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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 35 18
Rank change year-on-year -41 -17 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,039 2,612 7,678
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.52% 6.38% 8.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.03% 19.10% 24.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,774 2,199 6,787
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,875 £72,500
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 14,537 13,677 31,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 33.42% 34.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,125 10,250 24,845
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,446 £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 £83,750 £86,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +1.80% +2.78% -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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -39 1,875 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -47 1,383 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -25 782 £60,000 -4.00% 535
London -27 533 £81,500 +8.67% 269
North of England -33 405 £62,500 +18.48% 185
South East -28 392 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -38 264 £55,000 - 124
North West -36 192 £60,000 +17.90% 90
South West -17 139 £55,000 -4.35% 81
Yorkshire -30 136 £63,750 +21.43% 60
East Midlands -22 135 £55,000 - 54
West Midlands -50 129 £57,500 - 70
East of England -55 122 £55,000 -16.93% 101
North East -7 77 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -72 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -52 18 £42,500 -32.00% 25
Northern Ireland -37 9 £80,000 - 6
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 52 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.13%) CMS
3 22 (1.08%) IIS
4 11 (0.54%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Confluence
7 3 (0.15%) Kinematics
8 2 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.098%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.098%) nginx
9 1 (0.049%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.049%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.049%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.049%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
4 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.29%) Shopify
3 3 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.098%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.098%) Magento
5 1 (0.049%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.049%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.049%) Endur
5 1 (0.049%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.049%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.049%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.049%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.049%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 903 (44.29%) Azure
2 349 (17.12%) AWS
3 214 (10.50%) SaaS
4 205 (10.05%) Azure DevOps
5 195 (9.56%) Power Platform
6 127 (6.23%) Serverless
7 115 (5.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 95 (4.66%) Power Automate
9 94 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
10 93 (4.56%) PowerApps
11 77 (3.78%) Azure Functions
12 72 (3.53%) GitHub
13 70 (3.43%) GCP
14 65 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
15 58 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
16 44 (2.16%) Azure AKS
17 37 (1.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 32 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.32%) PaaS
20 24 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.69%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.54%) Broadband
4 6 (0.29%) Ethernet
4 6 (0.29%) Internet
5 5 (0.25%) DNS
5 5 (0.25%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) Intranet
6 4 (0.20%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
7 3 (0.15%) Network Security
8 2 (0.098%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.098%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.098%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.049%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.049%) Profibus
9 1 (0.049%) SSL
9 1 (0.049%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 398 (19.52%) SQL Server
2 115 (5.64%) Power BI
3 80 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (3.38%) NoSQL
5 63 (3.09%) Relational Database
6 62 (3.04%) MySQL
7 51 (2.50%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 42 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 19 (0.93%) Redis
12 17 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.54%) DB2
15 9 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.29%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.29%) DynamoDB
17 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.20%) ClickHouse
17 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 125 (6.13%) Git
2 68 (3.33%) Selenium
3 65 (3.19%) Visual Studio
4 51 (2.50%) JIRA
5 38 (1.86%) Postman
6 31 (1.52%) WebDriver
7 30 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.32%) SpecFlow
9 26 (1.28%) SoapUI
10 24 (1.18%) Jenkins
11 19 (0.93%) TeamCity
12 16 (0.78%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.78%) NUnit
13 13 (0.64%) GitLab
14 11 (0.54%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.44%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.39%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
18 6 (0.29%) JMeter
18 6 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 397 (19.47%) Finance
2 359 (17.61%) Social Skills
3 119 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (3.58%) Public Sector
5 72 (3.53%) Law
6 57 (2.80%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (2.31%) Banking
9 46 (2.26%) Retail
10 44 (2.16%) Front Office
11 42 (2.06%) Games
12 37 (1.81%) Electronics
13 31 (1.52%) Legal
14 27 (1.32%) Marketing
15 21 (1.03%) Aerospace
16 17 (0.83%) Investment Banking
