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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 49 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 -31 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,575 2,248 8,355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.80% 5.08% 7.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.70% 16.05% 24.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,257 1,852 7,075
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,785 £36,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,500 £99,750 £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 16,402 14,006 33,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.84% 31.66% 31.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,467 9,215 25,436
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,612
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -3 2,410 £60,000 -7.69% 711
UK excluding London -5 1,831 £57,500 - 584
Work from Home -6 941 £56,500 -13.08% 449
London -18 615 £82,500 +3.13% 174
South East +10 561 £60,000 - 174
North of England +20 505 £60,000 +4.35% 166
Midlands -13 311 £59,000 +7.27% 76
North West +58 259 £60,000 +14.29% 101
East of England -10 202 £60,000 -9.37% 81
South West +3 195 £55,000 - 66
East Midlands +8 157 £55,000 - 37
West Midlands -37 154 £60,000 +9.09% 39
Yorkshire -15 143 £55,000 -18.82% 29
North East -10 103 £65,000 +13.04% 37
Scotland -35 27 £55,000 - 13
Wales -45 26 £50,000 -24.24% 10
Northern Ireland - 6 £65,000 - 13

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 66 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.01%) CMS
2 26 (1.01%) IIS
3 13 (0.50%) Confluence
4 12 (0.47%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.23%) WordPress
7 5 (0.19%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.16%) Apache
8 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.078%) nginx
11 1 (0.039%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.039%) Appian
11 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 31 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.27%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.12%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.078%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.078%) Shopify
4 2 (0.078%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.039%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.039%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.039%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,194 (46.37%) Azure
2 419 (16.27%) AWS
3 294 (11.42%) Azure DevOps
4 228 (8.85%) Power Platform
5 207 (8.04%) SaaS
6 143 (5.55%) Serverless
7 141 (5.48%) Azure Logic Apps
8 129 (5.01%) GitHub
9 117 (4.54%) PowerApps
10 116 (4.50%) Power Automate
11 111 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
12 91 (3.53%) Azure Functions
13 85 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
14 76 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
15 72 (2.80%) Azure AI
16 69 (2.68%) GitHub Copilot
17 68 (2.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 63 (2.45%) GCP
19 54 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
20 53 (2.06%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.05%) Internet
2 16 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.58%) Broadband
4 14 (0.54%) DNS
5 11 (0.43%) Firewall
6 10 (0.39%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.31%) DHCP
8 6 (0.23%) HTTP
9 5 (0.19%) LAN
9 5 (0.19%) LTE
9 5 (0.19%) WAN
10 4 (0.16%) Intranet
10 4 (0.16%) Modbus
11 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
11 3 (0.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.12%) RS-232
11 3 (0.12%) VPN
12 2 (0.078%) FIX Connectivity
12 2 (0.078%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 476 (18.49%) SQL Server
2 242 (9.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 199 (7.73%) MongoDB
4 133 (5.17%) Power BI
5 73 (2.83%) NoSQL
6 64 (2.49%) MySQL
7 61 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
8 56 (2.17%) Relational Database
9 47 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
10 33 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 31 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.50%) Redis
13 11 (0.43%) Db2
13 11 (0.43%) Metadata
14 8 (0.31%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (0.31%) GIS
15 6 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 5 (0.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 179 (6.95%) Git
2 53 (2.06%) JIRA
3 52 (2.02%) Selenium
4 47 (1.83%) Visual Studio
5 35 (1.36%) Postman
6 30 (1.17%) GitLab
7 24 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
8 23 (0.89%) SpecFlow
8 23 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
9 22 (0.85%) WebDriver
10 19 (0.74%) SoapUI
11 17 (0.66%) Jenkins
11 17 (0.66%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.54%) Cypress.io
13 12 (0.47%) Cucumber
13 12 (0.47%) NUnit
14 10 (0.39%) LabVIEW
15 8 (0.31%) Claude Code
15 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 8 (0.31%) Yeoman
General
1 473 (18.37%) Finance
2 373 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 133 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (3.53%) Manufacturing
5 63 (2.45%) Public Sector
6 60 (2.33%) Games
6 60 (2.33%) Retail
7 57 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (2.17%) Electronics
9 55 (2.14%) Banking
10 48 (1.86%) Law
11 46 (1.79%) Aerospace
12 43 (1.67%) Front Office
13 35 (1.36%) Advertising
14 34 (1.32%) Legal
15 33 (1.28%) Automotive
16 26 (1.01%) Marketing
17 15 (0.58%) Investment Banking
18 14 (0.54%) Aviation
19 11 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,339 (52.00%) Developer
2 572 (22.21%) Software Engineer
3 547 (21.24%) Senior
4 489 (18.99%) .NET Developer
