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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 27 16
Rank change year-on-year -45 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,877 3,483 6,794
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.84% 7.01% 9.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.14% 20.53% 24.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,303 6,150
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 12,395 16,965 27,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.75% 34.16% 37.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8,902 10,098 22,777
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,789 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,438 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

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 February 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 February 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 -42 1,719 £60,000 -7.69% 824
UK excluding London -51 1,257 £55,000 -4.35% 727
Work from Home -29 781 £60,000 -7.34% 509
London -21 505 £80,000 +6.67% 236
North of England -37 361 £62,500 +13.64% 199
South East -44 357 £55,000 -12.00% 231
Midlands -37 260 £52,500 -4.55% 106
North West -19 176 £62,500 +19.05% 121
East Midlands -22 131 £52,500 -4.55% 56
West Midlands -48 129 £50,000 -9.09% 50
South West -42 121 £55,000 - 66
Yorkshire -39 119 £60,750 +21.50% 48
East of England -65 93 £55,000 -16.93% 60
North East -12 66 £70,000 +14.29% 32
Scotland -78 44 £60,000 +33.33% 48
Wales -34 20 £45,000 -25.00% 24
Northern Ireland -23 9 £95,000 +61.70% 8
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 40 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.02%) IIS
3 18 (0.96%) CMS
4 11 (0.59%) Kinematics
5 9 (0.48%) Confluence
6 6 (0.32%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.053%) Kentico
Applications
1 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.21%) Simulink
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.053%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.053%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.053%) Endur
5 1 (0.053%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.053%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 895 (47.68%) Azure
2 350 (18.65%) AWS
3 239 (12.73%) Azure DevOps
4 211 (11.24%) SaaS
5 182 (9.70%) Power Platform
6 129 (6.87%) Serverless
7 106 (5.65%) Power Automate
8 97 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
9 92 (4.90%) PowerApps
10 91 (4.85%) GCP
11 85 (4.53%) Azure Logic Apps
12 74 (3.94%) GitHub
13 73 (3.89%) Azure Functions
14 52 (2.77%) Azure Service Bus
15 51 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
16 41 (2.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 36 (1.92%) Entra ID
18 31 (1.65%) Azure AKS
19 30 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
20 27 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 33 (1.76%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.69%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.32%) DNS
3 6 (0.32%) HTTP
3 6 (0.32%) Internet
4 5 (0.27%) DHCP
5 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.21%) Firewall
5 4 (0.21%) SAN
6 3 (0.16%) Intranet
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) Broadband
7 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.11%) NAS
7 2 (0.11%) VLAN
8 1 (0.053%) IPv6
8 1 (0.053%) SSL
8 1 (0.053%) VPN
8 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 369 (19.66%) SQL Server
2 90 (4.79%) Power BI
3 83 (4.42%) Relational Database
4 68 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 68 (3.62%) NoSQL
5 66 (3.52%) MongoDB
5 66 (3.52%) MySQL
6 43 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 36 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 24 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
11 19 (1.01%) Redis
12 11 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 7 (0.37%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.27%) Big Data
14 5 (0.27%) GIS
14 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
14 5 (0.27%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 130 (6.93%) Git
2 73 (3.89%) Selenium
3 70 (3.73%) Visual Studio
4 68 (3.62%) JIRA
5 48 (2.56%) Postman
6 37 (1.97%) WebDriver
7 36 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
8 31 (1.65%) Jenkins
9 30 (1.60%) SoapUI
10 22 (1.17%) SpecFlow
11 17 (0.91%) Cypress.io
12 15 (0.80%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.69%) GitLab
13 13 (0.69%) NUnit
14 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.48%) LabVIEW
15 9 (0.48%) REST Assured
16 7 (0.37%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.37%) JMeter
16 7 (0.37%) PowerBuilder
General
1 446 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 333 (17.74%) Finance
3 117 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (4.26%) Law
5 74 (3.94%) Public Sector
6 59 (3.14%) Retail
7 54 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (2.88%) Manufacturing
8 46 (2.45%) Front Office
9 45 (2.40%) Banking
10 39 (2.08%) Electronics
11 30 (1.60%) Games
11 30 (1.60%) Legal
11 30 (1.60%) Marketing
12 17 (0.91%) Aerospace
12 17 (0.91%) Military
13 16 (0.85%) Aviation
13 16 (0.85%) Telecoms
14 15 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.69%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 919 (48.96%) Developer
2 418 (22.27%) Senior
3 316 (16.84%) Software Engineer
4 264 (14.06%) Software Developer