16 17 (0.83%) Military
17 15 (0.74%) Telecoms
18 14 (0.69%) Aviation
19 11 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,050 (51.50%) Developer
2 452 (22.17%) Senior
3 378 (18.54%) Software Engineer
4 362 (17.75%) Software Developer
5 355 (17.41%) C# Developer
6 285 (13.98%) .NET Developer
7 239 (11.72%) Senior Developer
8 230 (11.28%) Lead
9 170 (8.34%) Full-Stack Developer
10 142 (6.96%) C# Software Engineer
11 134 (6.57%) C# .NET Developer
12 128 (6.28%) C# Software Developer
13 118 (5.79%) Senior Software Engineer
14 114 (5.59%) .NET Software Engineer
15 89 (4.36%) Graduate
16 83 (4.07%) Lead Developer
17 76 (3.73%) Senior Software Developer
18 72 (3.53%) .NET Software Developer
19 71 (3.48%) SQL Developer
20 70 (3.43%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,275 (62.53%) .NET
2 377 (18.49%) .NET Core
3 256 (12.56%) ASP.NET
4 252 (12.36%) React
5 192 (9.42%) HTML
6 186 (9.12%) .NET Framework
6 186 (9.12%) CSS
7 139 (6.82%) AngularJS
8 136 (6.67%) REST
9 111 (5.44%) RESTful
10 87 (4.27%) Vue
11 85 (4.17%) Entity Framework
12 81 (3.97%) ASP.NET Core
13 78 (3.83%) Blazor
14 67 (3.29%) Node.js
15 48 (2.35%) WPF
16 47 (2.31%) ASP.NET MVC
16 47 (2.31%) Playwright
17 46 (2.26%) jQuery
18 42 (2.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 116 (5.69%) Cloud Native
2 74 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (2.99%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.11%) Low-Code
7 39 (1.91%) Mobile App
8 37 (1.81%) Hedge funds
8 37 (1.81%) Onboarding
9 33 (1.62%) Algorithms
10 25 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 25 (1.23%) Virtual Team
11 21 (1.03%) Sports Betting
12 20 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 19 (0.93%) Public Cloud
14 18 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
14 18 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
15 17 (0.83%) Client/Server
15 17 (0.83%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 97 (4.76%) Windows
2 73 (3.58%) Linux
3 17 (0.83%) Android
4 16 (0.78%) Unix
5 15 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.69%) VMS
7 10 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.098%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.098%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.098%) Solaris
8 2 (0.098%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 644 (31.58%) Software Engineering
2 592 (29.03%) Agile
3 428 (20.99%) DevOps
4 406 (19.91%) Full-Stack Development
5 400 (19.62%) CI/CD
6 314 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
7 259 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 258 (12.65%) Mentoring
9 251 (12.31%) Microservices
10 209 (10.25%) Computer Science
11 175 (8.58%) AI
12 169 (8.29%) SDLC
13 166 (8.14%) Test Automation
14 146 (7.16%) MVC
15 127 (6.23%) Business Intelligence
15 127 (6.23%) Scrum
16 124 (6.08%) Containerisation
17 106 (5.20%) OO
18 97 (4.76%) Analytics
18 97 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 639 (31.34%) SQL
2 444 (21.78%) JavaScript
3 339 (16.63%) Python
4 259 (12.70%) TypeScript
5 233 (11.43%) Java
6 198 (9.71%) C++
7 84 (4.12%) PHP
8 79 (3.87%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.70%) C
10 41 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.67%) Go
12 27 (1.32%) Bash
13 25 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 22 (1.08%) Bicep
14 22 (1.08%) Rust
15 19 (0.93%) Delphi
15 19 (0.93%) VBA
16 17 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
17 15 (0.74%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.54%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 286 (14.03%) Degree
2 134 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 112 (5.49%) Security Cleared
4 63 (3.09%) SC Cleared
5 50 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 42 (2.06%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.62%) Master's Degree
9 32 (1.57%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (1.13%) PhD
11 21 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (0.98%) DV Cleared
13 19 (0.93%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.49%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.44%) ISEB
18 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (7.06%) QA
2 35 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.74%) GDPR
5 12 (0.59%) WCAG
6 11 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.39%) SLA
9 3 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.15%) EMIR
10 2 (0.098%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.098%) ITGC
11 1 (0.049%) HL7
11 1 (0.049%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.049%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.049%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 178 (8.73%) Docker
2 22 (1.08%) Firmware
3 13 (0.64%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.34%) KVM
6 6 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.049%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 150 (7.36%) Kubernetes
2 89 (4.36%) Terraform
3 37 (1.81%) Grafana
4 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.39%) Ansible
6 7 (0.34%) Kibana
7 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.098%) MIIS
8 2 (0.098%) MOM
8 2 (0.098%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.049%) Control-M
9 1 (0.049%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.049%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.049%) Nessus
9 1 (0.049%) Netcool
Vendors
1 404 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.11%) Oracle
3 31 (1.52%) Google
4 16 (0.78%) SAP
4 16 (0.78%) Xamarin
5 13 (0.64%) Adobe
6 12 (0.59%) Databricks
7 11 (0.54%) VMware
8 9 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (0.44%) MuleSoft
8 9 (0.44%) OpenAI
8 9 (0.44%) Palantir
9 8 (0.39%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.34%) iManage
10 7 (0.34%) Sage
10 7 (0.34%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.29%) Aderant
11 6 (0.29%) IBM
11 6 (0.29%) IFS
11 6 (0.29%) Workday