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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 27 17
Rank change year-on-year -44 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,848 3,602 5,808
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.98% 6.78% 9.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.63% 20.14% 24.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,615 2,307 5,202
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £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 11,827 17,887 23,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.10% 33.67% 38.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,578 10,440 19,613
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,981 £47,500 £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 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £102,500
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 22 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 22 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 -42 1,689 £60,000 - 1,138
UK excluding London -47 1,239 £57,500 +4.55% 1,047
Work from Home -23 778 £60,000 - 614
London -22 497 £80,000 +6.67% 249
North of England -27 370 £62,500 +13.64% 234
South East -42 336 £55,000 -12.00% 336
Midlands -36 260 £53,688 -2.39% 138
North West -19 187 £62,500 +19.05% 139
West Midlands -40 135 £55,000 - 54
East Midlands -22 125 £52,750 -4.09% 82
Yorkshire -34 116 £61,500 +23.00% 63
South West -42 114 £55,000 - 116
East of England -58 92 £55,000 -2.22% 132
North East -7 69 £70,000 +9.80% 33
Scotland -80 45 £60,000 +33.33% 53
Wales -30 24 £47,500 -20.83% 48
Northern Ireland -17 8 £95,000 +61.70% 12
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 (2.16%) IIS
2 39 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.19%) CMS
4 13 (0.70%) Confluence
4 13 (0.70%) Kinematics
5 9 (0.49%) Umbraco
6 6 (0.32%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.054%) Kentico
Applications
1 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.16%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.11%) Simulink
5 2 (0.11%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 49 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 3 (0.16%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.054%) Endur
6 1 (0.054%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.054%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.054%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 889 (48.11%) Azure
2 351 (18.99%) AWS
3 235 (12.72%) Azure DevOps
4 206 (11.15%) SaaS
5 174 (9.42%) Power Platform
6 133 (7.20%) Serverless
7 109 (5.90%) Power Automate
8 105 (5.68%) Dynamics 365
9 95 (5.14%) PowerApps
10 88 (4.76%) GCP
11 82 (4.44%) GitHub
12 78 (4.22%) Azure Logic Apps
13 68 (3.68%) Azure Functions
14 55 (2.98%) Azure Service Bus
15 49 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
16 48 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 35 (1.89%) Entra ID
18 31 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
19 29 (1.57%) Azure AKS
20 28 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.43%) DNS
3 8 (0.43%) HTTP
4 6 (0.32%) Internet
5 5 (0.27%) DHCP
6 4 (0.22%) Firewall
6 4 (0.22%) SAN
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.11%) Broadband
8 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.11%) FTP
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) SMTP
8 2 (0.11%) SSH
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.054%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.054%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 367 (19.86%) SQL Server
2 85 (4.60%) Relational Database
3 82 (4.44%) Power BI
4 76 (4.11%) MySQL
5 75 (4.06%) MongoDB
6 70 (3.79%) NoSQL
7 69 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
8 43 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
9 38 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 37 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
12 21 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (1.14%) Redis
13 13 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.49%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
16 5 (0.27%) GIS
16 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 130 (7.03%) Git
2 83 (4.49%) Selenium
3 81 (4.38%) JIRA
4 69 (3.73%) Visual Studio
5 55 (2.98%) Postman
6 41 (2.22%) WebDriver
7 40 (2.16%) Team Foundation Server
8 36 (1.95%) Jenkins
9 35 (1.89%) SoapUI
10 23 (1.24%) SpecFlow
11 18 (0.97%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.87%) TeamCity
13 12 (0.65%) GitLab
13 12 (0.65%) NUnit
14 11 (0.60%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.54%) JMeter
16 9 (0.49%) REST Assured
17 7 (0.38%) LabVIEW
17 7 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
18 6 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 468 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 312 (16.88%) Finance
3 110 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (4.49%) Law
5 76 (4.11%) Public Sector
6 66 (3.57%) Retail
7 55 (2.98%) Manufacturing
8 54 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (2.54%) Front Office
10 38 (2.06%) Banking
11 37 (2.00%) Electronics
12 34 (1.84%) Legal
13 30 (1.62%) Marketing
14 27 (1.46%) Games
15 16 (0.87%) Billing
15 16 (0.87%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (0.76%) Aviation
18 13 (0.70%) Military
19 12 (0.65%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 904 (48.92%) Developer
2 424 (22.94%) Senior
3 300 (16.23%) Software Engineer
4 246 (13.31%) Software Developer
