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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 51 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 -30 -2
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,203 2,302 6,502
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.18% 4.69% 7.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.83% 16.05% 23.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,770 1,913 5,311
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £71,015
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 17,963 14,344 27,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 29.20% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12,792 9,520 20,263
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 25 July 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 25 July 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 +5 2,909 £60,000 -7.69% 697
UK excluding London +8 2,421 £57,500 -4.17% 512
Work from Home +4 1,446 £55,000 -13.39% 359
South East +18 696 £60,000 - 172
London -22 650 £82,500 +3.13% 271
North of England +36 599 £56,500 -5.68% 130
Midlands -6 392 £57,500 +4.55% 68
North West +48 286 £55,000 - 64
South West +16 276 £52,500 -4.55% 55
East of England +9 276 £60,000 -9.23% 71
West Midlands -20 205 £60,000 +9.09% 34
East Midlands +6 187 £55,000 - 34
Yorkshire +14 170 £55,000 -15.38% 33
North East -4 143 £60,000 +2.13% 35
Northern Ireland +8 105 £61,250 -23.44% 7
Wales -44 45 £51,619 -6.15% 14
Scotland -8 34 £50,000 -22.48% 16

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 95 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.09%) IIS
3 33 (1.03%) CMS
4 20 (0.62%) Confluence
5 15 (0.47%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.28%) WordPress
7 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.22%) nginx
9 6 (0.19%) Apache
9 6 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.16%) JBoss
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.094%) DNN
12 3 (0.094%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.094%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.094%) Kentico
12 3 (0.094%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 46 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.16%) Simulink
6 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.094%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.062%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 47 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
2 7 (0.22%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.16%) Shopify
4 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.094%) Magento
6 2 (0.062%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.062%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.062%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.062%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.031%) Eikon
7 1 (0.031%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 1 (0.031%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.031%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.031%) RMDS
7 1 (0.031%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.031%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,605 (50.11%) Azure
2 536 (16.73%) AWS
3 432 (13.49%) Azure DevOps
4 296 (9.24%) Power Platform
5 251 (7.84%) SaaS
6 233 (7.27%) GitHub
7 182 (5.68%) Azure AI
8 173 (5.40%) Power Automate
9 163 (5.09%) PowerApps
10 157 (4.90%) GitHub Copilot
10 157 (4.90%) Serverless
11 154 (4.81%) Azure Logic Apps
12 140 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
13 117 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
13 117 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
14 105 (3.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 96 (3.00%) Azure Functions
16 76 (2.37%) GCP
17 57 (1.78%) Azure AKS
18 53 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.94%) Internet
2 18 (0.56%) Broadband
2 18 (0.56%) DNS
3 15 (0.47%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.28%) Firewall
4 9 (0.28%) HTTP
5 8 (0.25%) Ethernet
5 8 (0.25%) VPN
6 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
7 6 (0.19%) BGP
7 6 (0.19%) DHCP
7 6 (0.19%) IPsec
8 5 (0.16%) LAN
8 5 (0.16%) WAN
9 4 (0.12%) Intranet
9 4 (0.12%) LTE
9 4 (0.12%) Modbus
9 4 (0.12%) Network Security
10 3 (0.094%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.094%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 541 (16.89%) SQL Server
2 510 (15.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 449 (14.02%) MongoDB
4 168 (5.25%) Power BI
5 163 (5.09%) Elasticsearch
6 83 (2.59%) NoSQL
7 81 (2.53%) MySQL
8 64 (2.00%) Relational Database
9 62 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
10 42 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 42 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 24 (0.75%) Redis
12 23 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (0.41%) Db2
13 13 (0.41%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
14 12 (0.37%) Metadata
15 11 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.31%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 236 (7.37%) Git
2 67 (2.09%) JIRA
3 41 (1.28%) Visual Studio
4 40 (1.25%) Selenium
5 36 (1.12%) GitLab
6 26 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
7 22 (0.69%) Postman
8 21 (0.66%) Jenkins
8 21 (0.66%) TeamCity
9 19 (0.59%) SpecFlow
10 16 (0.50%) Claude Code
11 15 (0.47%) NUnit
12 13 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.31%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.25%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.22%) Moq
15 7 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
16 6 (0.19%) MSI
16 6 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 520 (16.23%) Finance
2 502 (15.67%) Social Skills
3 165 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (4.71%) Legal
5 110 (3.43%) Law
6 109 (3.40%) Manufacturing
7 86 (2.68%) Games
8 79 (2.47%) Retail
9 76 (2.37%) Public Sector
10 70 (2.19%) Advertising
11 67 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 64 (2.00%) Marketing
