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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 73 23
Rank change year-on-year +23 -50 -4
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,359 1,855 4,994
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.84% 3.78% 7.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.18% 14.92% 22.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,774 1,555 3,289
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 18,479 12,433 22,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.62% 25.34% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,087 8,073 13,339
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.10% -0.77%
75th Percentile £84,500 £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 13 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 13 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 +17 3,060 £60,000 -4.00% 1,812
UK excluding London +26 2,609 £60,000 +4.35% 1,030
Work from Home +16 1,532 £57,500 -4.17% 883
South East +31 764 £60,000 - 256
North of England +37 634 £57,500 -4.17% 281
London -31 634 £85,000 +6.25% 863
Midlands -1 411 £60,000 +9.09% 162
East of England +32 309 £60,000 +9.09% 127
North West +48 296 £55,000 -12.00% 134
South West +29 283 £55,000 +4.76% 83
West Midlands -18 211 £62,500 +13.64% 93
East Midlands +14 200 £60,000 +9.09% 69
North East +4 182 £75,000 +46.34% 58
Yorkshire 0 156 £55,000 -6.38% 93
Northern Ireland +3 114 £35,000 -37.22% 45
Wales -50 49 £53,171 +9.63% 39
Scotland +19 48 £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
1 120 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.25%) IIS
3 29 (0.86%) Confluence
4 27 (0.80%) 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 (0.089%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.089%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 33 (0.98%) 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 (0.089%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.060%) Revit
7 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 58 (1.73%) 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 (0.089%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.089%) Dynamics GP
5 3 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.089%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.089%) 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%) Endur
7 1 (0.030%) RMDS
7 1 (0.030%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,604 (47.75%) Azure
2 583 (17.36%) AWS
3 486 (14.47%) Azure DevOps
4 357 (10.63%) Power Platform
5 268 (7.98%) GitHub
6 251 (7.47%) SaaS
7 217 (6.46%) Power Automate
8 201 (5.98%) Serverless
9 197 (5.86%) Azure AI
10 191 (5.69%) PowerApps
11 177 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
12 175 (5.21%) GitHub Copilot
13 155 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
14 126 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 122 (3.63%) Azure Service Bus
16 120 (3.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 116 (3.45%) Azure Functions
18 88 (2.62%) GCP
19 59 (1.76%) Microsoft Copilot
20 46 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 64 (1.91%) Internet
2 23 (0.68%) 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 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
11 6 (0.18%) BGP
11 6 (0.18%) IPsec
11 6 (0.18%) SNMP
12 5 (0.15%) DHCP
12 5 (0.15%) LAN
12 5 (0.15%) WAN
13 3 (0.089%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.089%) Intranet
13 3 (0.089%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 600 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 504 (15.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 456 (13.58%) MongoDB
4 187 (5.57%) Power BI
5 164 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
6 107 (3.19%) NoSQL
7 103 (3.07%) Relational Database
8 86 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
9 85 (2.53%) MySQL
10 43 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
11 35 (1.04%) Redis
12 34 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 30 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 27 (0.80%) DynamoDB
15 21 (0.63%) Metadata
16 20 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
17 18 (0.54%) Data Lake
18 17 (0.51%) Spark SQL
19 15 (0.45%) Big Data
20 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 333 (9.91%) Git
2 78 (2.32%) JIRA
3 48 (1.43%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.07%) GitLab
5 35 (1.04%) Claude Code
6 33 (0.98%) Jenkins
7 29 (0.86%) Selenium
8 25 (0.74%) NUnit
9 22 (0.65%) TeamCity
10 20 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
11 15 (0.45%) Postman
12 13 (0.39%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.30%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.27%) Eclipse
14 9 (0.27%) SpecFlow
14 9 (0.27%) Subversion
14 9 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
15 8 (0.24%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.24%) Moq
15 8 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 611 (18.19%) Social Skills
2 493 (14.68%) Finance
3 208 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (5.51%) Legal
5 133 (3.96%) Law
5 133 (3.96%) Manufacturing
6 115 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 107 (3.19%) Public Sector
8 88 (2.62%) Games
9 70 (2.08%) Retail
