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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 50 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -31 0
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,055 2,335 8,083
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.13% 4.86% 7.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.42% 16.29% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,693 1,930 6,770
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,761 £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 17,539 14,332 33,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 29.83% 31.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,477 9,540 24,828
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 7 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 7 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 +1 2,826 £60,000 -7.69% 1,069
UK excluding London +3 2,273 £57,500 -4.17% 1,028
Work from Home +2 1,335 £55,000 -15.38% 1,418
South East +16 675 £60,000 - 279
London -15 643 £82,500 +3.13% 267
North of England +31 580 £57,500 -4.17% 244
Midlands -10 382 £55,000 - 135
North West +48 289 £57,500 +4.55% 124
East of England +5 266 £60,000 -9.37% 126
South West +15 257 £55,000 - 95
West Midlands -23 192 £59,500 +8.18% 69
East Midlands +15 190 £55,000 - 65
Yorkshire +8 160 £55,000 -19.41% 73
North East -3 131 £60,000 +4.35% 49
Wales -35 45 £51,619 -20.59% 42
Northern Ireland -15 36 £65,000 -18.75% 41
Scotland -25 34 £55,000 -12.00% 86

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 82 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 32 (1.05%) IIS
3 31 (1.01%) CMS
4 18 (0.59%) Confluence
5 15 (0.49%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.20%) Headless CMS
8 6 (0.20%) nginx
8 6 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 5 (0.16%) Apache
9 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.13%) JBoss
10 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.098%) DNN
11 3 (0.098%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.098%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.098%) Kentico
11 3 (0.098%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 43 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.23%) Simulink
4 5 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.098%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.065%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 43 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.20%) Carpe Diem
2 6 (0.20%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.098%) Magento
4 3 (0.098%) Shopify
5 2 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.065%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 2 (0.065%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.033%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.033%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.033%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.033%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.033%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.033%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,570 (51.39%) Azure
2 528 (17.28%) AWS
3 429 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
4 279 (9.13%) Power Platform
5 224 (7.33%) GitHub
6 223 (7.30%) SaaS
7 178 (5.83%) Azure AI
8 162 (5.30%) Azure Logic Apps
9 161 (5.27%) Serverless
10 156 (5.11%) Power Automate
11 152 (4.98%) GitHub Copilot
12 151 (4.94%) PowerApps
13 128 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
14 111 (3.63%) Azure Service Bus
15 104 (3.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 104 (3.40%) Azure Functions
15 104 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
16 76 (2.49%) GCP
17 57 (1.87%) Azure AKS
18 56 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 63 (2.06%) Internet
2 19 (0.62%) Broadband
3 16 (0.52%) DNS
4 15 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.33%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.29%) Firewall
7 8 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
8 7 (0.23%) HTTP
8 7 (0.23%) VPN
9 6 (0.20%) DHCP
10 5 (0.16%) LAN
10 5 (0.16%) LTE
10 5 (0.16%) WAN
11 4 (0.13%) BGP
11 4 (0.13%) Intranet
11 4 (0.13%) IPsec
11 4 (0.13%) Modbus
11 4 (0.13%) Network Security
12 3 (0.098%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.098%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 517 (16.92%) Azure SQL Database
2 504 (16.50%) SQL Server
3 452 (14.80%) MongoDB
4 161 (5.27%) Elasticsearch
4 161 (5.27%) Power BI
5 80 (2.62%) NoSQL
6 73 (2.39%) MySQL
7 60 (1.96%) Relational Database
8 54 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
9 42 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 41 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 21 (0.69%) Redis
12 18 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (0.43%) Db2
14 12 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
14 12 (0.39%) Metadata
15 11 (0.36%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 9 (0.29%) Big Data
18 8 (0.26%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 211 (6.91%) Git
2 58 (1.90%) JIRA
3 41 (1.34%) Visual Studio
4 35 (1.15%) GitLab
4 35 (1.15%) Selenium
5 26 (0.85%) Postman
6 25 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
7 23 (0.75%) SpecFlow
8 21 (0.69%) TeamCity
9 18 (0.59%) Jenkins
10 14 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.43%) Claude Code
11 13 (0.43%) NUnit
12 12 (0.39%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.29%) Team Foundation Server
13 9 (0.29%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.26%) Yeoman
General
1 533 (17.45%) Finance
2 425 (13.91%) Social Skills
3 155 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (3.50%) Manufacturing
5 89 (2.91%) Games
6 84 (2.75%) Law
7 78 (2.55%) Retail
8 74 (2.42%) Legal
9 71 (2.32%) Public Sector
10 70 (2.29%) Advertising
11 62 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 62 (2.03%) Marketing
12 57 (1.87%) Aerospace
12 57 (1.87%) Banking
