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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 57 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -35 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,369 2,183 5,832
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.20% 4.40% 7.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.16% 15.47% 23.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,881 1,810 4,615
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 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £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 18,554 14,111 25,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.63% 28.42% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 13,145 9,271 17,882
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 8 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 8 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 +11 3,073 £60,000 -5.51% 1,137
UK excluding London +17 2,566 £57,500 - 747
Work from Home +6 1,527 £55,000 -12.00% 596
South East +20 730 £60,000 - 250
London -20 673 £82,500 +3.13% 499
North of England +34 637 £57,500 -4.17% 179
Midlands +4 410 £57,500 +4.55% 98
East of England +17 307 £60,000 - 92
North West +46 305 £55,000 -4.35% 103
South West +29 295 £52,500 -2.78% 69
West Midlands -13 219 £60,000 +4.35% 40
East Midlands +18 191 £55,000 - 58
Yorkshire +16 180 £55,000 -15.38% 41
North East -5 152 £62,500 +8.70% 37
Northern Ireland +10 110 £50,000 -10.31% 22
Wales -47 46 £51,619 -1.21% 19
Scotland -8 33 £50,000 -22.48% 31

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 96 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.04%) IIS
3 33 (0.98%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) 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 (0.089%) DNN
12 3 (0.089%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.089%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.089%) Kentico
12 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 44 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.47%) 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 (0.089%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.089%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.27%) 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
5 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.089%) Magento
6 3 (0.089%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.059%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.059%) 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 1,674 (49.69%) Azure
2 569 (16.89%) AWS
3 454 (13.48%) Azure DevOps
4 316 (9.38%) Power Platform
5 262 (7.78%) SaaS
6 245 (7.27%) GitHub
7 190 (5.64%) Azure AI
8 189 (5.61%) Power Automate
9 169 (5.02%) Serverless
10 166 (4.93%) PowerApps
11 164 (4.87%) GitHub Copilot
12 159 (4.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 147 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
14 133 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
15 123 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
16 110 (3.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 103 (3.06%) Azure Functions
18 86 (2.55%) GCP
19 54 (1.60%) Azure AKS
20 53 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.84%) Internet
2 19 (0.56%) Broadband
3 18 (0.53%) DNS
4 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.42%) HTTP
6 11 (0.33%) Firewall
7 9 (0.27%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.24%) VPN
9 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
10 6 (0.18%) BGP
10 6 (0.18%) DHCP
10 6 (0.18%) IPsec
10 6 (0.18%) SNMP
11 5 (0.15%) LAN
11 5 (0.15%) WAN
12 4 (0.12%) Intranet
12 4 (0.12%) Modbus
12 4 (0.12%) Network Security
13 3 (0.089%) LTE
13 3 (0.089%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 592 (17.57%) SQL Server
2 516 (15.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 455 (13.51%) MongoDB
4 169 (5.02%) Power BI
5 165 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
6 90 (2.67%) MySQL
6 90 (2.67%) NoSQL
7 78 (2.32%) Relational Database
8 68 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
9 45 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 43 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 30 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
12 28 (0.83%) Redis
13 17 (0.50%) DynamoDB
14 13 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.39%) Db2
14 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
14 13 (0.39%) Metadata
15 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
15 11 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 272 (8.07%) Git
2 73 (2.17%) JIRA
3 44 (1.31%) Selenium
4 41 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.01%) GitLab
6 29 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 26 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
8 22 (0.65%) Postman
8 22 (0.65%) TeamCity
9 20 (0.59%) NUnit
10 18 (0.53%) SpecFlow
11 17 (0.50%) Claude Code
12 15 (0.45%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.24%) Jasmine
14 8 (0.24%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.21%) Moq
15 7 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 545 (16.18%) Social Skills
2 543 (16.12%) Finance
3 178 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (4.84%) Legal
5 121 (3.59%) Law
6 116 (3.44%) Manufacturing
7 91 (2.70%) Games
8 90 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 81 (2.40%) Public Sector
10 79 (2.34%) Retail
11 72 (2.14%) Advertising
12 69 (2.05%) Marketing
13 59 (1.75%) Electronics
14 57 (1.69%) Aerospace
15 56 (1.66%) Banking
16 47 (1.40%) Front Office
