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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 27 16
Rank change year-on-year -45 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,861 3,512 6,835
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.86% 6.93% 9.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.22% 20.36% 24.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,628 2,278 6,175
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,249 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.91% +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 12,227 17,251 27,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.79% 34.02% 37.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8,786 10,137 22,938
10th Percentile £33,644 £38,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -

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 February 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 7 February 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 -41 1,703 £60,000 -5.14% 898
UK excluding London -50 1,245 £55,249 -3.91% 757
Work from Home -27 779 £60,000 -4.00% 563
London -22 501 £80,000 +6.67% 279
North of England -35 360 £62,500 +13.64% 210
South East -45 348 £55,000 -12.00% 239
Midlands -34 260 £52,500 -4.55% 111
North West -22 174 £62,500 +18.48% 128
East Midlands -22 130 £52,750 -4.09% 57
West Midlands -44 130 £52,500 -4.55% 54
Yorkshire -37 120 £60,000 +20.00% 51
South West -41 120 £55,000 - 63
East of England -59 91 £55,000 -16.92% 69
North East -11 66 £70,000 +12.00% 34
Scotland -78 45 £60,000 +33.33% 48
Wales -31 20 £45,000 -25.00% 22
Northern Ireland -25 9 £95,000 +61.70% 10
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 41 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.99%) IIS
3 18 (0.97%) CMS
4 11 (0.59%) Kinematics
5 9 (0.48%) Confluence
6 6 (0.32%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.32%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.054%) Kentico
Applications
1 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.16%) Simulink
4 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.054%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.054%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.054%) Endur
5 1 (0.054%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.054%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.054%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 895 (48.09%) Azure
2 345 (18.54%) AWS
3 237 (12.74%) Azure DevOps
4 213 (11.45%) SaaS
5 183 (9.83%) Power Platform
6 129 (6.93%) Serverless
7 107 (5.75%) Power Automate
8 99 (5.32%) Dynamics 365
9 93 (5.00%) PowerApps
10 90 (4.84%) GCP
11 84 (4.51%) Azure Logic Apps
12 74 (3.98%) GitHub
13 72 (3.87%) Azure Functions
14 53 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
15 52 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
16 41 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 36 (1.93%) Entra ID
18 31 (1.67%) Azure AKS
19 30 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
20 26 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 33 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.32%) DNS
3 6 (0.32%) HTTP
3 6 (0.32%) Internet
4 5 (0.27%) DHCP
5 4 (0.21%) Firewall
5 4 (0.21%) SAN
6 3 (0.16%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.16%) Intranet
7 2 (0.11%) Broadband
7 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.11%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) NAS
7 2 (0.11%) VLAN
8 1 (0.054%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.054%) IPv6
8 1 (0.054%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.054%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (19.67%) SQL Server
2 90 (4.84%) Power BI
3 83 (4.46%) Relational Database
4 68 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 68 (3.65%) NoSQL
5 67 (3.60%) MySQL
6 66 (3.55%) MongoDB
7 44 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 35 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 23 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
12 19 (1.02%) Redis
13 11 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (0.38%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.27%) Big Data
16 5 (0.27%) GIS
16 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 129 (6.93%) Git
2 73 (3.92%) Selenium
3 69 (3.71%) JIRA
3 69 (3.71%) Visual Studio
4 48 (2.58%) Postman
5 37 (1.99%) WebDriver
6 36 (1.93%) Team Foundation Server
7 31 (1.67%) Jenkins
8 30 (1.61%) SoapUI
9 22 (1.18%) SpecFlow
10 16 (0.86%) Cypress.io
11 15 (0.81%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.70%) GitLab
12 13 (0.70%) NUnit
13 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.48%) REST Assured
15 8 (0.43%) LabVIEW
16 7 (0.38%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.38%) JMeter
16 7 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
General
1 445 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 323 (17.36%) Finance
3 115 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (4.41%) Law
5 76 (4.08%) Public Sector
6 59 (3.17%) Retail
7 56 (3.01%) Manufacturing
8 55 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 46 (2.47%) Front Office
10 44 (2.36%) Banking
11 37 (1.99%) Electronics
12 30 (1.61%) Legal
13 29 (1.56%) Marketing
14 28 (1.50%) Games
15 16 (0.86%) Aviation
15 16 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.81%) Aerospace
16 15 (0.81%) Military
17 13 (0.70%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 919 (49.38%) Developer
2 414 (22.25%) Senior
3 309 (16.60%) Software Engineer