13 57 (1.78%) Electronics
14 55 (1.72%) Banking
15 54 (1.69%) Aerospace
16 47 (1.47%) Front Office
17 38 (1.19%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.12%) Automotive
19 21 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
20 19 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,752 (54.70%) Developer
2 793 (24.76%) .NET Developer
3 716 (22.35%) Senior
4 686 (21.42%) Software Engineer
5 420 (13.11%) Software Developer
6 383 (11.96%) C# Developer
7 347 (10.83%) Senior Developer
8 311 (9.71%) C# Software Engineer
9 310 (9.68%) Lead
10 238 (7.43%) Senior Software Engineer
11 180 (5.62%) Full-Stack Developer
12 167 (5.21%) C# .NET Developer
13 166 (5.18%) C# Software Developer
14 151 (4.71%) .NET Software Engineer
14 151 (4.71%) Graduate
15 139 (4.34%) Lead Developer
16 104 (3.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 103 (3.22%) Azure Engineer
18 102 (3.18%) Graduate Developer
19 99 (3.09%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,079 (64.91%) .NET
2 763 (23.82%) .NET Core
3 743 (23.20%) ASP.NET
4 588 (18.36%) ASP.NET Core
5 462 (14.42%) React
6 384 (11.99%) CSS
7 370 (11.55%) HTML
8 314 (9.80%) AngularJS
9 299 (9.33%) RESTful
10 294 (9.18%) Blazor
11 284 (8.87%) Vue
12 281 (8.77%) Entity Framework
13 256 (7.99%) Node.js
14 250 (7.81%) .NET Framework
15 227 (7.09%) REST
16 217 (6.77%) ASP.NET Web API
17 154 (4.81%) ML.NET
18 120 (3.75%) LINQ
19 114 (3.56%) WPF
20 87 (2.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 208 (6.49%) Cloud Native
2 150 (4.68%) Greenfield Project
3 123 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
4 122 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
5 99 (3.09%) Product Ownership
6 81 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
6 81 (2.53%) Virtual Team
7 56 (1.75%) Mobile App
8 52 (1.62%) Hedge funds
9 49 (1.53%) Algorithms
10 48 (1.50%) Onboarding
11 37 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 31 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 30 (0.94%) Management Information System
14 29 (0.91%) AI Agents
14 29 (0.91%) Robotics
15 26 (0.81%) Legacy Code
16 25 (0.78%) Low-Code
17 24 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
18 23 (0.72%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 156 (4.87%) Windows
2 108 (3.37%) Linux
3 42 (1.31%) Android
4 34 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.31%) VMS
7 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.22%) Unix
8 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.094%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.062%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.031%) CentOS
11 1 (0.031%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,142 (35.65%) Agile
2 1,030 (32.16%) Software Engineering
3 914 (28.54%) Full-Stack Development
4 779 (24.32%) CI/CD
5 746 (23.29%) DevOps
6 548 (17.11%) Microservices
7 499 (15.58%) AI
8 488 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
9 429 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 399 (12.46%) Mentoring
11 299 (9.33%) Test Automation
12 278 (8.68%) Computer Science
13 265 (8.27%) Machine Learning
14 251 (7.84%) SDLC
15 206 (6.43%) Scrum
16 200 (6.24%) Multithreading
17 198 (6.18%) Software Testing
18 189 (5.90%) TDD
19 188 (5.87%) OO
20 178 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,190 (37.15%) SQL
2 759 (23.70%) JavaScript
3 530 (16.55%) Python
4 504 (15.74%) TypeScript
5 341 (10.65%) C++
6 276 (8.62%) Java
7 145 (4.53%) PowerShell
8 139 (4.34%) PHP
9 76 (2.37%) C
10 60 (1.87%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.47%) Bicep
12 43 (1.34%) VB.NET
13 38 (1.19%) Go
14 34 (1.06%) Bash
15 33 (1.03%) VBA
16 22 (0.69%) Rust
16 22 (0.69%) Scala
17 20 (0.62%) F#
18 19 (0.59%) Haskell
19 18 (0.56%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 396 (12.36%) Degree
2 191 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 121 (3.78%) Security Cleared
4 88 (2.75%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.28%) Master's Degree
6 35 (1.09%) Azure Certification
7 30 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (0.72%) PhD
9 19 (0.59%) ISTQB
10 17 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 13 (0.41%) DV Cleared
12 11 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.19%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.16%) GPEN
16 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 276 (8.62%) QA
2 52 (1.62%) Accessibility
3 29 (0.91%) GDPR
4 28 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 20 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.34%) SLA
6 11 (0.34%) WCAG
7 9 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.19%) NCSC
9 5 (0.16%) 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 (0.094%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.094%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.094%) PSD2
12 2 (0.062%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.031%) EMIR
13 1 (0.031%) ITGC
System Software
1 373 (11.65%) Docker
2 23 (0.72%) Firmware
3 21 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.16%) KVM
8 3 (0.094%) vSphere
9 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 337 (10.52%) Kubernetes
2 149 (4.65%) Terraform
3 35 (1.09%) Grafana
4 18 (0.56%) Ansible
5 15 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.094%) Control-M
9 3 (0.094%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.062%) MIIS
11 1 (0.031%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.031%) MOM
11 1 (0.031%) Nessus
11 1 (0.031%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,039 (32.44%) Microsoft
2 85 (2.65%) Google
3 64 (2.00%) Facebook
4 50 (1.56%) Oracle
5 29 (0.91%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.72%) Adobe
6 23 (0.72%) Salesforce
7 22 (0.69%) YouTube
8 19 (0.59%) Apple
9 18 (0.56%) Databricks
10 17 (0.53%) Sony
10 17 (0.53%) Yahoo!
11 16 (0.50%) VMware
12 14 (0.44%) Intapp
12 14 (0.44%) Xamarin
13 12 (0.37%) SAP
13 12 (0.37%) Splunk
14 11 (0.34%) IBM
15 10 (0.31%) iManage
16 9 (0.28%) ServiceNow