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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 45 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 -27 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,450 2,389 7,946
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.67% 5.40% 8.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.25% 17.08% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,987 6,862
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,552 £43,750
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 £58,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +4.55% -3.51%

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 16,067 13,990 32,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.52% 31.65% 33.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,064 9,733 24,886
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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 18 May 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 18 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 -17 2,267 £60,000 -7.69% 805
UK excluding London -23 1,710 £58,500 +1.74% 649
Work from Home -7 918 £57,500 -11.54% 791
London -19 602 £82,500 +10.00% 230
South East +6 527 £60,000 - 214
North of England +3 462 £60,000 +9.09% 172
Midlands -30 302 £60,000 +9.09% 84
North West +35 237 £60,000 +14.29% 97
East of England -15 184 £60,000 -9.37% 81
South West -14 172 £55,000 - 70
East Midlands 0 153 £55,000 - 45
West Midlands -47 149 £60,000 +9.09% 39
Yorkshire -23 138 £57,500 -4.17% 39
North East -14 87 £65,000 +13.04% 37
Scotland -49 36 £60,000 +30.43% 22
Wales -37 27 £45,000 -30.77% 16
Northern Ireland -33 7 £95,000 - 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 67 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.02%) IIS
3 24 (0.98%) CMS
4 11 (0.45%) Confluence
4 11 (0.45%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.16%) Apache
6 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.16%) WordPress
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.12%) JBoss
8 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.082%) nginx
9 1 (0.041%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.041%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.041%) Appian
9 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.041%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.082%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.082%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.041%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.082%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.041%) Endur
5 1 (0.041%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.041%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.041%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.041%) Shopify
5 1 (0.041%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1,114 (45.47%) Azure
2 392 (16.00%) AWS
3 268 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
4 221 (9.02%) Power Platform
5 206 (8.41%) SaaS
6 141 (5.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 135 (5.51%) Serverless
8 111 (4.53%) PowerApps
9 109 (4.45%) Power Automate
10 108 (4.41%) GitHub
11 95 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
12 91 (3.71%) Dynamics 365
13 86 (3.51%) Azure Functions
14 71 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
15 61 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 60 (2.45%) GCP
17 58 (2.37%) Azure AI
18 54 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
19 51 (2.08%) Azure AKS
20 50 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.82%) Internet
2 15 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 14 (0.57%) Broadband
4 12 (0.49%) DNS
5 10 (0.41%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.33%) Firewall
7 6 (0.24%) HTTP
7 6 (0.24%) Intranet
8 5 (0.20%) DHCP
8 5 (0.20%) LTE
9 4 (0.16%) Modbus
10 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
10 3 (0.12%) Network Security
10 3 (0.12%) VPN
11 2 (0.082%) Cisco IOS
11 2 (0.082%) FIX Connectivity
11 2 (0.082%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.082%) LAN
11 2 (0.082%) SSL
11 2 (0.082%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 449 (18.33%) SQL Server
2 202 (8.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 165 (6.73%) MongoDB
4 130 (5.31%) Power BI
5 72 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 60 (2.45%) Relational Database
7 57 (2.33%) MySQL
8 50 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
9 49 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (0.61%) Redis
12 11 (0.45%) DB2
12 11 (0.45%) Metadata
13 9 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.29%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.29%) GIS
15 6 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
16 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 176 (7.18%) Git
2 60 (2.45%) Selenium
3 58 (2.37%) JIRA
4 56 (2.29%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.71%) Postman
6 31 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 30 (1.22%) GitLab
8 28 (1.14%) WebDriver
9 27 (1.10%) SoapUI
10 23 (0.94%) Jenkins
10 23 (0.94%) SpecFlow
11 22 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
12 19 (0.78%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.57%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.53%) Cucumber
14 13 (0.53%) NUnit
15 9 (0.37%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.33%) Moq
17 7 (0.29%) MSTest
17 7 (0.29%) Yeoman
General
1 475 (19.39%) Finance
2 355 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 127 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (3.10%) Manufacturing
5 66 (2.69%) Public Sector
6 59 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (2.29%) Games
8 53 (2.16%) Banking
9 52 (2.12%) Retail
10 50 (2.04%) Front Office
10 50 (2.04%) Law
11 48 (1.96%) Electronics
12 39 (1.59%) Aerospace
13 33 (1.35%) Legal
14 30 (1.22%) Automotive
15 27 (1.10%) Advertising
16 25 (1.02%) Marketing
17 16 (0.65%) Aviation
18 15 (0.61%) Investment Banking
19 12 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,297 (52.94%) Developer
