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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 52 21
Rank change year-on-year +6 -31 -2
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,220 2,292 6,430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.18% 4.65% 7.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.85% 15.94% 23.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,781 1,902 5,250
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
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 18,035 14,381 27,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.84% 29.17% 30.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,831 9,549 20,016
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +6 2,925 £60,000 -7.69% 703
UK excluding London +9 2,436 £57,500 - 512
Work from Home +5 1,458 £55,000 -12.00% 362
South East +17 698 £60,000 - 171
London -23 652 £82,500 +3.13% 274
North of England +30 602 £56,500 -5.68% 133
Midlands -7 394 £57,500 +4.55% 67
North West +46 287 £55,000 - 61
South West +22 281 £52,500 -4.55% 58
East of England +12 278 £60,000 -7.69% 71
West Midlands -22 205 £60,000 +9.09% 34
East Midlands +8 189 £55,000 - 33
Yorkshire +14 172 £55,000 -15.38% 36
North East -6 143 £60,000 +4.35% 38
Northern Ireland +9 106 £57,500 -28.13% 4
Wales -46 45 £51,619 -6.15% 14
Scotland -7 34 £50,000 -22.48% 16

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 95 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.09%) IIS
3 33 (1.02%) CMS
4 21 (0.65%) Confluence
5 15 (0.47%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.28%) WordPress
7 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.22%) nginx
9 6 (0.19%) Apache
9 6 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.16%) JBoss
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.093%) DNN
12 3 (0.093%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.093%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.093%) Kentico
12 3 (0.093%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 46 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.16%) Simulink
6 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.093%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.093%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 47 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.22%) Carpe Diem
2 7 (0.22%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.16%) Shopify
4 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.093%) Magento
6 2 (0.062%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.062%) NEC Housing
6 2 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.062%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.062%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.062%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.031%) Eikon
7 1 (0.031%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.031%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.031%) RMDS
7 1 (0.031%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.031%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,610 (50.00%) Azure
2 540 (16.77%) AWS
3 434 (13.48%) Azure DevOps
4 297 (9.22%) Power Platform
5 252 (7.83%) SaaS
6 234 (7.27%) GitHub
7 182 (5.65%) Azure AI
8 173 (5.37%) Power Automate
9 164 (5.09%) PowerApps
10 158 (4.91%) GitHub Copilot
11 157 (4.88%) Serverless
12 154 (4.78%) Azure Logic Apps
13 140 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
14 118 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
15 117 (3.63%) Dynamics 365
16 105 (3.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 96 (2.98%) Azure Functions
18 78 (2.42%) GCP
19 57 (1.77%) Azure AKS
20 53 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.93%) Internet
2 18 (0.56%) Broadband
2 18 (0.56%) DNS
3 15 (0.47%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.31%) HTTP
5 9 (0.28%) Firewall
6 8 (0.25%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.25%) VPN
7 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.19%) BGP
8 6 (0.19%) DHCP
8 6 (0.19%) IPsec
9 5 (0.16%) LAN
9 5 (0.16%) WAN
10 4 (0.12%) Intranet
10 4 (0.12%) LTE
10 4 (0.12%) Modbus
10 4 (0.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.093%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.093%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 547 (16.99%) SQL Server
2 510 (15.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 449 (13.94%) MongoDB
4 168 (5.22%) Power BI
5 163 (5.06%) Elasticsearch
6 84 (2.61%) NoSQL
7 81 (2.52%) MySQL
8 65 (2.02%) Relational Database
9 63 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
10 43 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 42 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 24 (0.75%) Redis
13 23 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (0.40%) Db2
14 13 (0.40%) DynamoDB
15 12 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
15 12 (0.37%) Metadata
16 11 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 237 (7.36%) Git
2 68 (2.11%) JIRA
3 41 (1.27%) Visual Studio
4 40 (1.24%) Selenium
5 36 (1.12%) GitLab
6 26 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
7 22 (0.68%) Postman
8 21 (0.65%) Jenkins
8 21 (0.65%) TeamCity
9 19 (0.59%) SpecFlow
10 16 (0.50%) Claude Code
11 15 (0.47%) NUnit
12 13 (0.40%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.31%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.25%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.22%) Moq
15 7 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
16 6 (0.19%) Jasmine
16 6 (0.19%) MSTest
General
1 521 (16.18%) Finance
2 504 (15.65%) Social Skills
3 167 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
4 151 (4.69%) Legal
5 112 (3.48%) Manufacturing
6 110 (3.42%) Law
7 86 (2.67%) Games
8 79 (2.45%) Retail
9 76 (2.36%) Public Sector
10 70 (2.17%) Advertising
11 68 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 64 (1.99%) Marketing
13 57 (1.77%) Electronics
14 55 (1.71%) Aerospace
14 55 (1.71%) Banking
15 47 (1.46%) Front Office
16 38 (1.18%) Legal Technology
17 36 (1.12%) Automotive
