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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 47 18
Rank change year-on-year -21 -29 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,474 2,334 7,942
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.68% 5.31% 8.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.30% 16.93% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,154 1,946 6,854
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,969 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.51%

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 16,168 13,788 32,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.53% 31.40% 33.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,126 9,557 24,856
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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 21 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 21 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 -15 2,295 £60,000 -7.69% 760
UK excluding London -20 1,729 £57,500 - 618
Work from Home -8 917 £57,500 -11.54% 414
London -20 609 £82,500 +10.00% 205
South East +9 544 £60,000 - 196
North of England +3 464 £60,000 +9.09% 177
Midlands -32 298 £60,000 +9.09% 74
North West +34 237 £60,000 +14.29% 102
East of England -15 185 £60,000 -9.37% 84
South West -9 175 £55,000 - 63
East Midlands +5 150 £55,000 - 41
West Midlands -57 148 £60,000 +9.09% 33
Yorkshire -22 139 £55,000 -8.33% 39
North East -15 88 £65,000 +13.04% 37
Scotland -40 34 £60,000 +20.00% 17
Wales -36 26 £50,000 -25.37% 11
Northern Ireland -32 8 £95,000 - 10

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 65 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.05%) IIS
3 25 (1.01%) CMS
4 12 (0.49%) 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 (0.081%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.081%) nginx
11 1 (0.040%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.040%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.040%) Appian
11 1 (0.040%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.040%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.081%) 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 (0.081%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.081%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.040%) Endur
5 1 (0.040%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.040%) Payment Gateway
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 1,127 (45.55%) Azure
2 400 (16.17%) AWS
3 271 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
4 220 (8.89%) Power Platform
5 210 (8.49%) SaaS
6 142 (5.74%) Azure Logic Apps
7 139 (5.62%) Serverless
8 110 (4.45%) PowerApps
9 109 (4.41%) GitHub
10 108 (4.37%) Power Automate
11 96 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
12 89 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
13 88 (3.56%) Azure Functions
14 73 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
15 63 (2.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 62 (2.51%) GCP
17 58 (2.34%) Azure AI
18 54 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
18 54 (2.18%) GitHub Copilot
19 50 (2.02%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.81%) Internet
2 15 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 14 (0.57%) Broadband
4 12 (0.49%) DNS
5 10 (0.40%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.32%) Firewall
7 6 (0.24%) HTTP
8 5 (0.20%) DHCP
8 5 (0.20%) LTE
9 4 (0.16%) Intranet
9 4 (0.16%) Modbus
10 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
10 3 (0.12%) Network Security
10 3 (0.12%) VPN
11 2 (0.081%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.081%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.081%) FIX Connectivity
11 2 (0.081%) RS-232
11 2 (0.081%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 453 (18.31%) SQL Server
2 203 (8.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 166 (6.71%) MongoDB
4 128 (5.17%) Power BI
5 70 (2.83%) NoSQL
6 60 (2.43%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.38%) MySQL
8 49 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
9 48 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (0.69%) Redis
13 11 (0.44%) DB2
13 11 (0.44%) Metadata
14 9 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.28%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.28%) GIS
16 6 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
17 4 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 177 (7.15%) Git
2 59 (2.38%) Selenium
3 58 (2.34%) JIRA
4 55 (2.22%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.70%) Postman
6 31 (1.25%) GitLab
7 30 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
8 28 (1.13%) WebDriver
9 27 (1.09%) SoapUI
10 23 (0.93%) SpecFlow
10 23 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
11 21 (0.85%) Jenkins
12 19 (0.77%) TeamCity
13 15 (0.61%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.53%) Cucumber
14 13 (0.53%) NUnit
15 9 (0.36%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.32%) Yeoman
17 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
17 7 (0.28%) MSTest
General
1 476 (19.24%) Finance
2 356 (14.39%) Social Skills
3 128 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (3.11%) Manufacturing
5 65 (2.63%) Public Sector
6 59 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (2.22%) Games
8 54 (2.18%) Banking
9 53 (2.14%) Retail
10 50 (2.02%) Electronics
10 50 (2.02%) Front Office
11 49 (1.98%) Law
12 39 (1.58%) Aerospace
13 32 (1.29%) Legal
14 31 (1.25%) Automotive
15 27 (1.09%) Advertising
16 25 (1.01%) Marketing
17 15 (0.61%) Aviation
17 15 (0.61%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,300 (52.55%) Developer
2 531 (21.46%) Senior
3 528 (21.34%) Software Engineer
4 434 (17.54%) .NET Developer
5 426 (17.22%) Software Developer
6 416 (16.81%) C# Developer
7 260 (10.51%) Lead
