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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -43 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,909 4,749 4,694
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.58% 7.07% 9.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.10% 21.86% 22.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 3,162 4,181
10th Percentile £33,525 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,700 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £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 11,860 21,726 21,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 32.33% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,585 12,992 17,368
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,645
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 -43 1,739 £60,000 - 834
UK excluding London -52 1,250 £57,500 +4.55% 756
Work from Home -22 867 £60,000 +4.35% 558
London -28 544 £80,000 +6.67% 222
North of England -35 349 £60,000 +14.29% 148
South East -45 343 £57,500 -4.17% 270
Midlands -27 268 £55,000 +4.76% 113
North West -24 177 £62,500 +19.05% 89
West Midlands -24 147 £57,500 +4.55% 61
Yorkshire -27 126 £55,000 +10.00% 35
East Midlands -12 121 £51,000 +2.00% 48
East of England -57 109 £55,000 -4.35% 84
South West -54 102 £55,000 +10.00% 80
North East -14 48 £50,000 -16.67% 24
Scotland -79 44 £60,000 +20.00% 49
Wales -20 35 £48,500 -3.00% 27
Northern Ireland -13 7 £71,250 +9.62% 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 58 (3.04%) SharePoint
2 53 (2.78%) IIS
3 39 (2.04%) CMS
4 20 (1.05%) Kinematics
5 18 (0.94%) Confluence
6 12 (0.63%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.21%) nginx
9 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.10%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.052%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.052%) Kentico
12 1 (0.052%) MetaMask
Applications
1 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.16%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.16%) S-PLUS
6 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.052%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.052%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 71 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.42%) Shopify
4 7 (0.37%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 7 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
6 4 (0.21%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.16%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.16%) Bloomberg AIM
7 3 (0.16%) Magento
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle BPM
8 2 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.10%) Sage 1000
9 1 (0.052%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.052%) Endur
9 1 (0.052%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.052%) Loan IQ
9 1 (0.052%) Raiser’s Edge
9 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.052%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 963 (50.45%) Azure
2 365 (19.12%) AWS
3 258 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
4 201 (10.53%) SaaS
5 184 (9.64%) Power Platform
6 153 (8.01%) Dynamics 365
7 124 (6.50%) Power Automate
8 116 (6.08%) Serverless
9 113 (5.92%) PowerApps
10 110 (5.76%) GitHub
11 102 (5.34%) GCP
12 71 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 67 (3.51%) Azure Service Bus
14 62 (3.25%) Azure Functions
15 61 (3.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 61 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
16 43 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
17 34 (1.78%) Entra ID
18 30 (1.57%) PaaS
19 24 (1.26%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (0.58%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.42%) DNS
3 8 (0.42%) Ethernet
3 8 (0.42%) HTTP
3 8 (0.42%) Internet
4 7 (0.37%) Modbus
4 7 (0.37%) WPA
5 6 (0.31%) MQTT
5 6 (0.31%) SAN
6 4 (0.21%) DHCP
6 4 (0.21%) Firewall
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.10%) FTP
8 2 (0.10%) NAS
8 2 (0.10%) SMTP
8 2 (0.10%) SSH
8 2 (0.10%) VLAN
9 1 (0.052%) Broadband
9 1 (0.052%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 447 (23.42%) SQL Server
2 99 (5.19%) MySQL
2 99 (5.19%) Relational Database
3 93 (4.87%) MongoDB
4 86 (4.50%) Power BI
5 78 (4.09%) NoSQL
6 76 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 49 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
8 48 (2.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 46 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 41 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
11 26 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
11 26 (1.36%) Redis
12 16 (0.84%) DynamoDB
13 13 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 8 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
15 7 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
16 6 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.31%) KDB
16 6 (0.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 184 (9.64%) Git
2 84 (4.40%) JIRA
3 67 (3.51%) Selenium
4 53 (2.78%) Visual Studio
5 40 (2.10%) Postman
6 39 (2.04%) Jenkins
7 30 (1.57%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.41%) TeamCity
9 25 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
10 24 (1.26%) WebDriver
11 20 (1.05%) NUnit
12 19 (1.00%) GitLab
12 19 (1.00%) SpecFlow
13 18 (0.94%) Cypress.io
14 16 (0.84%) SoapUI
15 12 (0.63%) Bitbucket
16 10 (0.52%) JMeter
17 9 (0.47%) MSTest
17 9 (0.47%) SonarQube
18 8 (0.42%) Artifactory
General
1 548 (28.71%) Social Skills
2 314 (16.45%) Finance
3 128 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (6.13%) Law
5 91 (4.77%) Retail
6 82 (4.30%) Public Sector
7 75 (3.93%) Front Office
8 71 (3.72%) Manufacturing
9 62 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 54 (2.83%) Banking
11 43 (2.25%) Legal
12 42 (2.20%) Electronics
13 36 (1.89%) Back Office
14 32 (1.68%) Games
15 31 (1.62%) Marketing
