C# Job Trends

C#
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring C# skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -42 -4 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,915 5,460 5,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.87% 6.99% 9.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.61% 22.60% 22.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,593 3,782 4,842
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £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 13,110 24,157 24,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.51% 30.93% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,456 15,118 20,186
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £39,557
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,025 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £107,500 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -43 1,770 £62,500 +4.17% 1,262
UK excluding London -51 1,239 £57,500 +4.55% 1,101
Work from Home -32 925 £60,000 +5.26% 872
London -29 581 £80,000 +6.67% 342
South East -48 338 £60,000 - 323
North of England -69 326 £60,000 +9.09% 275
Midlands -31 270 £55,000 +10.00% 200
West Midlands -11 174 £55,000 +4.76% 110
North West -84 165 £62,500 +24.93% 148
East of England -44 143 £55,000 -12.00% 125
Yorkshire -42 114 £59,900 +14.10% 73
East Midlands -40 96 £55,000 +10.00% 81
South West -49 90 £52,500 - 94
North East -12 49 £60,000 - 57
Scotland -67 43 £64,500 +17.27% 46
Wales -29 28 £48,500 -5.37% 44
Northern Ireland -1 3 £55,750 -14.23% 16

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 71 (3.71%) SharePoint
2 61 (3.19%) IIS
3 47 (2.45%) CMS
4 24 (1.25%) Kinematics
5 23 (1.20%) Confluence
6 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (0.78%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.31%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.21%) nginx
10 3 (0.16%) Apache
10 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.10%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.052%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.052%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.052%) MetaMask
12 1 (0.052%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.052%) WinCC
Applications
1 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.26%) OrCAD
3 4 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
3 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
3 4 (0.21%) Trello
4 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.16%) Blender
4 3 (0.16%) Civil 3D
4 3 (0.16%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.16%) ProjectWise
4 3 (0.16%) Revit
4 3 (0.16%) S-PLUS
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.10%) GNU Octave
5 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.052%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 105 (5.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite
3 9 (0.47%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 8 (0.42%) Magento
5 7 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
6 6 (0.31%) Shopify
7 5 (0.26%) Elite 3E
8 4 (0.21%) Sage 1000
8 4 (0.21%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.16%) Aladdin
9 3 (0.16%) Bloomberg AIM
10 2 (0.10%) Carpe Diem
10 2 (0.10%) Endur
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle BPM
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
11 1 (0.052%) Fidessa
11 1 (0.052%) Loan IQ
11 1 (0.052%) RMDS
11 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 917 (47.89%) Azure
2 347 (18.12%) AWS
3 290 (15.14%) Azure DevOps
4 203 (10.60%) Power Platform
5 198 (10.34%) SaaS
6 176 (9.19%) Dynamics 365
7 136 (7.10%) Power Automate
8 123 (6.42%) PowerApps
9 112 (5.85%) Serverless
10 107 (5.59%) GitHub
11 91 (4.75%) GCP
12 84 (4.39%) Azure Service Bus
13 75 (3.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 74 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 73 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
16 52 (2.72%) Azure Functions
17 39 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
17 39 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
18 34 (1.78%) PaaS
19 33 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.78%) HTTP
