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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 29 17
Rank change year-on-year -45 -12 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,934 3,007 7,364
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.62% 6.89% 8.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.39% 19.96% 24.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 2,288 6,595
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.84% -6.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 13,441 15,063 29,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.23% 34.50% 35.50%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 10,257 24,142
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +5.56% -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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -43 1,771 £60,000 -7.69% 908
UK excluding London -49 1,304 £57,500 - 741
Work from Home -28 773 £60,000 -4.00% 520
London -27 502 £80,000 +6.67% 282
North of England -31 380 £65,000 +23.81% 172
South East -41 375 £55,000 -10.57% 250
Midlands -42 254 £55,000 - 117
North West -34 183 £62,500 +22.81% 90
East Midlands -22 138 £54,000 -1.82% 48
South West -25 133 £55,000 -4.35% 91
Yorkshire -30 132 £65,000 +23.81% 53
West Midlands -57 116 £55,000 -4.35% 69
East of England -65 100 £55,000 -16.93% 76
North East -7 65 £70,000 +21.74% 33
Scotland -64 46 £60,000 +33.33% 24
Wales -51 15 £43,750 -32.69% 20
Northern Ireland -29 9 £95,000 +61.70% 5
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 48 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.55%) IIS
3 20 (1.03%) CMS
4 9 (0.47%) Umbraco
5 6 (0.31%) Kinematics
6 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.26%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.10%) nginx
9 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.052%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.052%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.052%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.052%) Kentico
Applications
1 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.21%) Simulink
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.052%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.052%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
2 6 (0.31%) Shopify
3 2 (0.10%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.10%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (0.10%) ION Anvil
3 2 (0.10%) Magento
4 1 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.052%) Endur
4 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.052%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.052%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 877 (45.35%) Azure
2 331 (17.11%) AWS
3 225 (11.63%) SaaS
4 212 (10.96%) Azure DevOps
5 188 (9.72%) Power Platform
6 128 (6.62%) Serverless
7 100 (5.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 96 (4.96%) Dynamics 365
8 96 (4.96%) Power Automate
9 94 (4.86%) PowerApps
10 76 (3.93%) Azure Functions
11 75 (3.88%) GCP
12 69 (3.57%) GitHub
13 57 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
14 54 (2.79%) Azure Service Bus
15 40 (2.07%) Azure AKS
16 36 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 28 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
17 28 (1.45%) Entra ID
18 25 (1.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.40%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.67%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.36%) Internet
4 6 (0.31%) HTTP
5 5 (0.26%) DNS
6 4 (0.21%) Broadband
6 4 (0.21%) DHCP
6 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.21%) Firewall
7 3 (0.16%) LTE
8 2 (0.10%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.10%) Intranet
8 2 (0.10%) Modbus
8 2 (0.10%) SAN
9 1 (0.052%) IPv6
9 1 (0.052%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.052%) SSL
9 1 (0.052%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (20.22%) SQL Server
2 104 (5.38%) Power BI
3 75 (3.88%) Relational Database
4 73 (3.77%) NoSQL
5 69 (3.57%) MySQL
6 68 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 58 (3.00%) MongoDB
8 46 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 45 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
10 42 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.09%) Redis
12 18 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.52%) DB2
13 10 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (0.36%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.26%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.26%) GIS
16 4 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 133 (6.88%) Git
2 69 (3.57%) Selenium
3 62 (3.21%) Visual Studio
4 56 (2.90%) JIRA
5 38 (1.96%) Postman
6 35 (1.81%) WebDriver
7 32 (1.65%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.40%) SoapUI
9 26 (1.34%) Jenkins
10 24 (1.24%) SpecFlow
11 18 (0.93%) TeamCity
12 17 (0.88%) Cypress.io
13 16 (0.83%) NUnit
14 14 (0.72%) GitLab
15 9 (0.47%) LabVIEW
16 7 (0.36%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket
17 6 (0.31%) git-flow
17 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 389 (20.11%) Social Skills
2 362 (18.72%) Finance
3 121 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (4.14%) Law
5 76 (3.93%) Public Sector
6 60 (3.10%) Manufacturing
7 54 (2.79%) Retail
8 52 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 45 (2.33%) Banking
10 41 (2.12%) Front Office
11 37 (1.91%) Electronics
12 36 (1.86%) Games
13 34 (1.76%) Marketing
14 28 (1.45%) Legal
15 17 (0.88%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.88%) Military
16 16 (0.83%) Investment Banking
16 16 (0.83%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.78%) Aviation
18 12 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 973 (50.31%) Developer
2 429 (22.18%) Senior