18 21 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
19 19 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,755 (54.50%) Developer
2 794 (24.66%) .NET Developer
3 719 (22.33%) Senior
4 691 (21.46%) Software Engineer
5 423 (13.14%) Software Developer
6 383 (11.89%) C# Developer
7 347 (10.78%) Senior Developer
8 313 (9.72%) C# Software Engineer
9 311 (9.66%) Lead
10 240 (7.45%) Senior Software Engineer
11 180 (5.59%) Full-Stack Developer
12 167 (5.19%) C# .NET Developer
13 166 (5.16%) C# Software Developer
14 151 (4.69%) .NET Software Engineer
14 151 (4.69%) Graduate
15 140 (4.35%) Lead Developer
16 105 (3.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 103 (3.20%) Azure Engineer
18 102 (3.17%) Graduate Developer
19 100 (3.11%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,093 (65.00%) .NET
2 763 (23.70%) .NET Core
3 749 (23.26%) ASP.NET
4 588 (18.26%) ASP.NET Core
5 465 (14.44%) React
6 386 (11.99%) CSS
7 373 (11.58%) HTML
8 318 (9.88%) AngularJS
9 299 (9.29%) RESTful
10 296 (9.19%) Blazor
11 285 (8.85%) Vue
12 281 (8.73%) Entity Framework
13 258 (8.01%) Node.js
14 253 (7.86%) .NET Framework
15 228 (7.08%) REST
16 218 (6.77%) ASP.NET Web API
17 154 (4.78%) ML.NET
18 120 (3.73%) LINQ
19 115 (3.57%) WPF
20 89 (2.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 209 (6.49%) Cloud Native
2 150 (4.66%) Greenfield Project
3 123 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
3 123 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
4 99 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 83 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
6 82 (2.55%) Virtual Team
7 56 (1.74%) Mobile App
8 52 (1.61%) Hedge funds
9 50 (1.55%) Algorithms
10 48 (1.49%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (0.99%) Management Information System
13 31 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 30 (0.93%) AI Agents
15 29 (0.90%) Robotics
16 26 (0.81%) Legacy Code
17 25 (0.78%) Low-Code
18 24 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
19 23 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 159 (4.94%) Windows
2 109 (3.39%) Linux
3 42 (1.30%) Android
4 36 (1.12%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 10 (0.31%) VMS
7 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.22%) Unix
8 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.062%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.031%) CentOS
11 1 (0.031%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.031%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,145 (35.56%) Agile
2 1,035 (32.14%) Software Engineering
3 916 (28.45%) Full-Stack Development
4 780 (24.22%) CI/CD
5 749 (23.26%) DevOps
6 551 (17.11%) Microservices
7 501 (15.56%) AI
8 491 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
9 430 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 403 (12.52%) Mentoring
11 300 (9.32%) Test Automation
12 281 (8.73%) Computer Science
13 266 (8.26%) Machine Learning
14 253 (7.86%) SDLC
15 206 (6.40%) Scrum
16 200 (6.21%) Multithreading
17 199 (6.18%) Software Testing
18 190 (5.90%) TDD
19 189 (5.87%) OO
20 178 (5.53%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,198 (37.20%) SQL
2 761 (23.63%) JavaScript
3 531 (16.49%) Python
4 506 (15.71%) TypeScript
5 342 (10.62%) C++
6 277 (8.60%) Java
7 145 (4.50%) PowerShell
8 139 (4.32%) PHP
9 78 (2.42%) C
10 62 (1.93%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.46%) Bicep
12 45 (1.40%) VB.NET
13 39 (1.21%) Go
14 34 (1.06%) Bash
15 33 (1.02%) VBA
16 22 (0.68%) Rust
16 22 (0.68%) Scala
17 20 (0.62%) F#
18 19 (0.59%) Delphi
18 19 (0.59%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 400 (12.42%) Degree
2 194 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 122 (3.79%) Security Cleared
4 88 (2.73%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 35 (1.09%) Azure Certification
7 30 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (0.71%) PhD
9 19 (0.59%) ISTQB
10 17 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 13 (0.40%) DV Cleared
12 11 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
12 11 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.19%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.16%) GPEN
16 5 (0.16%) GXPN
16 5 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (8.60%) QA
2 52 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 29 (0.90%) GDPR
4 28 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 20 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.34%) SLA
6 11 (0.34%) WCAG
7 9 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.19%) NCSC
9 5 (0.16%) 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
11 3 (0.093%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.093%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.093%) PSD2
12 2 (0.062%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.031%) NIST
13 1 (0.031%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 374 (11.61%) Docker
2 23 (0.71%) Firmware
3 21 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.16%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.16%) KVM
8 3 (0.093%) vSphere
9 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.031%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 338 (10.50%) Kubernetes
2 150 (4.66%) Terraform
3 35 (1.09%) Grafana
4 18 (0.56%) Ansible
5 15 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.093%) Control-M
9 3 (0.093%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.062%) MIIS
11 1 (0.031%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.031%) MOM
11 1 (0.031%) Nessus
11 1 (0.031%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,046 (32.48%) Microsoft
2 85 (2.64%) Google
3 64 (1.99%) Facebook
4 51 (1.58%) Oracle
5 29 (0.90%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.71%) Adobe
6 23 (0.71%) Salesforce
7 22 (0.68%) YouTube
8 19 (0.59%) Apple
9 18 (0.56%) Databricks
10 17 (0.53%) Sony
10 17 (0.53%) Yahoo!
11 16 (0.50%) VMware
12 14 (0.43%) Intapp
12 14 (0.43%) Xamarin
13 12 (0.37%) SAP
13 12 (0.37%) Splunk
14 11 (0.34%) IBM
15 10 (0.31%) iManage
16 9 (0.28%) ServiceNow