1 15 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.68%) Internet
3 8 (0.42%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.37%) DNS
4 7 (0.37%) Modbus
4 7 (0.37%) MQTT
4 7 (0.37%) WPA
5 6 (0.31%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.26%) Firewall
6 5 (0.26%) SAN
7 4 (0.21%) DHCP
8 2 (0.10%) Broadband
8 2 (0.10%) FTP
8 2 (0.10%) Intranet
8 2 (0.10%) NAS
8 2 (0.10%) SMTP
8 2 (0.10%) SSH
8 2 (0.10%) VLAN
9 1 (0.052%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 488 (25.48%) SQL Server
2 110 (5.74%) MongoDB
3 88 (4.60%) MySQL
4 84 (4.39%) Power BI
5 80 (4.18%) Relational Database
6 77 (4.02%) NoSQL
7 75 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 58 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
9 53 (2.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 50 (2.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 40 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
12 23 (1.20%) Big Data
13 20 (1.04%) Redis
14 15 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
15 13 (0.68%) Data Hub
15 13 (0.68%) SQL CLR
16 10 (0.52%) DynamoDB
17 9 (0.47%) GIS
17 9 (0.47%) KDB
17 9 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 194 (10.13%) Git
2 101 (5.27%) JIRA
3 61 (3.19%) Visual Studio
4 60 (3.13%) Selenium
5 49 (2.56%) Octopus Deploy
6 39 (2.04%) Postman
6 39 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
7 37 (1.93%) Jenkins
7 37 (1.93%) TeamCity
8 26 (1.36%) NUnit
9 25 (1.31%) GitLab
10 19 (0.99%) WebDriver
11 18 (0.94%) MSBuild
12 15 (0.78%) SpecFlow
13 13 (0.68%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.68%) JMeter
13 13 (0.68%) SoapUI
14 11 (0.57%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.52%) Jasmine
15 10 (0.52%) Subversion
General
1 517 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 342 (17.86%) Finance
3 121 (6.32%) Law
4 97 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (5.07%) Front Office
5 95 (4.96%) Retail
6 68 (3.55%) Public Sector
7 60 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 57 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 51 (2.66%) Back Office
9 51 (2.66%) Banking
10 45 (2.35%) Electronics
11 35 (1.83%) Legal
12 33 (1.72%) Marketing
13 31 (1.62%) Games
14 28 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
15 27 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
16 23 (1.20%) Billing
17 18 (0.94%) Advertising
18 17 (0.89%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 974 (50.86%) Developer
2 394 (20.57%) Senior
3 266 (13.89%) .NET Developer
4 265 (13.84%) Lead
5 244 (12.74%) C# Developer
6 212 (11.07%) Senior Developer
7 203 (10.60%) Software Engineer
8 151 (7.89%) Software Developer
9 148 (7.73%) Full-Stack Developer
10 114 (5.95%) Architect
11 92 (4.80%) C# .NET Developer
12 84 (4.39%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 84 (4.39%) Lead Developer
13 82 (4.28%) Analyst
14 64 (3.34%) Senior Software Engineer
15 63 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
16 57 (2.98%) Graduate
17 55 (2.87%) Senior C# Developer
18 51 (2.66%) Graduate Developer
18 51 (2.66%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,167 (60.94%) .NET
2 328 (17.13%) React
3 305 (15.93%) HTML
4 303 (15.82%) ASP.NET
5 290 (15.14%) .NET Core
6 256 (13.37%) CSS
7 231 (12.06%) .NET Framework
8 229 (11.96%) AngularJS
9 181 (9.45%) RESTful
10 164 (8.56%) REST
11 126 (6.58%) Entity Framework
12 106 (5.54%) Blazor
13 103 (5.38%) Vue
14 90 (4.70%) Web Services
15 88 (4.60%) ASP.NET Web API
16 83 (4.33%) ASP.NET MVC
17 78 (4.07%) XML
18 70 (3.66%) Node.js
19 69 (3.60%) HTML5
20 67 (3.50%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.27%) Cloud Native
2 93 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 86 (4.49%) Product Ownership
4 63 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
6 43 (2.25%) Mobile App
7 42 (2.19%) Algorithms
7 42 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
8 34 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (1.62%) Derivative
10 29 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 26 (1.36%) Robotics
12 25 (1.31%) IoT
13 24 (1.25%) Management Information System
14 21 (1.10%) Operational Technology
15 20 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
15 20 (1.04%) NHS
