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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 49 18
Rank change year-on-year -20 -31 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,489 2,152 8,000
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.68% 5.02% 8.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.37% 16.13% 24.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,169 1,766 6,900
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,899 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -2.65%

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 16,197 13,343 32,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.46% 31.13% 33.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11,223 8,996 24,966
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -14 2,315 £60,000 -7.69% 704
UK excluding London -16 1,744 £57,500 -4.17% 599
Work from Home -5 916 £57,500 -11.54% 394
London -13 610 £82,500 +6.45% 184
South East +11 547 £60,000 - 179
North of England +13 470 £60,000 +7.14% 166
Midlands -27 303 £60,000 +9.09% 74
North West +42 241 £60,000 +17.90% 100
East of England -14 188 £60,000 -9.37% 75
South West -5 178 £55,000 - 66
West Midlands -46 152 £60,000 +9.09% 35
East Midlands +5 151 £55,000 - 39
Yorkshire -18 139 £56,250 -16.97% 30
North East -10 90 £65,000 +13.04% 37
Scotland -39 31 £60,000 +20.00% 15
Wales -41 25 £50,000 -29.58% 11
Northern Ireland -33 7 £80,000 - 24

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 66 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.12%) IIS
3 25 (1.00%) CMS
4 12 (0.48%) Confluence
5 11 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.20%) WordPress
8 4 (0.16%) Apache
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.080%) nginx
11 1 (0.040%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.040%) Appian
11 1 (0.040%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.040%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.080%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.040%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.040%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.080%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.080%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.080%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.040%) Endur
5 1 (0.040%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.040%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.040%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.040%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.040%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,131 (45.44%) Azure
2 405 (16.27%) AWS
3 272 (10.93%) Azure DevOps
4 223 (8.96%) Power Platform
5 210 (8.44%) SaaS
6 144 (5.79%) Serverless
7 143 (5.75%) Azure Logic Apps
8 113 (4.54%) GitHub
9 110 (4.42%) PowerApps
10 108 (4.34%) Power Automate
11 98 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
12 90 (3.62%) Azure Functions
13 87 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
14 72 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
15 63 (2.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 63 (2.53%) GCP
16 57 (2.29%) Azure AI
17 56 (2.25%) GitHub Copilot
18 53 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
19 51 (2.05%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (0.84%) Internet
2 15 (0.60%) Broadband
2 15 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.44%) DNS
4 10 (0.40%) Ethernet
5 8 (0.32%) Firewall
6 6 (0.24%) HTTP
7 5 (0.20%) DHCP
7 5 (0.20%) LTE
8 4 (0.16%) Intranet
8 4 (0.16%) Modbus
9 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.12%) Network Security
9 3 (0.12%) VPN
10 2 (0.080%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.080%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.080%) LAN
10 2 (0.080%) SSL
10 2 (0.080%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 459 (18.44%) SQL Server
2 202 (8.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 168 (6.75%) MongoDB
4 130 (5.22%) Power BI
5 71 (2.85%) NoSQL
6 61 (2.45%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.37%) MySQL
8 48 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
8 48 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
9 34 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 33 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (0.68%) Redis
12 11 (0.44%) DB2
12 11 (0.44%) Metadata
13 8 (0.32%) GIS
14 7 (0.28%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
16 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
17 4 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 181 (7.27%) Git
2 58 (2.33%) JIRA
3 57 (2.29%) Selenium
4 53 (2.13%) Visual Studio
5 43 (1.73%) Postman
6 32 (1.29%) GitLab
7 30 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.08%) SoapUI
8 27 (1.08%) WebDriver
9 23 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
10 22 (0.88%) SpecFlow
11 21 (0.84%) Jenkins
12 19 (0.76%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.56%) Cucumber
13 14 (0.56%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.52%) NUnit
15 9 (0.36%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 8 (0.32%) Yeoman
17 7 (0.28%) MSTest
General
1 475 (19.08%) Finance
2 361 (14.50%) Social Skills
3 130 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (3.25%) Manufacturing
5 64 (2.57%) Public Sector
6 57 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (2.21%) Retail
8 54 (2.17%) Banking
9 53 (2.13%) Games
10 52 (2.09%) Electronics
11 49 (1.97%) Front Office
12 48 (1.93%) Law
13 39 (1.57%) Aerospace
14 31 (1.25%) Automotive
14 31 (1.25%) Legal
15 27 (1.08%) Advertising
16 24 (0.96%) Marketing
17 15 (0.60%) Aviation
17 15 (0.60%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.48%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,299 (52.19%) Developer
