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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 72 24
Rank change year-on-year +21 -48 -5
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,384 1,859 4,996
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.85% 3.78% 7.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.31% 14.87% 22.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,782 1,558 3,306
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £36,738
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 18,486 12,502 22,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.56% 25.41% 31.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13,150 8,123 13,402
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,862 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £83,938 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
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 15 October 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 15 October 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 3,086 £61,009 -2.39% 1,826
UK excluding London +30 2,632 £60,000 +4.35% 1,049
Work from Home +21 1,534 £57,500 -4.17% 860
South East +25 767 £60,000 - 247
North of England +38 641 £59,000 -1.67% 289
London -31 637 £85,000 +6.25% 854
Midlands +2 417 £60,000 +9.09% 160
East of England +35 313 £60,000 +9.09% 142
North West +51 298 £55,000 -12.00% 150
South West +30 285 £55,000 +4.76% 90
West Midlands -12 216 £62,500 +13.64% 94
East Midlands +12 201 £60,000 +9.09% 66
North East +8 185 £75,000 +46.34% 53
Yorkshire -3 158 £55,000 -4.35% 90
Northern Ireland 0 114 £35,000 -44.00% 40
Scotland +30 49 £55,000 -13.39% 63
Wales -44 49 £53,171 +9.63% 39

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
1 123 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.24%) IIS
3 29 (0.86%) Confluence
4 27 (0.80%) CMS
5 12 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) nginx
7 8 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.24%) WordPress
8 7 (0.21%) Apache
8 7 (0.21%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.15%) JBoss
9 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.12%) Kentico
10 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.089%) DNN
11 3 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 33 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.44%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.15%) Simulink
5 5 (0.15%) Stateflow
6 3 (0.089%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.059%) Revit
8 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 57 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.50%) Elite 3E
3 11 (0.33%) Carpe Diem
4 6 (0.18%) SAP Business One
5 5 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 4 (0.12%) Shopify
7 3 (0.089%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.089%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.089%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.089%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 2 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.030%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 1 (0.030%) Eikon
9 1 (0.030%) Orchestrade
9 1 (0.030%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,611 (47.61%) Azure
2 586 (17.32%) AWS
3 498 (14.72%) Azure DevOps
4 360 (10.64%) Power Platform
5 268 (7.92%) GitHub
6 253 (7.48%) SaaS
7 218 (6.44%) Power Automate
8 205 (6.06%) Serverless
9 198 (5.85%) Azure AI
10 192 (5.67%) PowerApps
11 178 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
12 176 (5.20%) GitHub Copilot
13 156 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
14 131 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
15 125 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
16 124 (3.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 120 (3.55%) Azure Functions
18 89 (2.63%) GCP
19 64 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
20 49 (1.45%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 64 (1.89%) Internet
2 23 (0.68%) Firewall
3 20 (0.59%) DNS
4 19 (0.56%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.47%) HTTP
6 12 (0.35%) VLAN
6 12 (0.35%) Wireless
7 11 (0.33%) VPN
8 10 (0.30%) Broadband
9 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
11 6 (0.18%) BGP
11 6 (0.18%) IPsec
11 6 (0.18%) SNMP
12 5 (0.15%) DHCP
12 5 (0.15%) LAN
12 5 (0.15%) WAN
13 3 (0.089%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.089%) Intranet
13 3 (0.089%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 604 (17.85%) SQL Server
2 503 (14.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 456 (13.48%) MongoDB
4 187 (5.53%) Power BI
5 164 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
6 107 (3.16%) NoSQL
7 103 (3.04%) Relational Database
8 88 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
9 85 (2.51%) MySQL
10 43 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
11 35 (1.03%) Redis
12 34 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 27 (0.80%) DynamoDB
15 21 (0.62%) Metadata
16 20 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
17 18 (0.53%) Data Lake
18 17 (0.50%) Spark SQL
19 15 (0.44%) Big Data
20 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 332 (9.81%) Git
2 78 (2.30%) JIRA
3 48 (1.42%) Visual Studio
4 37 (1.09%) Claude Code
5 35 (1.03%) GitLab
6 34 (1.00%) Jenkins
7 28 (0.83%) Selenium
8 25 (0.74%) NUnit
9 22 (0.65%) TeamCity
10 18 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
11 13 (0.38%) Postman
12 12 (0.35%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.30%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.27%) Eclipse
14 9 (0.27%) Subversion
14 9 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
15 8 (0.24%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.24%) Moq
15 8 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (0.24%) SpecFlow
General
1 614 (18.14%) Social Skills
2 495 (14.63%) Finance
3 209 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
4 186 (5.50%) Legal
5 135 (3.99%) Law