16 26 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
17 22 (1.15%) Billing
17 22 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.73%) Telecoms
19 13 (0.68%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 994 (52.07%) Developer
2 425 (22.26%) Senior
3 247 (12.94%) C# Developer
4 246 (12.89%) Software Engineer
5 244 (12.78%) .NET Developer
6 238 (12.47%) Lead
7 234 (12.26%) Senior Developer
8 195 (10.21%) Software Developer
9 157 (8.22%) Full-Stack Developer
10 94 (4.92%) Architect
11 86 (4.50%) Analyst
12 76 (3.98%) Lead Developer
13 73 (3.82%) Graduate
14 72 (3.77%) Senior Software Engineer
15 66 (3.46%) C# .NET Developer
16 64 (3.35%) Support Engineer
17 60 (3.14%) Graduate Developer
18 57 (2.99%) Dynamics 365 Developer
19 56 (2.93%) C# Software Developer
20 55 (2.88%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,152 (60.35%) .NET
2 320 (16.76%) React
3 304 (15.92%) .NET Core
4 285 (14.93%) ASP.NET
5 251 (13.15%) CSS
6 242 (12.68%) HTML
7 239 (12.52%) .NET Framework
8 233 (12.21%) AngularJS
9 162 (8.49%) RESTful
10 156 (8.17%) REST
11 130 (6.81%) Entity Framework
12 108 (5.66%) Vue
13 101 (5.29%) Blazor
14 85 (4.45%) ASP.NET MVC
15 80 (4.19%) Web Services
16 76 (3.98%) ASP.NET Web API
17 64 (3.35%) ASP.NET Core
17 64 (3.35%) Node.js
18 62 (3.25%) HTML5
19 60 (3.14%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 152 (7.96%) Cloud Native
2 119 (6.23%) Onboarding
3 86 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 71 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
5 45 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
6 44 (2.30%) Algorithms
7 43 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
8 41 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 41 (2.15%) Mobile App
9 29 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 25 (1.31%) Robotics
11 23 (1.20%) IoT
12 22 (1.15%) Derivative
13 20 (1.05%) Operational Technology
14 18 (0.94%) AI Agents
14 18 (0.94%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.89%) Client/Server
16 15 (0.79%) Data Structures
16 15 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 95 (4.98%) Windows
2 59 (3.09%) Linux
3 21 (1.10%) Android
4 19 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.68%) Unix
7 4 (0.21%) VMS
8 3 (0.16%) Solaris
9 2 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
10 1 (0.052%) AIX
10 1 (0.052%) Fedora
10 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.052%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 687 (35.99%) Agile
2 542 (28.39%) DevOps
3 512 (26.82%) Software Engineering
4 497 (26.03%) CI/CD
5 468 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
6 391 (20.48%) Full-Stack Development
7 337 (17.65%) Microservices
8 333 (17.44%) Mentoring
9 326 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 231 (12.10%) Computer Science
11 194 (10.16%) MVC
12 191 (10.01%) Test Automation
13 172 (9.01%) Scrum
14 150 (7.86%) SDLC
15 142 (7.44%) AI
16 141 (7.39%) Containerisation
17 138 (7.23%) CRM
18 134 (7.02%) Clean Code
18 134 (7.02%) User Experience
19 132 (6.91%) OO
Programming Languages
1 721 (37.77%) SQL
2 512 (26.82%) JavaScript
3 332 (17.39%) Python
4 287 (15.03%) Java
5 239 (12.52%) TypeScript
6 159 (8.33%) C++
7 108 (5.66%) PowerShell
8 88 (4.61%) PHP
9 61 (3.20%) C
10 55 (2.88%) T-SQL
11 51 (2.67%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.20%) Bicep
13 20 (1.05%) Go
14 18 (0.94%) Bash
15 17 (0.89%) VBA
16 16 (0.84%) Rust
17 15 (0.79%) Delphi
18 12 (0.63%) VB
19 10 (0.52%) PL/SQL
20 9 (0.47%) XAML
Qualifications
1 337 (17.65%) Degree
2 184 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 90 (4.71%) Security Cleared
4 65 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 62 (3.25%) SC Cleared
6 47 (2.46%) Azure Certification
7 33 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 33 (1.73%) ISTQB
8 31 (1.62%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (0.94%) DV Cleared
11 17 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
12 16 (0.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 12 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (0.63%) HND
14 11 (0.58%) PhD
15 8 (0.42%) ISEB
16 7 (0.37%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.37%) HNC
17 6 (0.31%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (9.69%) QA
2 35 (1.83%) GDPR
3 33 (1.73%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 16 (0.84%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 7 (0.37%) NIST
7 7 (0.37%) WCAG
8 4 (0.21%) HL7
8 4 (0.21%) SEPA
9 3 (0.16%) EMIR
9 3 (0.16%) SLA
10 2 (0.10%) ITGC
10 2 (0.10%) MiFID
10 2 (0.10%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.052%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.052%) IFRS
11 1 (0.052%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.052%) SOC 2
System Software
1 199 (10.42%) Docker
2 21 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.68%) Firmware
5 10 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.21%) vSphere
9 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.10%) KVM
9 2 (0.10%) Squid
10 1 (0.052%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 171 (8.96%) Kubernetes
2 92 (4.82%) Terraform
3 21 (1.10%) Grafana
4 14 (0.73%) Ansible
5 10 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.37%) Control-M
7 6 (0.31%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.10%) Kibana
10 2 (0.10%) Nagios
10 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.052%) Nmap
11 1 (0.052%) WMI
Vendors
1 481 (25.20%) Microsoft
2 57 (2.99%) Oracle
3 37 (1.94%) Guidewire
4 29 (1.52%) Google
5 22 (1.15%) Xamarin
6 19 (1.00%) Sage
7 18 (0.94%) Databricks
8 17 (0.89%) VMware
9 15 (0.79%) SAP
10 14 (0.73%) DevExpress
11 12 (0.63%) Infor
11 12 (0.63%) Palantir
12 11 (0.58%) Dynatrace
12 11 (0.58%) OpenAI
13 10 (0.52%) MuleSoft
13 10 (0.52%) Siemens
14 9 (0.47%) Rockwell
14 9 (0.47%) Salesforce
14 9 (0.47%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.42%) Dataiku