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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 35 18
Rank change year-on-year -41 -17 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,036 2,613 7,659
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.49% 6.37% 8.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.90% 19.09% 24.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 2,201 6,768
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,438 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 14,644 13,689 31,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 33.40% 34.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10,127 10,260 24,752
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,446 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,217 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +1.80% +2.78% -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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -40 1,872 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -45 1,387 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -24 776 £60,000 -4.00% 535
London -29 526 £80,000 +6.67% 269
North of England -33 406 £62,500 +17.92% 185
South East -31 395 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -36 261 £56,250 +2.27% 124
North West -35 194 £60,000 +17.90% 90
South West -21 139 £55,000 -4.35% 81
Yorkshire -31 135 £62,500 +19.05% 60
East Midlands -24 133 £55,000 - 54
West Midlands -47 128 £57,500 - 70
East of England -56 125 £55,000 -16.93% 101
North East -10 77 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -67 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -51 18 £42,500 -32.00% 25
Northern Ireland -33 9 £80,000 - 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 52 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.13%) CMS
3 22 (1.08%) IIS
4 11 (0.54%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Confluence
7 3 (0.15%) Kinematics
8 2 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.098%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.098%) nginx
9 1 (0.049%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.049%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.049%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
4 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.29%) Shopify
3 3 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.098%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.098%) Magento
5 1 (0.049%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.049%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.049%) Endur
5 1 (0.049%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.049%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.049%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.049%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.049%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 900 (44.20%) Azure
2 347 (17.04%) AWS
3 212 (10.41%) SaaS
4 205 (10.07%) Azure DevOps
5 196 (9.63%) Power Platform
6 126 (6.19%) Serverless
7 114 (5.60%) Azure Logic Apps
8 96 (4.72%) Power Automate
9 94 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
9 94 (4.62%) PowerApps
10 76 (3.73%) Azure Functions
11 72 (3.54%) GitHub
12 69 (3.39%) GCP
13 65 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
14 58 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
15 43 (2.11%) Azure AKS
16 36 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 32 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
18 26 (1.28%) PaaS
19 24 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.74%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.69%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.54%) Broadband
4 6 (0.29%) Ethernet
4 6 (0.29%) Internet
5 5 (0.25%) DNS
5 5 (0.25%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) Intranet
6 4 (0.20%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
7 3 (0.15%) Network Security
8 2 (0.098%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.098%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.098%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.049%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.049%) Profibus
9 1 (0.049%) SSL
9 1 (0.049%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 400 (19.65%) SQL Server
2 116 (5.70%) Power BI
3 81 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (3.39%) NoSQL
5 62 (3.05%) MySQL
6 61 (3.00%) Relational Database
7 51 (2.50%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 42 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 18 (0.88%) Redis
12 17 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.54%) DB2
15 9 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.29%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.29%) DynamoDB
17 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 124 (6.09%) Git
2 68 (3.34%) Selenium
3 64 (3.14%) Visual Studio
4 51 (2.50%) JIRA
5 38 (1.87%) Postman
6 31 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
6 31 (1.52%) WebDriver
7 27 (1.33%) SpecFlow
8 26 (1.28%) SoapUI
9 24 (1.18%) Jenkins
10 19 (0.93%) TeamCity
11 16 (0.79%) Cypress.io
11 16 (0.79%) NUnit
12 13 (0.64%) GitLab
13 11 (0.54%) Cucumber
14 9 (0.44%) LabVIEW
15 8 (0.39%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
17 6 (0.29%) JMeter
17 6 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 394 (19.35%) Finance
2 352 (17.29%) Social Skills
3 118 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (3.59%) Public Sector
5 70 (3.44%) Law
6 58 (2.85%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (2.26%) Banking
9 44 (2.16%) Front Office
9 44 (2.16%) Retail
10 42 (2.06%) Games
11 37 (1.82%) Electronics
12 30 (1.47%) Legal
13 27 (1.33%) Marketing
14 21 (1.03%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.83%) Investment Banking
15 17 (0.83%) Military
16 15 (0.74%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.69%) Aviation
