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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 50 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 -31 0
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,962 2,333 8,150
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.06% 4.90% 7.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.09% 16.31% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,612 1,929 6,832
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £50,000 £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 £77,500 £80,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 17,332 14,305 33,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.92% 30.04% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,317 9,514 24,982
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,075 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
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 4 July 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 4 July 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 0 2,749 £60,000 -7.69% 869
UK excluding London +3 2,186 £57,500 -4.17% 714
Work from Home +3 1,258 £55,000 -15.38% 531
South East +15 655 £60,000 - 221
London -17 638 £82,500 +3.13% 273
North of England +33 565 £57,500 -4.17% 181
Midlands -13 367 £57,500 +4.55% 96
North West +41 283 £57,593 +4.72% 88
East of England 0 256 £60,000 -9.37% 92
South West +12 245 £55,000 - 72
East Midlands +16 187 £55,000 - 40
West Midlands -29 180 £60,000 +9.09% 56
Yorkshire +3 155 £55,000 -19.41% 49
North East -5 127 £60,000 +4.35% 47
Wales -38 41 £51,619 -20.59% 19
Scotland -16 33 £55,000 -12.00% 30
Northern Ireland -23 26 £65,000 -18.75% 23

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 81 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.05%) CMS
2 31 (1.05%) IIS
3 18 (0.61%) Confluence
4 15 (0.51%) Umbraco
5 9 (0.30%) WordPress
6 8 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.20%) Headless CMS
7 6 (0.20%) nginx
7 6 (0.20%) NServiceBus
8 5 (0.17%) Apache
9 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.14%) JBoss
9 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.10%) DNN
10 3 (0.10%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.10%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.10%) Kentico
10 3 (0.10%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 42 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.24%) Simulink
4 6 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.10%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.068%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
2 5 (0.17%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.10%) Magento
4 3 (0.10%) Shopify
5 2 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.068%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 2 (0.068%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.034%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.034%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.034%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.034%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.034%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,502 (50.71%) Azure
2 511 (17.25%) AWS
3 409 (13.81%) Azure DevOps
4 276 (9.32%) Power Platform
5 217 (7.33%) SaaS
6 206 (6.95%) GitHub
7 161 (5.44%) Azure Logic Apps
8 159 (5.37%) Azure AI
8 159 (5.37%) Serverless
9 154 (5.20%) Power Automate
10 149 (5.03%) PowerApps
11 134 (4.52%) GitHub Copilot
12 126 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
13 109 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
14 104 (3.51%) Azure Functions
15 103 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
16 100 (3.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 73 (2.46%) GCP
18 57 (1.92%) Azure AKS
19 56 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 57 (1.92%) Internet
2 19 (0.64%) Broadband
3 15 (0.51%) DNS
3 15 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.34%) Ethernet
5 9 (0.30%) Firewall
6 8 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
7 7 (0.24%) HTTP
8 6 (0.20%) DHCP
8 6 (0.20%) VPN
9 5 (0.17%) LAN
9 5 (0.17%) LTE
9 5 (0.17%) WAN
10 4 (0.14%) Intranet
10 4 (0.14%) Modbus
10 4 (0.14%) Network Security
11 3 (0.10%) BGP
11 3 (0.10%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.10%) IPsec
11 3 (0.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 495 (16.71%) SQL Server
2 466 (15.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 404 (13.64%) MongoDB
4 159 (5.37%) Power BI
5 144 (4.86%) Elasticsearch
6 79 (2.67%) NoSQL
7 73 (2.46%) MySQL
8 60 (2.03%) Relational Database
9 54 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
10 41 (1.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 40 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 21 (0.71%) Redis
13 16 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (0.44%) Db2
15 12 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
15 12 (0.41%) Metadata
16 9 (0.30%) NonStop SQL
16 9 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 8 (0.27%) Big Data
17 8 (0.27%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 209 (7.06%) Git
2 56 (1.89%) JIRA
3 40 (1.35%) Visual Studio
4 35 (1.18%) GitLab
4 35 (1.18%) Selenium
5 26 (0.88%) Postman
6 25 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
7 23 (0.78%) SpecFlow
8 21 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 18 (0.61%) Jenkins
10 14 (0.47%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.44%) NUnit
12 12 (0.41%) Claude Code
12 12 (0.41%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
13 9 (0.30%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.27%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.27%) Yeoman
General
1 518 (17.49%) Finance
2 415 (14.01%) Social Skills
3 152 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (3.58%) Manufacturing
5 83 (2.80%) Games
6 72 (2.43%) Law
7 71 (2.40%) Public Sector
7 71 (2.40%) Retail
8 63 (2.13%) Advertising
9 62 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 62 (2.09%) Legal
