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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 56 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -34 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,343 2,202 5,882
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.20% 4.44% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.14% 15.52% 23.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,869 1,825 4,665
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -7.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £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 18,428 14,191 25,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.66% 28.61% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,072 9,351 18,093
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,486 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +10 3,047 £60,000 -6.61% 1,189
UK excluding London +11 2,544 £57,500 - 819
Work from Home +6 1,514 £55,000 -12.00% 639
South East +17 730 £60,000 - 249
London -18 670 £82,500 +3.13% 509
North of England +39 632 £57,000 -4.84% 203
Midlands -9 403 £57,500 +4.55% 111
North West +43 301 £55,000 -4.35% 115
East of England +22 297 £60,000 - 90
South West +28 295 £53,500 -0.93% 76
West Midlands -17 214 £60,000 +4.35% 50
East Midlands +15 189 £55,000 - 60
Yorkshire +17 182 £55,000 -15.38% 49
North East -7 149 £60,000 +4.35% 40
Northern Ireland +7 110 £50,000 -37.50% 53
Wales -43 46 £51,619 -1.68% 21
Scotland -12 33 £50,000 -22.48% 29

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 97 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.05%) IIS
3 33 (0.99%) CMS
4 23 (0.69%) Confluence
5 15 (0.45%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 5 (0.15%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.090%) DNN
12 3 (0.090%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.090%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.090%) Kentico
12 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 45 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Simulink
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.090%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.090%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.27%) Elite 3E
3 7 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.090%) Magento
6 3 (0.090%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.090%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.060%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.060%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.060%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.060%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.060%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.030%) Eikon
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.030%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.030%) RMDS
8 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,663 (49.75%) Azure
2 559 (16.72%) AWS
3 449 (13.43%) Azure DevOps
4 317 (9.48%) Power Platform
5 262 (7.84%) SaaS
6 243 (7.27%) GitHub
7 190 (5.68%) Power Automate
8 188 (5.62%) Azure AI
9 169 (5.06%) PowerApps
10 165 (4.94%) Serverless
11 162 (4.85%) GitHub Copilot
12 158 (4.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 148 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
14 134 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
15 121 (3.62%) Azure Service Bus
16 107 (3.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 101 (3.02%) Azure Functions
18 83 (2.48%) GCP
19 56 (1.68%) Azure AKS
20 52 (1.56%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.85%) Internet
2 18 (0.54%) Broadband
2 18 (0.54%) DNS
3 15 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.42%) HTTP
5 10 (0.30%) Firewall
6 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.24%) VPN
7 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.18%) BGP
8 6 (0.18%) DHCP
8 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 5 (0.15%) LAN
9 5 (0.15%) SNMP
9 5 (0.15%) WAN
10 4 (0.12%) Intranet
10 4 (0.12%) Modbus
10 4 (0.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.090%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.090%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 583 (17.44%) SQL Server
2 514 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 454 (13.58%) MongoDB
4 169 (5.06%) Power BI
5 164 (4.91%) Elasticsearch
6 88 (2.63%) MySQL
7 87 (2.60%) NoSQL
8 74 (2.21%) Relational Database
9 65 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
10 45 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 43 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
13 28 (0.84%) Redis
14 16 (0.48%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.39%) Db2
15 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
16 12 (0.36%) Metadata
17 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
17 11 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 255 (7.63%) Git
2 73 (2.18%) JIRA
3 45 (1.35%) Selenium
4 42 (1.26%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.02%) GitLab
6 26 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
7 24 (0.72%) Jenkins
8 22 (0.66%) TeamCity
9 21 (0.63%) Postman
10 20 (0.60%) NUnit
11 19 (0.57%) SpecFlow
12 17 (0.51%) Claude Code
13 15 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (0.24%) Jasmine
15 8 (0.24%) Yeoman
16 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
16 7 (0.21%) Moq
16 7 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 538 (16.09%) Finance
2 534 (15.97%) Social Skills
3 176 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (4.82%) Legal
5 117 (3.50%) Law
6 116 (3.47%) Manufacturing
7 89 (2.66%) Games
8 81 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 81 (2.42%) Retail
9 79 (2.36%) Public Sector
10 72 (2.15%) Advertising
11 69 (2.06%) Marketing
12 58 (1.73%) Electronics
13 55 (1.65%) Aerospace
