C#
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring C# skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C# over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 19 20
Rank change year-on-year -30 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,610 8,123 10,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.02% 8.25% 9.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.71% 24.41% 22.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,186 6,851 7,474
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%

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 15,622 33,278 45,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.02% 33.79% 43.37%
Number of salaries quoted 11,533 25,047 28,788
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +2.33%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C# in the UK

C#
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C#.

Salary trend for C# in the UK

C#
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 -31 2,367 £62,500 +6.84% 2,270
UK excluding London -29 1,791 £57,500 +4.55% 1,779
Work from Home -9 1,227 £65,000 +13.04% 1,410
London -28 694 £75,000 -3.23% 752
South East -26 454 £60,000 +4.35% 505
North of England -57 426 £51,068 -7.15% 531
Midlands -28 340 £55,000 +10.00% 326
East of England -4 278 £66,206 +15.14% 175
North West -71 247 £50,055 -8.99% 315
West Midlands -20 234 £55,000 +4.76% 166
South West -47 132 £55,000 +10.00% 155
Yorkshire -29 117 £56,000 +6.67% 138
Scotland +4 109 £45,000 -18.18% 84
East Midlands -45 105 £55,000 +10.00% 142
North East -3 62 £57,500 -4.17% 86
Wales -21 46 £62,500 +25.00% 48
Northern Ireland -15 7 - - 18