2 539 (21.66%) Software Engineer
3 533 (21.41%) Senior
4 434 (17.44%) .NET Developer
5 428 (17.20%) Software Developer
6 407 (16.35%) C# Developer
7 263 (10.57%) C# Software Engineer
8 262 (10.53%) Lead
9 257 (10.33%) Senior Developer
10 186 (7.47%) Senior Software Engineer
11 175 (7.03%) C# Software Developer
11 175 (7.03%) Full-Stack Developer
12 170 (6.83%) C# .NET Developer
13 158 (6.35%) .NET Software Engineer
14 121 (4.86%) Graduate
15 104 (4.18%) Graduate Developer
15 104 (4.18%) Lead Developer
16 96 (3.86%) .NET Software Developer
16 96 (3.86%) SQL Developer
17 95 (3.82%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,575 (63.28%) .NET
2 487 (19.57%) .NET Core
3 389 (15.63%) ASP.NET
4 298 (11.97%) React
5 241 (9.68%) HTML
6 240 (9.64%) CSS
7 229 (9.20%) ASP.NET Core
8 189 (7.59%) .NET Framework
9 176 (7.07%) AngularJS
10 160 (6.43%) RESTful
11 154 (6.19%) REST
12 151 (6.07%) Vue
13 146 (5.87%) Entity Framework
14 143 (5.75%) Blazor
15 125 (5.02%) Node.js
16 92 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
17 82 (3.29%) WPF
18 54 (2.17%) jQuery
18 54 (2.17%) JSON
19 52 (2.09%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 151 (6.07%) Cloud Native
2 88 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
4 73 (2.93%) Product Ownership
5 70 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 55 (2.21%) Hedge funds
8 48 (1.93%) Mobile App
9 44 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 40 (1.61%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.17%) Virtual Team
12 23 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 23 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
12 23 (0.92%) Management Information System
12 23 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (0.92%) Sports Betting
13 22 (0.88%) Legacy Code
13 22 (0.88%) Onboarding
14 20 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 123 (4.94%) Windows
2 95 (3.82%) Linux
3 30 (1.21%) Android
4 20 (0.80%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.52%) VMS
7 12 (0.48%) Unix
8 5 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.080%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.080%) Solaris
11 2 (0.080%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 777 (31.22%) Software Engineering
2 730 (29.33%) Agile
3 572 (22.98%) Full-Stack Development
4 531 (21.33%) CI/CD
5 507 (20.37%) DevOps
6 341 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
7 306 (12.29%) Microservices
8 287 (11.53%) Mentoring
9 281 (11.29%) AI
10 267 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 262 (10.53%) Computer Science
12 228 (9.16%) Test Automation
13 204 (8.20%) SDLC
14 147 (5.91%) Scrum
15 141 (5.66%) Containerisation
15 141 (5.66%) Machine Learning
16 138 (5.54%) Business Intelligence
17 126 (5.06%) Infrastructure as Code
17 126 (5.06%) MVC
18 120 (4.82%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 793 (31.86%) SQL
2 510 (20.49%) JavaScript
3 418 (16.79%) Python
4 312 (12.54%) TypeScript
5 280 (11.25%) C++
6 267 (10.73%) Java
7 108 (4.34%) PHP
8 95 (3.82%) PowerShell
9 64 (2.57%) C
10 36 (1.45%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.37%) Bash
12 33 (1.33%) Bicep
13 30 (1.21%) Go
14 28 (1.12%) VB.NET
15 23 (0.92%) VBA
16 21 (0.84%) Scala
17 20 (0.80%) Rust
18 19 (0.76%) F#
19 17 (0.68%) Haskell
20 16 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 369 (14.83%) Degree
2 180 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (5.02%) Security Cleared
4 72 (2.89%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
7 42 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 39 (1.57%) ISTQB
9 27 (1.08%) AWS Certification
10 24 (0.96%) PhD
11 18 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 17 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.52%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
16 6 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (5.42%) QA
2 43 (1.73%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 18 (0.72%) GDPR
5 14 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.48%) WCAG
8 11 (0.44%) SLA
9 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.080%) EMIR
12 2 (0.080%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.080%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.080%) ITGC
13 1 (0.040%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.040%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 236 (9.48%) Docker
2 25 (1.00%) Firmware
3 18 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (0.28%) KVM
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.080%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.080%) vSphere
9 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 200 (8.04%) Kubernetes
2 124 (4.98%) Terraform
3 37 (1.49%) Grafana
4 11 (0.44%) Ansible
4 11 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.28%) Kibana
6 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.080%) Control-M
7 2 (0.080%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.080%) MIIS
7 2 (0.080%) MOM
7 2 (0.080%) Nmap
7 2 (0.080%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.040%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.040%) Nessus
8 1 (0.040%) Netcool
Vendors
1 576 (23.14%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.85%) Google
2 46 (1.85%) Oracle
3 24 (0.96%) Adobe
4 22 (0.88%) Facebook
5 17 (0.68%) OpenAI
6 15 (0.60%) VMware
7 14 (0.56%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.48%) Xamarin
9 11 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (0.44%) Databricks
9 11 (0.44%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.36%) iManage
10 9 (0.36%) Splunk
11 8 (0.32%) Apple
12 7 (0.28%) Intapp
13 6 (0.24%) Aderant
13 6 (0.24%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.24%) Sony
13 6 (0.24%) YouTube