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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 66 22
Rank change year-on-year +20 -44 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,407 1,913 5,359
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.05% 3.89% 6.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.26% 14.71% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,891 1,580 3,872
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,500 £36,750
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 £79,375 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -2.06%

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 18,656 13,009 23,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.69% 26.45% 30.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,288 8,388 15,478
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,738 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -5.38%
75th Percentile £84,125 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 8 September 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 8 September 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 +16 3,115 £60,000 -4.00% 1,834
UK excluding London +28 2,629 £57,500 - 1,035
Work from Home +17 1,537 £55,000 -8.33% 2,327
South East +32 771 £60,000 - 272
London -16 656 £85,000 +6.25% 983
North of England +37 637 £57,000 -5.00% 257
Midlands +8 415 £60,000 +9.09% 133
East of England +32 323 £60,000 +9.09% 150
North West +53 300 £55,000 -9.09% 126
South West +31 290 £53,500 +1.90% 109
West Midlands -8 217 £60,000 +9.09% 60
East Midlands +17 198 £57,500 +4.55% 72
North East -2 172 £65,000 +13.04% 66
Yorkshire +4 165 £55,000 -8.33% 67
Northern Ireland +6 116 £50,000 -10.31% 31
Wales -51 46 £51,619 +3.24% 26
Scotland -11 33 £52,500 -18.60% 76

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
1 112 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.23%) IIS
3 31 (0.91%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) Confluence
5 13 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.088%) DNN
12 3 (0.088%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.088%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.088%) Kentico
12 3 (0.088%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 42 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.088%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.088%) Simulink
6 3 (0.088%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 55 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.41%) Elite 3E
3 11 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
4 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.12%) Shopify
5 3 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.088%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.088%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.029%) Eikon
7 1 (0.029%) Magento
7 1 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.029%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.029%) RMDS
7 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,673 (49.10%) Azure
2 591 (17.35%) AWS
3 487 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 349 (10.24%) Power Platform
5 250 (7.34%) GitHub
6 249 (7.31%) SaaS
7 210 (6.16%) Power Automate
8 196 (5.75%) Azure AI
9 191 (5.61%) PowerApps
10 189 (5.55%) Serverless
11 169 (4.96%) GitHub Copilot
12 162 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
13 156 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
14 150 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
15 127 (3.73%) Azure Service Bus
16 120 (3.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 109 (3.20%) Azure Functions
18 87 (2.55%) GCP
19 50 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
20 45 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 63 (1.85%) Internet
2 20 (0.59%) DNS
3 18 (0.53%) Broadband
4 17 (0.50%) Firewall
4 17 (0.50%) HTTP
5 16 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.23%) VPN
8 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
9 6 (0.18%) BGP
9 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 6 (0.18%) SNMP
9 6 (0.18%) VLAN
9 6 (0.18%) Wireless
10 5 (0.15%) DHCP
10 5 (0.15%) LAN
10 5 (0.15%) WAN
11 4 (0.12%) Intranet
11 4 (0.12%) Network Security
12 3 (0.088%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 595 (17.46%) SQL Server
2 524 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 462 (13.56%) MongoDB
4 190 (5.58%) Power BI
5 167 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
6 98 (2.88%) NoSQL
7 82 (2.41%) Relational Database
8 81 (2.38%) MySQL
9 77 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
11 36 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 35 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 27 (0.79%) Redis
14 23 (0.68%) DynamoDB
15 19 (0.56%) Metadata
16 16 (0.47%) Spark SQL
17 15 (0.44%) Data Lake
18 14 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
19 13 (0.38%) Big Data
19 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 308 (9.04%) Git
2 70 (2.05%) JIRA
3 45 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 40 (1.17%) Selenium
5 34 (1.00%) GitLab
6 29 (0.85%) Jenkins
7 25 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.68%) NUnit
8 23 (0.68%) TeamCity
9 21 (0.62%) Claude Code
9 21 (0.62%) Postman
10 13 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.38%) SpecFlow
11 10 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.23%) Subversion
14 7 (0.21%) Jasmine
14 7 (0.21%) MSI
14 7 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 571 (16.76%) Social Skills
2 521 (15.29%) Finance
3 193 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (5.20%) Legal
5 122 (3.58%) Manufacturing
6 121 (3.55%) Law
7 109 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 98 (2.88%) Public Sector
9 94 (2.76%) Games
10 74 (2.17%) Retail