3 348 (17.99%) Software Engineer
4 320 (16.55%) Software Developer
5 307 (15.87%) C# Developer
6 259 (13.39%) .NET Developer
7 228 (11.79%) Senior Developer
8 197 (10.19%) Lead
9 164 (8.48%) Full-Stack Developer
10 113 (5.84%) C# Software Engineer
11 110 (5.69%) Senior Software Engineer
12 108 (5.58%) C# .NET Developer
13 105 (5.43%) .NET Software Engineer
14 102 (5.27%) C# Software Developer
15 73 (3.77%) Graduate
16 68 (3.52%) Senior Software Developer
17 65 (3.36%) Analyst
17 65 (3.36%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 64 (3.31%) Architect
18 64 (3.31%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,203 (62.20%) .NET
2 353 (18.25%) .NET Core
3 256 (13.24%) React
4 236 (12.20%) ASP.NET
5 190 (9.82%) HTML
6 185 (9.57%) .NET Framework
7 178 (9.20%) CSS
8 141 (7.29%) AngularJS
9 127 (6.57%) REST
10 103 (5.33%) RESTful
11 89 (4.60%) Entity Framework
12 72 (3.72%) ASP.NET Core
13 71 (3.67%) Blazor
14 70 (3.62%) Vue
15 62 (3.21%) Node.js
16 45 (2.33%) WPF
17 43 (2.22%) ASP.NET MVC
17 43 (2.22%) XML
18 41 (2.12%) ASP.NET Web API
18 41 (2.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 118 (6.10%) Cloud Native
2 76 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (3.15%) Product Ownership
4 58 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
5 52 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 47 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
7 42 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
8 40 (2.07%) Low-Code
9 38 (1.96%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 30 (1.55%) Hedge funds
12 24 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 24 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 19 (0.98%) Sports Betting
15 18 (0.93%) Client/Server
16 17 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
17 14 (0.72%) Derivative
18 13 (0.67%) AI Agents
18 13 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 92 (4.76%) Windows
2 69 (3.57%) Linux
3 22 (1.14%) Android
4 18 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 17 (0.88%) Unix
6 12 (0.62%) VMS
7 8 (0.41%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.10%) Solaris
8 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.052%) Fedora
9 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (31.75%) Software Engineering
2 594 (30.71%) Agile
3 440 (22.75%) DevOps
4 408 (21.10%) CI/CD
5 392 (20.27%) Full-Stack Development
6 325 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
7 273 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 265 (13.70%) Mentoring
9 253 (13.08%) Microservices
10 200 (10.34%) Computer Science
11 174 (9.00%) AI
12 157 (8.12%) SDLC
13 147 (7.60%) Test Automation
14 139 (7.19%) Scrum
15 124 (6.41%) MVC
16 120 (6.20%) Containerisation
17 117 (6.05%) Business Intelligence
18 106 (5.48%) OO
19 102 (5.27%) Migration
20 101 (5.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 625 (32.32%) SQL
2 438 (22.65%) JavaScript
3 307 (15.87%) Python
4 247 (12.77%) TypeScript
5 228 (11.79%) Java
6 165 (8.53%) C++
7 75 (3.88%) PowerShell
8 71 (3.67%) PHP
9 51 (2.64%) C
10 43 (2.22%) T-SQL
11 31 (1.60%) Go
12 29 (1.50%) VB.NET
13 23 (1.19%) Rust
14 22 (1.14%) Bash
15 18 (0.93%) Delphi
16 17 (0.88%) Bicep
16 17 (0.88%) VBA
17 16 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.83%) PL/SQL
18 13 (0.67%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 275 (14.22%) Degree
2 125 (6.46%) Computer Science Degree
2 125 (6.46%) Security Cleared
3 76 (3.93%) SC Cleared
4 59 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (2.33%) Azure Certification
5 45 (2.33%) ISTQB
6 36 (1.86%) AWS Certification
7 34 (1.76%) Master's Degree
8 27 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (1.24%) DV Cleared
9 24 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 23 (1.19%) PhD
11 22 (1.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 16 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.47%) ISEB
15 7 (0.36%) CREST Certified
16 6 (0.31%) HND
16 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (8.53%) QA
2 31 (1.60%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.98%) Data Quality
3 19 (0.98%) GDPR
4 11 (0.57%) ISO 9001
4 11 (0.57%) WCAG
5 8 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.41%) SLA
6 3 (0.16%) EMIR
7 2 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.10%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.052%) HL7
8 1 (0.052%) IFRS
8 1 (0.052%) ITGC
System Software
1 175 (9.05%) Docker
2 20 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.93%) Firmware
4 10 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.36%) KVM
6 6 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.10%) vSphere
8 1 (0.052%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.052%) Squid
8 1 (0.052%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 147 (7.60%) Kubernetes
2 83 (4.29%) Terraform
3 30 (1.55%) Grafana
4 10 (0.52%) Ansible
5 8 (0.41%) Kibana
5 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.16%) Nmap
7 2 (0.10%) Control-M
7 2 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.10%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.052%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.052%) MIIS
8 1 (0.052%) Nessus
8 1 (0.052%) Netcool
8 1 (0.052%) WMI
Vendors
1 393 (20.32%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.22%) Oracle
3 33 (1.71%) Google
4 22 (1.14%) Xamarin
5 17 (0.88%) SAP
6 14 (0.72%) Palantir
7 13 (0.67%) Databricks
8 12 (0.62%) Sage
8 12 (0.62%) VMware
9 11 (0.57%) MuleSoft
10 9 (0.47%) Guidewire
11 8 (0.41%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.36%) Adobe
12 7 (0.36%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (0.36%) Dataiku
12 7 (0.36%) iManage
12 7 (0.36%) Infor
12 7 (0.36%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.31%) Epicor
13 6 (0.31%) IBM