C# Job Trends

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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 26 16
Rank change year-on-year -46 -10 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,867 3,586 6,503
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.93% 6.90% 9.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.43% 20.31% 24.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,631 2,291 5,852
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £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 12,098 17,652 26,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.97% 33.97% 38.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,698 10,254 21,889
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 31 January 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 18 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 31 January 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 -44 1,707 £60,000 -4.00% 816
UK excluding London -46 1,248 £55,000 -4.35% 713
Work from Home -26 789 £60,000 - 510
London -23 501 £80,000 +8.84% 237
North of England -33 363 £62,500 +13.64% 175
South East -43 346 £55,000 -12.00% 248
Midlands -36 260 £52,500 -4.55% 104
North West -18 182 £62,500 +13.64% 107
East Midlands -22 130 £52,500 -4.55% 61
West Midlands -43 130 £52,500 -4.55% 43
South West -45 119 £55,000 - 61
Yorkshire -38 115 £60,000 +20.00% 41
East of England -54 94 £55,000 -16.92% 66
North East -9 66 £70,000 +9.80% 28
Scotland -77 44 £60,000 +33.33% 40
Wales -33 22 £45,000 -25.00% 23
Northern Ireland -21 8 £95,000 +61.70% 8
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

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 40 (2.14%) IIS
1 40 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.18%) CMS
3 12 (0.64%) Kinematics
4 11 (0.59%) Confluence
5 9 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.054%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.054%) Kentico
11 1 (0.054%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.16%) Simulink
5 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.054%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 48 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.054%) Endur
5 1 (0.054%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.054%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.054%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.054%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 892 (47.78%) Azure
2 347 (18.59%) AWS
3 236 (12.64%) Azure DevOps
4 214 (11.46%) SaaS
5 179 (9.59%) Power Platform
6 133 (7.12%) Serverless
7 107 (5.73%) Power Automate
8 100 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
9 91 (4.87%) GCP
9 91 (4.87%) PowerApps
10 83 (4.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 79 (4.23%) GitHub
12 73 (3.91%) Azure Functions
13 56 (3.00%) Azure Service Bus
14 49 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
15 46 (2.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 36 (1.93%) Entra ID
17 33 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
18 29 (1.55%) Azure AKS
19 27 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.37%) DNS
3 7 (0.37%) HTTP
4 6 (0.32%) Internet
5 5 (0.27%) DHCP
6 4 (0.21%) Firewall
6 4 (0.21%) SAN
7 3 (0.16%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.11%) Broadband
8 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.054%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.054%) LTE
9 1 (0.054%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.054%) SSH
9 1 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 371 (19.87%) SQL Server
2 87 (4.66%) Power BI
3 84 (4.50%) Relational Database
4 72 (3.86%) MySQL
5 71 (3.80%) MongoDB
6 69 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 69 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 44 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
8 37 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 36 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
12 20 (1.07%) Redis
13 12 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.48%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.32%) GIS
15 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.27%) Big Data
16 5 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 131 (7.02%) Git
2 81 (4.34%) Selenium
3 76 (4.07%) JIRA
4 68 (3.64%) Visual Studio
5 54 (2.89%) Postman
6 41 (2.20%) WebDriver
7 39 (2.09%) Team Foundation Server
8 34 (1.82%) Jenkins
8 34 (1.82%) SoapUI
9 21 (1.12%) SpecFlow
10 17 (0.91%) Cypress.io
11 16 (0.86%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.75%) GitLab
13 13 (0.70%) NUnit
14 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.48%) JMeter
15 9 (0.48%) REST Assured
16 8 (0.43%) LabVIEW
17 7 (0.37%) PowerBuilder
18 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
General
1 457 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 322 (17.25%) Finance
3 115 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (4.39%) Law
5 72 (3.86%) Public Sector
6 61 (3.27%) Retail
7 58 (3.11%) Manufacturing
8 55 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 50 (2.68%) Front Office
10 44 (2.36%) Banking
11 38 (2.04%) Electronics
12 32 (1.71%) Legal
13 29 (1.55%) Marketing
14 28 (1.50%) Games
15 16 (0.86%) Aviation
15 16 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.80%) Aerospace
16 15 (0.80%) Military
17 14 (0.75%) Billing
Job Titles
1 914 (48.96%) Developer
2 424 (22.71%) Senior
3 304 (16.28%) Software Engineer
4 249 (13.34%) C# Developer
