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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 55 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 -33 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,383 2,127 5,822
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.18% 4.26% 6.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.29% 15.27% 22.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,883 1,757 4,574
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% -6.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 18,493 13,928 25,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.39% 27.90% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 13,084 9,127 17,762
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +10 3,084 £60,000 -4.00% 1,152
UK excluding London +22 2,583 £57,500 - 756
Work from Home +10 1,533 £55,000 -8.33% 616
South East +18 728 £60,000 - 251
London -19 670 £82,500 +3.13% 504
North of England +36 637 £57,500 -4.17% 188
Midlands -2 411 £59,000 +7.27% 106
East of England +27 313 £60,000 +9.09% 94
South West +29 303 £52,500 - 66
North West +50 300 £55,000 -6.78% 107
West Midlands -11 216 £60,000 +4.35% 40
East Midlands +15 195 £55,000 - 66
Yorkshire +19 183 £55,000 -12.00% 40
North East -2 154 £65,000 +10.64% 43
Northern Ireland +8 115 £50,000 -10.31% 17
Wales -54 46 £51,619 -0.73% 20
Scotland -15 32 £50,000 -23.08% 28

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 98 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.03%) IIS
3 33 (0.98%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) Confluence
5 15 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 5 (0.15%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.089%) DNN
12 3 (0.089%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.089%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.089%) Kentico
12 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 43 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.089%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.089%) Simulink
6 3 (0.089%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 48 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.30%) Elite 3E
3 8 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.089%) Magento
6 3 (0.089%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.089%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.030%) Eikon
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.030%) RMDS
8 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,686 (49.84%) Azure
2 577 (17.06%) AWS
3 460 (13.60%) Azure DevOps
4 319 (9.43%) Power Platform
5 266 (7.86%) SaaS
6 251 (7.42%) GitHub
7 193 (5.70%) Azure AI
7 193 (5.70%) Power Automate
8 170 (5.03%) Serverless
9 169 (5.00%) PowerApps
10 168 (4.97%) GitHub Copilot
11 157 (4.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 151 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
13 134 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
14 126 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
15 115 (3.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 104 (3.07%) Azure Functions
17 87 (2.57%) GCP
18 53 (1.57%) Azure AKS
19 52 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.83%) Internet
2 21 (0.62%) DNS
3 19 (0.56%) Broadband
4 18 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 17 (0.50%) HTTP
6 11 (0.33%) Firewall
7 9 (0.27%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.24%) VPN
9 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
10 6 (0.18%) BGP
10 6 (0.18%) DHCP
10 6 (0.18%) IPsec
10 6 (0.18%) SNMP
11 5 (0.15%) LAN
11 5 (0.15%) WAN
12 4 (0.12%) Intranet
12 4 (0.12%) Modbus
12 4 (0.12%) Network Security
13 3 (0.089%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.089%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 599 (17.71%) SQL Server
2 517 (15.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 456 (13.48%) MongoDB
4 169 (5.00%) Power BI
5 167 (4.94%) Elasticsearch
6 93 (2.75%) MySQL
6 93 (2.75%) NoSQL
7 82 (2.42%) Relational Database
8 71 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 40 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 31 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
12 29 (0.86%) Redis
13 18 (0.53%) DynamoDB
14 14 (0.41%) Metadata
15 13 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
16 11 (0.33%) Db2
16 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
16 11 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 283 (8.37%) Git
2 74 (2.19%) JIRA
3 43 (1.27%) Selenium
4 42 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.01%) GitLab
6 31 (0.92%) Jenkins
7 25 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
8 24 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 23 (0.68%) NUnit
10 22 (0.65%) Postman
11 17 (0.50%) Claude Code
11 17 (0.50%) SpecFlow
12 14 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.24%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.24%) Jasmine
14 8 (0.24%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.21%) Moq
15 7 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 554 (16.38%) Social Skills
2 536 (15.84%) Finance
3 182 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (5.11%) Legal
5 127 (3.75%) Law
6 115 (3.40%) Manufacturing
7 98 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 87 (2.57%) Games
9 83 (2.45%) Public Sector
10 80 (2.36%) Retail
11 71 (2.10%) Advertising
12 69 (2.04%) Marketing
13 58 (1.71%) Aerospace
14 56 (1.66%) Banking
14 56 (1.66%) Electronics
15 46 (1.36%) Front Office
16 41 (1.21%) Legal Technology
17 37 (1.09%) Automotive
18 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
19 18 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,806 (53.38%) Developer
