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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 37 18
Rank change year-on-year -36 -19 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,096 2,591 7,761
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.51% 6.32% 8.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.08% 19.08% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,819 2,189 6,825
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £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 14,887 13,577 32,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.81% 33.10% 34.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,292 10,252 24,965
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,475
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,559 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 11 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 11 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 -38 1,928 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -46 1,430 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -24 788 £59,500 -7.03% 535
London -24 543 £82,500 +10.00% 269
North of England -32 416 £62,500 +15.21% 185
South East -30 413 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -44 260 £57,500 +4.55% 124
North West -37 199 £60,000 +17.90% 90
South West -22 144 £55,000 -4.35% 81
Yorkshire -30 140 £62,500 +17.92% 60
East of England -57 133 £55,000 -16.92% 101
East Midlands -24 131 £55,000 - 54
West Midlands -51 129 £57,500 +4.55% 70
North East -9 77 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -59 45 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -51 19 £42,250 -32.40% 25
Northern Ireland -36 10 £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 55 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.15%) CMS
3 23 (1.10%) IIS
4 11 (0.52%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.24%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.24%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.14%) Confluence
8 2 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.095%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.095%) Kinematics
8 2 (0.095%) nginx
9 1 (0.048%) Apache
9 1 (0.048%) Appian
9 1 (0.048%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.19%) Simulink
4 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.29%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
3 3 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.095%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.048%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.048%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.048%) Endur
5 1 (0.048%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.048%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.048%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.048%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.048%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 926 (44.18%) Azure
2 356 (16.98%) AWS
3 214 (10.21%) SaaS
4 212 (10.11%) Azure DevOps
5 200 (9.54%) Power Platform
6 127 (6.06%) Serverless
7 121 (5.77%) Azure Logic Apps
8 102 (4.87%) Power Automate
9 99 (4.72%) PowerApps
10 93 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.63%) Azure Functions
12 72 (3.44%) GitHub
13 69 (3.29%) GCP
13 69 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
14 61 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
15 44 (2.10%) Azure AKS
16 37 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 32 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
18 25 (1.19%) PaaS
19 24 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.67%) TCP/IP
2 11 (0.52%) Broadband
3 10 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (0.29%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.24%) DNS
5 5 (0.24%) HTTP
5 5 (0.24%) Internet
6 4 (0.19%) Intranet
6 4 (0.19%) Modbus
7 3 (0.14%) DHCP
7 3 (0.14%) Firewall
7 3 (0.14%) LTE
7 3 (0.14%) Network Security
8 2 (0.095%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.095%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.095%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.048%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.048%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.048%) Profibus
9 1 (0.048%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 416 (19.85%) SQL Server
2 118 (5.63%) Power BI
3 78 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (3.29%) NoSQL
5 63 (3.01%) MySQL
6 61 (2.91%) Relational Database
7 44 (2.10%) MongoDB
8 43 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 42 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
9 42 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (0.81%) Redis
11 16 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
12 15 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (0.52%) DB2
14 9 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 5 (0.24%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.24%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 127 (6.06%) Git
2 71 (3.39%) Selenium
3 63 (3.01%) Visual Studio
4 53 (2.53%) JIRA
5 38 (1.81%) Postman
6 31 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 30 (1.43%) WebDriver
8 28 (1.34%) SpecFlow
9 26 (1.24%) SoapUI
10 24 (1.15%) Jenkins
11 19 (0.91%) TeamCity
12 16 (0.76%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.76%) NUnit
13 15 (0.72%) GitLab
14 11 (0.52%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
16 9 (0.43%) Balsamiq
17 8 (0.38%) LabVIEW
18 6 (0.29%) JMeter
18 6 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 406 (19.37%) Finance
2 355 (16.94%) Social Skills
3 121 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (3.44%) Public Sector
5 69 (3.29%) Law
6 57 (2.72%) Manufacturing
7 56 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (2.29%) Front Office
9 45 (2.15%) Banking
10 41 (1.96%) Games
11 40 (1.91%) Retail
12 33 (1.57%) Electronics
12 33 (1.57%) Legal
13 25 (1.19%) Marketing
14 22 (1.05%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.81%) Investment Banking
15 17 (0.81%) Military
16 16 (0.76%) Aviation
17 14 (0.67%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.52%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,083 (51.67%) Developer
2 464 (22.14%) Senior
3 402 (19.18%) Software Engineer
4 379 (18.08%) C# Developer
