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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 47 18
Rank change year-on-year -22 -29 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,484 2,142 7,945
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.68% 5.02% 8.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.27% 16.16% 24.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,166 1,758 6,866
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -1.79%

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 16,262 13,258 32,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.53% 31.10% 33.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,226 8,942 24,877
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 £86,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -15 2,306 £60,000 -7.69% 827
UK excluding London -19 1,739 £57,500 -4.17% 673
Work from Home -6 917 £57,500 -11.54% 478
London -13 609 £82,500 +6.45% 233
South East +9 545 £60,000 - 198
North of England +11 470 £60,000 +8.11% 192
Midlands -30 299 £60,000 +9.09% 80
North West +37 241 £60,000 +17.90% 118
East of England -15 187 £60,000 -9.37% 85
South West -4 176 £55,000 - 69
East Midlands 0 151 £55,000 - 44
West Midlands -52 148 £60,000 +9.09% 36
Yorkshire -11 139 £56,250 -16.67% 38
North East -13 90 £65,000 +13.04% 37
Scotland -35 33 £60,000 +20.00% 24
Wales -40 26 £50,000 -29.58% 12
Northern Ireland -28 8 £95,000 - 26

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 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.09%) IIS
3 25 (1.01%) CMS
4 12 (0.48%) Confluence
5 11 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.20%) WordPress
8 4 (0.16%) Apache
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.081%) nginx
11 1 (0.040%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.040%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.040%) Appian
11 1 (0.040%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.040%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 31 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.081%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.040%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.040%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.081%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.081%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.040%) Endur
5 1 (0.040%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.040%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.040%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.040%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.040%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.040%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,131 (45.53%) Azure
2 404 (16.26%) AWS
3 272 (10.95%) Azure DevOps
4 223 (8.98%) Power Platform
5 210 (8.45%) SaaS
6 144 (5.80%) Serverless
7 143 (5.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 113 (4.55%) GitHub
9 111 (4.47%) PowerApps
10 109 (4.39%) Power Automate
11 96 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
12 90 (3.62%) Azure Functions
13 88 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
14 73 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
15 64 (2.58%) GCP
16 63 (2.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 58 (2.33%) Azure AI
18 56 (2.25%) GitHub Copilot
19 54 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
20 50 (2.01%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (0.85%) Internet
2 15 (0.60%) Broadband
2 15 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 12 (0.48%) DNS
4 10 (0.40%) Ethernet
5 8 (0.32%) Firewall
6 6 (0.24%) HTTP
7 5 (0.20%) DHCP
7 5 (0.20%) LTE
8 4 (0.16%) Intranet
8 4 (0.16%) Modbus
9 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.12%) Network Security
9 3 (0.12%) VPN
10 2 (0.081%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.081%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.081%) LAN
10 2 (0.081%) SSL
10 2 (0.081%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 458 (18.44%) SQL Server
2 203 (8.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 167 (6.72%) MongoDB
4 130 (5.23%) Power BI
5 71 (2.86%) NoSQL
6 61 (2.46%) Relational Database
7 60 (2.42%) MySQL
8 49 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
9 48 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 17 (0.68%) Redis
13 11 (0.44%) DB2
13 11 (0.44%) Metadata
14 9 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.28%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.28%) GIS
16 6 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
17 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
18 4 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 178 (7.17%) Git
2 58 (2.33%) JIRA
2 58 (2.33%) Selenium
3 54 (2.17%) Visual Studio
4 42 (1.69%) Postman
5 31 (1.25%) GitLab
6 30 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.13%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.09%) SoapUI
9 23 (0.93%) SpecFlow
9 23 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
10 21 (0.85%) Jenkins
11 19 (0.76%) TeamCity
12 15 (0.60%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.52%) Cucumber
13 13 (0.52%) NUnit
14 9 (0.36%) LabVIEW
15 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 8 (0.32%) Yeoman
16 7 (0.28%) MSTest
General
1 476 (19.16%) Finance
2 356 (14.33%) Social Skills
3 130 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (3.18%) Manufacturing
5 64 (2.58%) Public Sector
6 57 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (2.17%) Banking
8 53 (2.13%) Games
8 53 (2.13%) Retail
9 50 (2.01%) Electronics
10 49 (1.97%) Front Office
11 48 (1.93%) Law
12 39 (1.57%) Aerospace
13 31 (1.25%) Automotive
13 31 (1.25%) Legal
14 27 (1.09%) Advertising
15 25 (1.01%) Marketing
16 15 (0.60%) Aviation
16 15 (0.60%) Investment Banking
17 12 (0.48%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,302 (52.42%) Developer
