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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 48 18
Rank change year-on-year -17 -30 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,554 2,255 8,151
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.74% 5.14% 8.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.56% 16.34% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,227 1,858 6,977
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,812 £49,250 £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 £96,250 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

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 16,409 13,803 33,135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.59% 31.45% 32.60%
Number of salaries quoted 11,445 9,260 25,187
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £111,250 £98,750
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 1 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 1 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 -13 2,390 £60,000 -7.69% 940
UK excluding London -18 1,811 £57,500 -2.54% 747
Work from Home -6 938 £57,500 -11.54% 520
London -17 614 £82,500 +6.45% 285
South East +11 558 £60,000 - 209
North of England +10 495 £60,000 +4.35% 206
Midlands -27 311 £57,500 +4.55% 94
North West +45 256 £60,000 +15.67% 126
East of England -11 198 £60,000 -9.37% 90
South West -1 192 £55,000 - 86
East Midlands +7 156 £55,000 - 45
West Midlands -50 155 £60,000 +9.09% 49
Yorkshire -22 140 £55,000 -19.71% 39
North East -9 99 £65,000 +13.04% 42
Scotland -44 27 £58,750 +12.98% 26
Wales -48 25 £50,000 -24.24% 16
Northern Ireland - 7 £80,000 - 32

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 65 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.10%) CMS
3 27 (1.06%) IIS
4 13 (0.51%) Confluence
5 12 (0.47%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.23%) WordPress
8 4 (0.16%) Apache
8 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
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 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.27%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.12%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.078%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (1.33%) 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%) Endur
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.039%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,179 (46.16%) Azure
2 416 (16.29%) AWS
3 298 (11.67%) Azure DevOps
4 230 (9.01%) Power Platform
5 212 (8.30%) SaaS
6 147 (5.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 146 (5.72%) Serverless
8 128 (5.01%) GitHub
9 115 (4.50%) Power Automate
9 115 (4.50%) PowerApps
10 105 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
11 94 (3.68%) Azure Functions
12 89 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
13 77 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 69 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 67 (2.62%) Azure AI
16 66 (2.58%) GitHub Copilot
17 63 (2.47%) GCP
18 54 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
19 52 (2.04%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (0.98%) Internet
2 17 (0.67%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.59%) Broadband
4 13 (0.51%) DNS
5 10 (0.39%) Ethernet
5 10 (0.39%) Firewall
6 7 (0.27%) DHCP
6 7 (0.27%) HTTP
7 5 (0.20%) LTE
8 4 (0.16%) Intranet
8 4 (0.16%) LAN
8 4 (0.16%) Modbus
8 4 (0.16%) WAN
9 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.12%) Network Security
9 3 (0.12%) RS-232
9 3 (0.12%) VPN
10 2 (0.078%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.078%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 474 (18.56%) SQL Server
2 232 (9.08%) Azure SQL Database
3 193 (7.56%) MongoDB
4 134 (5.25%) Power BI
5 75 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 61 (2.39%) Relational Database
7 58 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
7 58 (2.27%) MySQL
8 49 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
9 35 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 34 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.63%) Redis
12 11 (0.43%) DB2
12 11 (0.43%) Metadata
13 8 (0.31%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.31%) GIS
14 7 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 182 (7.13%) Git
2 58 (2.27%) JIRA
3 55 (2.15%) Selenium
4 52 (2.04%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.61%) Postman
6 32 (1.25%) GitLab
7 27 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (0.98%) SoapUI
8 25 (0.98%) WebDriver
9 24 (0.94%) SpecFlow
10 23 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
11 21 (0.82%) Jenkins
12 18 (0.70%) TeamCity
13 15 (0.59%) Cucumber
14 14 (0.55%) Cypress.io
15 13 (0.51%) NUnit
16 10 (0.39%) LabVIEW
17 8 (0.31%) Claude Code
17 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 8 (0.31%) Yeoman
General
1 471 (18.44%) Finance
2 377 (14.76%) Social Skills
3 136 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (3.52%) Manufacturing
5 64 (2.51%) Public Sector
6 58 (2.27%) Games
6 58 (2.27%) Retail
7 57 (2.23%) Electronics
7 57 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 55 (2.15%) Banking
9 48 (1.88%) Law
10 46 (1.80%) Aerospace
10 46 (1.80%) Front Office
11 33 (1.29%) Automotive
11 33 (1.29%) Legal
12 32 (1.25%) Advertising
13 28 (1.10%) Marketing