18 10 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,054 (51.77%) Developer
2 452 (22.20%) Senior
3 378 (18.57%) Software Engineer
4 363 (17.83%) Software Developer
5 357 (17.53%) C# Developer
6 288 (14.15%) .NET Developer
7 238 (11.69%) Senior Developer
8 230 (11.30%) Lead
9 170 (8.35%) Full-Stack Developer
10 143 (7.02%) C# Software Engineer
11 136 (6.68%) C# .NET Developer
12 128 (6.29%) C# Software Developer
13 119 (5.84%) Senior Software Engineer
14 114 (5.60%) .NET Software Engineer
15 90 (4.42%) Graduate
16 85 (4.17%) Lead Developer
17 76 (3.73%) Senior Software Developer
18 72 (3.54%) .NET Software Developer
19 71 (3.49%) Graduate Developer
19 71 (3.49%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,276 (62.67%) .NET
2 377 (18.52%) .NET Core
3 259 (12.72%) ASP.NET
4 248 (12.18%) React
5 191 (9.38%) HTML
6 185 (9.09%) CSS
7 184 (9.04%) .NET Framework
8 137 (6.73%) AngularJS
9 135 (6.63%) REST
10 110 (5.40%) RESTful
11 86 (4.22%) Vue
12 84 (4.13%) Entity Framework
13 82 (4.03%) ASP.NET Core
14 78 (3.83%) Blazor
15 67 (3.29%) Node.js
16 49 (2.41%) WPF
17 47 (2.31%) ASP.NET MVC
17 47 (2.31%) Playwright
18 46 (2.26%) jQuery
19 43 (2.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 114 (5.60%) Cloud Native
2 71 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (2.95%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.11%) Low-Code
7 39 (1.92%) Mobile App
8 37 (1.82%) Hedge funds
9 35 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 32 (1.57%) Algorithms
11 25 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 24 (1.18%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.03%) Sports Betting
14 20 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 19 (0.93%) Public Cloud
16 18 (0.88%) Client/Server
16 18 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
16 18 (0.88%) Legacy Code
17 17 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 99 (4.86%) Windows
2 73 (3.59%) Linux
3 17 (0.83%) Android
4 16 (0.79%) Unix
5 15 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.69%) VMS
7 10 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.098%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.098%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.098%) Solaris
8 2 (0.098%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (31.48%) Software Engineering
2 590 (28.98%) Agile
3 426 (20.92%) DevOps
4 403 (19.79%) Full-Stack Development
5 397 (19.50%) CI/CD
6 309 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
7 254 (12.48%) Mentoring
8 253 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 247 (12.13%) Microservices
10 209 (10.27%) Computer Science
11 171 (8.40%) AI
12 169 (8.30%) SDLC
13 167 (8.20%) Test Automation
14 145 (7.12%) MVC
15 128 (6.29%) Business Intelligence
16 127 (6.24%) Scrum
17 123 (6.04%) Containerisation
18 106 (5.21%) OO
19 97 (4.76%) Analytics
19 97 (4.76%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 638 (31.34%) SQL
2 442 (21.71%) JavaScript
3 335 (16.45%) Python
4 257 (12.62%) TypeScript
5 231 (11.35%) Java
6 197 (9.68%) C++
7 84 (4.13%) PHP
8 77 (3.78%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.70%) C
10 41 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.62%) Go
12 27 (1.33%) Bash
13 25 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 22 (1.08%) Bicep
15 20 (0.98%) Rust
16 19 (0.93%) Delphi
16 19 (0.93%) VBA
17 17 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
18 15 (0.74%) PL/SQL
19 11 (0.54%) F#
Qualifications
1 286 (14.05%) Degree
2 134 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 112 (5.50%) Security Cleared
4 63 (3.09%) SC Cleared
5 50 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 46 (2.26%) ISTQB
7 42 (2.06%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.62%) Master's Degree
9 31 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (1.13%) PhD
11 21 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (0.98%) DV Cleared
13 19 (0.93%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.49%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.44%) ISEB
18 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (6.97%) QA
2 36 (1.77%) Accessibility
3 20 (0.98%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.74%) GDPR
5 12 (0.59%) WCAG
6 11 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.39%) SLA
9 3 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.15%) EMIR
10 2 (0.098%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.098%) ITGC
11 1 (0.049%) HL7
11 1 (0.049%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.049%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.049%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 175 (8.60%) Docker
2 22 (1.08%) Firmware
3 12 (0.59%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.34%) KVM
6 6 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.049%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 147 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 89 (4.37%) Terraform
3 37 (1.82%) Grafana
4 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.39%) Ansible
6 7 (0.34%) Kibana
7 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.098%) MIIS
8 2 (0.098%) MOM
8 2 (0.098%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.049%) Control-M
9 1 (0.049%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.049%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.049%) Nessus
9 1 (0.049%) Netcool
Vendors
1 399 (19.60%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.16%) Oracle
3 31 (1.52%) Google
4 16 (0.79%) SAP
4 16 (0.79%) Xamarin
5 13 (0.64%) Adobe
6 12 (0.59%) Databricks
7 11 (0.54%) VMware
8 9 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (0.44%) MuleSoft
8 9 (0.44%) OpenAI
8 9 (0.44%) Palantir
9 8 (0.39%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.34%) iManage
10 7 (0.34%) Sage
10 7 (0.34%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.29%) Aderant
11 6 (0.29%) IBM
11 6 (0.29%) IFS
11 6 (0.29%) Workday