5 248 (13.28%) Software Developer
6 237 (12.69%) .NET Developer
7 216 (11.57%) Senior Developer
8 207 (11.09%) Lead
9 144 (7.71%) Full-Stack Developer
10 100 (5.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 98 (5.25%) C# Software Engineer
12 84 (4.50%) .NET Software Engineer
13 79 (4.23%) C# .NET Developer
14 70 (3.75%) Lead Developer
15 69 (3.70%) Analyst
16 66 (3.54%) Graduate
16 66 (3.54%) Support Engineer
17 65 (3.48%) C# Software Developer
18 63 (3.37%) Architect
19 60 (3.21%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,130 (60.52%) .NET
2 322 (17.25%) .NET Core
3 273 (14.62%) React
4 236 (12.64%) ASP.NET
5 193 (10.34%) HTML
6 185 (9.91%) .NET Framework
7 174 (9.32%) CSS
8 167 (8.94%) AngularJS
9 139 (7.45%) REST
10 106 (5.68%) RESTful
11 92 (4.93%) Entity Framework
12 80 (4.28%) Vue
13 71 (3.80%) Blazor
14 68 (3.64%) ASP.NET MVC
15 57 (3.05%) Node.js
16 55 (2.95%) ASP.NET Web API
17 54 (2.89%) ASP.NET Core
17 54 (2.89%) SOAP
18 46 (2.46%) jQuery
19 45 (2.41%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 121 (6.48%) Cloud Native
2 82 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 71 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 67 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
5 51 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 50 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
7 44 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (1.93%) Mobile App
10 34 (1.82%) Algorithms
11 33 (1.77%) Low-Code
12 26 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (1.02%) Hedge funds
13 19 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 18 (0.96%) Client/Server
14 18 (0.96%) Derivative
14 18 (0.96%) Robotics
15 15 (0.80%) AI Agents
15 15 (0.80%) Virtual Team
16 14 (0.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 94 (5.03%) Windows
2 72 (3.86%) Linux
3 22 (1.18%) Android
4 15 (0.80%) Unix
5 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.32%) VMS
8 4 (0.21%) Solaris
9 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
10 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.054%) AIX
11 1 (0.054%) Fedora
11 1 (0.054%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 609 (32.62%) Agile
2 567 (30.37%) Software Engineering
3 453 (24.26%) DevOps
4 427 (22.87%) CI/CD
5 398 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
6 381 (20.41%) Full-Stack Development
7 300 (16.07%) Mentoring
8 298 (15.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 278 (14.89%) Microservices
10 207 (11.09%) Computer Science
11 162 (8.68%) Test Automation
12 151 (8.09%) Scrum
12 151 (8.09%) SDLC
13 150 (8.03%) AI
14 140 (7.50%) MVC
15 120 (6.43%) Containerisation
16 119 (6.37%) CRM
17 118 (6.32%) Migration
18 115 (6.16%) OO
19 105 (5.62%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 626 (33.53%) SQL
2 444 (23.78%) JavaScript
3 317 (16.98%) Python
4 249 (13.34%) Java
5 223 (11.94%) TypeScript
6 158 (8.46%) C++
7 105 (5.62%) PowerShell
8 73 (3.91%) PHP
9 56 (3.00%) C
10 45 (2.41%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.39%) Bash
12 25 (1.34%) VB.NET
13 19 (1.02%) Go
13 19 (1.02%) Rust
14 18 (0.96%) Bicep
14 18 (0.96%) Delphi
15 15 (0.80%) VBA
16 11 (0.59%) Kotlin
17 9 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 293 (15.69%) Degree
2 146 (7.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (6.70%) Security Cleared
4 74 (3.96%) SC Cleared
5 65 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (2.84%) Azure Certification
7 50 (2.68%) ISTQB
8 41 (2.20%) AWS Certification
9 33 (1.77%) Master's Degree
10 29 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (1.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 27 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 21 (1.12%) DV Cleared
13 16 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (0.86%) PhD
14 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (0.43%) ISEB
16 7 (0.37%) CREST Certified
17 5 (0.27%) DBS Check
18 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (9.53%) QA
2 41 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 22 (1.18%) GDPR
4 17 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.70%) WCAG
6 12 (0.64%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.21%) SEPA
8 4 (0.21%) SLA
9 3 (0.16%) HL7
10 2 (0.11%) EMIR
10 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.054%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.054%) IFRS
11 1 (0.054%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.054%) ITGC
11 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
System Software
1 163 (8.73%) Docker
2 22 (1.18%) Firmware
3 21 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.054%) HDFS
8 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.054%) Squid
Systems Management
1 142 (7.61%) Kubernetes
2 98 (5.25%) Terraform
3 28 (1.50%) Grafana
4 14 (0.75%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.11%) Control-M
9 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.11%) MOM
10 1 (0.054%) Nagios
10 1 (0.054%) Nessus
10 1 (0.054%) WMI
Vendors
1 410 (21.96%) Microsoft
2 54 (2.89%) Oracle
3 31 (1.66%) Google
4 21 (1.12%) Guidewire
5 19 (1.02%) Xamarin
6 17 (0.91%) SAP
7 14 (0.75%) Sage
8 13 (0.70%) Palantir
9 11 (0.59%) Dynatrace
10 10 (0.54%) Databricks
10 10 (0.54%) VMware
11 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
12 8 (0.43%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.37%) Adobe
13 7 (0.37%) IBM
13 7 (0.37%) Infor
13 7 (0.37%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.32%) Epicor
14 6 (0.32%) Salesforce