5 425 (16.50%) Software Developer
6 384 (14.91%) C# Developer
7 283 (10.99%) C# Software Engineer
8 259 (10.06%) Lead
8 259 (10.06%) Senior Developer
9 201 (7.81%) Senior Software Engineer
10 175 (6.80%) Full-Stack Developer
11 166 (6.45%) C# Software Developer
12 164 (6.37%) C# .NET Developer
13 156 (6.06%) .NET Software Engineer
14 121 (4.70%) Graduate
15 113 (4.39%) Lead Developer
16 96 (3.73%) .NET Software Developer
16 96 (3.73%) Graduate Developer
17 95 (3.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 94 (3.65%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,645 (63.88%) .NET
2 521 (20.23%) .NET Core
3 434 (16.85%) ASP.NET
4 326 (12.66%) React
5 278 (10.80%) ASP.NET Core
6 267 (10.37%) CSS
7 258 (10.02%) HTML
8 200 (7.77%) AngularJS
9 191 (7.42%) .NET Framework
10 176 (6.83%) RESTful
11 172 (6.68%) Vue
12 169 (6.56%) REST
13 162 (6.29%) Blazor
14 161 (6.25%) Entity Framework
15 137 (5.32%) Node.js
16 108 (4.19%) ASP.NET Web API
17 90 (3.50%) WPF
18 63 (2.45%) ML.NET
19 58 (2.25%) JSON
20 56 (2.17%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 156 (6.06%) Cloud Native
2 98 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
3 91 (3.53%) Greenfield Project
4 81 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 75 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
6 68 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
7 53 (2.06%) Hedge funds
8 51 (1.98%) Mobile App
9 43 (1.67%) Algorithms
10 36 (1.40%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.13%) Virtual Team
12 27 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (0.93%) Legacy Code
13 24 (0.93%) Management Information System
13 24 (0.93%) Onboarding
14 23 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 23 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
15 22 (0.85%) Sports Betting
16 19 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
17 18 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 130 (5.05%) Windows
2 94 (3.65%) Linux
3 37 (1.44%) Android
4 26 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.50%) VMS
7 11 (0.43%) Unix
8 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.078%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.078%) Solaris
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 803 (31.18%) Software Engineering
2 770 (29.90%) Agile
3 624 (24.23%) Full-Stack Development
4 548 (21.28%) CI/CD
5 526 (20.43%) DevOps
6 358 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
7 326 (12.66%) AI
8 325 (12.62%) Microservices
9 295 (11.46%) Mentoring
10 275 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 260 (10.10%) Computer Science
12 232 (9.01%) Test Automation
13 207 (8.04%) SDLC
14 164 (6.37%) Machine Learning
15 151 (5.86%) Scrum
16 148 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
17 146 (5.67%) Containerisation
18 129 (5.01%) Infrastructure as Code
18 129 (5.01%) TDD
19 126 (4.89%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 852 (33.09%) SQL
2 530 (20.58%) JavaScript
3 425 (16.50%) Python
4 326 (12.66%) TypeScript
5 303 (11.77%) C++
6 267 (10.37%) Java
7 108 (4.19%) PHP
8 94 (3.65%) PowerShell
9 65 (2.52%) C
10 46 (1.79%) T-SQL
11 36 (1.40%) Bicep
12 35 (1.36%) Go
13 34 (1.32%) VB.NET
14 32 (1.24%) Bash
15 23 (0.89%) VBA
16 20 (0.78%) Rust
16 20 (0.78%) Scala
17 18 (0.70%) MATLAB
18 17 (0.66%) F#
19 16 (0.62%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 375 (14.56%) Degree
2 185 (7.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 124 (4.82%) Security Cleared
4 75 (2.91%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.71%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.67%) Master's Degree
7 39 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (1.32%) ISTQB
9 28 (1.09%) PhD
10 23 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 14 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (0.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 11 (0.43%) DV Cleared
14 10 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
18 6 (0.23%) CREST Certified
18 6 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (5.44%) QA
2 41 (1.59%) Accessibility
3 23 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.82%) GDPR
5 14 (0.54%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.47%) SLA
8 11 (0.43%) WCAG
9 5 (0.19%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.078%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.078%) ITGC
13 1 (0.039%) EMIR
13 1 (0.039%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 248 (9.63%) Docker
2 29 (1.13%) Firmware
3 22 (0.85%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.23%) KVM
7 5 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.078%) vSphere
10 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 215 (8.35%) Kubernetes
2 124 (4.82%) Terraform
3 34 (1.32%) Grafana
4 12 (0.47%) Ansible
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.27%) Kibana
7 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.078%) Control-M
8 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.078%) MIIS
8 2 (0.078%) MOM
8 2 (0.078%) Nmap
8 2 (0.078%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.039%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.039%) Nessus
9 1 (0.039%) Netcool
Vendors
1 635 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 49 (1.90%) Google
3 43 (1.67%) Oracle
4 28 (1.09%) Facebook
5 22 (0.85%) Adobe
6 20 (0.78%) OpenAI
7 17 (0.66%) Salesforce
7 17 (0.66%) VMware
8 15 (0.58%) Xamarin
9 13 (0.50%) Databricks
10 11 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.35%) Apple
11 9 (0.35%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (0.35%) iManage
11 9 (0.35%) YouTube
12 7 (0.27%) Intapp
12 7 (0.27%) Sony
12 7 (0.27%) Splunk
12 7 (0.27%) Yahoo!
13 6 (0.23%) Dynatrace