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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 50 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -31 0
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,962 2,305 8,324
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.07% 4.91% 7.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.09% 16.27% 24.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,612 1,908 6,996
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,930 £50,000 £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 £77,500 £80,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
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 17,330 14,166 33,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 30.20% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,317 9,411 25,269
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £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 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.46% -0.45%

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 2 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 2 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 +3 2,749 £60,000 -7.69% 884
UK excluding London +3 2,189 £57,500 -4.17% 718
Work from Home +1 1,252 £55,000 -15.38% 529
South East +15 650 £60,000 - 219
London -17 636 £82,500 +3.13% 279
North of England +33 571 £57,500 -4.17% 188
Midlands -14 369 £57,500 +4.55% 96
North West +46 287 £57,687 +4.88% 91
East of England 0 255 £60,000 -9.37% 86
South West +10 245 £55,000 - 73
East Midlands +20 187 £55,000 - 40
West Midlands -28 182 £59,500 +8.18% 56
Yorkshire -1 156 £55,000 -19.71% 51
North East -9 128 £60,000 +4.35% 49
Wales -36 41 £51,619 -20.59% 19
Scotland -17 34 £52,500 -16.00% 30
Northern Ireland -19 26 £65,000 -18.75% 25

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 80 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.05%) CMS
3 30 (1.01%) IIS
4 18 (0.61%) Confluence
5 15 (0.51%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.20%) Headless CMS
8 6 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 5 (0.17%) nginx
10 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.14%) Apache
10 4 (0.14%) JBoss
10 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.10%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.10%) DNN
11 3 (0.10%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.10%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.10%) Kentico
11 3 (0.10%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 42 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.24%) Simulink
4 6 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.10%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.068%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
2 5 (0.17%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.10%) Magento
4 3 (0.10%) Shopify
5 2 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.068%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 2 (0.068%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.034%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.034%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.034%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.034%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,496 (50.51%) Azure
2 507 (17.12%) AWS
3 406 (13.71%) Azure DevOps
4 273 (9.22%) Power Platform
5 216 (7.29%) SaaS
6 207 (6.99%) GitHub
7 160 (5.40%) Azure Logic Apps
8 158 (5.33%) Azure AI
9 155 (5.23%) Serverless
10 153 (5.17%) Power Automate
11 148 (5.00%) PowerApps
12 135 (4.56%) GitHub Copilot
13 124 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
14 105 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
15 103 (3.48%) Azure Functions
15 103 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
16 98 (3.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 71 (2.40%) GCP
18 56 (1.89%) Azure AKS
18 56 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 57 (1.92%) Internet
2 19 (0.64%) Broadband
3 15 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.47%) DNS
5 10 (0.34%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.30%) Firewall
7 8 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
8 7 (0.24%) HTTP
9 6 (0.20%) DHCP
10 5 (0.17%) LAN
10 5 (0.17%) LTE
10 5 (0.17%) VPN
10 5 (0.17%) WAN
11 4 (0.14%) Intranet
11 4 (0.14%) Modbus
11 4 (0.14%) Network Security
12 3 (0.10%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.10%) RS-232
12 3 (0.10%) SSL
13 2 (0.068%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 494 (16.68%) SQL Server
2 464 (15.67%) Azure SQL Database
3 404 (13.64%) MongoDB
4 158 (5.33%) Power BI
5 143 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
6 78 (2.63%) NoSQL
7 73 (2.46%) MySQL
8 60 (2.03%) Relational Database
9 54 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
10 41 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 40 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 21 (0.71%) Redis
13 16 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (0.44%) Db2
15 12 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
15 12 (0.41%) Metadata
16 9 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
16 9 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 8 (0.27%) DynamoDB
18 7 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 208 (7.02%) Git
2 56 (1.89%) JIRA
3 42 (1.42%) Visual Studio
4 35 (1.18%) GitLab
4 35 (1.18%) Selenium
5 26 (0.88%) Postman
6 24 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
7 23 (0.78%) SpecFlow
8 21 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 18 (0.61%) Jenkins
10 13 (0.44%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.44%) NUnit
11 12 (0.41%) Claude Code
11 12 (0.41%) Cucumber
12 10 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.34%) WebDriver
13 8 (0.27%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.27%) LabVIEW
13 8 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 8 (0.27%) Yeoman
General
1 518 (17.49%) Finance
2 411 (13.88%) Social Skills
3 152 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (3.54%) Manufacturing
5 82 (2.77%) Games
6 72 (2.43%) Law
7 71 (2.40%) Public Sector
7 71 (2.40%) Retail
