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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 34 18
Rank change year-on-year -41 -16 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,960 2,633 7,586
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.53% 6.49% 8.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.01% 19.11% 24.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,706 2,216 6,721
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,858 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,250
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 13,988 13,777 31,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.03% 33.94% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,742 10,173 24,595
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £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 £83,750 £86,000 £78,138
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,100 £55,895 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +3.51% -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 27 March 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 27 March 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 1,799 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -47 1,332 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -26 769 £60,000 -7.34% 535
London -29 507 £80,000 +6.67% 269
North of England -34 388 £62,500 +19.05% 185
South East -36 382 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -39 259 £55,000 - 124
North West -36 184 £60,000 +17.90% 90
East Midlands -24 139 £55,000 - 54
Yorkshire -26 134 £65,000 +23.81% 60
South West -16 132 £55,000 -4.35% 81
West Midlands -45 120 £56,250 -2.17% 70
East of England -59 109 £55,000 -16.92% 101
North East -13 70 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -65 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -50 18 £42,500 -34.62% 25
Northern Ireland -36 8 £95,000 +40.74% 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 50 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.22%) IIS
3 19 (0.97%) CMS
4 9 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.26%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Kinematics
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.10%) nginx
9 1 (0.051%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.051%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.051%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.051%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 13 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) Shopify
3 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.10%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.051%) Endur
5 1 (0.051%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.051%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.051%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 871 (44.44%) Azure
2 339 (17.30%) AWS
3 216 (11.02%) SaaS
4 199 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
5 187 (9.54%) Power Platform
6 125 (6.38%) Serverless
7 104 (5.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 93 (4.74%) Power Automate
9 91 (4.64%) PowerApps
10 90 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.88%) Azure Functions
12 70 (3.57%) GitHub
13 69 (3.52%) GCP
14 60 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
15 55 (2.81%) Azure Service Bus
16 42 (2.14%) Azure AKS
17 36 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 30 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.38%) PaaS
20 23 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.56%) Broadband
4 6 (0.31%) Internet
5 5 (0.26%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.20%) DNS
6 4 (0.20%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
8 2 (0.10%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.10%) Intranet
9 1 (0.051%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.051%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.051%) Network Security
9 1 (0.051%) Profibus
9 1 (0.051%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 391 (19.95%) SQL Server
2 112 (5.71%) Power BI
3 78 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (3.67%) NoSQL
5 68 (3.47%) Relational Database
6 64 (3.27%) MySQL
7 52 (2.65%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
8 44 (2.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 43 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (0.92%) Redis
11 17 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.56%) DB2
13 10 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (0.36%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.31%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.20%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 126 (6.43%) Git
2 68 (3.47%) Selenium
3 65 (3.32%) Visual Studio
4 51 (2.60%) JIRA
5 35 (1.79%) Postman
6 32 (1.63%) WebDriver
7 30 (1.53%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (1.28%) SoapUI
8 25 (1.28%) SpecFlow
9 24 (1.22%) Jenkins
10 18 (0.92%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.87%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.82%) NUnit
13 12 (0.61%) GitLab
14 9 (0.46%) LabVIEW
15 7 (0.36%) Balsamiq
15 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
16 6 (0.31%) git-flow
16 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 6 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 375 (19.13%) Finance
2 359 (18.32%) Social Skills
3 122 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (3.93%) Public Sector
5 73 (3.72%) Law
6 58 (2.96%) Manufacturing
7 51 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (2.50%) Retail
9 44 (2.24%) Banking
10 40 (2.04%) Front Office
10 40 (2.04%) Games
11 37 (1.89%) Electronics
12 28 (1.43%) Marketing
13 27 (1.38%) Legal
14 17 (0.87%) Aerospace
14 17 (0.87%) Investment Banking
14 17 (0.87%) Military
15 15 (0.77%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.71%) Aviation
