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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 73 23
Rank change year-on-year +23 -50 -5
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,337 1,857 5,057
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.83% 3.78% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.16% 14.85% 22.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,758 1,556 3,346
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,494
25th Percentile £48,656 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 18,379 12,501 22,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.58% 25.43% 31.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,019 8,080 13,499
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,611 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £63,112
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.97% -2.90%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +19 3,039 £60,000 -4.00% 1,820
UK excluding London +30 2,591 £60,000 +4.35% 1,038
Work from Home +18 1,525 £57,500 -4.17% 889
South East +25 762 £60,000 - 259
North of England +38 629 £57,500 -4.17% 283
London -30 629 £85,000 +6.25% 868
Midlands +2 406 £60,000 +9.09% 161
East of England +35 307 £60,000 +9.09% 127
North West +54 295 £55,000 -12.00% 136
South West +27 281 £55,000 +4.76% 83
West Midlands -17 207 £62,500 +13.64% 93
East Midlands +14 199 £60,000 +9.09% 68
North East +2 179 £73,496 +43.41% 58
Yorkshire -3 155 £55,000 -6.38% 93
Northern Ireland +3 114 £35,000 -37.22% 48
Wales -47 49 £53,171 +9.63% 40
Scotland +17 46 £55,000 -13.39% 56

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
1 119 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.26%) IIS
3 29 (0.87%) Confluence
4 27 (0.81%) CMS
5 11 (0.33%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) nginx
7 9 (0.27%) WordPress
8 8 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.24%) Headless CMS
8 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.21%) Apache
10 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.12%) Kentico
11 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
12 3 (0.090%) DNN
12 3 (0.090%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 33 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.45%) Chatbot
2 15 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.15%) Simulink
4 5 (0.15%) Stateflow
5 3 (0.090%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.060%) Revit
7 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 58 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.51%) Elite 3E
3 11 (0.33%) Carpe Diem
4 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.12%) SAP Business One
4 4 (0.12%) Shopify
5 3 (0.090%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.090%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.090%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.090%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.090%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.060%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.060%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.060%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.060%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.030%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.030%) Eikon
7 1 (0.030%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.030%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.030%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,595 (47.80%) Azure
2 581 (17.41%) AWS
3 483 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
4 352 (10.55%) Power Platform
5 267 (8.00%) GitHub
6 249 (7.46%) SaaS
7 213 (6.38%) Power Automate
8 200 (5.99%) Serverless
9 196 (5.87%) Azure AI
10 187 (5.60%) PowerApps
11 175 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
12 174 (5.21%) GitHub Copilot
13 152 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
14 125 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 122 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
16 120 (3.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 115 (3.45%) Azure Functions
18 88 (2.64%) GCP
19 59 (1.77%) Microsoft Copilot
20 46 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.86%) Internet
2 23 (0.69%) Firewall
3 20 (0.60%) DNS
4 19 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.48%) HTTP
6 12 (0.36%) VLAN
6 12 (0.36%) Wireless
7 11 (0.33%) VPN
8 10 (0.30%) Broadband
9 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
10 6 (0.18%) BGP
10 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
10 6 (0.18%) IPsec
10 6 (0.18%) SNMP
11 5 (0.15%) DHCP
11 5 (0.15%) LAN
11 5 (0.15%) WAN
12 3 (0.090%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.090%) Intranet
12 3 (0.090%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 595 (17.83%) SQL Server
2 500 (14.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 453 (13.58%) MongoDB
4 185 (5.54%) Power BI
5 162 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
6 107 (3.21%) NoSQL
7 102 (3.06%) Relational Database
8 86 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
9 85 (2.55%) MySQL
10 42 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
11 35 (1.05%) Redis
12 34 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 27 (0.81%) DynamoDB
15 20 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
15 20 (0.60%) Metadata
16 18 (0.54%) Data Lake
17 17 (0.51%) Spark SQL
18 15 (0.45%) Big Data
19 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 330 (9.89%) Git
2 76 (2.28%) JIRA
3 47 (1.41%) Visual Studio
4 37 (1.11%) GitLab
5 35 (1.05%) Claude Code
6 33 (0.99%) Jenkins
7 29 (0.87%) Selenium
8 24 (0.72%) NUnit
9 21 (0.63%) TeamCity
9 21 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
10 15 (0.45%) Postman
11 13 (0.39%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.30%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.27%) Eclipse
13 9 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.27%) Subversion
13 9 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.24%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.24%) Moq
14 8 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 606 (18.16%) Social Skills
2 486 (14.56%) Finance
3 207 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (5.48%) Legal