13 55 (1.65%) Banking
14 46 (1.38%) Front Office
15 40 (1.20%) Legal Technology
16 36 (1.08%) Automotive
17 25 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
18 18 (0.54%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,800 (53.84%) Developer
2 803 (24.02%) .NET Developer
3 741 (22.17%) Senior
4 716 (21.42%) Software Engineer
5 430 (12.86%) Software Developer
6 394 (11.79%) C# Developer
7 358 (10.71%) Senior Developer
8 335 (10.02%) Lead
9 319 (9.54%) C# Software Engineer
10 245 (7.33%) Senior Software Engineer
11 181 (5.41%) Full-Stack Developer
12 171 (5.12%) C# Software Developer
13 165 (4.94%) C# .NET Developer
14 160 (4.79%) Graduate
15 150 (4.49%) .NET Software Engineer
16 147 (4.40%) Lead Developer
17 112 (3.35%) Architect
18 111 (3.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 107 (3.20%) Graduate Developer
20 104 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,155 (64.46%) .NET
2 775 (23.18%) .NET Core
3 769 (23.00%) ASP.NET
4 594 (17.77%) ASP.NET Core
5 482 (14.42%) React
6 391 (11.70%) CSS
7 381 (11.40%) HTML
8 327 (9.78%) AngularJS
9 315 (9.42%) RESTful
10 306 (9.15%) Blazor
11 292 (8.73%) Vue
12 288 (8.62%) Entity Framework
13 264 (7.90%) Node.js
14 261 (7.81%) .NET Framework
15 249 (7.45%) REST
16 223 (6.67%) ASP.NET Web API
17 156 (4.67%) ML.NET
18 124 (3.71%) WPF
19 119 (3.56%) LINQ
20 90 (2.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 221 (6.61%) Cloud Native
2 153 (4.58%) Greenfield Project
3 142 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
4 128 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 104 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 91 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 85 (2.54%) Virtual Team
8 59 (1.76%) Mobile App
9 51 (1.53%) Hedge funds
10 50 (1.50%) Algorithms
11 49 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 39 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 37 (1.11%) Management Information System
14 34 (1.02%) AI Agents
15 31 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 30 (0.90%) Robotics
17 28 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
17 28 (0.84%) Legacy Code
18 26 (0.78%) Low-Code
19 23 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 165 (4.94%) Windows
2 112 (3.35%) Linux
3 44 (1.32%) Android
4 37 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 18 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.24%) Unix
6 8 (0.24%) VMS
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.030%) CentOS
10 1 (0.030%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,173 (35.09%) Agile
2 1,087 (32.52%) Software Engineering
3 931 (27.85%) Full-Stack Development
4 815 (24.38%) CI/CD
5 782 (23.39%) DevOps
6 567 (16.96%) Microservices
7 525 (15.70%) AI
8 524 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
9 444 (13.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 421 (12.59%) Mentoring
11 313 (9.36%) Test Automation
12 289 (8.64%) Computer Science
13 278 (8.32%) SDLC
14 269 (8.05%) Machine Learning
15 209 (6.25%) Software Testing
16 208 (6.22%) Scrum
17 204 (6.10%) OO
18 201 (6.01%) Multithreading
19 192 (5.74%) TDD
20 179 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1,231 (36.82%) SQL
2 797 (23.84%) JavaScript
3 549 (16.42%) Python
4 530 (15.85%) TypeScript
5 340 (10.17%) C++
6 288 (8.62%) Java
7 146 (4.37%) PowerShell
8 145 (4.34%) PHP
9 76 (2.27%) C
10 67 (2.00%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.41%) Bicep
12 46 (1.38%) VB.NET
13 43 (1.29%) Go
14 33 (0.99%) Bash
14 33 (0.99%) VBA
15 24 (0.72%) Rust
16 21 (0.63%) Scala
17 20 (0.60%) Delphi
18 18 (0.54%) F#
18 18 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 409 (12.23%) Degree
2 198 (5.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 131 (3.92%) Security Cleared
4 97 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 38 (1.14%) Azure Certification
7 30 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (0.66%) PhD
9 19 (0.57%) ISTQB
10 18 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 15 (0.45%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.12%) ISEB
18 3 (0.090%) GPEN
18 3 (0.090%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 298 (8.91%) QA
2 56 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 31 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 28 (0.84%) GDPR
5 20 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.36%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) SLA
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) 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 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.090%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.090%) PSD2
12 2 (0.060%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.060%) NIST
13 1 (0.030%) EMIR
System Software
1 390 (11.67%) Docker
2 21 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.63%) Firmware
3 13 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.15%) KVM
8 3 (0.090%) vSphere
9 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 347 (10.38%) Kubernetes
2 158 (4.73%) Terraform
3 34 (1.02%) Grafana
4 18 (0.54%) Ansible
5 16 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.090%) Control-M
9 3 (0.090%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.060%) MIIS
11 1 (0.030%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.030%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,087 (32.52%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.57%) Google
3 65 (1.94%) Facebook
4 49 (1.47%) Oracle
5 31 (0.93%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.69%) Adobe
8 22 (0.66%) YouTube
9 19 (0.57%) Apple
9 19 (0.57%) Databricks
10 17 (0.51%) Intapp
10 17 (0.51%) Sony
10 17 (0.51%) Yahoo!
11 16 (0.48%) VMware
12 14 (0.42%) Xamarin
13 13 (0.39%) iManage
14 12 (0.36%) SAP
14 12 (0.36%) Splunk
15 11 (0.33%) IBM
16 10 (0.30%) Aderant