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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 45 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 -27 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,415 2,398 7,939
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.67% 5.46% 8.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.11% 16.96% 24.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,101 2,036 6,869
10th Percentile £38,750 £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 £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -3.51%

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 15,986 14,142 32,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.68% 32.21% 33.60%
Number of salaries quoted 10,965 10,080 24,976
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,195
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 £85,253 £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 11 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 11 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 -20 2,229 £60,000 -7.69% 835
UK excluding London -25 1,680 £57,500 - 658
Work from Home -9 927 £57,500 -10.16% 457
London -17 598 £82,500 +10.00% 254
South East +7 514 £60,000 - 238
North of England -3 452 £60,000 +9.09% 157
Midlands -36 297 £60,000 +9.09% 91
North West +13 230 £60,000 +14.29% 86
East of England -16 185 £60,000 -9.37% 87
South West -11 167 £55,000 - 63
East Midlands +2 151 £60,000 +9.09% 53
West Midlands -48 146 £59,000 +7.27% 38
Yorkshire -25 138 £60,000 +3.63% 37
North East -22 84 £65,000 +13.04% 35
Scotland -49 38 £60,000 +27.66% 21
Wales -37 29 £45,000 -30.77% 16
Northern Ireland -30 8 £95,000 - 5
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 66 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.04%) CMS
3 21 (0.87%) IIS
4 12 (0.50%) Umbraco
5 10 (0.41%) Confluence
6 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.17%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.17%) WordPress
7 3 (0.12%) Apache
7 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.083%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.083%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.083%) JBoss
8 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.083%) nginx
9 1 (0.041%) Appian
9 1 (0.041%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.21%) Simulink
4 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.083%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.083%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.041%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 34 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.083%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.041%) Endur
5 1 (0.041%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.041%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.041%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.041%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,096 (45.38%) Azure
2 396 (16.40%) AWS
3 257 (10.64%) Azure DevOps
4 216 (8.94%) Power Platform
5 211 (8.74%) SaaS
6 138 (5.71%) Serverless
7 137 (5.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 112 (4.64%) PowerApps
9 109 (4.51%) Power Automate
10 103 (4.27%) GitHub
11 93 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
12 90 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
13 86 (3.56%) Azure Functions
14 69 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
15 61 (2.53%) GCP
16 57 (2.36%) Azure AI
17 55 (2.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 54 (2.24%) GitHub Copilot
19 49 (2.03%) Azure AKS
20 48 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.79%) Internet
2 14 (0.58%) Broadband
3 13 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 11 (0.46%) DNS
5 10 (0.41%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.25%) Firewall
6 6 (0.25%) Intranet
7 5 (0.21%) HTTP
8 4 (0.17%) DHCP
8 4 (0.17%) LTE
8 4 (0.17%) Modbus
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.12%) Network Security
9 3 (0.12%) SSL
10 2 (0.083%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.083%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.083%) FIX Connectivity
10 2 (0.083%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.083%) VPN
11 1 (0.041%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 452 (18.72%) SQL Server
2 197 (8.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 160 (6.63%) MongoDB
4 128 (5.30%) Power BI
5 74 (3.06%) NoSQL
6 60 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 58 (2.40%) MySQL
8 53 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
9 49 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.62%) Redis
13 12 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.50%) Metadata
14 11 (0.46%) DB2
15 8 (0.33%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.25%) GIS
17 5 (0.21%) ClickHouse
17 5 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 165 (6.83%) Git
2 61 (2.53%) Selenium
3 58 (2.40%) JIRA
4 53 (2.19%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.70%) Postman
6 31 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
7 30 (1.24%) GitLab
8 28 (1.16%) WebDriver
9 27 (1.12%) SoapUI
10 25 (1.04%) Jenkins
11 23 (0.95%) SpecFlow
12 21 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
13 20 (0.83%) TeamCity
14 14 (0.58%) Cypress.io
15 13 (0.54%) NUnit
16 12 (0.50%) Cucumber
17 9 (0.37%) LabVIEW
18 8 (0.33%) Bitbucket
18 8 (0.33%) Moq
19 7 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 463 (19.17%) Finance
2 352 (14.58%) Social Skills
3 124 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (3.02%) Manufacturing
5 60 (2.48%) Public Sector
6 59 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (2.32%) Law
8 54 (2.24%) Games
9 52 (2.15%) Banking
10 50 (2.07%) Front Office
11 49 (2.03%) Retail
12 46 (1.90%) Electronics
13 37 (1.53%) Aerospace
14 34 (1.41%) Legal
15 29 (1.20%) Automotive
16 27 (1.12%) Advertising
17 26 (1.08%) Marketing
18 16 (0.66%) Aviation
18 16 (0.66%) Investment Banking
19 12 (0.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,293 (53.54%) Developer
2 516 (21.37%) Senior