14 15 (0.59%) Aviation
14 15 (0.59%) Investment Banking
15 12 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,340 (52.47%) Developer
2 549 (21.50%) Software Engineer
3 546 (21.38%) Senior
4 473 (18.52%) .NET Developer
5 424 (16.60%) Software Developer
6 388 (15.19%) C# Developer
7 267 (10.45%) C# Software Engineer
8 265 (10.38%) Lead
9 261 (10.22%) Senior Developer
10 195 (7.64%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (6.89%) Full-Stack Developer
12 166 (6.50%) C# .NET Developer
12 166 (6.50%) C# Software Developer
13 155 (6.07%) .NET Software Engineer
14 112 (4.39%) Graduate
15 110 (4.31%) Lead Developer
16 97 (3.80%) .NET Software Developer
17 96 (3.76%) Graduate Developer
18 94 (3.68%) Azure Developer
19 93 (3.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,632 (63.90%) .NET
2 515 (20.16%) .NET Core
3 424 (16.60%) ASP.NET
4 320 (12.53%) React
5 267 (10.45%) ASP.NET Core
6 262 (10.26%) CSS
7 261 (10.22%) HTML
8 195 (7.64%) AngularJS
9 191 (7.48%) .NET Framework
10 173 (6.77%) RESTful
11 168 (6.58%) Vue
12 166 (6.50%) REST
13 160 (6.26%) Entity Framework
14 158 (6.19%) Blazor
15 136 (5.32%) Node.js
16 107 (4.19%) ASP.NET Web API
17 88 (3.45%) WPF
18 59 (2.31%) ML.NET
19 57 (2.23%) JSON
20 55 (2.15%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 152 (5.95%) Cloud Native
2 96 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
4 80 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 74 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
6 65 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
7 53 (2.08%) Hedge funds
8 51 (2.00%) Mobile App
9 45 (1.76%) Algorithms
10 40 (1.57%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.14%) Virtual Team
12 28 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 24 (0.94%) Management Information System
14 24 (0.94%) Onboarding
15 23 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
15 23 (0.90%) Legacy Code
16 22 (0.86%) Sports Betting
17 21 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
18 19 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 127 (4.97%) Windows
2 96 (3.76%) Linux
3 34 (1.33%) Android
4 24 (0.94%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.51%) VMS
7 12 (0.47%) Unix
8 6 (0.23%) 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
1 781 (30.58%) Software Engineering
2 756 (29.60%) Agile
3 610 (23.88%) Full-Stack Development
4 556 (21.77%) CI/CD
5 531 (20.79%) DevOps
6 360 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
7 321 (12.57%) Microservices
8 317 (12.41%) AI
9 295 (11.55%) Mentoring
10 276 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 256 (10.02%) Computer Science
12 235 (9.20%) Test Automation
13 212 (8.30%) SDLC
14 158 (6.19%) Machine Learning
15 156 (6.11%) Scrum
16 148 (5.79%) Business Intelligence
17 145 (5.68%) Containerisation
18 129 (5.05%) Infrastructure as Code
19 128 (5.01%) TDD
20 126 (4.93%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 834 (32.65%) SQL
2 534 (20.91%) JavaScript
3 434 (16.99%) Python
4 329 (12.88%) TypeScript
5 295 (11.55%) C++
6 268 (10.49%) Java
7 98 (3.84%) PHP
8 95 (3.72%) PowerShell
9 66 (2.58%) C
10 45 (1.76%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.37%) Bicep
12 33 (1.29%) Bash
13 32 (1.25%) Go
14 30 (1.17%) VB.NET
15 23 (0.90%) VBA
16 20 (0.78%) Rust
16 20 (0.78%) Scala
17 17 (0.67%) F#
18 16 (0.63%) Haskell
18 16 (0.63%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 379 (14.84%) Degree
2 183 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 126 (4.93%) Security Cleared
4 76 (2.98%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.76%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 41 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (1.45%) ISTQB
9 27 (1.06%) PhD
10 26 (1.02%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 12 (0.47%) DV Cleared
13 11 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
17 6 (0.23%) CREST Certified
17 6 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (5.52%) QA
2 42 (1.64%) Accessibility
3 23 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 20 (0.78%) GDPR
5 14 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.47%) SLA
7 12 (0.47%) WCAG
8 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 14443
9 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.078%) EMIR
11 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.078%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.078%) ITGC
12 1 (0.039%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 246 (9.63%) Docker
2 29 (1.14%) Firmware
3 20 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.23%) KVM
7 4 (0.16%) 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
1 212 (8.30%) Kubernetes
2 125 (4.89%) Terraform
3 35 (1.37%) Grafana
4 12 (0.47%) Ansible
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.27%) Kibana
7 6 (0.23%) 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
1 625 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 48 (1.88%) Google
3 46 (1.80%) Oracle
4 26 (1.02%) Facebook
5 23 (0.90%) Adobe
6 20 (0.78%) OpenAI
7 16 (0.63%) Salesforce
7 16 (0.63%) VMware
8 14 (0.55%) Xamarin
9 13 (0.51%) Databricks
10 11 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.35%) Apple
12 9 (0.35%) iManage
12 9 (0.35%) Splunk
13 8 (0.31%) YouTube
14 7 (0.27%) Intapp
14 7 (0.27%) Sony
14 7 (0.27%) Yahoo!
15 6 (0.23%) Dynatrace