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 96 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 63 (2.41%) Confluence
3 55 (2.11%) CMS
4 36 (1.38%) Umbraco
5 30 (1.15%) Apache
6 23 (0.88%) IIS
7 11 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (0.31%) Kinematics
9 7 (0.27%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.23%) NServiceBus
10 6 (0.23%) WordPress
11 5 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
11 5 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 5 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 5 (0.19%) Sitefinity
11 5 (0.19%) WinCC
12 4 (0.15%) Kentico
13 3 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.11%) OpenEdge
13 3 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 129 (4.94%) Chatbot
2 28 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.46%) Trello
5 9 (0.34%) Revit
6 7 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.11%) Productboard
9 2 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.038%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.038%) GNU Octave
10 1 (0.038%) InVision
10 1 (0.038%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.038%) Sketch
10 1 (0.038%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 121 (4.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.65%) Sage 200
2 17 (0.65%) Sage 50
3 14 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
4 10 (0.38%) Endur
5 8 (0.31%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.31%) Orchestrade
6 7 (0.27%) Magento
7 5 (0.19%) Shopify
8 4 (0.15%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.077%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.077%) Eikon
9 2 (0.077%) Infor CloudSuite
9 2 (0.077%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
9 2 (0.077%) RMDS
10 1 (0.038%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.038%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 1 (0.038%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,116 (42.76%) Azure
2 356 (13.64%) AWS
3 349 (13.37%) Azure DevOps
4 293 (11.23%) Power Platform
5 223 (8.54%) Dynamics 365
6 185 (7.09%) SaaS
7 148 (5.67%) PowerApps
8 144 (5.52%) Power Automate
9 138 (5.29%) Serverless
10 137 (5.25%) GitHub
11 108 (4.14%) Azure Service Bus
12 103 (3.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 70 (2.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 70 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
14 66 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
15 64 (2.45%) GCP
16 58 (2.22%) Azure Functions
17 43 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
18 39 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 39 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.11%) Network Security
2 26 (1.00%) HTTP
2 26 (1.00%) TCP/IP
3 23 (0.88%) Intranet
4 16 (0.61%) Firewall
5 12 (0.46%) Modbus
5 12 (0.46%) MQTT
6 11 (0.42%) Internet
7 10 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (0.31%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.23%) DNS
10 5 (0.19%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.15%) SSL
12 3 (0.11%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.077%) Broadband
13 2 (0.077%) SAN
14 1 (0.038%) GSM
14 1 (0.038%) IPv4
14 1 (0.038%) SMS
14 1 (0.038%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 683 (26.17%) SQL Server
2 125 (4.79%) Relational Database
3 124 (4.75%) MySQL
4 113 (4.33%) NoSQL
5 102 (3.91%) MongoDB
5 102 (3.91%) Power BI
6 95 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 93 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 91 (3.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 79 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
10 74 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
11 37 (1.42%) Redis
12 34 (1.30%) Big Data
13 33 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
14 32 (1.23%) DB2
15 26 (1.00%) RDBMS
16 18 (0.69%) Data Lake
17 14 (0.54%) DynamoDB
18 13 (0.50%) MS Access
19 12 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 350 (13.41%) Git
2 195 (7.47%) Visual Studio
3 166 (6.36%) JIRA
4 82 (3.14%) Selenium
5 77 (2.95%) Octopus Deploy
6 69 (2.64%) Jenkins
7 68 (2.61%) Bitbucket
8 55 (2.11%) Team Foundation Server
9 43 (1.65%) NUnit
10 40 (1.53%) MSBuild
11 39 (1.49%) TeamCity
12 33 (1.26%) Postman
13 29 (1.11%) SpecFlow
14 27 (1.03%) Cypress.io
15 26 (1.00%) Eclipse
15 26 (1.00%) Eclipse RCP
16 24 (0.92%) GitLab
17 19 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
18 18 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
19 17 (0.65%) MSTest
General
1 639 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 437 (16.74%) Finance
3 165 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (4.56%) Retail
5 112 (4.29%) Banking
6 106 (4.06%) Law
7 96 (3.68%) Manufacturing
8 80 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 63 (2.41%) Public Sector
10 57 (2.18%) Electronics
11 53 (2.03%) Marketing
12 50 (1.92%) Front Office
13 39 (1.49%) Legal
14 37 (1.42%) Automotive
15 29 (1.11%) Investment Banking
16 25 (0.96%) Games
16 25 (0.96%) Tech for Good
17 19 (0.73%) Back Office
17 19 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
18 18 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1,308 (50.11%) Developer
2 664 (25.44%) Senior
3 478 (18.31%) Software Engineer
4 362 (13.87%) .NET Developer
5 344 (13.18%) C# Developer
6 339 (12.99%) Senior Developer
7 305 (11.69%) Lead
8 233 (8.93%) Software Developer
9 163 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
10 162 (6.21%) Full-Stack Developer
11 144 (5.52%) C# .NET Developer
12 117 (4.48%) Trainer
13 108 (4.14%) Architect