5 133 (3.99%) Manufacturing
6 132 (3.96%) Law
7 114 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 106 (3.18%) Public Sector
9 88 (2.64%) Games
10 69 (2.07%) Retail
11 68 (2.04%) Electronics
12 64 (1.92%) Advertising
12 64 (1.92%) Marketing
13 63 (1.89%) Aerospace
14 52 (1.56%) Banking
15 41 (1.23%) Front Office
16 40 (1.20%) Legal Technology
17 31 (0.93%) Automotive
18 26 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
19 22 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,671 (50.07%) Developer
2 783 (23.46%) .NET Developer
3 780 (23.37%) Senior
4 730 (21.88%) Software Engineer
5 375 (11.24%) Senior Developer
6 338 (10.13%) C# Software Engineer
7 333 (9.98%) Software Developer
8 315 (9.44%) Lead
9 298 (8.93%) C# Developer
10 239 (7.16%) Senior Software Engineer
11 162 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
12 141 (4.23%) Architect
13 140 (4.20%) C# .NET Developer
14 134 (4.02%) .NET Software Engineer
15 131 (3.93%) Lead Developer
16 123 (3.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 110 (3.30%) Graduate
18 99 (2.97%) Azure Engineer
18 99 (2.97%) C# Software Developer
19 84 (2.52%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,179 (65.30%) .NET
2 742 (22.24%) ASP.NET
3 710 (21.28%) .NET Core
4 588 (17.62%) ASP.NET Core
5 517 (15.49%) React
6 367 (11.00%) HTML
7 364 (10.91%) CSS
8 333 (9.98%) AngularJS
8 333 (9.98%) RESTful
9 303 (9.08%) Entity Framework
10 301 (9.02%) Blazor
11 279 (8.36%) REST
12 277 (8.30%) Vue
13 269 (8.06%) .NET Framework
14 267 (8.00%) Node.js
15 221 (6.62%) ASP.NET Web API
16 168 (5.03%) Terraform
17 148 (4.44%) ML.NET
18 137 (4.11%) WPF
19 118 (3.54%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 231 (6.92%) Cloud Native
2 182 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
3 158 (4.73%) Greenfield Project
4 141 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
5 136 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 106 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
7 76 (2.28%) Virtual Team
8 64 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 59 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 58 (1.74%) AI Agents
11 55 (1.65%) Mobile App
11 55 (1.65%) Onboarding
12 54 (1.62%) Management Information System
13 43 (1.29%) Robotics
14 37 (1.11%) Hedge funds
15 33 (0.99%) Data Structures
16 30 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
17 28 (0.84%) IoT
18 26 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 25 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 182 (5.45%) Windows
2 112 (3.36%) Linux
3 40 (1.20%) Android
3 40 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.24%) Unix
7 6 (0.18%) macOS
8 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.060%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.030%) CentOS
10 1 (0.030%) Solaris
10 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,157 (34.67%) Agile
2 1,153 (34.55%) Software Engineering
3 916 (27.45%) Full-Stack Development
4 886 (26.55%) CI/CD
5 809 (24.24%) DevOps
6 612 (18.34%) AI
7 605 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
8 575 (17.23%) Microservices
9 485 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 473 (14.17%) Mentoring
11 331 (9.92%) Test Automation
12 288 (8.63%) SDLC
13 265 (7.94%) Machine Learning
14 251 (7.52%) Computer Science
15 224 (6.71%) Technical Leadership
16 209 (6.26%) Software Testing
17 206 (6.17%) OO
18 201 (6.02%) Scrum
19 199 (5.96%) Business Intelligence
20 196 (5.87%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,191 (35.69%) SQL
2 829 (24.84%) JavaScript
3 582 (17.44%) Python
4 504 (15.10%) TypeScript
5 330 (9.89%) C++
6 283 (8.48%) Java
7 124 (3.72%) PowerShell
8 101 (3.03%) PHP
9 85 (2.55%) C
10 74 (2.22%) T-SQL
11 48 (1.44%) Go
11 48 (1.44%) VB.NET
12 43 (1.29%) Bicep
13 30 (0.90%) VBA
14 26 (0.78%) Bash
15 24 (0.72%) Rust
16 23 (0.69%) Delphi
17 22 (0.66%) Ruby
18 17 (0.51%) MATLAB
18 17 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 380 (11.39%) Degree
2 174 (5.21%) Security Cleared
3 164 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 131 (3.93%) SC Cleared
5 53 (1.59%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 38 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 22 (0.66%) PhD
9 21 (0.63%) DV Cleared
10 18 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.30%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (0.21%) OSCP
15 5 (0.15%) CHECK Team Member
15 5 (0.15%) CREST Certified
15 5 (0.15%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.12%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 300 (8.99%) QA
2 62 (1.86%) Accessibility
2 62 (1.86%) Data Quality
3 45 (1.35%) GDPR
4 23 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (0.54%) WCAG
6 9 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.21%) NCSC
8 5 (0.15%) NIST
9 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
9 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
9 4 (0.12%) SLA
10 3 (0.090%) IEC 61131
10 3 (0.090%) MIL-STD-1553
10 3 (0.090%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.090%) PSD2
11 2 (0.060%) MISRA C
System Software
1 398 (11.93%) Docker
2 30 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.42%) Firmware
5 10 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.090%) vSphere
10 2 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.030%) HDFS
11 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 333 (9.98%) Kubernetes
2 27 (0.81%) Grafana
3 19 (0.57%) Ansible
4 18 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.21%) EnCase
5 7 (0.21%) FTK
5 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.12%) Control-M
9 3 (0.090%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.090%) Kibana
9 3 (0.090%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.060%) Bosun
11 1 (0.030%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,143 (34.25%) Microsoft
2 92 (2.76%) Google
3 62 (1.86%) Facebook
4 56 (1.68%) Oracle
5 35 (1.05%) OpenAI
6 28 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 26 (0.78%) VMware
8 23 (0.69%) YouTube
9 19 (0.57%) Databricks
9 19 (0.57%) Intapp
10 18 (0.54%) Foundry
11 17 (0.51%) Apple
11 17 (0.51%) HP
12 16 (0.48%) Sony
12 16 (0.48%) Yahoo!
13 15 (0.45%) Aderant
14 14 (0.42%) Adobe
14 14 (0.42%) SAP
15 11 (0.33%) IBM
15 11 (0.33%) iManage