5 241 (13.04%) C# Developer
6 237 (12.82%) .NET Developer
7 218 (11.80%) Senior Developer
8 210 (11.36%) Lead
9 141 (7.63%) Full-Stack Developer
10 98 (5.30%) Senior Software Engineer
11 93 (5.03%) C# Software Engineer
12 83 (4.49%) .NET Software Engineer
13 76 (4.11%) C# .NET Developer
14 74 (4.00%) Lead Developer
15 70 (3.79%) Analyst
16 68 (3.68%) Support Engineer
17 66 (3.57%) C# Software Developer
17 66 (3.57%) Senior Software Developer
18 65 (3.52%) Architect
18 65 (3.52%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,122 (60.71%) .NET
2 313 (16.94%) .NET Core
3 280 (15.15%) React
4 242 (13.10%) ASP.NET
5 199 (10.77%) HTML
6 190 (10.28%) .NET Framework
7 178 (9.63%) CSS
8 177 (9.58%) AngularJS
9 141 (7.63%) REST
10 114 (6.17%) RESTful
11 94 (5.09%) Entity Framework
12 87 (4.71%) Vue
13 77 (4.17%) Blazor
14 71 (3.84%) ASP.NET MVC
15 59 (3.19%) SOAP
16 57 (3.08%) Node.js
17 56 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
18 54 (2.92%) ASP.NET Core
19 45 (2.44%) HTML5
19 45 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 134 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 86 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 73 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 66 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
6 49 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
7 45 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (2.00%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.73%) Algorithms
11 31 (1.68%) Low-Code
12 25 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 18 (0.97%) Client/Server
13 18 (0.97%) Robotics
14 17 (0.92%) Derivative
14 17 (0.92%) Hedge funds
14 17 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 15 (0.81%) AI Agents
15 15 (0.81%) IoT
16 14 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 90 (4.87%) Windows
2 66 (3.57%) Linux
3 20 (1.08%) Android
4 15 (0.81%) Unix
5 13 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.27%) VMS
7 4 (0.22%) Solaris
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.054%) AIX
9 1 (0.054%) Fedora
9 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 616 (33.33%) Agile
2 556 (30.09%) Software Engineering
3 456 (24.68%) DevOps
4 433 (23.43%) CI/CD
5 402 (21.75%) Problem-Solving
6 380 (20.56%) Full-Stack Development
7 308 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 299 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 286 (15.48%) Microservices
10 206 (11.15%) Computer Science
11 158 (8.55%) Test Automation
12 153 (8.28%) Scrum
13 145 (7.85%) AI
13 145 (7.85%) SDLC
14 142 (7.68%) MVC
15 127 (6.87%) Migration
16 119 (6.44%) CRM
16 119 (6.44%) OO
17 118 (6.39%) Containerisation
18 107 (5.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 631 (34.15%) SQL
2 443 (23.97%) JavaScript
3 308 (16.67%) Python
4 251 (13.58%) Java
5 231 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 146 (7.90%) C++
7 102 (5.52%) PowerShell
8 73 (3.95%) PHP
9 50 (2.71%) C
10 47 (2.54%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.46%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.24%) Bash
13 18 (0.97%) Delphi
13 18 (0.97%) Go
14 17 (0.92%) Bicep
14 17 (0.92%) Rust
15 13 (0.70%) VBA
16 12 (0.65%) Kotlin
17 10 (0.54%) Scala
18 9 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 287 (15.53%) Degree
2 147 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 121 (6.55%) Security Cleared
4 72 (3.90%) SC Cleared
5 65 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 52 (2.81%) Azure Certification
7 51 (2.76%) ISTQB
8 41 (2.22%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 29 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 27 (1.46%) Master's Degree
11 27 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (1.08%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.76%) PhD
15 9 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.43%) ISEB
17 6 (0.32%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.27%) DBS Check
19 4 (0.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (9.52%) QA
2 41 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.14%) GDPR
4 17 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.70%) WCAG
6 11 (0.60%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.22%) SEPA
9 3 (0.16%) HL7
10 2 (0.11%) EMIR
10 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.11%) SLA
11 1 (0.054%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.054%) IFRS
11 1 (0.054%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
System Software
1 162 (8.77%) Docker
2 20 (1.08%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.08%) Firmware
3 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.32%) KVM
6 2 (0.11%) vSphere
7 1 (0.054%) HDFS
7 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.054%) Squid
Systems Management
1 142 (7.68%) Kubernetes
2 99 (5.36%) Terraform
3 27 (1.46%) Grafana
4 14 (0.76%) Ansible
5 8 (0.43%) Kibana
5 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.16%) Nmap
7 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.11%) Nagios
9 1 (0.054%) WMI
Vendors
1 419 (22.67%) Microsoft
2 54 (2.92%) Oracle
3 29 (1.57%) Google
4 24 (1.30%) Guidewire
5 18 (0.97%) Xamarin
6 15 (0.81%) Sage
6 15 (0.81%) SAP
7 13 (0.70%) Dynatrace
7 13 (0.70%) Palantir
8 10 (0.54%) Databricks
8 10 (0.54%) VMware
9 9 (0.49%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
10 8 (0.43%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.38%) Adobe
11 7 (0.38%) IBM
11 7 (0.38%) Infor
12 6 (0.32%) Epicor
12 6 (0.32%) Telerik