11 71 (2.08%) Advertising
12 68 (2.00%) Marketing
13 66 (1.94%) Electronics
14 60 (1.76%) Aerospace
15 52 (1.53%) Banking
16 45 (1.32%) Front Office
17 39 (1.14%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.06%) Automotive
19 27 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
20 18 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,776 (52.13%) Developer
2 804 (23.60%) .NET Developer
3 746 (21.90%) Senior
4 736 (21.60%) Software Engineer
5 384 (11.27%) Software Developer
6 369 (10.83%) C# Developer
7 357 (10.48%) Lead
8 352 (10.33%) Senior Developer
9 329 (9.66%) C# Software Engineer
10 246 (7.22%) Senior Software Engineer
11 178 (5.22%) Full-Stack Developer
12 161 (4.73%) C# .NET Developer
13 158 (4.64%) Lead Developer
14 147 (4.31%) Graduate
15 143 (4.20%) C# Software Developer
16 135 (3.96%) .NET Software Engineer
17 121 (3.55%) Architect
18 117 (3.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 107 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
20 92 (2.70%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,182 (64.04%) .NET
2 780 (22.89%) ASP.NET
3 762 (22.37%) .NET Core
4 608 (17.85%) ASP.NET Core
5 499 (14.65%) React
6 399 (11.71%) CSS
7 396 (11.62%) HTML
8 334 (9.80%) RESTful
9 328 (9.63%) AngularJS
10 310 (9.10%) Blazor
11 305 (8.95%) Entity Framework
12 299 (8.78%) Vue
13 268 (7.87%) .NET Framework
14 265 (7.78%) Node.js
15 249 (7.31%) REST
16 223 (6.55%) ASP.NET Web API
17 164 (4.81%) Terraform
18 156 (4.58%) ML.NET
19 146 (4.29%) WPF
20 118 (3.46%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 218 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 161 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
3 153 (4.49%) Greenfield Project
4 132 (3.87%) Product Ownership
5 129 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
6 106 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
7 89 (2.61%) Virtual Team
8 58 (1.70%) Mobile App
9 56 (1.64%) Algorithms
10 50 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 49 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
12 46 (1.35%) Hedge funds
13 45 (1.32%) Management Information System
14 44 (1.29%) AI Agents
15 33 (0.97%) Robotics
16 29 (0.85%) Data Structures
17 26 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 26 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
18 25 (0.73%) Legacy Code
19 24 (0.70%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 179 (5.25%) Windows
2 115 (3.38%) Linux
3 41 (1.20%) Android
4 39 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.18%) Unix
8 3 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.088%) VMS
8 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.029%) CentOS
9 1 (0.029%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,197 (35.13%) Agile
2 1,138 (33.40%) Software Engineering
3 948 (27.83%) Full-Stack Development
4 854 (25.07%) CI/CD
5 810 (23.77%) DevOps
6 579 (16.99%) Microservices
7 574 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
8 547 (16.06%) AI
9 473 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 472 (13.85%) Mentoring
11 327 (9.60%) Test Automation
12 292 (8.57%) SDLC
13 278 (8.16%) Computer Science
14 276 (8.10%) Machine Learning
15 221 (6.49%) Software Testing
16 216 (6.34%) Scrum
17 209 (6.13%) Business Intelligence
18 207 (6.08%) OO
19 195 (5.72%) Multithreading
20 191 (5.61%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1,238 (36.34%) SQL
2 840 (24.66%) JavaScript
3 573 (16.82%) Python
4 529 (15.53%) TypeScript
5 349 (10.24%) C++
6 303 (8.89%) Java
7 141 (4.14%) PowerShell
8 131 (3.85%) PHP
9 84 (2.47%) C
10 68 (2.00%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.35%) Go
12 44 (1.29%) Bicep
13 42 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 38 (1.12%) VBA
15 34 (1.00%) Bash
16 24 (0.70%) Rust
17 23 (0.68%) Delphi
17 23 (0.68%) Ruby
18 20 (0.59%) Scala
19 16 (0.47%) F#
Qualifications
1 419 (12.30%) Degree
2 189 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 147 (4.31%) Security Cleared
4 110 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.29%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 36 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (0.65%) PhD
9 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 17 (0.50%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.15%) CREST Certified
16 5 (0.15%) OSCP
17 4 (0.12%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (9.13%) QA
2 67 (1.97%) Accessibility
3 55 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 40 (1.17%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (0.47%) WCAG
7 7 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (0.21%) NCSC
8 6 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.088%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.088%) NIST
11 3 (0.088%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.088%) PSD2
System Software
1 390 (11.45%) Docker
2 23 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.53%) Firmware
4 16 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.088%) vSphere
10 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 341 (10.01%) Kubernetes
2 33 (0.97%) Grafana
3 18 (0.53%) Ansible
4 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.088%) Control-M
7 3 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.059%) MIIS
9 1 (0.029%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1,132 (33.23%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.61%) Google
3 65 (1.91%) Facebook
4 51 (1.50%) Oracle
5 32 (0.94%) OpenAI
6 24 (0.70%) Salesforce
7 22 (0.65%) Adobe
7 22 (0.65%) YouTube
8 21 (0.62%) VMware
9 18 (0.53%) Apple
10 17 (0.50%) Sony
10 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
11 16 (0.47%) Databricks
12 15 (0.44%) HP
12 15 (0.44%) Intapp
13 14 (0.41%) Foundry
14 12 (0.35%) Aderant
14 12 (0.35%) SAP
15 11 (0.32%) IBM
15 11 (0.32%) Splunk