13 108 (4.14%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 99 (3.79%) Analyst
14 99 (3.79%) Senior C# Developer
15 86 (3.30%) Senior .NET Developer
16 81 (3.10%) Lead Developer
17 72 (2.76%) Graduate
18 68 (2.61%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,599 (61.26%) .NET
2 555 (21.26%) HTML
3 449 (17.20%) CSS
4 422 (16.17%) ASP.NET
5 414 (15.86%) .NET Core
6 388 (14.87%) .NET Framework
6 388 (14.87%) React
7 322 (12.34%) AngularJS
8 207 (7.93%) REST
9 203 (7.78%) RESTful
10 192 (7.36%) Entity Framework
11 145 (5.56%) HTML5
12 141 (5.40%) ASP.NET Web API
12 141 (5.40%) XML
13 124 (4.75%) Web Services
14 120 (4.60%) ASP.NET MVC
15 119 (4.56%) jQuery
16 110 (4.21%) Blazor
17 107 (4.10%) JSON
18 92 (3.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 92 (3.52%) Cloud Native
2 88 (3.37%) Product Ownership
3 87 (3.33%) Mobile App
4 86 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
5 58 (2.22%) Algorithms
6 56 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
6 56 (2.15%) Management Information System
7 52 (1.99%) Data Structures
8 46 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
9 39 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 39 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 35 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 32 (1.23%) NHS
12 28 (1.07%) IoT
12 28 (1.07%) Virtual Team
13 27 (1.03%) Onboarding
14 26 (1.00%) Public Cloud
15 25 (0.96%) Client/Server
16 23 (0.88%) Hedge funds
16 23 (0.88%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 226 (8.66%) Windows
2 142 (5.44%) Linux
3 36 (1.38%) Android
4 33 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 20 (0.77%) Unix
6 18 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.077%) VMS
11 1 (0.038%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.038%) VxWorks
11 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 984 (37.70%) Agile
2 806 (30.88%) Software Engineering
3 683 (26.17%) DevOps
4 629 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
5 519 (19.89%) CI/CD
6 386 (14.79%) Full-Stack Development
6 386 (14.79%) Microservices
7 339 (12.99%) Computer Science
8 338 (12.95%) Mentoring
9 336 (12.87%) MVC
10 268 (10.27%) OO
11 241 (9.23%) Code Quality
12 237 (9.08%) SDLC
13 236 (9.04%) Artificial Intelligence
14 228 (8.74%) Test Automation
15 212 (8.12%) TDD
16 206 (7.89%) Design Patterns
17 188 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
18 183 (7.01%) Scrum
19 176 (6.74%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1,100 (42.15%) SQL
2 899 (34.44%) JavaScript
3 549 (21.03%) Python
4 467 (17.89%) Java
5 335 (12.84%) C++
6 325 (12.45%) TypeScript
7 126 (4.83%) C
8 108 (4.14%) PowerShell
9 99 (3.79%) T-SQL
10 82 (3.14%) VB.NET
11 66 (2.53%) PHP
12 60 (2.30%) Ada
13 52 (1.99%) Rust
14 46 (1.76%) PL/SQL
15 42 (1.61%) VB
16 33 (1.26%) Bash
17 26 (1.00%) X++
18 24 (0.92%) Go
19 23 (0.88%) Kotlin
20 22 (0.84%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 699 (26.78%) Degree
2 190 (7.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 108 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 105 (4.02%) Security Cleared
5 89 (3.41%) Master's Degree
6 58 (2.22%) SC Cleared
7 55 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 40 (1.53%) PhD
10 17 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
11 12 (0.46%) AWS Certification
12 11 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.31%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.23%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.19%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.19%) HND
15 5 (0.19%) MCSE
16 4 (0.15%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (8.05%) QA
2 70 (2.68%) GDPR
3 51 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 30 (1.15%) WCAG
5 26 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 26 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.42%) COBIT
7 10 (0.38%) NIST
8 8 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.27%) SLA
10 6 (0.23%) CDISC
10 6 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.19%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.15%) ISO 13485
12 4 (0.15%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.077%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.077%) HL7
14 2 (0.077%) MiFID
14 2 (0.077%) MISRA
System Software
1 258 (9.89%) Docker
2 31 (1.19%) Firmware
3 13 (0.50%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.11%) LXC
8 2 (0.077%) vSphere
9 1 (0.038%) HDFS
9 1 (0.038%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.038%) Squid
9 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.038%) Xen
Systems Management
1 238 (9.12%) Kubernetes
2 99 (3.79%) Terraform
3 52 (1.99%) Ansible
4 32 (1.23%) Grafana
5 28 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.19%) Kibana
8 4 (0.15%) Control-M
9 3 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.11%) Graylog
9 3 (0.11%) Puppet
10 2 (0.077%) MIIS
10 2 (0.077%) Nmap
10 2 (0.077%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.038%) HAProxy
11 1 (0.038%) logstash
11 1 (0.038%) Packer
11 1 (0.038%) Salt
11 1 (0.038%) vRealize
Vendors
1 637 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 123 (4.71%) PayPal
3 94 (3.60%) Oracle
4 68 (2.61%) Google
5 64 (2.45%) Databricks
6 49 (1.88%) Atlassian
7 36 (1.38%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.07%) Xamarin
9 24 (0.92%) IBM
10 21 (0.80%) HP
10 21 (0.80%) Salesforce
11 17 (0.65%) MuleSoft
11 17 (0.65%) Sage
12 15 (0.57%) Informatica
13 12 (0.46%) Epicor
13 12 (0.46%) SAP
14 10 (0.38%) EMC
14 10 (0.38%) OpenLink
14 10 (0.38%) Telerik
15 9 (0.34%) Siemens