8 259 (10.47%) Senior Developer
9 255 (10.31%) C# Software Engineer
10 181 (7.32%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (7.11%) C# Software Developer
12 175 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
13 171 (6.91%) C# .NET Developer
14 156 (6.31%) .NET Software Engineer
15 121 (4.89%) Graduate
16 105 (4.24%) Lead Developer
17 104 (4.20%) Graduate Developer
18 97 (3.92%) .NET Software Developer
19 95 (3.84%) Graduate Software Developer
19 95 (3.84%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,565 (63.26%) .NET
2 488 (19.73%) .NET Core
3 384 (15.52%) ASP.NET
4 296 (11.96%) React
5 240 (9.70%) HTML
6 238 (9.62%) CSS
7 225 (9.09%) ASP.NET Core
8 189 (7.64%) .NET Framework
9 174 (7.03%) AngularJS
10 161 (6.51%) RESTful
11 154 (6.22%) REST
12 149 (6.02%) Vue
13 143 (5.78%) Entity Framework
14 138 (5.58%) Blazor
15 125 (5.05%) Node.js
16 90 (3.64%) ASP.NET Web API
17 80 (3.23%) WPF
18 53 (2.14%) jQuery
19 52 (2.10%) JSON
19 52 (2.10%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 151 (6.10%) Cloud Native
2 87 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 72 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 67 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 54 (2.18%) Hedge funds
8 48 (1.94%) Mobile App
9 46 (1.86%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.66%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.17%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
13 24 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 24 (0.97%) Legacy Code
14 23 (0.93%) Management Information System
14 23 (0.93%) Sports Betting
15 22 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
16 21 (0.85%) Onboarding
17 19 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
18 18 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 121 (4.89%) Windows
2 93 (3.76%) Linux
3 27 (1.09%) Android
4 20 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.57%) VMS
6 12 (0.49%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.081%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.081%) Solaris
9 2 (0.081%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 772 (31.20%) Software Engineering
2 725 (29.30%) Agile
3 568 (22.96%) Full-Stack Development
4 527 (21.30%) CI/CD
5 501 (20.25%) DevOps
6 332 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
7 305 (12.33%) Microservices
8 284 (11.48%) Mentoring
9 278 (11.24%) AI
10 264 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 261 (10.55%) Computer Science
12 228 (9.22%) Test Automation
13 202 (8.16%) SDLC
14 147 (5.94%) Scrum
15 141 (5.70%) Machine Learning
16 140 (5.66%) Containerisation
17 135 (5.46%) Business Intelligence
18 126 (5.09%) MVC
19 125 (5.05%) Infrastructure as Code
20 118 (4.77%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 793 (32.05%) SQL
2 511 (20.65%) JavaScript
3 415 (16.77%) Python
4 313 (12.65%) TypeScript
5 274 (11.08%) C++
6 266 (10.75%) Java
7 110 (4.45%) PHP
8 96 (3.88%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.51%) C
10 37 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.33%) Bicep
12 32 (1.29%) Bash
13 29 (1.17%) Go
14 26 (1.05%) VB.NET
15 22 (0.89%) VBA
16 21 (0.85%) Scala
17 19 (0.77%) F#
17 19 (0.77%) Rust
18 17 (0.69%) Haskell
19 16 (0.65%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 361 (14.59%) Degree
2 179 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (5.05%) Security Cleared
4 72 (2.91%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 42 (1.70%) Master's Degree
8 40 (1.62%) ISTQB
9 26 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 25 (1.01%) PhD
11 18 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 16 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.53%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.20%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (5.42%) QA
2 42 (1.70%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.77%) GDPR
5 14 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.53%) WCAG
7 12 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.44%) SLA
9 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
10 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 2 (0.081%) EMIR
11 2 (0.081%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.081%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.081%) ITGC
12 1 (0.040%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.040%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 234 (9.46%) Docker
2 24 (0.97%) Firmware
3 18 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.28%) KVM
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.081%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.081%) vSphere
8 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.040%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 199 (8.04%) Kubernetes
2 122 (4.93%) Terraform
3 36 (1.46%) Grafana
4 11 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.40%) Ansible
6 7 (0.28%) Kibana
7 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.081%) Control-M
8 2 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.081%) MIIS
8 2 (0.081%) MOM
8 2 (0.081%) Nmap
9 1 (0.040%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.040%) Nessus
9 1 (0.040%) Netcool
9 1 (0.040%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 577 (23.32%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.86%) Oracle
3 44 (1.78%) Google
4 25 (1.01%) Adobe
5 21 (0.85%) Facebook
6 17 (0.69%) OpenAI
7 15 (0.61%) VMware
8 12 (0.49%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.49%) Xamarin
9 11 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (0.44%) Databricks
9 11 (0.44%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.36%) iManage
11 8 (0.32%) Apple
11 8 (0.32%) Splunk
12 7 (0.28%) Intapp
13 6 (0.24%) Aderant
13 6 (0.24%) Sony
13 6 (0.24%) Yahoo!
13 6 (0.24%) YouTube