2 529 (21.59%) Senior
3 513 (20.94%) Software Engineer
4 426 (17.39%) .NET Developer
4 426 (17.39%) Software Developer
5 413 (16.86%) C# Developer
6 264 (10.78%) Senior Developer
7 262 (10.69%) Lead
8 244 (9.96%) C# Software Engineer
9 175 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
10 174 (7.10%) Full-Stack Developer
11 169 (6.90%) C# Software Developer
12 164 (6.69%) C# .NET Developer
13 150 (6.12%) .NET Software Engineer
14 118 (4.82%) Graduate
15 107 (4.37%) Lead Developer
16 101 (4.12%) Graduate Developer
17 92 (3.76%) Graduate Software Developer
18 91 (3.71%) .NET Software Developer
19 89 (3.63%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,558 (63.59%) .NET
2 495 (20.20%) .NET Core
3 390 (15.92%) ASP.NET
4 292 (11.92%) React
5 239 (9.76%) HTML
6 237 (9.67%) CSS
7 224 (9.14%) ASP.NET Core
8 193 (7.88%) .NET Framework
9 172 (7.02%) AngularJS
10 159 (6.49%) RESTful
11 146 (5.96%) REST
12 144 (5.88%) Entity Framework
13 143 (5.84%) Vue
14 137 (5.59%) Blazor
15 126 (5.14%) Node.js
16 89 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
17 75 (3.06%) WPF
18 54 (2.20%) jQuery
19 53 (2.16%) Playwright
20 49 (2.00%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 148 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 86 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
4 72 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 67 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 59 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
7 52 (2.12%) Hedge funds
8 48 (1.96%) Mobile App
9 47 (1.92%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.67%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 24 (0.98%) Legacy Code
13 24 (0.98%) Sports Betting
14 23 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
14 23 (0.94%) Management Information System
15 20 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
16 19 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (0.78%) Onboarding
17 18 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 118 (4.82%) Windows
2 92 (3.76%) Linux
3 27 (1.10%) Android
4 19 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.57%) VMS
6 12 (0.49%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.082%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.082%) Solaris
9 2 (0.082%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 760 (31.02%) Software Engineering
2 721 (29.43%) Agile
3 565 (23.06%) Full-Stack Development
4 511 (20.86%) CI/CD
5 500 (20.41%) DevOps
6 326 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
7 299 (12.20%) Microservices
8 283 (11.55%) Mentoring
9 271 (11.06%) AI
10 259 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 255 (10.41%) Computer Science
12 221 (9.02%) Test Automation
13 198 (8.08%) SDLC
14 151 (6.16%) Scrum
15 138 (5.63%) Business Intelligence
16 137 (5.59%) Machine Learning
17 135 (5.51%) Containerisation
18 132 (5.39%) MVC
19 123 (5.02%) Infrastructure as Code
20 118 (4.82%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 791 (32.29%) SQL
2 503 (20.53%) JavaScript
3 409 (16.69%) Python
4 311 (12.69%) TypeScript
5 266 (10.86%) C++
6 262 (10.69%) Java
7 106 (4.33%) PHP
8 96 (3.92%) PowerShell
9 60 (2.45%) C
10 40 (1.63%) T-SQL
11 32 (1.31%) Bash
11 32 (1.31%) Bicep
12 29 (1.18%) Go
13 27 (1.10%) VB.NET
14 23 (0.94%) VBA
15 21 (0.86%) Scala
16 19 (0.78%) F#
16 19 (0.78%) Rust
17 17 (0.69%) Haskell
18 16 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 353 (14.41%) Degree
2 170 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (5.10%) Security Cleared
4 72 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.80%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 40 (1.63%) ISTQB
9 25 (1.02%) AWS Certification
10 24 (0.98%) PhD
11 18 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 16 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (0.57%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.29%) DBS Check
18 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (5.43%) QA
2 42 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.78%) GDPR
5 14 (0.57%) ISO 9001
5 14 (0.57%) WCAG
6 11 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.45%) SLA
7 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
8 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.12%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
8 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
9 2 (0.082%) EMIR
9 2 (0.082%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.082%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.082%) ITGC
10 1 (0.041%) HL7
10 1 (0.041%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.041%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 227 (9.27%) Docker
2 23 (0.94%) Firmware
3 18 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.29%) KVM
6 6 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.082%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.082%) vSphere
9 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.041%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 199 (8.12%) Kubernetes
2 119 (4.86%) Terraform
3 36 (1.47%) Grafana
4 11 (0.45%) Ansible
4 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.29%) Kibana
6 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.082%) Control-M
7 2 (0.082%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.082%) MIIS
7 2 (0.082%) MOM
7 2 (0.082%) Nmap
8 1 (0.041%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.041%) Nessus
8 1 (0.041%) Netcool
8 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 574 (23.43%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.88%) Oracle
3 44 (1.80%) Google
4 26 (1.06%) Adobe
5 21 (0.86%) Facebook
6 15 (0.61%) OpenAI
6 15 (0.61%) VMware
7 12 (0.49%) Xamarin
8 11 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
8 11 (0.45%) Databricks
8 11 (0.45%) ServiceNow
9 10 (0.41%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.37%) iManage
11 8 (0.33%) Apple
12 7 (0.29%) Intapp
12 7 (0.29%) Splunk
13 6 (0.24%) Aderant
13 6 (0.24%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.24%) Yahoo!
13 6 (0.24%) YouTube