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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 47 18
Rank change year-on-year -18 -29 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,548 2,239 8,176
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.74% 5.12% 7.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.58% 16.32% 24.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,221 1,849 6,991
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,250 £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 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

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 16,354 13,721 33,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.57% 31.37% 32.46%
Number of salaries quoted 11,401 9,197 25,250
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 £98,750
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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2,386 £60,000 -7.69% 908
UK excluding London -19 1,810 £57,500 -2.54% 741
Work from Home -7 932 £57,500 -11.54% 528
London -17 611 £82,500 +6.45% 260
South East +9 555 £60,000 - 208
North of England +12 496 £60,000 +4.35% 207
Midlands -26 312 £59,000 +7.27% 95
North West +41 256 £60,000 +15.67% 125
East of England -12 199 £60,000 -9.37% 88
South West 0 192 £55,000 - 82
East Midlands +12 159 £55,000 - 47
West Midlands -53 153 £60,000 +9.09% 48
Yorkshire -14 141 £55,000 -19.71% 39
North East -8 99 £65,000 +13.04% 44
Scotland -37 26 £57,500 +6.98% 26
Wales -47 25 £50,000 -24.24% 16
Northern Ireland - 7 £80,000 - 32

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 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.06%) CMS
2 27 (1.06%) IIS
3 13 (0.51%) Confluence
4 12 (0.47%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.24%) WordPress
7 4 (0.16%) Apache
7 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.12%) JBoss
9 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.078%) nginx
10 1 (0.039%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.039%) Appian
10 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 31 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.27%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.12%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.078%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.078%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.078%) Shopify
4 2 (0.078%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.039%) Endur
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.039%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,176 (46.15%) Azure
2 414 (16.25%) AWS
3 295 (11.58%) Azure DevOps
4 227 (8.91%) Power Platform
5 209 (8.20%) SaaS
6 146 (5.73%) Serverless
7 145 (5.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 126 (4.95%) GitHub
9 113 (4.43%) Power Automate
9 113 (4.43%) PowerApps
10 105 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
11 94 (3.69%) Azure Functions
12 87 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
13 76 (2.98%) Azure Service Bus
14 69 (2.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 67 (2.63%) Azure AI
16 65 (2.55%) GitHub Copilot
17 63 (2.47%) GCP
18 54 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
19 52 (2.04%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (0.98%) Internet
2 17 (0.67%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.59%) Broadband
4 13 (0.51%) DNS
5 10 (0.39%) Ethernet
5 10 (0.39%) Firewall
6 7 (0.27%) DHCP
6 7 (0.27%) HTTP
7 5 (0.20%) LTE
8 4 (0.16%) Intranet
8 4 (0.16%) LAN
8 4 (0.16%) Modbus
8 4 (0.16%) WAN
9 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.12%) Network Security
9 3 (0.12%) RS-232
9 3 (0.12%) VPN
10 2 (0.078%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.078%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 471 (18.49%) SQL Server
2 232 (9.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 192 (7.54%) MongoDB
4 132 (5.18%) Power BI
5 74 (2.90%) NoSQL
6 59 (2.32%) Relational Database
7 58 (2.28%) Elasticsearch
7 58 (2.28%) MySQL
8 49 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
9 33 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 33 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 15 (0.59%) Redis
11 11 (0.43%) DB2
11 11 (0.43%) Metadata
12 8 (0.31%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.31%) GIS
13 7 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 180 (7.06%) Git
2 56 (2.20%) JIRA
3 54 (2.12%) Selenium
4 49 (1.92%) Visual Studio
5 39 (1.53%) Postman
6 32 (1.26%) GitLab
7 25 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (0.94%) WebDriver
9 23 (0.90%) SoapUI
9 23 (0.90%) SpecFlow
9 23 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
10 20 (0.78%) Jenkins
11 18 (0.71%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.55%) Cucumber
12 14 (0.55%) Cypress.io
13 12 (0.47%) NUnit
14 10 (0.39%) LabVIEW
15 8 (0.31%) Claude Code
15 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 8 (0.31%) Yeoman
General
1 469 (18.41%) Finance
2 373 (14.64%) Social Skills
3 135 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (3.53%) Manufacturing
5 63 (2.47%) Public Sector
6 58 (2.28%) Games
6 58 (2.28%) Retail
7 57 (2.24%) Electronics
7 57 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (2.16%) Banking
9 48 (1.88%) Law
10 46 (1.81%) Aerospace
10 46 (1.81%) Front Office
11 33 (1.30%) Automotive
11 33 (1.30%) Legal
12 32 (1.26%) Advertising
13 27 (1.06%) Marketing
14 15 (0.59%) Aviation
14 15 (0.59%) Investment Banking
15 12 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,334 (52.35%) Developer
2 553 (21.70%) Software Engineer
3 547 (21.47%) Senior
4 474 (18.60%) .NET Developer
5 423 (16.60%) Software Developer
