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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 49 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 -31 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,683 2,260 8,506
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.89% 5.08% 7.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.19% 16.18% 24.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,364 1,860 7,158
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,717 £35,500
25th Percentile £47,930 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,625 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
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 16,572 13,971 34,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.83% 31.41% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,672 9,197 25,686
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £98,474
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,169
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.54% -1.51%

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 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 17 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 14 June 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 -2 2,512 £60,000 -7.69% 650
UK excluding London -1 1,933 £57,500 - 535
Work from Home -3 1,030 £55,000 -15.38% 421
London -17 623 £82,500 +3.13% 185
South East +11 592 £59,000 -1.67% 168
North of England +24 524 £60,000 +4.35% 144
Midlands -14 327 £57,500 +4.55% 67
North West +45 268 £60,000 +9.09% 83
East of England -3 218 £60,000 -9.37% 66
South West +5 209 £55,000 - 60
East Midlands +13 164 £55,000 - 28
West Midlands -35 163 £60,000 +9.09% 39
Yorkshire -13 149 £55,000 -15.38% 27
North East -11 107 £65,000 +14.04% 35
Scotland -18 30 £55,000 +2.33% 20
Wales -44 29 £50,000 -25.37% 12
Northern Ireland - 6 £65,000 - 13

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 70 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.01%) CMS
2 27 (1.01%) IIS
3 14 (0.52%) Confluence
4 13 (0.48%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.26%) WordPress
7 6 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.19%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.15%) Apache
10 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.11%) JBoss
10 3 (0.11%) nginx
11 2 (0.075%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.075%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.037%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.037%) DNN
12 1 (0.037%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.037%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 36 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.26%) Simulink
4 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.11%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.037%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.037%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) Magento
4 2 (0.075%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.075%) Shopify
4 2 (0.075%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.037%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.037%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.037%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.037%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.037%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.037%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,288 (48.01%) Azure
2 444 (16.55%) AWS
3 330 (12.30%) Azure DevOps
4 232 (8.65%) Power Platform
5 207 (7.72%) SaaS
6 155 (5.78%) GitHub
7 146 (5.44%) Serverless
8 145 (5.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 121 (4.51%) PowerApps
10 120 (4.47%) Power Automate
11 114 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
12 100 (3.73%) Azure AI
13 93 (3.47%) Azure Functions
14 89 (3.32%) GitHub Copilot
15 85 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
16 82 (3.06%) Azure Service Bus
17 79 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 62 (2.31%) GCP
19 55 (2.05%) Azure AKS
20 54 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.45%) Internet
2 16 (0.60%) Broadband
2 16 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 14 (0.52%) DNS
4 11 (0.41%) Firewall
5 10 (0.37%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.30%) DHCP
7 6 (0.22%) HTTP
7 6 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
8 5 (0.19%) LAN
8 5 (0.19%) LTE
8 5 (0.19%) WAN
9 4 (0.15%) Intranet
9 4 (0.15%) Modbus
10 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.11%) Network Security
10 3 (0.11%) RS-232
10 3 (0.11%) VPN
11 2 (0.075%) FIX Connectivity
11 2 (0.075%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 482 (17.96%) SQL Server
2 315 (11.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 266 (9.91%) MongoDB
4 134 (4.99%) Power BI
5 90 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
6 74 (2.76%) NoSQL
7 67 (2.50%) MySQL
8 58 (2.16%) Relational Database
9 48 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
10 34 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 32 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (0.60%) Redis
13 11 (0.41%) Db2
13 11 (0.41%) Metadata
14 9 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.26%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.26%) GIS
16 6 (0.22%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 185 (6.90%) Git
2 55 (2.05%) JIRA
3 48 (1.79%) Selenium
4 46 (1.71%) Visual Studio
5 32 (1.19%) Postman
6 31 (1.16%) GitLab
7 23 (0.86%) SpecFlow
7 23 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 21 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 19 (0.71%) WebDriver
10 17 (0.63%) Jenkins
11 16 (0.60%) SoapUI
12 14 (0.52%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.48%) NUnit
14 12 (0.45%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.37%) Claude Code
16 9 (0.34%) LabVIEW
17 8 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 8 (0.30%) Yeoman
General
1 482 (17.96%) Finance
2 374 (13.94%) Social Skills
3 141 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (3.62%) Manufacturing
5 66 (2.46%) Games
