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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 42 18
Rank change year-on-year -29 -24 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,225 2,439 7,891
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.46% 5.68% 8.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.26% 17.64% 24.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,925 2,068 6,831
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +11.30% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £92,500
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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,607 13,824 32,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.28% 32.18% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10,617 10,076 24,946
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £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 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 4 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 4 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 -31 2,044 £62,500 -3.85% 805
UK excluding London -37 1,513 £60,000 +4.35% 616
Work from Home -17 819 £60,000 -7.69% 436
London -20 575 £82,500 +10.00% 268
South East -18 452 £60,000 - 215
North of England -18 417 £61,500 +11.82% 148
Midlands -41 277 £60,000 +9.09% 80
North West -1 214 £60,000 +15.67% 93
East of England -31 158 £60,000 -9.37% 75
South West -22 148 £55,000 - 69
East Midlands -16 142 £60,000 +9.09% 36
West Midlands -53 135 £60,000 +9.09% 44
Yorkshire -38 133 £62,500 +4.17% 30
North East -25 70 £70,000 +21.74% 25
Scotland -68 37 £60,000 +23.71% 23
Wales -46 26 £41,750 -35.77% 19
Northern Ireland -34 8 £95,000 - 3
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 64 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 22 (0.99%) CMS
3 19 (0.85%) IIS
4 11 (0.49%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.36%) Confluence
6 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.18%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.090%) JBoss
8 2 (0.090%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.090%) nginx
8 2 (0.090%) WordPress
9 1 (0.045%) Apache
9 1 (0.045%) Appian
9 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Simulink
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.090%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.090%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.13%) Magento
4 2 (0.090%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.090%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.045%) Endur
5 1 (0.045%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.045%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.045%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.045%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.045%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.045%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.045%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 959 (43.10%) Azure
2 370 (16.63%) AWS
3 211 (9.48%) SaaS
4 207 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 205 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
6 131 (5.89%) Azure Logic Apps
7 130 (5.84%) Serverless
8 108 (4.85%) PowerApps
9 106 (4.76%) Power Automate
10 88 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
11 83 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
12 79 (3.55%) Azure Functions
13 66 (2.97%) GitHub
14 65 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
15 59 (2.65%) GCP
16 47 (2.11%) Azure AKS
17 41 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
18 35 (1.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 32 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
20 25 (1.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.63%) Broadband
2 12 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.45%) DNS
3 10 (0.45%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.31%) HTTP
5 6 (0.27%) Intranet
6 4 (0.18%) Firewall
6 4 (0.18%) Internet
6 4 (0.18%) LTE
6 4 (0.18%) Modbus
7 3 (0.13%) DHCP
7 3 (0.13%) Network Security
7 3 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.13%) SSL
8 2 (0.090%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.090%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.090%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.090%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.090%) VPN
9 1 (0.045%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 437 (19.64%) SQL Server
2 126 (5.66%) Power BI
3 93 (4.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 71 (3.19%) NoSQL
5 59 (2.65%) MongoDB
6 58 (2.61%) MySQL
7 51 (2.29%) Relational Database
8 48 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
9 37 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 17 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (0.63%) Redis
13 12 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.54%) Metadata
14 11 (0.49%) DB2
15 6 (0.27%) Data Lake
16 5 (0.22%) ClickHouse
16 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (0.18%) GIS
17 4 (0.18%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 144 (6.47%) Git
2 63 (2.83%) Selenium
3 54 (2.43%) JIRA
3 54 (2.43%) Visual Studio
4 40 (1.80%) Postman
5 31 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
6 28 (1.26%) WebDriver
7 27 (1.21%) SoapUI
8 23 (1.03%) SpecFlow
9 22 (0.99%) GitLab
10 21 (0.94%) Jenkins
10 21 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
11 18 (0.81%) TeamCity
12 15 (0.67%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.58%) NUnit
14 10 (0.45%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.40%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.36%) Moq
17 7 (0.31%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 442 (19.87%) Finance
2 337 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 125 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (3.10%) Manufacturing
5 60 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 60 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 56 (2.52%) Law
7 52 (2.34%) Front Office
8 46 (2.07%) Banking
9 45 (2.02%) Retail
10 39 (1.75%) Games
11 38 (1.71%) Electronics
12 33 (1.48%) Aerospace
13 30 (1.35%) Legal
14 26 (1.17%) Automotive
15 19 (0.85%) Marketing