8 63 (2.13%) Advertising
9 62 (2.09%) Legal
10 60 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 56 (1.89%) Electronics
12 55 (1.86%) Aerospace
12 55 (1.86%) Banking
13 53 (1.79%) Marketing
14 49 (1.65%) Front Office
15 35 (1.18%) Automotive
16 22 (0.74%) Legal Technology
17 18 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,622 (54.76%) Developer
2 727 (24.54%) .NET Developer
3 660 (22.28%) Software Engineer
4 607 (20.49%) Senior
5 421 (14.21%) Software Developer
6 380 (12.83%) C# Developer
7 314 (10.60%) C# Software Engineer
8 285 (9.62%) Lead
9 282 (9.52%) Senior Developer
10 234 (7.90%) Senior Software Engineer
11 168 (5.67%) C# .NET Developer
12 167 (5.64%) Full-Stack Developer
13 165 (5.57%) C# Software Developer
14 158 (5.33%) .NET Software Engineer
15 139 (4.69%) Graduate
16 132 (4.46%) Lead Developer
17 99 (3.34%) Graduate Developer
18 96 (3.24%) Azure Developer
19 94 (3.17%) .NET Software Developer
19 94 (3.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,941 (65.53%) .NET
2 739 (24.95%) .NET Core
3 672 (22.69%) ASP.NET
4 524 (17.69%) ASP.NET Core
5 433 (14.62%) React
6 349 (11.78%) CSS
7 333 (11.24%) HTML
8 292 (9.86%) AngularJS
9 270 (9.12%) RESTful
10 266 (8.98%) Blazor
11 263 (8.88%) Vue
12 243 (8.20%) Entity Framework
13 229 (7.73%) Node.js
14 218 (7.36%) .NET Framework
15 204 (6.89%) REST
16 195 (6.58%) ASP.NET Web API
17 141 (4.76%) ML.NET
18 108 (3.65%) LINQ
19 104 (3.51%) WPF
20 67 (2.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 188 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 135 (4.56%) Greenfield Project
3 112 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
4 99 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
5 93 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 76 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 59 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 56 (1.89%) Hedge funds
9 50 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 44 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 39 (1.32%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
12 33 (1.11%) Low-Code
13 31 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 27 (0.91%) Management Information System
15 24 (0.81%) AI Agents
15 24 (0.81%) Legacy Code
16 23 (0.78%) Robotics
16 23 (0.78%) Sports Betting
17 22 (0.74%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 144 (4.86%) Windows
2 108 (3.65%) Linux
3 44 (1.49%) Android
4 27 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.41%) VMS
7 9 (0.30%) Unix
8 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.068%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.034%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,013 (34.20%) Agile
2 931 (31.43%) Software Engineering
3 856 (28.90%) Full-Stack Development
4 696 (23.50%) CI/CD
5 671 (22.65%) DevOps
6 456 (15.40%) Microservices
7 446 (15.06%) AI
8 417 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
9 329 (11.11%) Mentoring
10 325 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
11 272 (9.18%) Computer Science
12 245 (8.27%) Test Automation
13 243 (8.20%) Machine Learning
14 231 (7.80%) SDLC
15 190 (6.41%) Scrum
16 187 (6.31%) Multithreading
17 180 (6.08%) TDD
18 175 (5.91%) Business Intelligence
19 167 (5.64%) OO
20 157 (5.30%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1,119 (37.78%) SQL
2 662 (22.35%) JavaScript
3 466 (15.73%) Python
4 438 (14.79%) TypeScript
5 336 (11.34%) C++
6 267 (9.01%) Java
7 123 (4.15%) PHP
8 107 (3.61%) PowerShell
9 74 (2.50%) C
10 58 (1.96%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.45%) Bicep
12 39 (1.32%) Go
13 36 (1.22%) Bash
13 36 (1.22%) VB.NET
14 30 (1.01%) VBA
15 24 (0.81%) Rust
16 20 (0.68%) Scala
17 19 (0.64%) MATLAB
18 18 (0.61%) F#
19 17 (0.57%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 382 (12.90%) Degree
2 184 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 131 (4.42%) Security Cleared
4 82 (2.77%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.49%) Master's Degree
6 41 (1.38%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (0.95%) PhD
9 21 (0.71%) ISTQB
10 16 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 11 (0.37%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (0.20%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.17%) GPEN
16 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.17%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (5.98%) QA
2 49 (1.65%) Accessibility
3 27 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 24 (0.81%) GDPR
5 21 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.47%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.41%) SLA
8 11 (0.37%) WCAG
9 5 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.17%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.14%) NCSC
11 3 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.068%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.068%) ITGC
13 1 (0.034%) EMIR
13 1 (0.034%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 352 (11.88%) Docker
2 29 (0.98%) Firmware
3 22 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.20%) KVM
7 6 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.10%) vSphere
10 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 313 (10.57%) Kubernetes
2 144 (4.86%) Terraform
3 36 (1.22%) Grafana
4 18 (0.61%) Ansible
5 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.14%) Kibana
7 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.10%) Control-M
8 3 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.068%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.068%) MIIS
9 2 (0.068%) MOM
10 1 (0.034%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.034%) Nessus
10 1 (0.034%) Netcool
10 1 (0.034%) Nmap
Vendors
1 918 (30.99%) Microsoft
2 72 (2.43%) Google
3 58 (1.96%) Facebook
4 45 (1.52%) Oracle
5 25 (0.84%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.78%) Adobe
7 19 (0.64%) Salesforce
7 19 (0.64%) YouTube
8 18 (0.61%) Apple
9 17 (0.57%) VMware
10 16 (0.54%) Sony
10 16 (0.54%) Yahoo!
11 15 (0.51%) Xamarin
12 14 (0.47%) Databricks
13 12 (0.41%) Intapp
14 11 (0.37%) Splunk
15 10 (0.34%) iManage
16 9 (0.30%) ServiceNow
17 8 (0.27%) Aderant
17 8 (0.27%) IBM