6 133 (3.93%) Manufacturing
7 115 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 109 (3.22%) Public Sector
9 88 (2.60%) Games
10 70 (2.07%) Retail
11 69 (2.04%) Electronics
12 65 (1.92%) Aerospace
13 64 (1.89%) Advertising
13 64 (1.89%) Marketing
14 54 (1.60%) Banking
15 43 (1.27%) Front Office
16 41 (1.21%) Legal Technology
17 32 (0.95%) Automotive
18 27 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
19 23 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,690 (49.94%) Developer
2 796 (23.52%) Senior
3 790 (23.35%) .NET Developer
4 743 (21.96%) Software Engineer
5 386 (11.41%) Senior Developer
6 343 (10.14%) C# Software Engineer
7 332 (9.81%) Software Developer
8 315 (9.31%) Lead
9 294 (8.69%) C# Developer
10 245 (7.24%) Senior Software Engineer
11 167 (4.93%) Full-Stack Developer
12 152 (4.49%) Architect
13 142 (4.20%) C# .NET Developer
14 136 (4.02%) .NET Software Engineer
15 131 (3.87%) Lead Developer
16 129 (3.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 106 (3.13%) Graduate
18 101 (2.98%) Azure Engineer
19 95 (2.81%) C# Software Developer
20 91 (2.69%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,232 (65.96%) .NET
2 746 (22.04%) ASP.NET
3 715 (21.13%) .NET Core
4 592 (17.49%) ASP.NET Core
5 519 (15.34%) React
6 367 (10.85%) HTML
7 365 (10.79%) CSS
8 334 (9.87%) AngularJS
8 334 (9.87%) RESTful
9 307 (9.07%) Entity Framework
10 302 (8.92%) Blazor
11 282 (8.33%) REST
12 276 (8.16%) Vue
13 275 (8.13%) .NET Framework
14 270 (7.98%) Node.js
15 223 (6.59%) ASP.NET Web API
16 169 (4.99%) Terraform
17 149 (4.40%) ML.NET
18 141 (4.17%) WPF
19 118 (3.49%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 230 (6.80%) Cloud Native
2 182 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
3 159 (4.70%) Greenfield Project
4 141 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
5 139 (4.11%) Product Ownership
6 107 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
7 75 (2.22%) Virtual Team
8 66 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 59 (1.74%) AI Agents
10 57 (1.68%) Algorithms
10 57 (1.68%) Onboarding
11 55 (1.63%) Mobile App
12 53 (1.57%) Management Information System
13 44 (1.30%) Robotics
14 36 (1.06%) Hedge funds
15 33 (0.98%) Data Structures
16 31 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
17 28 (0.83%) IoT
18 27 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 26 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 185 (5.47%) Windows
2 112 (3.31%) Linux
3 40 (1.18%) Android
3 40 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.27%) Unix
6 6 (0.18%) macOS
7 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.059%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.059%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.059%) Solaris
9 1 (0.030%) CentOS
9 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,171 (34.60%) Software Engineering
2 1,158 (34.22%) Agile
3 925 (27.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 897 (26.51%) CI/CD
5 824 (24.35%) DevOps
6 622 (18.38%) AI
7 611 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
8 580 (17.14%) Microservices
9 486 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 476 (14.07%) Mentoring
11 334 (9.87%) Test Automation
12 293 (8.66%) SDLC
13 271 (8.01%) Machine Learning
14 247 (7.30%) Computer Science
15 233 (6.89%) Technical Leadership
16 211 (6.24%) OO
17 209 (6.18%) Software Testing
18 201 (5.94%) Scrum
19 200 (5.91%) Business Intelligence
20 197 (5.82%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1,197 (35.37%) SQL
2 834 (24.65%) JavaScript
3 587 (17.35%) Python
4 505 (14.92%) TypeScript
5 330 (9.75%) C++
6 288 (8.51%) Java
7 124 (3.66%) PowerShell
8 96 (2.84%) PHP
9 86 (2.54%) C
10 81 (2.39%) T-SQL
11 49 (1.45%) Go
12 48 (1.42%) VB.NET
13 47 (1.39%) Bicep
14 31 (0.92%) VBA
15 26 (0.77%) Bash
15 26 (0.77%) Rust
16 23 (0.68%) Delphi
16 23 (0.68%) Ruby
17 18 (0.53%) MATLAB
18 17 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 381 (11.26%) Degree
2 174 (5.14%) Security Cleared
3 165 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 131 (3.87%) SC Cleared
5 56 (1.65%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 23 (0.68%) PhD
9 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.30%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.21%) OSCP
16 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.15%) CHECK Team Member
17 5 (0.15%) CREST Certified
18 4 (0.12%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (8.87%) QA
2 63 (1.86%) Data Quality
3 62 (1.83%) Accessibility
4 44 (1.30%) GDPR
5 23 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (0.53%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) NIST
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 (0.089%) IEC 61131
11 3 (0.089%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) SOC 2
System Software
1 394 (11.64%) Docker
2 32 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.41%) Firmware
5 10 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.089%) vSphere
10 2 (0.059%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.030%) HDFS
11 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 334 (9.87%) Kubernetes
2 27 (0.80%) Grafana
3 19 (0.56%) Ansible
3 19 (0.56%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.24%) EnCase
4 8 (0.24%) FTK
5 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.12%) Control-M
9 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.089%) Kibana
9 3 (0.089%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.059%) Bosun
11 1 (0.030%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,164 (34.40%) Microsoft
2 92 (2.72%) Google
3 62 (1.83%) Facebook
4 56 (1.65%) Oracle
5 36 (1.06%) OpenAI
6 31 (0.92%) Salesforce
7 26 (0.77%) VMware
8 23 (0.68%) YouTube
9 19 (0.56%) Databricks
9 19 (0.56%) Intapp
10 18 (0.53%) Foundry
11 17 (0.50%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) HP
12 16 (0.47%) SAP
12 16 (0.47%) Sony
12 16 (0.47%) Yahoo!
13 15 (0.44%) Aderant
14 13 (0.38%) Adobe
15 12 (0.35%) iManage
16 11 (0.33%) Splunk