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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 56 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -34 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,326 2,202 5,882
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.21% 4.44% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.16% 15.52% 23.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,856 1,825 4,665
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 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -7.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,625 £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 18,318 14,191 25,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.68% 28.61% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 12,989 9,351 18,093
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,486 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 4 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 4 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 3,031 £60,000 -6.61% 966
UK excluding London +12 2,532 £57,500 - 683
Work from Home +6 1,505 £55,000 -12.00% 544
South East +17 728 £60,000 - 228
London -20 666 £82,500 +3.13% 384
North of England +36 626 £56,500 -5.68% 168
Midlands -8 402 £57,500 +4.55% 98
North West +42 299 £55,000 -4.35% 88
South West +29 295 £53,500 -0.93% 69
East of England +20 295 £60,000 - 76
West Midlands -17 214 £60,000 +4.35% 46
East Midlands +18 188 £55,000 - 51
Yorkshire +16 179 £55,000 -15.38% 43
North East -5 148 £60,000 +4.35% 38
Northern Ireland +7 110 £50,000 -37.50% 20
Wales -43 45 £51,619 -1.68% 15
Scotland -16 33 £50,000 -22.48% 22

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 97 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.02%) IIS
3 33 (0.99%) CMS
4 23 (0.69%) Confluence
5 15 (0.45%) 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 (0.090%) DNN
12 3 (0.090%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.090%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.090%) Kentico
12 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 45 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Simulink
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.090%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.090%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 48 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.24%) Elite 3E
3 7 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.090%) Magento
6 3 (0.090%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.090%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.060%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.060%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.060%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.060%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.030%) Eikon
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.030%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.030%) RMDS
8 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,654 (49.73%) Azure
2 556 (16.72%) AWS
3 446 (13.41%) Azure DevOps
4 315 (9.47%) Power Platform
5 261 (7.85%) SaaS
6 242 (7.28%) GitHub
7 188 (5.65%) Azure AI
7 188 (5.65%) Power Automate
8 169 (5.08%) PowerApps
9 164 (4.93%) Serverless
10 161 (4.84%) GitHub Copilot
11 158 (4.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 147 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
13 132 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
14 121 (3.64%) Azure Service Bus
15 107 (3.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 101 (3.04%) Azure Functions
17 81 (2.44%) GCP
18 56 (1.68%) Azure AKS
19 52 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.86%) Internet
2 18 (0.54%) Broadband
2 18 (0.54%) DNS
3 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.39%) HTTP
5 10 (0.30%) Firewall
6 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.24%) VPN
7 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.18%) BGP
8 6 (0.18%) DHCP
8 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 5 (0.15%) LAN
9 5 (0.15%) SNMP
9 5 (0.15%) WAN
10 4 (0.12%) Intranet
10 4 (0.12%) Modbus
10 4 (0.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.090%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.090%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 576 (17.32%) SQL Server
2 514 (15.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 454 (13.65%) MongoDB
4 169 (5.08%) Power BI
5 164 (4.93%) Elasticsearch
6 87 (2.62%) NoSQL
7 86 (2.59%) MySQL
8 74 (2.22%) Relational Database
9 64 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
10 45 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 43 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
13 28 (0.84%) Redis
14 15 (0.45%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.39%) Db2
15 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
16 12 (0.36%) Metadata
17 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
17 11 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 255 (7.67%) Git
2 73 (2.19%) JIRA
3 45 (1.35%) Selenium
4 42 (1.26%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.02%) GitLab
6 26 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
7 24 (0.72%) Jenkins
8 22 (0.66%) TeamCity
9 21 (0.63%) Postman
10 20 (0.60%) NUnit
11 19 (0.57%) SpecFlow
12 16 (0.48%) Claude Code
13 15 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (0.24%) Jasmine
15 8 (0.24%) Yeoman
16 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
16 7 (0.21%) Moq
16 7 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 534 (16.06%) Finance
2 530 (15.94%) Social Skills
3 175 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 160 (4.81%) Legal
5 116 (3.49%) Law
5 116 (3.49%) Manufacturing
6 89 (2.68%) Games
7 80 (2.41%) Retail
8 78 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 78 (2.35%) Public Sector