17 40 (1.19%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.07%) Automotive
19 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
20 19 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,802 (53.49%) Developer
2 807 (23.95%) .NET Developer
3 750 (22.26%) Senior
4 725 (21.52%) Software Engineer
5 428 (12.70%) Software Developer
6 392 (11.64%) C# Developer
7 362 (10.75%) Senior Developer
8 345 (10.24%) Lead
9 320 (9.50%) C# Software Engineer
10 248 (7.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 181 (5.37%) Full-Stack Developer
12 169 (5.02%) C# Software Developer
13 165 (4.90%) C# .NET Developer
14 160 (4.75%) Graduate
15 151 (4.48%) Lead Developer
16 148 (4.39%) .NET Software Engineer
17 113 (3.35%) Architect
18 111 (3.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 108 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
20 107 (3.18%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,170 (64.41%) .NET
2 782 (23.21%) .NET Core
3 772 (22.91%) ASP.NET
4 599 (17.78%) ASP.NET Core
5 488 (14.49%) React
6 395 (11.72%) CSS
7 385 (11.43%) HTML
8 326 (9.68%) AngularJS
9 318 (9.44%) RESTful
10 306 (9.08%) Blazor
11 292 (8.67%) Entity Framework
11 292 (8.67%) Vue
12 264 (7.84%) .NET Framework
12 264 (7.84%) Node.js
13 246 (7.30%) REST
14 223 (6.62%) ASP.NET Web API
15 156 (4.63%) ML.NET
16 128 (3.80%) WPF
17 119 (3.53%) LINQ
18 88 (2.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 223 (6.62%) Cloud Native
2 154 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
3 144 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
4 130 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
5 108 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 95 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 86 (2.55%) Virtual Team
8 57 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 51 (1.51%) Hedge funds
10 50 (1.48%) Algorithms
11 48 (1.42%) Onboarding
12 39 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
13 37 (1.10%) Management Information System
14 35 (1.04%) AI Agents
15 31 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 31 (0.92%) Robotics
16 29 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
16 29 (0.86%) Legacy Code
17 24 (0.71%) Fixed Income
18 23 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 168 (4.99%) Windows
2 117 (3.47%) Linux
3 41 (1.22%) Android
4 37 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.27%) Unix
7 8 (0.24%) VMS
8 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,194 (35.44%) Agile
2 1,106 (32.83%) Software Engineering
3 932 (27.66%) Full-Stack Development
4 822 (24.40%) CI/CD
5 792 (23.51%) DevOps
6 575 (17.07%) Microservices
7 529 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
8 528 (15.67%) AI
9 452 (13.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 432 (12.82%) Mentoring
11 316 (9.38%) Test Automation
12 292 (8.67%) Computer Science
13 282 (8.37%) SDLC
14 270 (8.01%) Machine Learning
15 218 (6.47%) Scrum
16 211 (6.26%) Software Testing
17 210 (6.23%) OO
18 201 (5.97%) Multithreading
19 194 (5.76%) TDD
20 181 (5.37%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,237 (36.72%) SQL
2 804 (23.86%) JavaScript
3 555 (16.47%) Python
4 530 (15.73%) TypeScript
5 345 (10.24%) C++
6 298 (8.85%) Java
7 147 (4.36%) PowerShell
8 146 (4.33%) PHP
9 83 (2.46%) C
10 67 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.40%) Bicep
12 46 (1.37%) VB.NET
13 45 (1.34%) Go
14 34 (1.01%) Bash
15 33 (0.98%) VBA
16 25 (0.74%) Rust
17 22 (0.65%) Scala
18 21 (0.62%) Ruby
19 20 (0.59%) Delphi
20 18 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 416 (12.35%) Degree
2 199 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 140 (4.16%) Security Cleared
4 104 (3.09%) SC Cleared
5 40 (1.19%) Master's Degree
6 39 (1.16%) Azure Certification
7 29 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
8 21 (0.62%) PhD
9 19 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
11 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.12%) ISEB
17 3 (0.089%) GXPN
17 3 (0.089%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (8.93%) QA
2 57 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 32 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 30 (0.89%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) 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 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.089%) NIST
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) AUTOSAR
12 2 (0.059%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 401 (11.90%) Docker
2 21 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.62%) Firmware
3 13 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.15%) KVM
7 3 (0.089%) vSphere
8 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 355 (10.54%) Kubernetes
2 160 (4.75%) Terraform
3 34 (1.01%) Grafana
4 18 (0.53%) Ansible
5 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.089%) Control-M
9 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.059%) MIIS
11 1 (0.030%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.030%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,093 (32.44%) Microsoft
2 88 (2.61%) Google
3 65 (1.93%) Facebook
4 51 (1.51%) Oracle
5 32 (0.95%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.68%) Adobe
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 20 (0.59%) Databricks
10 19 (0.56%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) Intapp
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) VMware
13 13 (0.39%) iManage
14 12 (0.36%) SAP
14 12 (0.36%) Splunk
15 11 (0.33%) IBM
15 11 (0.33%) Xamarin
16 10 (0.30%) Foundry