3 485 (20.08%) Software Engineer
4 427 (17.68%) Software Developer
5 425 (17.60%) .NET Developer
6 413 (17.10%) C# Developer
7 263 (10.89%) Senior Developer
8 261 (10.81%) Lead
9 226 (9.36%) C# Software Engineer
10 174 (7.20%) Full-Stack Developer
11 168 (6.96%) C# Software Developer
12 163 (6.75%) Senior Software Engineer
13 161 (6.67%) C# .NET Developer
14 139 (5.76%) .NET Software Engineer
15 119 (4.93%) Graduate
16 104 (4.31%) Graduate Developer
17 103 (4.27%) Lead Developer
18 94 (3.89%) Graduate Software Developer
19 91 (3.77%) SQL Developer
20 89 (3.69%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,531 (63.40%) .NET
2 495 (20.50%) .NET Core
3 384 (15.90%) ASP.NET
4 295 (12.22%) React
5 237 (9.81%) CSS
5 237 (9.81%) HTML
6 218 (9.03%) ASP.NET Core
7 193 (7.99%) .NET Framework
8 171 (7.08%) AngularJS
9 153 (6.34%) RESTful
10 142 (5.88%) REST
11 139 (5.76%) Entity Framework
11 139 (5.76%) Vue
12 130 (5.38%) Blazor
13 123 (5.09%) Node.js
14 84 (3.48%) ASP.NET Web API
15 73 (3.02%) WPF
16 54 (2.24%) jQuery
17 52 (2.15%) Playwright
18 49 (2.03%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 142 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 84 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (3.40%) Greenfield Project
4 72 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 64 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.11%) Hedge funds
7 49 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 47 (1.95%) Mobile App
9 45 (1.86%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.70%) Low-Code
11 30 (1.24%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 23 (0.95%) Legacy Code
13 23 (0.95%) Management Information System
13 23 (0.95%) Sports Betting
14 18 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
14 18 (0.75%) Onboarding
14 18 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 112 (4.64%) Windows
2 87 (3.60%) Linux
3 26 (1.08%) Android
4 17 (0.70%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.58%) VMS
6 13 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.46%) Unix
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.083%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.083%) Solaris
9 2 (0.083%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.083%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 739 (30.60%) Software Engineering
2 714 (29.57%) Agile
3 554 (22.94%) Full-Stack Development
4 502 (20.79%) CI/CD
5 489 (20.25%) DevOps
6 310 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
7 292 (12.09%) Microservices
8 282 (11.68%) Mentoring
9 257 (10.64%) Computer Science
10 255 (10.56%) AI
10 255 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 216 (8.94%) Test Automation
12 197 (8.16%) SDLC
13 147 (6.09%) Scrum
14 137 (5.67%) Business Intelligence
15 136 (5.63%) MVC
16 135 (5.59%) Containerisation
17 129 (5.34%) Machine Learning
18 121 (5.01%) Infrastructure as Code
19 119 (4.93%) OO
Programming Languages
1 785 (32.51%) SQL
2 492 (20.37%) JavaScript
3 393 (16.27%) Python
4 312 (12.92%) TypeScript
5 258 (10.68%) Java
6 245 (10.14%) C++
7 108 (4.47%) PHP
8 96 (3.98%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.28%) C
10 39 (1.61%) T-SQL
11 31 (1.28%) Bash
12 30 (1.24%) Bicep
13 29 (1.20%) Go
14 26 (1.08%) VB.NET
15 23 (0.95%) VBA
16 22 (0.91%) Scala
17 19 (0.79%) F#
17 19 (0.79%) Rust
18 17 (0.70%) Haskell
19 16 (0.66%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 343 (14.20%) Degree
2 166 (6.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 120 (4.97%) Security Cleared
4 70 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 41 (1.70%) ISTQB
8 39 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.08%) AWS Certification
10 22 (0.91%) PhD
11 18 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (0.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 15 (0.62%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 8 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.25%) CREST Certified
16 6 (0.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (5.51%) QA
2 41 (1.70%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.79%) Data Quality
3 19 (0.79%) GDPR
4 14 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 13 (0.54%) WCAG
6 12 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.46%) SLA
8 5 (0.21%) IEC 61131
9 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.083%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.083%) EMIR
10 2 (0.083%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.083%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 2 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 2 (0.083%) ITGC
11 1 (0.041%) HL7
11 1 (0.041%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.041%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 227 (9.40%) Docker
2 23 (0.95%) Firmware
3 16 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.29%) KVM
6 6 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.12%) vSphere
8 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.041%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 192 (7.95%) Kubernetes
2 115 (4.76%) Terraform
3 37 (1.53%) Grafana
4 13 (0.54%) Ansible
5 11 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.29%) Kibana
7 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.12%) Control-M
8 3 (0.12%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.083%) MIIS
9 2 (0.083%) MOM
9 2 (0.083%) Nmap
10 1 (0.041%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.041%) Nessus
10 1 (0.041%) Netcool
10 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 565 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.90%) Oracle
3 42 (1.74%) Google
4 25 (1.04%) Adobe
5 20 (0.83%) Facebook
6 16 (0.66%) OpenAI
7 15 (0.62%) VMware
8 12 (0.50%) Xamarin
9 11 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (0.46%) Databricks
9 11 (0.46%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.37%) iManage
11 8 (0.33%) Apple
12 7 (0.29%) Intapp
12 7 (0.29%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.29%) SAP
12 7 (0.29%) Splunk
13 6 (0.25%) Aderant
13 6 (0.25%) Yahoo!
13 6 (0.25%) YouTube