10 55 (1.86%) Aerospace
10 55 (1.86%) Electronics
11 54 (1.82%) Banking
11 54 (1.82%) Marketing
12 49 (1.65%) Front Office
13 35 (1.18%) Automotive
14 22 (0.74%) Legal Technology
15 18 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,618 (54.63%) Developer
2 730 (24.65%) .NET Developer
3 659 (22.25%) Software Engineer
4 609 (20.56%) Senior
5 416 (14.04%) Software Developer
6 380 (12.83%) C# Developer
7 310 (10.47%) C# Software Engineer
8 288 (9.72%) Lead
9 282 (9.52%) Senior Developer
10 235 (7.93%) Senior Software Engineer
11 169 (5.71%) C# .NET Developer
12 166 (5.60%) Full-Stack Developer
13 164 (5.54%) C# Software Developer
14 154 (5.20%) .NET Software Engineer
15 139 (4.69%) Graduate
16 133 (4.49%) Lead Developer
17 99 (3.34%) Graduate Developer
18 96 (3.24%) Azure Developer
19 95 (3.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
20 94 (3.17%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,934 (65.29%) .NET
2 732 (24.71%) .NET Core
3 670 (22.62%) ASP.NET
4 524 (17.69%) ASP.NET Core
5 439 (14.82%) React
6 350 (11.82%) CSS
7 333 (11.24%) HTML
8 292 (9.86%) AngularJS
9 271 (9.15%) RESTful
10 266 (8.98%) Blazor
11 263 (8.88%) Vue
12 243 (8.20%) Entity Framework
13 232 (7.83%) Node.js
14 218 (7.36%) .NET Framework
15 203 (6.85%) REST
16 194 (6.55%) ASP.NET Web API
17 141 (4.76%) ML.NET
18 108 (3.65%) LINQ
19 103 (3.48%) WPF
20 68 (2.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 193 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 134 (4.52%) Greenfield Project
3 113 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
4 99 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
5 93 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 76 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 59 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 56 (1.89%) Hedge funds
9 51 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 45 (1.52%) Virtual Team
11 40 (1.35%) Onboarding
12 39 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
13 33 (1.11%) Low-Code
14 31 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 27 (0.91%) Management Information System
16 25 (0.84%) AI Agents
17 24 (0.81%) Legacy Code
18 23 (0.78%) Robotics
18 23 (0.78%) Sports Betting
19 22 (0.74%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 145 (4.90%) Windows
2 110 (3.71%) Linux
3 43 (1.45%) Android
4 27 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.41%) VMS
7 9 (0.30%) Unix
8 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.068%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.034%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,016 (34.30%) Agile
2 933 (31.50%) Software Engineering
3 854 (28.83%) Full-Stack Development
4 700 (23.63%) CI/CD
5 677 (22.86%) DevOps
6 458 (15.46%) Microservices
7 447 (15.09%) AI
8 417 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
9 334 (11.28%) Mentoring
10 324 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 272 (9.18%) Computer Science
12 247 (8.34%) Machine Learning
13 245 (8.27%) Test Automation
14 231 (7.80%) SDLC
15 187 (6.31%) Multithreading
15 187 (6.31%) Scrum
16 179 (6.04%) TDD
17 176 (5.94%) Business Intelligence
18 168 (5.67%) OO
19 157 (5.30%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,123 (37.91%) SQL
2 668 (22.55%) JavaScript
3 472 (15.94%) Python
4 442 (14.92%) TypeScript
5 337 (11.38%) C++
6 268 (9.05%) Java
7 124 (4.19%) PHP
8 108 (3.65%) PowerShell
9 74 (2.50%) C
10 58 (1.96%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.45%) Bicep
12 39 (1.32%) Go
13 36 (1.22%) Bash
13 36 (1.22%) VB.NET
14 30 (1.01%) VBA
15 24 (0.81%) Rust
16 20 (0.68%) Scala
17 19 (0.64%) MATLAB
18 18 (0.61%) F#
19 17 (0.57%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 384 (12.96%) Degree
2 183 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 128 (4.32%) Security Cleared
4 80 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.49%) Master's Degree
6 40 (1.35%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (0.95%) PhD
9 21 (0.71%) ISTQB
10 16 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.41%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (0.20%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.17%) GPEN
16 5 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.17%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (6.11%) QA
2 48 (1.62%) Accessibility
3 27 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 24 (0.81%) GDPR
5 21 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.44%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.41%) SLA
8 10 (0.34%) WCAG
9 5 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.17%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.14%) NCSC
11 3 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.068%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.068%) ITGC
13 1 (0.034%) EMIR
13 1 (0.034%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 354 (11.95%) Docker
2 28 (0.95%) Firmware
3 22 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.20%) KVM
8 5 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.10%) vSphere
10 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 315 (10.63%) Kubernetes
2 145 (4.90%) Terraform
3 36 (1.22%) Grafana
4 18 (0.61%) Ansible
5 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.10%) Control-M
7 3 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.10%) Hadoop YARN
7 3 (0.10%) Kibana
8 2 (0.068%) MIIS
8 2 (0.068%) MOM
9 1 (0.034%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.034%) Nessus
9 1 (0.034%) Netcool
9 1 (0.034%) Nmap
Vendors
1 926 (31.26%) Microsoft
2 73 (2.46%) Google
3 58 (1.96%) Facebook
4 46 (1.55%) Oracle
5 25 (0.84%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.78%) Adobe
7 19 (0.64%) Salesforce
7 19 (0.64%) YouTube
8 18 (0.61%) Apple
9 17 (0.57%) VMware
10 16 (0.54%) Sony
10 16 (0.54%) Yahoo!
11 15 (0.51%) Xamarin
12 14 (0.47%) Databricks
13 12 (0.41%) Intapp
14 11 (0.37%) Splunk
15 10 (0.34%) iManage
16 9 (0.30%) IBM
16 9 (0.30%) SAP
16 9 (0.30%) ServiceNow