2 805 (23.80%) .NET Developer
3 756 (22.35%) Senior
4 727 (21.49%) Software Engineer
5 424 (12.53%) Software Developer
6 392 (11.59%) C# Developer
7 364 (10.76%) Senior Developer
8 349 (10.32%) Lead
9 319 (9.43%) C# Software Engineer
10 248 (7.33%) Senior Software Engineer
11 181 (5.35%) Full-Stack Developer
12 168 (4.97%) C# Software Developer
13 163 (4.82%) C# .NET Developer
14 161 (4.76%) Graduate
15 157 (4.64%) Lead Developer
16 144 (4.26%) .NET Software Engineer
17 116 (3.43%) Architect
18 112 (3.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 108 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
19 108 (3.19%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,171 (64.17%) .NET
2 785 (23.20%) .NET Core
3 773 (22.85%) ASP.NET
4 600 (17.74%) ASP.NET Core
5 496 (14.66%) React
6 401 (11.85%) CSS
7 390 (11.53%) HTML
8 330 (9.75%) AngularJS
9 321 (9.49%) RESTful
10 310 (9.16%) Blazor
11 299 (8.84%) Entity Framework
12 297 (8.78%) Vue
13 270 (7.98%) .NET Framework
14 267 (7.89%) Node.js
15 250 (7.39%) REST
16 222 (6.56%) ASP.NET Web API
17 156 (4.61%) ML.NET
18 129 (3.81%) WPF
19 119 (3.52%) LINQ
20 87 (2.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 227 (6.71%) Cloud Native
2 154 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
3 150 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
4 130 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
5 113 (3.34%) Product Ownership
6 97 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 89 (2.63%) Virtual Team
8 58 (1.71%) Mobile App
9 51 (1.51%) Algorithms
10 48 (1.42%) Hedge funds
10 48 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 41 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 36 (1.06%) AI Agents
13 34 (1.01%) Management Information System
14 32 (0.95%) Robotics
15 30 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 29 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
16 29 (0.86%) Legacy Code
17 24 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
17 24 (0.71%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 168 (4.97%) Windows
2 118 (3.49%) Linux
3 41 (1.21%) Android
4 36 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.27%) Unix
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.18%) VMS
8 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.030%) CentOS
10 1 (0.030%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,202 (35.53%) Agile
2 1,121 (33.14%) Software Engineering
3 934 (27.61%) Full-Stack Development
4 834 (24.65%) CI/CD
5 802 (23.71%) DevOps
6 582 (17.20%) Microservices
7 543 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
8 536 (15.84%) AI
9 461 (13.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 446 (13.18%) Mentoring
11 319 (9.43%) Test Automation
12 293 (8.66%) Computer Science
13 289 (8.54%) SDLC
14 276 (8.16%) Machine Learning
15 219 (6.47%) Scrum
15 219 (6.47%) Software Testing
16 216 (6.38%) OO
17 201 (5.94%) Multithreading
18 191 (5.65%) TDD
19 185 (5.47%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,234 (36.48%) SQL
2 811 (23.97%) JavaScript
3 564 (16.67%) Python
4 533 (15.76%) TypeScript
5 341 (10.08%) C++
6 300 (8.87%) Java
7 147 (4.35%) PowerShell
8 145 (4.29%) PHP
9 81 (2.39%) C
10 68 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.39%) Go
12 46 (1.36%) Bicep
13 44 (1.30%) VB.NET
14 35 (1.03%) Bash
15 34 (1.01%) VBA
16 25 (0.74%) Rust
17 22 (0.65%) Scala
18 21 (0.62%) Delphi
18 21 (0.62%) Ruby
19 18 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 417 (12.33%) Degree
2 200 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 145 (4.29%) Security Cleared
4 110 (3.25%) SC Cleared
5 40 (1.18%) Master's Degree
6 38 (1.12%) Azure Certification
7 28 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
9 19 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 19 (0.56%) PhD
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
11 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.12%) ISEB
15 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.089%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 315 (9.31%) QA
2 59 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 33 (0.98%) Data Quality
4 31 (0.92%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.35%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) SLA
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.15%) ISO 9001
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
11 3 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.089%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.089%) NIST
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 402 (11.88%) Docker
2 19 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.53%) Firmware
4 12 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.089%) vSphere
10 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 351 (10.38%) Kubernetes
2 165 (4.88%) Terraform
3 34 (1.01%) Grafana
4 19 (0.56%) Ansible
5 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.089%) Control-M
8 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.059%) MIIS
10 1 (0.030%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.030%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,102 (32.57%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.63%) Google
3 65 (1.92%) Facebook
4 51 (1.51%) Oracle
5 34 (1.01%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.68%) Adobe
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 19 (0.56%) Databricks
10 18 (0.53%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) Intapp
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) VMware
13 13 (0.38%) iManage
14 12 (0.35%) Foundry
14 12 (0.35%) SAP
14 12 (0.35%) Splunk
15 11 (0.33%) Aderant
15 11 (0.33%) IBM