16 19 (0.99%) Hedge funds
16 19 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 83 (4.33%) Windows
2 41 (2.14%) Linux
3 29 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.78%) Android
5 12 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.57%) Unix
7 3 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.16%) Solaris
7 3 (0.16%) VMS
8 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.052%) AIX
9 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.052%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 693 (36.19%) Agile
2 581 (30.34%) DevOps
3 514 (26.84%) CI/CD
4 456 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 423 (22.09%) Software Engineering
6 372 (19.43%) Full-Stack Development
7 347 (18.12%) Microservices
8 281 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 280 (14.62%) Mentoring
10 258 (13.47%) Computer Science
11 215 (11.23%) MVC
12 192 (10.03%) Test Automation
13 168 (8.77%) Scrum
14 151 (7.89%) Artificial Intelligence
15 146 (7.62%) CRM
16 141 (7.36%) Clean Code
17 138 (7.21%) TDD
17 138 (7.21%) User Experience
18 137 (7.15%) SDLC
19 133 (6.95%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 773 (40.37%) SQL
2 555 (28.98%) JavaScript
3 373 (19.48%) Java
4 352 (18.38%) Python
5 268 (13.99%) TypeScript
6 192 (10.03%) C++
7 125 (6.53%) PHP
8 117 (6.11%) C
9 111 (5.80%) PowerShell
10 60 (3.13%) Ruby
11 57 (2.98%) MATLAB
11 57 (2.98%) Rust
12 55 (2.87%) R
13 53 (2.77%) T-SQL
13 53 (2.77%) VB.NET
14 51 (2.66%) Dart
15 27 (1.41%) Bicep
16 19 (0.99%) X++
17 17 (0.89%) Bash
18 14 (0.73%) VB
Qualifications
1 361 (18.85%) Degree
2 213 (11.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 83 (4.33%) Security Cleared
4 58 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 42 (2.19%) SC Cleared
6 36 (1.88%) Azure Certification
7 30 (1.57%) Master's Degree
8 21 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 21 (1.10%) ISTQB
9 16 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (0.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 10 (0.52%) HND
11 10 (0.52%) MCP
12 8 (0.42%) MCSE
12 8 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.37%) HNC
14 6 (0.31%) Chartered Engineer
15 5 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
15 5 (0.26%) PhD
16 4 (0.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.15%) QA
2 44 (2.30%) GDPR
3 31 (1.62%) Accessibility
4 25 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.84%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.68%) HIPAA
7 12 (0.63%) NIST
8 6 (0.31%) WCAG
9 5 (0.26%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.26%) SLA
10 4 (0.21%) HL7
10 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.21%) SEPA
11 3 (0.16%) CDISC
12 2 (0.10%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.10%) EMIR
12 2 (0.10%) ITGC
12 2 (0.10%) MiFID
12 2 (0.10%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.052%) COBIT
System Software
1 195 (10.18%) Docker
2 23 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (0.78%) Firmware
4 13 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.16%) vSphere
8 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.10%) Squid
9 1 (0.052%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 176 (9.19%) Kubernetes
2 110 (5.74%) Terraform
3 25 (1.31%) Grafana
4 16 (0.84%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.57%) Ansible
6 6 (0.31%) Control-M
6 6 (0.31%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.10%) Kibana
8 2 (0.10%) Nagios
8 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.052%) Consul
9 1 (0.052%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.052%) Nmap
9 1 (0.052%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.052%) Puppet
9 1 (0.052%) Salt
9 1 (0.052%) WMI
Vendors
1 541 (28.25%) Microsoft
2 52 (2.72%) Oracle
3 49 (2.56%) Google
4 37 (1.93%) Guidewire
5 28 (1.46%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.20%) VMware
8 22 (1.15%) Databricks
9 18 (0.94%) MuleSoft
10 17 (0.89%) Informatica
11 16 (0.84%) DevExpress
12 15 (0.78%) Siemens
13 13 (0.68%) Rockwell
14 11 (0.57%) Rollbar
15 10 (0.52%) Dynatrace
15 10 (0.52%) Xamarin
16 9 (0.47%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.47%) Infor
16 9 (0.47%) Sage
17 8 (0.42%) Trayport