6 389 (15.27%) C# Developer
7 270 (10.60%) C# Software Engineer
8 264 (10.36%) Lead
9 259 (10.16%) Senior Developer
10 198 (7.77%) Senior Software Engineer
11 175 (6.87%) Full-Stack Developer
12 166 (6.51%) C# .NET Developer
13 165 (6.48%) C# Software Developer
14 154 (6.04%) .NET Software Engineer
15 112 (4.40%) Graduate
16 110 (4.32%) Lead Developer
17 96 (3.77%) .NET Software Developer
17 96 (3.77%) Graduate Developer
18 94 (3.69%) Azure Developer
19 93 (3.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,624 (63.74%) .NET
2 514 (20.17%) .NET Core
3 422 (16.56%) ASP.NET
4 319 (12.52%) React
5 267 (10.48%) ASP.NET Core
6 260 (10.20%) CSS
7 257 (10.09%) HTML
8 195 (7.65%) AngularJS
9 190 (7.46%) .NET Framework
10 172 (6.75%) RESTful
11 168 (6.59%) Vue
12 166 (6.51%) REST
13 159 (6.24%) Entity Framework
14 156 (6.12%) Blazor
15 135 (5.30%) Node.js
16 105 (4.12%) ASP.NET Web API
17 89 (3.49%) WPF
18 59 (2.32%) ML.NET
19 56 (2.20%) JSON
20 55 (2.16%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 152 (5.97%) Cloud Native
2 95 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
3 89 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
4 80 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 74 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
6 65 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
7 53 (2.08%) Hedge funds
8 51 (2.00%) Mobile App
9 45 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 40 (1.57%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.14%) Virtual Team
12 28 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 24 (0.94%) Management Information System
15 23 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
15 23 (0.90%) Legacy Code
15 23 (0.90%) Onboarding
16 22 (0.86%) Sports Betting
17 21 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
18 19 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 127 (4.98%) Windows
2 95 (3.73%) Linux
3 34 (1.33%) Android
4 24 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.51%) VMS
7 11 (0.43%) Unix
8 6 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.078%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.078%) Solaris
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 751 (29.47%) Agile
3 609 (23.90%) Full-Stack Development
4 552 (21.66%) CI/CD
5 528 (20.72%) DevOps
6 358 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
7 320 (12.56%) Microservices
8 315 (12.36%) AI
9 294 (11.54%) Mentoring
10 274 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 255 (10.01%) Computer Science
12 233 (9.14%) Test Automation
13 209 (8.20%) SDLC
14 158 (6.20%) Machine Learning
15 151 (5.93%) Scrum
16 146 (5.73%) Business Intelligence
17 145 (5.69%) Containerisation
18 129 (5.06%) Infrastructure as Code
19 128 (5.02%) TDD
20 126 (4.95%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 828 (32.50%) SQL
2 532 (20.88%) JavaScript
3 430 (16.88%) Python
4 325 (12.76%) TypeScript
5 296 (11.62%) C++
6 264 (10.36%) Java
7 98 (3.85%) PHP
8 95 (3.73%) PowerShell
9 66 (2.59%) C
10 44 (1.73%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.37%) Bicep
12 33 (1.30%) Bash
13 32 (1.26%) Go
14 30 (1.18%) VB.NET
15 23 (0.90%) VBA
16 20 (0.78%) Rust
16 20 (0.78%) Scala
17 17 (0.67%) F#
18 16 (0.63%) Haskell
18 16 (0.63%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 376 (14.76%) Degree
2 183 (7.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (4.91%) Security Cleared
4 76 (2.98%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.77%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 40 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (1.37%) ISTQB
9 27 (1.06%) PhD
10 25 (0.98%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 15 (0.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 12 (0.47%) DV Cleared
14 11 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
15 9 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
18 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
18 6 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (5.53%) QA
2 40 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 23 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.75%) GDPR
5 14 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.47%) SLA
8 11 (0.43%) WCAG
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 (0.078%) EMIR
12 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.078%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.078%) ITGC
13 1 (0.039%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 246 (9.65%) Docker
2 29 (1.14%) Firmware
3 20 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.24%) KVM
7 4 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.078%) vSphere
10 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 212 (8.32%) Kubernetes
2 125 (4.91%) Terraform
3 35 (1.37%) Grafana
4 12 (0.47%) Ansible
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.27%) Kibana
7 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.078%) Control-M
8 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.078%) MIIS
8 2 (0.078%) MOM
8 2 (0.078%) Nmap
8 2 (0.078%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.039%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.039%) Nessus
9 1 (0.039%) Netcool
Vendors
1 622 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 48 (1.88%) Google
3 46 (1.81%) Oracle
4 26 (1.02%) Facebook
5 23 (0.90%) Adobe
6 20 (0.78%) OpenAI
7 16 (0.63%) Salesforce
7 16 (0.63%) VMware
8 14 (0.55%) Xamarin
9 13 (0.51%) Databricks
10 11 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.35%) Apple
12 9 (0.35%) iManage
12 9 (0.35%) Splunk
13 8 (0.31%) YouTube
14 7 (0.27%) Intapp
14 7 (0.27%) Sony
14 7 (0.27%) Yahoo!
15 6 (0.24%) Dynatrace