17 11 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 998 (50.92%) Developer
2 441 (22.50%) Senior
3 365 (18.62%) Software Engineer
4 340 (17.35%) Software Developer
5 331 (16.89%) C# Developer
6 271 (13.83%) .NET Developer
7 234 (11.94%) Senior Developer
8 211 (10.77%) Lead
9 165 (8.42%) Full-Stack Developer
10 127 (6.48%) C# Software Engineer
11 120 (6.12%) C# .NET Developer
12 116 (5.92%) C# Software Developer
13 113 (5.77%) Senior Software Engineer
14 108 (5.51%) .NET Software Engineer
15 79 (4.03%) Graduate
16 75 (3.83%) Senior Software Developer
17 72 (3.67%) Lead Developer
18 68 (3.47%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 66 (3.37%) SQL Developer
20 65 (3.32%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,226 (62.55%) .NET
2 367 (18.72%) .NET Core
3 258 (13.16%) React
4 246 (12.55%) ASP.NET
5 185 (9.44%) HTML
6 183 (9.34%) .NET Framework
7 179 (9.13%) CSS
8 141 (7.19%) AngularJS
9 130 (6.63%) REST
10 103 (5.26%) RESTful
11 89 (4.54%) Entity Framework
12 83 (4.23%) Vue
13 78 (3.98%) ASP.NET Core
14 74 (3.78%) Blazor
15 65 (3.32%) Node.js
16 45 (2.30%) ASP.NET MVC
16 45 (2.30%) WPF
17 43 (2.19%) XML
18 41 (2.09%) ASP.NET Web API
19 40 (2.04%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 118 (6.02%) Cloud Native
2 75 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (2.04%) Low-Code
8 39 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 37 (1.89%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.63%) Algorithms
10 32 (1.63%) Hedge funds
11 25 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 21 (1.07%) Sports Betting
12 21 (1.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 20 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
14 18 (0.92%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.87%) Client/Server
16 14 (0.71%) Distributed Computing
16 14 (0.71%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 92 (4.69%) Windows
2 70 (3.57%) Linux
3 17 (0.87%) Android
4 16 (0.82%) Unix
5 15 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.71%) VMS
7 10 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.10%) Solaris
8 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.051%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (32.30%) Software Engineering
2 584 (29.80%) Agile
3 421 (21.48%) DevOps
4 400 (20.41%) Full-Stack Development
5 388 (19.80%) CI/CD
6 311 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
7 260 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 254 (12.96%) Mentoring
9 252 (12.86%) Microservices
10 202 (10.31%) Computer Science
11 177 (9.03%) AI
12 161 (8.21%) SDLC
13 150 (7.65%) Test Automation
14 133 (6.79%) MVC
15 127 (6.48%) Scrum
16 124 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
17 116 (5.92%) Containerisation
18 107 (5.46%) OO
19 97 (4.95%) Migration
20 96 (4.90%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 620 (31.63%) SQL
2 433 (22.09%) JavaScript
3 322 (16.43%) Python
4 249 (12.70%) TypeScript
5 218 (11.12%) Java
6 182 (9.29%) C++
7 75 (3.83%) PHP
8 74 (3.78%) PowerShell
9 52 (2.65%) C
10 41 (2.09%) T-SQL
11 32 (1.63%) Go
12 26 (1.33%) VB.NET
13 24 (1.22%) Bash
14 21 (1.07%) Bicep
15 20 (1.02%) Rust
16 18 (0.92%) Delphi
17 17 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
18 16 (0.82%) PL/SQL
18 16 (0.82%) VBA
19 11 (0.56%) F#
Qualifications
1 278 (14.18%) Degree
2 128 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 118 (6.02%) Security Cleared
4 71 (3.62%) SC Cleared
5 52 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (2.24%) ISTQB
7 42 (2.14%) Azure Certification
8 36 (1.84%) Master's Degree
9 33 (1.68%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.33%) PhD
11 24 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 22 (1.12%) DV Cleared
12 22 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
13 20 (1.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.46%) ISEB
17 8 (0.41%) CREST Certified
18 6 (0.31%) HND
18 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (7.50%) QA
2 29 (1.48%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.82%) GDPR
5 11 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 11 (0.56%) WCAG
6 9 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.41%) SLA
8 3 (0.15%) EMIR
9 2 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.10%) ITGC
10 1 (0.051%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.051%) HL7
10 1 (0.051%) IFRS
10 1 (0.051%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.051%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 171 (8.72%) Docker
2 21 (1.07%) Firmware
3 15 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.36%) KVM
6 6 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.051%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 146 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 86 (4.39%) Terraform
3 37 (1.89%) Grafana
4 8 (0.41%) Ansible
4 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.36%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 2 (0.10%) MIIS
7 2 (0.10%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.051%) Control-M
8 1 (0.051%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.051%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.051%) Nessus
8 1 (0.051%) Netcool
Vendors
1 389 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.19%) Oracle
3 31 (1.58%) Google
4 18 (0.92%) Xamarin
5 16 (0.82%) SAP
6 13 (0.66%) Databricks
7 12 (0.61%) Palantir
8 11 (0.56%) Adobe
8 11 (0.56%) VMware
9 9 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.46%) MuleSoft
9 9 (0.46%) Sage
10 8 (0.41%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.41%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.36%) iManage
12 6 (0.31%) Facebook
12 6 (0.31%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.31%) IBM
12 6 (0.31%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.31%) Talend