 (3.12%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,086 (59.44%) .NET
2 294 (16.09%) React
3 292 (15.98%) .NET Core
4 247 (13.52%) ASP.NET
5 216 (11.82%) HTML
6 206 (11.28%) CSS
7 205 (11.22%) AngularJS
8 202 (11.06%) .NET Framework
9 141 (7.72%) REST
10 133 (7.28%) RESTful
11 106 (5.80%) Entity Framework
12 91 (4.98%) Vue
13 89 (4.87%) Blazor
14 80 (4.38%) ASP.NET MVC
15 70 (3.83%) ASP.NET Web API
16 65 (3.56%) Node.js
17 64 (3.50%) Web Services
18 55 (3.01%) SOAP
19 52 (2.85%) XML
20 50 (2.74%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 149 (8.16%) Cloud Native
2 107 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 77 (4.21%) Product Ownership
4 71 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
5 47 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
5 47 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
6 40 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 37 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 37 (2.03%) Mobile App
8 36 (1.97%) Algorithms
9 28 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 22 (1.20%) Robotics
11 19 (1.04%) Low-Code
12 17 (0.93%) AI Agents
12 17 (0.93%) Client/Server
12 17 (0.93%) Derivative
13 16 (0.88%) Hedge funds
14 15 (0.82%) Virtual Team
15 13 (0.71%) IoT
15 13 (0.71%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 84 (4.60%) Windows
2 58 (3.17%) Linux
3 17 (0.93%) Android
4 14 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.71%) Unix
6 12 (0.66%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.27%) VMS
8 3 (0.16%) Solaris
9 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
10 1 (0.055%) AIX
10 1 (0.055%) Fedora
10 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.055%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.055%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (35.47%) Agile
2 527 (28.85%) Software Engineering
3 503 (27.53%) DevOps
4 458 (25.07%) CI/CD
5 422 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
6 368 (20.14%) Full-Stack Development
7 324 (17.73%) Mentoring
8 312 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 300 (16.42%) Microservices
10 217 (11.88%) Computer Science
11 188 (10.29%) Test Automation
12 165 (9.03%) MVC
13 160 (8.76%) Scrum
14 145 (7.94%) SDLC
15 136 (7.44%) AI
16 128 (7.01%) Containerisation
17 126 (6.90%) Migration
18 123 (6.73%) CRM
19 122 (6.68%) User Experience
20 121 (6.62%) OO
Programming Languages
1 661 (36.18%) SQL
2 460 (25.18%) JavaScript
3 305 (16.69%) Python
4 260 (14.23%) Java
5 231 (12.64%) TypeScript
6 142 (7.77%) C++
7 104 (5.69%) PowerShell
8 82 (4.49%) PHP
9 55 (3.01%) C
10 46 (2.52%) T-SQL
11 36 (1.97%) VB.NET
12 21 (1.15%) Bash
12 21 (1.15%) Bicep
13 19 (1.04%) Go
14 17 (0.93%) Delphi
15 16 (0.88%) VBA
16 15 (0.82%) Rust
17 10 (0.55%) Kotlin
18 9 (0.49%) Scala
18 9 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 305 (16.69%) Degree
2 164 (8.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 94 (5.15%) Security Cleared
4 63 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 61 (3.34%) SC Cleared
6 50 (2.74%) Azure Certification
7 41 (2.24%) ISTQB
8 36 (1.97%) AWS Certification
9 28 (1.53%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 22 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
13 19 (1.04%) DV Cleared
14 15 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.60%) PhD
16 8 (0.44%) ISEB
17 6 (0.33%) HND
17 6 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 5 (0.27%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (9.96%) QA
2 35 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 29 (1.59%) GDPR
4 18 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (0.93%) ISO 9001
6 16 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.49%) WCAG
8 4 (0.22%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.22%) HL7
8 4 (0.22%) NIST
8 4 (0.22%) SEPA
9 3 (0.16%) SLA
10 2 (0.11%) EMIR
10 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.055%) COBIT
11 1 (0.055%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.055%) IFRS
11 1 (0.055%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.055%) SOC 2
System Software
1 177 (9.69%) Docker
2 20 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.71%) Firmware
4 10 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.22%) KVM
6 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.16%) vSphere
8 1 (0.055%) HDFS
8 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.055%) Squid
Systems Management
1 152 (8.32%) Kubernetes
2 95 (5.20%) Terraform
3 25 (1.37%) Grafana
4 14 (0.77%) Ansible
5 9 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.33%) Control-M
6 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.11%) Nagios
8 2 (0.11%) Nmap
9 1 (0.055%) Kibana
9 1 (0.055%) WMI
Vendors
1 441 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.01%) Oracle
3 33 (1.81%) Guidewire
4 28 (1.53%) Google
5 17 (0.93%) Sage
5 17 (0.93%) Xamarin
6 16 (0.88%) Databricks
7 15 (0.82%) SAP
8 13 (0.71%) Palantir
9 12 (0.66%) Infor
10 11 (0.60%) Dynatrace
10 11 (0.60%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.55%) DevExpress
11 10 (0.55%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.49%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.44%) Adobe
13 8 (0.44%) Dataiku
13 8 (0.44%) VMware
14 7 (0.38%) Informatica
14 7 (0.38%) YouTube