4 261 (14.02%) Software Developer
5 260 (13.97%) C# Developer
6 239 (12.84%) .NET Developer
7 213 (11.45%) Senior Developer
8 203 (10.91%) Lead
9 147 (7.90%) Full-Stack Developer
10 102 (5.48%) C# Software Engineer
11 100 (5.37%) Senior Software Engineer
12 90 (4.84%) .NET Software Engineer
13 84 (4.51%) C# .NET Developer
14 73 (3.92%) C# Software Developer
15 70 (3.76%) Lead Developer
16 67 (3.60%) Architect
17 66 (3.55%) Analyst
18 63 (3.39%) Support Engineer
19 62 (3.33%) Graduate
20 61 (3.28%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,139 (61.20%) .NET
2 326 (17.52%) .NET Core
3 272 (14.62%) React
4 237 (12.74%) ASP.NET
5 193 (10.37%) .NET Framework
6 190 (10.21%) HTML
7 173 (9.30%) CSS
8 169 (9.08%) AngularJS
9 137 (7.36%) REST
10 103 (5.53%) RESTful
11 96 (5.16%) Entity Framework
12 80 (4.30%) Vue
13 72 (3.87%) Blazor
14 66 (3.55%) ASP.NET MVC
15 57 (3.06%) ASP.NET Core
16 56 (3.01%) Node.js
17 55 (2.96%) ASP.NET Web API
18 46 (2.47%) SOAP
18 46 (2.47%) WPF
19 41 (2.20%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 78 (4.19%) Onboarding
3 72 (3.87%) Product Ownership
4 68 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
6 49 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
7 43 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (1.99%) Low-Code
9 33 (1.77%) Algorithms
9 33 (1.77%) Mobile App
9 33 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
10 25 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.13%) Hedge funds
12 18 (0.97%) Client/Server
12 18 (0.97%) Derivative
12 18 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 17 (0.91%) Robotics
14 15 (0.81%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.81%) Virtual Team
15 14 (0.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 94 (5.05%) Windows
2 69 (3.71%) Linux
3 24 (1.29%) Android
4 17 (0.91%) Apple iOS
5 15 (0.81%) Unix
6 11 (0.59%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.32%) VMS
8 4 (0.21%) Solaris
9 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
10 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.054%) AIX
11 1 (0.054%) Fedora
11 1 (0.054%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 599 (32.19%) Agile
2 577 (31.00%) Software Engineering
3 448 (24.07%) DevOps
4 421 (22.62%) CI/CD
5 387 (20.80%) Full-Stack Development
6 383 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
7 295 (15.85%) Mentoring
8 286 (15.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 278 (14.94%) Microservices
10 198 (10.64%) Computer Science
11 156 (8.38%) AI
11 156 (8.38%) Test Automation
12 153 (8.22%) SDLC
13 146 (7.85%) Scrum
14 138 (7.42%) MVC
15 118 (6.34%) Containerisation
16 114 (6.13%) CRM
16 114 (6.13%) Migration
17 110 (5.91%) OO
18 104 (5.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 620 (33.32%) SQL
2 452 (24.29%) JavaScript
3 317 (17.03%) Python
4 240 (12.90%) Java
5 228 (12.25%) TypeScript
6 154 (8.28%) C++
7 101 (5.43%) PowerShell
8 71 (3.82%) PHP
9 54 (2.90%) C
10 44 (2.36%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.40%) VB.NET
12 24 (1.29%) Bash
13 20 (1.07%) Go
14 19 (1.02%) Rust
15 18 (0.97%) Bicep
16 17 (0.91%) Delphi
17 14 (0.75%) VBA
18 11 (0.59%) Kotlin
19 10 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
19 10 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 282 (15.15%) Degree
2 139 (7.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 124 (6.66%) Security Cleared
4 76 (4.08%) SC Cleared
5 66 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (2.85%) Azure Certification
7 45 (2.42%) ISTQB
8 39 (2.10%) AWS Certification
9 33 (1.77%) Master's Degree
10 29 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 27 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 25 (1.34%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 21 (1.13%) DV Cleared
14 17 (0.91%) PhD
15 16 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.43%) ISEB
18 7 (0.38%) CREST Certified
19 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
20 5 (0.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (9.46%) QA
2 38 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.13%) GDPR
4 17 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.64%) WCAG
6 10 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.21%) SEPA
8 4 (0.21%) SLA
9 2 (0.11%) EMIR
9 2 (0.11%) HL7
9 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.054%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.054%) IFRS
10 1 (0.054%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.054%) ITGC
10 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
System Software
1 163 (8.76%) Docker
2 22 (1.18%) Firmware
3 21 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.054%) HDFS
8 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.054%) Squid
Systems Management
1 141 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 93 (5.00%) Terraform
3 26 (1.40%) Grafana
4 14 (0.75%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.11%) MOM
8 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.054%) Nessus
9 1 (0.054%) WMI
Vendors
1 410 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 52 (2.79%) Oracle
3 33 (1.77%) Google
4 21 (1.13%) Xamarin
5 19 (1.02%) Guidewire
6 17 (0.91%) SAP
7 13 (0.70%) Palantir
7 13 (0.70%) Sage
8 10 (0.54%) Databricks
8 10 (0.54%) VMware
9 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
10 8 (0.43%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.38%) Adobe
11 7 (0.38%) IBM
11 7 (0.38%) Infor
11 7 (0.38%) OpenAI
12 6 (0.32%) Epicor
12 6 (0.32%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.32%) Telerik