12 57 (1.87%) Electronics
13 49 (1.60%) Front Office
14 35 (1.15%) Automotive
15 27 (0.88%) Legal Technology
16 19 (0.62%) Military
17 18 (0.59%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,689 (55.29%) Developer
2 789 (25.83%) .NET Developer
3 668 (21.87%) Software Engineer
4 628 (20.56%) Senior
5 419 (13.72%) Software Developer
6 381 (12.47%) C# Developer
7 314 (10.28%) C# Software Engineer
8 292 (9.56%) Senior Developer
9 291 (9.53%) Lead
10 237 (7.76%) Senior Software Engineer
11 169 (5.53%) Full-Stack Developer
12 168 (5.50%) C# .NET Developer
13 165 (5.40%) C# Software Developer
14 157 (5.14%) .NET Software Engineer
15 143 (4.68%) Graduate
16 135 (4.42%) Lead Developer
17 99 (3.24%) Graduate Developer
18 97 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
19 95 (3.11%) Azure Developer
20 94 (3.08%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,007 (65.70%) .NET
2 784 (25.66%) .NET Core
3 730 (23.90%) ASP.NET
4 579 (18.95%) ASP.NET Core
5 460 (15.06%) React
6 370 (12.11%) CSS
7 353 (11.55%) HTML
8 311 (10.18%) AngularJS
9 291 (9.53%) Blazor
9 291 (9.53%) RESTful
10 281 (9.20%) Vue
11 263 (8.61%) Entity Framework
12 252 (8.25%) Node.js
13 231 (7.56%) .NET Framework
14 213 (6.97%) ASP.NET Web API
15 205 (6.71%) REST
16 159 (5.20%) ML.NET
17 120 (3.93%) LINQ
18 107 (3.50%) WPF
19 73 (2.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 195 (6.38%) Cloud Native
2 145 (4.75%) Greenfield Project
3 114 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
4 103 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
5 94 (3.08%) Product Ownership
6 76 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
7 60 (1.96%) Mobile App
8 56 (1.83%) Hedge funds
9 51 (1.67%) Algorithms
9 51 (1.67%) Virtual Team
10 41 (1.34%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (1.05%) Low-Code
13 31 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 27 (0.88%) Management Information System
15 25 (0.82%) AI Agents
16 24 (0.79%) Legacy Code
16 24 (0.79%) Robotics
17 23 (0.75%) Sports Betting
18 22 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 146 (4.78%) Windows
2 110 (3.60%) Linux
3 43 (1.41%) Android
4 29 (0.95%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.39%) VMS
7 9 (0.29%) Unix
8 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.098%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.065%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.033%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,072 (35.09%) Agile
2 953 (31.19%) Software Engineering
3 910 (29.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 727 (23.80%) CI/CD
5 707 (23.14%) DevOps
6 490 (16.04%) Microservices
7 470 (15.38%) AI
8 426 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
9 342 (11.19%) Mentoring
10 339 (11.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 276 (9.03%) Computer Science
12 265 (8.67%) Machine Learning
13 254 (8.31%) Test Automation
14 232 (7.59%) SDLC
15 204 (6.68%) Multithreading
16 200 (6.55%) Scrum
17 189 (6.19%) TDD
18 179 (5.86%) Business Intelligence
18 179 (5.86%) OO
19 158 (5.17%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,184 (38.76%) SQL
2 705 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 481 (15.74%) Python
4 467 (15.29%) TypeScript
5 339 (11.10%) C++
6 271 (8.87%) Java
7 129 (4.22%) PHP
8 112 (3.67%) PowerShell
9 76 (2.49%) C
10 58 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.41%) Bicep
12 39 (1.28%) Go
13 38 (1.24%) VB.NET
14 35 (1.15%) Bash
15 30 (0.98%) VBA
16 24 (0.79%) Rust
17 20 (0.65%) Scala
18 19 (0.62%) MATLAB
19 18 (0.59%) F#
20 17 (0.56%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 388 (12.70%) Degree
2 185 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 127 (4.16%) Security Cleared
4 81 (2.65%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 40 (1.31%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (0.92%) PhD
9 22 (0.72%) ISTQB
10 16 (0.52%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.39%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (0.20%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.16%) CREST Certified
16 5 (0.16%) GPEN
16 5 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (6.35%) QA
2 48 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 27 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 26 (0.85%) GDPR
5 21 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.39%) SLA
8 11 (0.36%) WCAG
9 5 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.16%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.13%) NCSC
11 3 (0.098%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.065%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.065%) ITGC
12 2 (0.065%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.065%) PSD2
13 1 (0.033%) EMIR
System Software
1 372 (12.18%) Docker
2 27 (0.88%) Firmware
3 22 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.20%) KVM
8 5 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.098%) vSphere
10 1 (0.033%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.033%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 332 (10.87%) Kubernetes
2 146 (4.78%) Terraform
3 38 (1.24%) Grafana
4 18 (0.59%) Ansible
5 12 (0.39%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.13%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.098%) Control-M
8 3 (0.098%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.098%) Kibana
9 2 (0.065%) MIIS
9 2 (0.065%) MOM
10 1 (0.033%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.033%) Nessus
10 1 (0.033%) Netcool
10 1 (0.033%) Nmap
Vendors
1 992 (32.47%) Microsoft
2 82 (2.68%) Google
3 65 (2.13%) Facebook
4 47 (1.54%) Oracle
5 25 (0.82%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.75%) Adobe
7 21 (0.69%) YouTube
8 20 (0.65%) Apple
9 19 (0.62%) Salesforce
10 18 (0.59%) Sony
10 18 (0.59%) Yahoo!
11 17 (0.56%) VMware
12 16 (0.52%) Databricks
13 15 (0.49%) Xamarin
14 13 (0.43%) Intapp
15 11 (0.36%) Splunk
16 10 (0.33%) IBM
16 10 (0.33%) iManage
16 10 (0.33%) SAP
17 9 (0.29%) ServiceNow