2 533 (21.46%) Software Engineer
3 532 (21.42%) Senior
4 437 (17.59%) .NET Developer
5 429 (17.27%) Software Developer
6 412 (16.59%) C# Developer
7 261 (10.51%) Lead
8 259 (10.43%) C# Software Engineer
9 258 (10.39%) Senior Developer
10 184 (7.41%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (7.09%) C# Software Developer
11 176 (7.09%) Full-Stack Developer
12 172 (6.92%) C# .NET Developer
13 155 (6.24%) .NET Software Engineer
14 121 (4.87%) Graduate
15 105 (4.23%) Lead Developer
16 104 (4.19%) Graduate Developer
17 96 (3.86%) .NET Software Developer
17 96 (3.86%) SQL Developer
18 95 (3.82%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,572 (63.29%) .NET
2 489 (19.69%) .NET Core
3 388 (15.62%) ASP.NET
4 298 (12.00%) React
5 240 (9.66%) HTML
6 239 (9.62%) CSS
7 227 (9.14%) ASP.NET Core
8 189 (7.61%) .NET Framework
9 175 (7.05%) AngularJS
10 162 (6.52%) RESTful
11 156 (6.28%) REST
12 151 (6.08%) Vue
13 144 (5.80%) Entity Framework
14 142 (5.72%) Blazor
15 126 (5.07%) Node.js
16 92 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
17 82 (3.30%) WPF
18 54 (2.17%) jQuery
19 53 (2.13%) JSON
20 52 (2.09%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 150 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 88 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
4 72 (2.90%) Product Ownership
5 69 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 61 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 55 (2.21%) Hedge funds
8 49 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 44 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.65%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.17%) Virtual Team
12 24 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
13 23 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 23 (0.93%) Legacy Code
13 23 (0.93%) Management Information System
13 23 (0.93%) Sports Betting
14 22 (0.89%) Onboarding
14 22 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
16 18 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 121 (4.87%) Windows
2 94 (3.78%) Linux
3 29 (1.17%) Android
4 19 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.56%) VMS
7 12 (0.48%) Unix
8 5 (0.20%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.081%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.081%) Solaris
10 2 (0.081%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 772 (31.08%) Software Engineering
2 728 (29.31%) Agile
3 571 (22.99%) Full-Stack Development
4 531 (21.38%) CI/CD
5 507 (20.41%) DevOps
6 335 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
7 306 (12.32%) Microservices
8 284 (11.43%) Mentoring
9 280 (11.27%) AI
10 265 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 261 (10.51%) Computer Science
12 229 (9.22%) Test Automation
13 202 (8.13%) SDLC
14 148 (5.96%) Scrum
15 141 (5.68%) Containerisation
15 141 (5.68%) Machine Learning
16 137 (5.52%) Business Intelligence
17 126 (5.07%) Infrastructure as Code
17 126 (5.07%) MVC
18 119 (4.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 795 (32.00%) SQL
2 511 (20.57%) JavaScript
3 417 (16.79%) Python
4 314 (12.64%) TypeScript
5 277 (11.15%) C++
6 266 (10.71%) Java
7 109 (4.39%) PHP
8 95 (3.82%) PowerShell
9 63 (2.54%) C
10 37 (1.49%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.37%) Bash
12 33 (1.33%) Bicep
13 29 (1.17%) Go
14 27 (1.09%) VB.NET
15 23 (0.93%) VBA
16 21 (0.85%) Scala
17 20 (0.81%) Rust
18 19 (0.76%) F#
19 17 (0.68%) Haskell
20 16 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 364 (14.65%) Degree
2 179 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 124 (4.99%) Security Cleared
4 71 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 42 (1.69%) Master's Degree
8 40 (1.61%) ISTQB
9 27 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 25 (1.01%) PhD
11 18 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 17 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.52%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (5.48%) QA
2 43 (1.73%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.76%) GDPR
5 14 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.48%) WCAG
8 11 (0.44%) SLA
9 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
10 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 2 (0.081%) EMIR
11 2 (0.081%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.081%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.081%) ITGC
12 1 (0.040%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.040%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 235 (9.46%) Docker
2 25 (1.01%) Firmware
3 18 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (0.28%) KVM
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.081%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.081%) vSphere
9 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 200 (8.05%) Kubernetes
2 124 (4.99%) Terraform
3 37 (1.49%) Grafana
4 11 (0.44%) Ansible
4 11 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.28%) Kibana
6 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.081%) Control-M
7 2 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.081%) MIIS
7 2 (0.081%) MOM
7 2 (0.081%) Nmap
7 2 (0.081%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.040%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.040%) Nessus
8 1 (0.040%) Netcool
Vendors
1 578 (23.27%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.85%) Google
2 46 (1.85%) Oracle
3 24 (0.97%) Adobe
4 21 (0.85%) Facebook
5 17 (0.68%) OpenAI
6 15 (0.60%) VMware
7 12 (0.48%) Salesforce
7 12 (0.48%) Xamarin
8 11 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
8 11 (0.44%) Databricks
8 11 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 9 (0.36%) iManage
9 9 (0.36%) Splunk
10 8 (0.32%) Apple
11 7 (0.28%) Intapp
12 6 (0.24%) Aderant
12 6 (0.24%) Sony
12 6 (0.24%) Yahoo!
12 6 (0.24%) YouTube