5 262 (13.96%) C# Developer
6 242 (12.89%) .NET Developer
7 214 (11.40%) Senior Developer
8 203 (10.82%) Lead
9 149 (7.94%) Full-Stack Developer
10 106 (5.65%) C# Software Engineer
11 101 (5.38%) Senior Software Engineer
12 90 (4.79%) .NET Software Engineer
13 87 (4.64%) C# .NET Developer
14 74 (3.94%) C# Software Developer
15 68 (3.62%) Lead Developer
16 67 (3.57%) Architect
17 66 (3.52%) Analyst
18 63 (3.36%) Support Engineer
19 62 (3.30%) Graduate
19 62 (3.30%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,149 (61.21%) .NET
2 330 (17.58%) .NET Core
3 275 (14.65%) React
4 241 (12.84%) ASP.NET
5 192 (10.23%) .NET Framework
5 192 (10.23%) HTML
6 175 (9.32%) CSS
7 172 (9.16%) AngularJS
8 137 (7.30%) REST
9 102 (5.43%) RESTful
10 95 (5.06%) Entity Framework
11 80 (4.26%) Vue
12 71 (3.78%) Blazor
13 66 (3.52%) ASP.NET MVC
14 57 (3.04%) ASP.NET Core
15 56 (2.98%) ASP.NET Web API
15 56 (2.98%) Node.js
16 47 (2.50%) WPF
17 46 (2.45%) SOAP
18 42 (2.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.39%) Cloud Native
2 76 (4.05%) Onboarding
3 71 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 68 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
6 49 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
7 43 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (1.97%) Low-Code
9 34 (1.81%) Algorithms
10 32 (1.70%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
11 25 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 22 (1.17%) Hedge funds
13 18 (0.96%) Client/Server
13 18 (0.96%) Derivative
13 18 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 17 (0.91%) Robotics
15 15 (0.80%) AI Agents
15 15 (0.80%) Virtual Team
16 14 (0.75%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 95 (5.06%) Windows
2 70 (3.73%) Linux
3 23 (1.23%) Android
4 16 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.80%) Unix
6 11 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.37%) VMS
8 4 (0.21%) Solaris
9 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
10 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.053%) AIX
11 1 (0.053%) Fedora
11 1 (0.053%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (32.02%) Agile
2 581 (30.95%) Software Engineering
3 452 (24.08%) DevOps
4 423 (22.54%) CI/CD
5 387 (20.62%) Full-Stack Development
6 380 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
7 293 (15.61%) Mentoring
8 284 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 278 (14.81%) Microservices
10 199 (10.60%) Computer Science
11 158 (8.42%) Test Automation
12 156 (8.31%) AI
13 155 (8.26%) SDLC
14 147 (7.83%) Scrum
15 140 (7.46%) MVC
16 120 (6.39%) Containerisation
17 116 (6.18%) CRM
18 114 (6.07%) Migration
19 110 (5.86%) OO
20 105 (5.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 623 (33.19%) SQL
2 453 (24.13%) JavaScript
3 319 (17.00%) Python
4 242 (12.89%) Java
5 234 (12.47%) TypeScript
6 160 (8.52%) C++
7 102 (5.43%) PowerShell
8 71 (3.78%) PHP
9 57 (3.04%) C
10 44 (2.34%) T-SQL
11 28 (1.49%) VB.NET
12 24 (1.28%) Bash
13 22 (1.17%) Go
14 20 (1.07%) Rust
15 19 (1.01%) Bicep
16 16 (0.85%) Delphi
17 14 (0.75%) VBA
18 11 (0.59%) Kotlin
18 11 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
19 10 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 287 (15.29%) Degree
2 140 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 129 (6.87%) Security Cleared
4 76 (4.05%) SC Cleared
5 65 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (2.82%) Azure Certification
7 46 (2.45%) ISTQB
8 39 (2.08%) AWS Certification
9 35 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 29 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 27 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 25 (1.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 21 (1.12%) DV Cleared
14 20 (1.07%) PhD
15 16 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.43%) ISEB
18 7 (0.37%) CREST Certified
19 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
20 5 (0.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (9.43%) QA
2 38 (2.02%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.07%) GDPR
4 17 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.64%) WCAG
6 11 (0.59%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.21%) SEPA
8 4 (0.21%) SLA
9 2 (0.11%) EMIR
9 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.053%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.053%) HL7
10 1 (0.053%) IFRS
10 1 (0.053%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.053%) ITGC
10 1 (0.053%) SOC 2
System Software
1 165 (8.79%) Docker
2 23 (1.23%) Firmware
3 21 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.053%) HDFS
8 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.053%) Squid
Systems Management
1 144 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 94 (5.01%) Terraform
3 26 (1.39%) Grafana
4 14 (0.75%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.11%) MOM
8 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.053%) Nessus
9 1 (0.053%) WMI
Vendors
1 414 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 50 (2.66%) Oracle
3 33 (1.76%) Google
4 21 (1.12%) Xamarin
5 18 (0.96%) Guidewire
6 17 (0.91%) SAP
7 13 (0.69%) Palantir
8 12 (0.64%) Sage
9 11 (0.59%) Databricks
10 10 (0.53%) VMware
11 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
12 8 (0.43%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.37%) Adobe
13 7 (0.37%) IBM
13 7 (0.37%) Infor
13 7 (0.37%) OpenAI
14 6 (0.32%) DevExpress
14 6 (0.32%) Epicor
14 6 (0.32%) Salesforce