9 72 (2.16%) Advertising
10 68 (2.04%) Marketing
11 58 (1.74%) Electronics
12 55 (1.65%) Aerospace
12 55 (1.65%) Banking
13 46 (1.38%) Front Office
14 39 (1.17%) Legal Technology
15 36 (1.08%) Automotive
16 24 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,793 (53.91%) Developer
2 800 (24.05%) .NET Developer
3 741 (22.28%) Senior
4 714 (21.47%) Software Engineer
5 426 (12.81%) Software Developer
6 392 (11.79%) C# Developer
7 358 (10.76%) Senior Developer
8 334 (10.04%) Lead
9 319 (9.59%) C# Software Engineer
10 245 (7.37%) Senior Software Engineer
11 179 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
12 170 (5.11%) C# Software Developer
13 164 (4.93%) C# .NET Developer
14 159 (4.78%) Graduate
15 150 (4.51%) .NET Software Engineer
16 147 (4.42%) Lead Developer
17 110 (3.31%) Architect
17 110 (3.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 106 (3.19%) Graduate Developer
19 104 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,141 (64.37%) .NET
2 772 (23.21%) .NET Core
3 764 (22.97%) ASP.NET
4 593 (17.83%) ASP.NET Core
5 478 (14.37%) React
6 390 (11.73%) CSS
7 380 (11.43%) HTML
8 326 (9.80%) AngularJS
9 313 (9.41%) RESTful
10 304 (9.14%) Blazor
11 291 (8.75%) Vue
12 287 (8.63%) Entity Framework
13 262 (7.88%) Node.js
14 257 (7.73%) .NET Framework
15 246 (7.40%) REST
16 221 (6.64%) ASP.NET Web API
17 156 (4.69%) ML.NET
18 124 (3.73%) WPF
19 119 (3.58%) LINQ
20 90 (2.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 220 (6.61%) Cloud Native
2 152 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
3 141 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
4 126 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
5 102 (3.07%) Product Ownership
6 91 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
7 85 (2.56%) Virtual Team
8 58 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 50 (1.50%) Hedge funds
10 49 (1.47%) Algorithms
10 49 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
12 35 (1.05%) Management Information System
13 33 (0.99%) AI Agents
14 31 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 30 (0.90%) Robotics
16 28 (0.84%) Legacy Code
17 27 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
18 26 (0.78%) Low-Code
19 23 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 165 (4.96%) Windows
2 112 (3.37%) Linux
3 44 (1.32%) Android
4 37 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.24%) Unix
6 8 (0.24%) VMS
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.090%) 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 1,168 (35.12%) Agile
2 1,080 (32.47%) Software Engineering
3 926 (27.84%) Full-Stack Development
4 809 (24.32%) CI/CD
5 779 (23.42%) DevOps
6 564 (16.96%) Microservices
7 522 (15.69%) AI
8 520 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
9 441 (13.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 420 (12.63%) Mentoring
11 313 (9.41%) Test Automation
12 288 (8.66%) Computer Science
13 273 (8.21%) SDLC
14 269 (8.09%) Machine Learning
15 209 (6.28%) Software Testing
16 208 (6.25%) Scrum
17 201 (6.04%) Multithreading
17 201 (6.04%) OO
18 192 (5.77%) TDD
19 179 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,227 (36.89%) SQL
2 792 (23.81%) JavaScript
3 548 (16.48%) Python
4 526 (15.81%) TypeScript
5 340 (10.22%) C++
6 286 (8.60%) Java
7 146 (4.39%) PowerShell
8 144 (4.33%) PHP
9 76 (2.29%) C
10 67 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.41%) Bicep
12 46 (1.38%) VB.NET
13 42 (1.26%) Go
14 33 (0.99%) Bash
14 33 (0.99%) VBA
15 24 (0.72%) Rust
16 21 (0.63%) Scala
17 20 (0.60%) Delphi
18 18 (0.54%) F#
19 17 (0.51%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 407 (12.24%) Degree
2 198 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 130 (3.91%) Security Cleared
4 96 (2.89%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 37 (1.11%) Azure Certification
7 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (0.66%) PhD
9 19 (0.57%) ISTQB
10 18 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 15 (0.45%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.12%) ISEB
18 3 (0.090%) GPEN
18 3 (0.090%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (8.93%) QA
2 56 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 31 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 28 (0.84%) GDPR
5 20 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.36%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) SLA
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
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 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.090%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.090%) PSD2
12 2 (0.060%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.060%) NIST
13 1 (0.030%) EMIR
System Software
1 387 (11.64%) Docker
2 21 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.63%) Firmware
3 13 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.15%) KVM
8 3 (0.090%) vSphere
9 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 345 (10.37%) Kubernetes
2 158 (4.75%) Terraform
3 34 (1.02%) Grafana
4 18 (0.54%) Ansible
5 16 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.090%) Control-M
9 3 (0.090%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.060%) MIIS
11 1 (0.030%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.030%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,081 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 85 (2.56%) Google
3 65 (1.95%) Facebook
4 49 (1.47%) Oracle
5 30 (0.90%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.69%) Adobe
8 22 (0.66%) YouTube
9 19 (0.57%) Apple
9 19 (0.57%) Databricks
10 17 (0.51%) Sony
10 17 (0.51%) Yahoo!
11 16 (0.48%) Intapp
11 16 (0.48%) VMware
12 14 (0.42%) Xamarin
13 12 (0.36%) iManage
13 12 (0.36%) SAP
13 12 (0.36%) Splunk
14 11 (0.33%) IBM
15 9 (0.27%) Aderant