5 376 (17.94%) Software Developer
6 294 (14.03%) .NET Developer
7 239 (11.40%) Senior Developer
8 238 (11.35%) Lead
9 171 (8.16%) Full-Stack Developer
10 154 (7.35%) C# Software Engineer
11 146 (6.97%) C# .NET Developer
12 140 (6.68%) C# Software Developer
13 128 (6.11%) Senior Software Engineer
14 121 (5.77%) .NET Software Engineer
15 99 (4.72%) Graduate
16 90 (4.29%) Lead Developer
17 81 (3.86%) Graduate Developer
18 79 (3.77%) SQL Developer
19 76 (3.63%) .NET Software Developer
19 76 (3.63%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,309 (62.45%) .NET
2 376 (17.94%) .NET Core
3 259 (12.36%) ASP.NET
4 241 (11.50%) React
5 192 (9.16%) HTML
6 191 (9.11%) CSS
7 183 (8.73%) .NET Framework
8 133 (6.35%) REST
9 131 (6.25%) AngularJS
10 108 (5.15%) RESTful
11 88 (4.20%) Vue
12 86 (4.10%) ASP.NET Core
13 83 (3.96%) Entity Framework
14 78 (3.72%) Blazor
15 68 (3.24%) Node.js
16 50 (2.39%) jQuery
16 50 (2.39%) WPF
17 48 (2.29%) Playwright
18 43 (2.05%) XML
19 41 (1.96%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 117 (5.58%) Cloud Native
2 75 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
3 62 (2.96%) Product Ownership
4 57 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
5 46 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
5 46 (2.19%) Low-Code
6 44 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
7 42 (2.00%) Hedge funds
7 42 (2.00%) Mobile App
8 34 (1.62%) Algorithms
9 30 (1.43%) Onboarding
10 26 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 26 (1.24%) Virtual Team
11 22 (1.05%) Sports Betting
12 20 (0.95%) Public Cloud
12 20 (0.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 18 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
13 18 (0.86%) Legacy Code
14 17 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
14 17 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 103 (4.91%) Windows
2 78 (3.72%) Linux
3 17 (0.81%) Android
4 16 (0.76%) Unix
5 14 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.67%) VMS
6 11 (0.52%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.095%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.095%) Solaris
7 2 (0.095%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.095%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.048%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.048%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.048%) Nucleus RTOS
8 1 (0.048%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 662 (31.58%) Software Engineering
2 597 (28.48%) Agile
3 430 (20.52%) DevOps
4 404 (19.27%) CI/CD
5 403 (19.23%) Full-Stack Development
6 308 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
7 254 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 251 (11.98%) Mentoring
9 244 (11.64%) Microservices
10 219 (10.45%) Computer Science
11 177 (8.44%) Test Automation
12 176 (8.40%) SDLC
13 173 (8.25%) AI
14 145 (6.92%) MVC
15 130 (6.20%) Business Intelligence
16 129 (6.15%) Scrum
17 121 (5.77%) Containerisation
18 105 (5.01%) OO
19 101 (4.82%) Software Testing
20 98 (4.68%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 648 (30.92%) SQL
2 443 (21.14%) JavaScript
3 345 (16.46%) Python
4 262 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 243 (11.59%) Java
6 208 (9.92%) C++
7 90 (4.29%) PHP
8 82 (3.91%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.62%) C
10 42 (2.00%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.62%) Go
12 28 (1.34%) Bash
13 25 (1.19%) VB.NET
14 24 (1.15%) Bicep
15 22 (1.05%) VBA
16 20 (0.95%) Rust
17 18 (0.86%) Delphi
18 17 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
19 15 (0.72%) PL/SQL
20 12 (0.57%) F#
Qualifications
1 294 (14.03%) Degree
2 143 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 116 (5.53%) Security Cleared
4 66 (3.15%) SC Cleared
5 47 (2.24%) ISTQB
5 47 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 41 (1.96%) Azure Certification
7 35 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 32 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 24 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 22 (1.05%) PhD
11 21 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (0.95%) DV Cleared
13 18 (0.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 14 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.48%) CREST Certified
17 8 (0.38%) ISEB
18 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (6.87%) QA
2 38 (1.81%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.72%) GDPR
5 13 (0.62%) WCAG
6 11 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.38%) SLA
9 3 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.14%) EMIR
10 2 (0.095%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.095%) ITGC
11 1 (0.048%) HL7
11 1 (0.048%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.048%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.048%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 172 (8.21%) Docker
2 21 (1.00%) Firmware
3 12 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.38%) KVM
6 5 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.048%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.048%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 149 (7.11%) Kubernetes
2 90 (4.29%) Terraform
3 37 (1.77%) Grafana
4 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.33%) Ansible
5 7 (0.33%) Kibana
6 3 (0.14%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.14%) Nmap
6 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.095%) MIIS
7 2 (0.095%) MOM
8 1 (0.048%) Control-M
8 1 (0.048%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.048%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.048%) Nessus
8 1 (0.048%) Netcool
8 1 (0.048%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 405 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.05%) Oracle
3 32 (1.53%) Google
4 17 (0.81%) Xamarin
5 15 (0.72%) Adobe
5 15 (0.72%) SAP
6 13 (0.62%) VMware
7 12 (0.57%) Databricks
8 10 (0.48%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.43%) Palantir
9 9 (0.43%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.38%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.38%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.38%) Workday
11 7 (0.33%) iManage
11 7 (0.33%) Sage
12 6 (0.29%) Aderant
12 6 (0.29%) IBM
12 6 (0.29%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.29%) Talend