16 18 (0.81%) Advertising
17 15 (0.67%) Aviation
17 15 (0.67%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,145 (51.46%) Developer
2 501 (22.52%) Senior
3 463 (20.81%) Software Engineer
4 420 (18.88%) Software Developer
5 407 (18.29%) C# Developer
6 307 (13.80%) .NET Developer
7 248 (11.15%) Lead
7 248 (11.15%) Senior Developer
8 209 (9.39%) C# Software Engineer
9 168 (7.55%) Full-Stack Developer
10 165 (7.42%) C# Software Developer
11 158 (7.10%) Senior Software Engineer
12 156 (7.01%) C# .NET Developer
13 133 (5.98%) .NET Software Engineer
14 122 (5.48%) Graduate
15 107 (4.81%) Graduate Developer
16 100 (4.49%) Lead Developer
17 98 (4.40%) Graduate Software Developer
18 96 (4.31%) SQL Developer
19 84 (3.78%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,368 (61.48%) .NET
2 385 (17.30%) .NET Core
3 262 (11.78%) ASP.NET
4 247 (11.10%) React
5 191 (8.58%) CSS
5 191 (8.58%) HTML
6 182 (8.18%) .NET Framework
7 132 (5.93%) REST
8 129 (5.80%) AngularJS
9 115 (5.17%) RESTful
10 98 (4.40%) ASP.NET Core
11 95 (4.27%) Vue
12 88 (3.96%) Entity Framework
12 88 (3.96%) Node.js
13 85 (3.82%) Blazor
14 67 (3.01%) WPF
15 56 (2.52%) jQuery
16 51 (2.29%) Playwright
17 44 (1.98%) HTML5 Canvas
18 42 (1.89%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.80%) Cloud Native
2 82 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (3.24%) Product Ownership
4 59 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
5 51 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (2.16%) Hedge funds
7 47 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
8 44 (1.98%) Algorithms
9 40 (1.80%) Low-Code
10 39 (1.75%) Mobile App
11 30 (1.35%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 23 (1.03%) Sports Betting
14 22 (0.99%) Legacy Code
15 21 (0.94%) Management Information System
16 20 (0.90%) Onboarding
17 19 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
18 18 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
18 18 (0.81%) Public Cloud
18 18 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 103 (4.63%) Windows
2 84 (3.78%) Linux
3 17 (0.76%) Android
4 14 (0.63%) VMS
4 14 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.49%) Unix
6 2 (0.090%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.090%) Solaris
6 2 (0.090%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.090%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.045%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.045%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 708 (31.82%) Software Engineering
2 616 (27.69%) Agile
3 440 (19.78%) CI/CD
4 431 (19.37%) DevOps
5 427 (19.19%) Full-Stack Development
6 295 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
7 268 (12.04%) Mentoring
8 253 (11.37%) Microservices
9 251 (11.28%) Computer Science
10 245 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 207 (9.30%) Test Automation
12 195 (8.76%) AI
13 180 (8.09%) SDLC
14 145 (6.52%) MVC
15 134 (6.02%) Scrum
16 133 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
17 130 (5.84%) Containerisation
18 114 (5.12%) Infrastructure as Code
19 106 (4.76%) Analytics
20 105 (4.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 669 (30.07%) SQL
2 439 (19.73%) JavaScript
3 376 (16.90%) Python
4 274 (12.31%) TypeScript
5 251 (11.28%) Java
6 233 (10.47%) C++
7 113 (5.08%) PHP
8 92 (4.13%) PowerShell
9 48 (2.16%) C
10 39 (1.75%) T-SQL
11 30 (1.35%) Bash
11 30 (1.35%) Go
12 27 (1.21%) Bicep
13 26 (1.17%) VB.NET
14 23 (1.03%) VBA
15 21 (0.94%) Scala
16 19 (0.85%) Rust
17 18 (0.81%) F#
18 16 (0.72%) Delphi
18 16 (0.72%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 326 (14.65%) Degree
2 166 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 118 (5.30%) Security Cleared
4 67 (3.01%) SC Cleared
5 45 (2.02%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (1.84%) ISTQB
8 38 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.30%) AWS Certification
10 22 (0.99%) PhD
11 20 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 18 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 17 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
14 14 (0.63%) DV Cleared
15 10 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
17 8 (0.36%) CREST Certified
17 8 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 5 (0.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (6.07%) QA
2 40 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.63%) GDPR
5 13 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 13 (0.58%) WCAG
6 12 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.49%) SLA
8 5 (0.22%) IEC 61131
9 3 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.13%) EMIR
10 2 (0.090%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.090%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.090%) ITGC
11 1 (0.045%) HL7
11 1 (0.045%) ISO/IEC 14443
11 1 (0.045%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 1 (0.045%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.045%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 183 (8.22%) Docker
2 22 (0.99%) Firmware
3 15 (0.67%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.36%) KVM
6 5 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.045%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 156 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 106 (4.76%) Terraform
3 36 (1.62%) Grafana
4 12 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (0.49%) Ansible
6 7 (0.31%) Kibana
7 6 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.13%) Nmap
9 2 (0.090%) MIIS
9 2 (0.090%) MOM
10 1 (0.045%) Control-M
10 1 (0.045%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.045%) Nessus
10 1 (0.045%) Netcool
10 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 432 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 42 (1.89%) Oracle
3 32 (1.44%) Google
4 25 (1.12%) Adobe
5 13 (0.58%) VMware
6 12 (0.54%) Databricks
6 12 (0.54%) OpenAI
7 11 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (0.49%) ServiceNow
7 11 (0.49%) Xamarin
8 7 (0.31%) Facebook
8 7 (0.31%) iManage
9 6 (0.27%) Aderant
9 6 (0.27%) Dynatrace
9 6 (0.27%) SAP
10 5 (0.22%) Apple
10 5 (0.22%) Blue Prism
10 5 (0.22%) Intapp
10 5 (0.22%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.22%) Siemens