6 63 (2.35%) Retail
7 62 (2.31%) Public Sector
8 57 (2.12%) Banking
9 55 (2.05%) Electronics
9 55 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 48 (1.79%) Aerospace
11 46 (1.71%) Front Office
11 46 (1.71%) Law
12 41 (1.53%) Advertising
13 36 (1.34%) Marketing
14 34 (1.27%) Automotive
14 34 (1.27%) Legal
15 18 (0.67%) Investment Banking
16 13 (0.48%) Aviation
16 13 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,429 (53.26%) Developer
2 594 (22.14%) Software Engineer
3 566 (21.10%) .NET Developer
4 559 (20.83%) Senior
5 424 (15.80%) Software Developer
6 388 (14.46%) C# Developer
7 293 (10.92%) C# Software Engineer
8 269 (10.03%) Senior Developer
9 261 (9.73%) Lead
10 205 (7.64%) Senior Software Engineer
11 172 (6.41%) Full-Stack Developer
12 166 (6.19%) C# .NET Developer
12 166 (6.19%) C# Software Developer
13 157 (5.85%) .NET Software Engineer
14 128 (4.77%) Graduate
15 117 (4.36%) Lead Developer
16 98 (3.65%) Graduate Developer
17 95 (3.54%) .NET Software Developer
17 95 (3.54%) Azure Developer
17 95 (3.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,732 (64.55%) .NET
2 595 (22.18%) .NET Core
3 511 (19.05%) ASP.NET
4 363 (13.53%) React
5 359 (13.38%) ASP.NET Core
6 289 (10.77%) CSS
7 279 (10.40%) HTML
8 228 (8.50%) AngularJS
9 208 (7.75%) RESTful
10 204 (7.60%) .NET Framework
11 202 (7.53%) Blazor
11 202 (7.53%) Vue
12 187 (6.97%) Entity Framework
13 180 (6.71%) REST
14 167 (6.22%) Node.js
15 138 (5.14%) ASP.NET Web API
16 94 (3.50%) WPF
17 89 (3.32%) ML.NET
18 72 (2.68%) LINQ
19 60 (2.24%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 162 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 103 (3.84%) Greenfield Project
3 100 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
4 84 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 81 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
6 72 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
7 54 (2.01%) Mobile App
8 53 (1.98%) Hedge funds
9 46 (1.71%) Algorithms
10 35 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 31 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 30 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 28 (1.04%) Onboarding
14 26 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 24 (0.89%) Management Information System
16 23 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
16 23 (0.86%) Legacy Code
16 23 (0.86%) Sports Betting
17 21 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
18 19 (0.71%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 134 (4.99%) Windows
2 97 (3.62%) Linux
3 38 (1.42%) Android
4 26 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.45%) VMS
7 10 (0.37%) Unix
8 7 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.11%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.075%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.075%) Solaris
11 2 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (31.46%) Agile
2 826 (30.79%) Software Engineering
3 703 (26.20%) Full-Stack Development
4 588 (21.92%) CI/CD
5 567 (21.13%) DevOps
6 369 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
7 367 (13.68%) AI
8 364 (13.57%) Microservices
9 302 (11.26%) Mentoring
10 284 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 267 (9.95%) Computer Science
12 232 (8.65%) Test Automation
13 213 (7.94%) SDLC
14 191 (7.12%) Machine Learning
15 164 (6.11%) Scrum
16 150 (5.59%) Business Intelligence
17 149 (5.55%) Containerisation
18 145 (5.40%) TDD
19 135 (5.03%) Multithreading
20 134 (4.99%) OO
Programming Languages
1 936 (34.89%) SQL
2 565 (21.06%) JavaScript
3 434 (16.18%) Python
4 360 (13.42%) TypeScript
5 313 (11.67%) C++
6 267 (9.95%) Java
7 114 (4.25%) PHP
8 96 (3.58%) PowerShell
9 68 (2.53%) C
10 48 (1.79%) T-SQL
11 38 (1.42%) Bicep
12 35 (1.30%) Go
12 35 (1.30%) VB.NET
13 34 (1.27%) Bash
14 27 (1.01%) VBA
15 22 (0.82%) Rust
16 19 (0.71%) MATLAB
16 19 (0.71%) Scala
17 17 (0.63%) F#
17 17 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 377 (14.05%) Degree
2 187 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 119 (4.44%) Security Cleared
4 73 (2.72%) SC Cleared
5 43 (1.60%) Master's Degree
6 42 (1.57%) Azure Certification
7 37 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.16%) ISTQB
9 28 (1.04%) PhD
10 21 (0.78%) AWS Certification
11 13 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 10 (0.37%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 10 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (5.48%) QA
2 45 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.78%) GDPR
5 14 (0.52%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.45%) SLA
8 11 (0.41%) WCAG
9 5 (0.19%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.15%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.075%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.075%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.075%) ITGC
13 1 (0.037%) EMIR
13 1 (0.037%) NCSC
13 1 (0.037%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 277 (10.32%) Docker
2 29 (1.08%) Firmware
3 22 (0.82%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
4 12 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.19%) KVM
5 5 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 243 (9.06%) Kubernetes
2 127 (4.73%) Terraform
3 35 (1.30%) Grafana
4 15 (0.56%) Ansible
5 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.26%) Kibana
7 5 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.11%) Control-M
8 3 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.075%) MIIS
9 2 (0.075%) MOM
10 1 (0.037%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.037%) Nessus
10 1 (0.037%) Netcool
10 1 (0.037%) Nmap
Vendors
1 720 (26.84%) Microsoft
2 54 (2.01%) Google
3 43 (1.60%) Oracle
4 38 (1.42%) Facebook
5 23 (0.86%) OpenAI
6 22 (0.82%) Adobe
7 18 (0.67%) Salesforce
8 17 (0.63%) VMware
9 15 (0.56%) Xamarin
10 13 (0.48%) Apple
10 13 (0.48%) Databricks
11 11 (0.41%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.41%) Sony
11 11 (0.41%) Yahoo!
11 11 (0.41%) YouTube
12 9 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.34%) iManage
12 9 (0.34%) Splunk
13 7 (0.26%) Intapp
14 6 (0.22%) Dynatrace