C# Job Trends
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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 49 | 69 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +20 | -45 | -5 |
| Permanent jobs citing C# | 3,413 | 1,859 | 4,964 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 2.87% | 3.80% | 7.04% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 18.43% | 15.16% | 22.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,793 | 1,560 | 3,276 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £36,250 | £36,738 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £47,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.23% | +1.25% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £102,500 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | +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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 18,516 | 12,265 | 22,246 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 15.54% | 25.08% | 31.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13,162 | 8,116 | 13,309 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £45,267 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £83,750 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | - | - |
C# Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing C# relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
C# Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C#.
C# Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
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 16 October 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 | +14 | 3,110 | £60,261 | -3.58% | 1,620 |
| UK excluding London | +28 | 2,656 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 1,053 |
| Work from Home | +20 | 1,551 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 824 |
| South East | +30 | 768 | £60,000 | - | 244 |
| North of England | +29 | 650 | £59,000 | -1.67% | 291 |
| London | -28 | 642 | £85,000 | +6.25% | 650 |
| Midlands | +4 | 422 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 160 |
| East of England | +35 | 315 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 145 |
| North West | +46 | 304 | £55,000 | -12.00% | 148 |
| South West | +34 | 288 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 84 |
| West Midlands | -11 | 220 | £61,250 | +11.36% | 90 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 202 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 70 |
| North East | +4 | 185 | £74,660 | +49.32% | 57 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 161 | £55,000 | -6.38% | 89 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 114 | £35,000 | -44.00% | 39 |
| Scotland | +21 | 51 | £55,000 | -13.39% | 65 |
| Wales | -51 | 51 | £53,171 | +9.63% | 43 |
C# Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL | 35.6% | 1,215 |
| 2 | JavaScript | 24.4% | 832 |
| 3 | Python | 17.3% | 590 |
| 4 | TypeScript | 14.8% | 506 |
| 5 | C++ | 9.8% | 334 |
| 6 | Java | 8.4% | 288 |
| 7 | PowerShell | 3.7% | 125 |
| 8 | PHP | 2.8% | 96 |
| 9 | C | 2.5% | 86 |
| 10 | T-SQL | 2.4% | 83 |
| 11 | Go | 1.5% | 50 |
| 12 | Bicep | 1.4% | 48 |
| 13 | VB.NET | 1.4% | 47 |
| 14 | VBA | 0.9% | 31 |
| 15 | Rust | 0.8% | 28 |
| 16 | Bash | 0.8% | 27 |
| 17 | Ruby | 0.7% | 24 |
| 18 | Delphi | 0.7% | 23 |
| 19 | MATLAB | 0.5% | 18 |
| 19 | R | 0.5% | 18 |