10 68 (2.02%) Electronics
11 65 (1.94%) Marketing
12 64 (1.91%) Advertising
13 63 (1.88%) Aerospace
14 54 (1.61%) Banking
15 41 (1.22%) Front Office
15 41 (1.22%) Legal Technology
16 31 (0.92%) Automotive
17 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
18 22 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,682 (50.07%) Developer
2 788 (23.46%) .NET Developer
3 785 (23.37%) Senior
4 733 (21.82%) Software Engineer
5 378 (11.25%) Senior Developer
6 340 (10.12%) C# Software Engineer
7 335 (9.97%) Software Developer
8 316 (9.41%) Lead
9 297 (8.84%) C# Developer
10 240 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
11 162 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
12 147 (4.38%) Architect
13 141 (4.20%) C# .NET Developer
14 135 (4.02%) .NET Software Engineer
15 132 (3.93%) Lead Developer
16 123 (3.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 109 (3.25%) Graduate
18 99 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
19 98 (2.92%) C# Software Developer
20 84 (2.50%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,199 (65.47%) .NET
2 747 (22.24%) ASP.NET
3 717 (21.35%) .NET Core
4 592 (17.62%) ASP.NET Core
5 520 (15.48%) React
6 370 (11.02%) HTML
7 367 (10.93%) CSS
8 335 (9.97%) AngularJS
9 334 (9.94%) RESTful
10 305 (9.08%) Entity Framework
11 302 (8.99%) Blazor
12 284 (8.45%) REST
13 277 (8.25%) Vue
14 271 (8.07%) .NET Framework
15 269 (8.01%) Node.js
16 224 (6.67%) ASP.NET Web API
17 168 (5.00%) Terraform
18 149 (4.44%) ML.NET
19 138 (4.11%) WPF
20 118 (3.51%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 231 (6.88%) Cloud Native
2 183 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
3 159 (4.73%) Greenfield Project
4 141 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
5 138 (4.11%) Product Ownership
6 106 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
7 76 (2.26%) Virtual Team
8 64 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 58 (1.73%) AI Agents
9 58 (1.73%) Algorithms
10 55 (1.64%) Mobile App
10 55 (1.64%) Onboarding
11 54 (1.61%) Management Information System
12 44 (1.31%) Robotics
13 36 (1.07%) Hedge funds
14 33 (0.98%) Data Structures
15 30 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
16 28 (0.83%) IoT
17 26 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 25 (0.74%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 183 (5.45%) Windows
2 112 (3.33%) Linux
3 40 (1.19%) Android
3 40 (1.19%) 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 (0.089%) 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 1,160 (34.53%) Agile
2 1,159 (34.50%) Software Engineering
3 919 (27.36%) Full-Stack Development
4 894 (26.62%) CI/CD
5 813 (24.20%) DevOps
6 617 (18.37%) AI
7 609 (18.13%) Problem-Solving
8 577 (17.18%) Microservices
9 487 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 476 (14.17%) Mentoring
11 332 (9.88%) Test Automation
12 291 (8.66%) SDLC
13 268 (7.98%) Machine Learning
14 250 (7.44%) Computer Science
15 228 (6.79%) Technical Leadership
16 209 (6.22%) OO
17 208 (6.19%) Software Testing
18 202 (6.01%) Scrum
19 200 (5.95%) Business Intelligence
20 195 (5.81%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,198 (35.67%) SQL
2 835 (24.86%) JavaScript
3 583 (17.36%) Python
4 506 (15.06%) TypeScript
5 330 (9.82%) C++
6 287 (8.54%) Java
7 125 (3.72%) PowerShell
8 100 (2.98%) PHP
9 85 (2.53%) C
10 75 (2.23%) T-SQL
11 48 (1.43%) Go
11 48 (1.43%) VB.NET
12 43 (1.28%) Bicep
13 30 (0.89%) VBA
14 26 (0.77%) Bash
15 24 (0.71%) Rust
16 23 (0.68%) Delphi
17 22 (0.65%) Ruby
18 17 (0.51%) MATLAB
18 17 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 378 (11.25%) Degree
2 174 (5.18%) Security Cleared
3 163 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 131 (3.90%) SC Cleared
5 54 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 45 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 22 (0.65%) 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 (8.93%) QA
2 63 (1.88%) Data Quality
3 62 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 45 (1.34%) GDPR
5 23 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (0.54%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) NIST
10 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.089%) IEC 61131
11 3 (0.089%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.060%) SOC 2
System Software
1 399 (11.88%) Docker
2 30 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.65%) 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 (0.089%) vSphere
10 2 (0.060%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.030%) HDFS
11 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 334 (9.94%) Kubernetes
2 27 (0.80%) Grafana
3 19 (0.57%) Ansible
4 18 (0.54%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.24%) EnCase
5 8 (0.24%) FTK
6 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.12%) Control-M
10 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.089%) Kibana
10 3 (0.089%) SQL Sentry
11 2 (0.060%) Bosun
12 1 (0.030%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,154 (34.36%) Microsoft
2 92 (2.74%) Google
3 62 (1.85%) Facebook
4 56 (1.67%) Oracle
5 35 (1.04%) OpenAI
6 30 (0.89%) Salesforce
7 26 (0.77%) VMware
8 23 (0.68%) 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 12 (0.36%) iManage
16 11 (0.33%) IBM