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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 50 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -31 0
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,966 2,322 8,307
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.07% 4.91% 7.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.11% 16.33% 24.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 1,921 6,988
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 17,334 14,220 33,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.93% 30.09% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,317 9,449 25,240
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £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 3 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 3 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 2,753 £60,000 -7.69% 869
UK excluding London +2 2,189 £57,500 -4.17% 714
Work from Home +1 1,255 £55,000 -15.38% 531
South East +16 652 £60,000 - 221
London -19 640 £82,500 +3.13% 273
North of England +33 566 £57,500 -4.01% 181
Midlands -11 367 £57,500 +4.55% 96
North West +45 283 £57,593 +4.72% 88
East of England -1 257 £60,000 -9.37% 92
South West +13 248 £55,000 - 72
East Midlands +16 186 £55,000 - 40
West Midlands -25 181 £60,000 +9.09% 56
Yorkshire +4 155 £55,000 -19.12% 49
North East -8 128 £60,000 +4.35% 47
Wales -34 41 £51,619 -20.59% 19
Scotland -17 34 £52,500 -16.00% 30
Northern Ireland -18 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
3 30 (1.01%) IIS
4 18 (0.61%) Confluence
5 15 (0.51%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.20%) Headless CMS
8 6 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 5 (0.17%) Apache
9 5 (0.17%) nginx
10 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.13%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.13%) JBoss
10 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.10%) DNN
11 3 (0.10%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.10%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.10%) Kentico
11 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 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.10%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.067%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
2 5 (0.17%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.10%) Magento
4 3 (0.10%) Shopify
5 2 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.067%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 2 (0.067%) 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 1,501 (50.61%) Azure
2 509 (17.16%) AWS
3 407 (13.72%) Azure DevOps
4 276 (9.31%) Power Platform
5 216 (7.28%) SaaS
6 206 (6.95%) GitHub
7 161 (5.43%) Azure Logic Apps
8 159 (5.36%) Azure AI
8 159 (5.36%) Serverless
9 154 (5.19%) Power Automate
10 149 (5.02%) PowerApps
11 134 (4.52%) GitHub Copilot
12 126 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
13 106 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
14 104 (3.51%) Azure Functions
15 103 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
16 98 (3.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 73 (2.46%) GCP
18 57 (1.92%) Azure AKS
19 55 (1.85%) 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 (0.13%) Intranet
10 4 (0.13%) Modbus
10 4 (0.13%) Network Security
11 3 (0.10%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.10%) IPsec
11 3 (0.10%) RS-232
11 3 (0.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 493 (16.62%) SQL Server
2 465 (15.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 404 (13.62%) MongoDB
4 159 (5.36%) Power BI
5 143 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
6 79 (2.66%) NoSQL
7 73 (2.46%) MySQL
8 60 (2.02%) 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 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
15 12 (0.40%) 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
1 208 (7.01%) Git
2 57 (1.92%) JIRA
3 40 (1.35%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.21%) Selenium
5 35 (1.18%) GitLab
6 27 (0.91%) Postman
7 25 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.78%) SpecFlow
9 21 (0.71%) TeamCity
10 18 (0.61%) Jenkins
11 14 (0.47%) Cypress.io
12 13 (0.44%) NUnit
13 12 (0.40%) Claude Code
13 12 (0.40%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
14 10 (0.34%) WebDriver
15 8 (0.27%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 8 (0.27%) Yeoman
General
1 520 (17.53%) Finance
2 415 (13.99%) Social Skills
3 152 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 83 (2.80%) Games
6 72 (2.43%) Law
7 71 (2.39%) Public Sector
7 71 (2.39%) Retail
8 63 (2.12%) Advertising
9 62 (2.09%) Legal
10 61 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 55 (1.85%) Aerospace
11 55 (1.85%) Banking
11 55 (1.85%) Electronics
12 54 (1.82%) Marketing
13 49 (1.65%) Front Office
14 35 (1.18%) Automotive
15 22 (0.74%) Legal Technology
16 18 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,619 (54.59%) Developer
2 729 (24.58%) .NET Developer
3 662 (22.32%) Software Engineer
4 610 (20.57%) Senior
5 417 (14.06%) Software Developer
6 381 (12.85%) C# Developer
7 312 (10.52%) C# Software Engineer
8 287 (9.68%) Lead
9 282 (9.51%) Senior Developer
10 236 (7.96%) Senior Software Engineer
11 169 (5.70%) C# .NET Developer
12 166 (5.60%) Full-Stack Developer
13 164 (5.53%) C# Software Developer
14 156 (5.26%) .NET Software Engineer
15 139 (4.69%) Graduate
16 132 (4.45%) Lead Developer
17 99 (3.34%) Graduate Developer
18 96 (3.24%) Azure Developer
18 96 (3.24%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 94 (3.17%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,937 (65.31%) .NET
2 733 (24.71%) .NET Core
3 670 (22.59%) ASP.NET
4 524 (17.67%) ASP.NET Core
5 438 (14.77%) React
6 350 (11.80%) CSS
7 334 (11.26%) HTML
8 292 (9.84%) AngularJS
9 270 (9.10%) RESTful
10 265 (8.93%) Blazor
11 263 (8.87%) Vue
12 244 (8.23%) Entity Framework
13 232 (7.82%) Node.js
14 219 (7.38%) .NET Framework
15 203 (6.84%) REST
16 194 (6.54%) ASP.NET Web API
17 141 (4.75%) ML.NET
18 108 (3.64%) LINQ
19 104 (3.51%) WPF
20 68 (2.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 192 (6.47%) Cloud Native
2 135 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
3 114 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
4 99 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
5 93 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 76 (2.56%) 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 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
13 33 (1.11%) Low-Code
14 31 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 27 (0.91%) Management Information System
16 24 (0.81%) AI Agents
16 24 (0.81%) Legacy Code
17 23 (0.78%) Robotics
17 23 (0.78%) Sports Betting
18 22 (0.74%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 145 (4.89%) Windows
2 109 (3.67%) Linux
3 43 (1.45%) Android
4 27 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.40%) VMS
7 9 (0.30%) Unix
8 7 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.067%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.034%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,016 (34.25%) Agile
2 935 (31.52%) Software Engineering
3 856 (28.86%) Full-Stack Development
4 701 (23.63%) CI/CD
5 675 (22.76%) DevOps
6 457 (15.41%) Microservices
7 446 (15.04%) AI
8 419 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
9 333 (11.23%) Mentoring
10 323 (10.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 272 (9.17%) Computer Science
12 247 (8.33%) Test Automation
13 246 (8.29%) Machine Learning
14 231 (7.79%) SDLC
15 188 (6.34%) Scrum
16 187 (6.30%) Multithreading
17 179 (6.04%) TDD
18 176 (5.93%) Business Intelligence
19 168 (5.66%) OO
20 157 (5.29%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 1,124 (37.90%) SQL
2 668 (22.52%) JavaScript
3 471 (15.88%) Python
4 442 (14.90%) TypeScript
5 337 (11.36%) C++
6 269 (9.07%) Java
7 124 (4.18%) PHP
8 107 (3.61%) PowerShell
9 74 (2.49%) C
10 58 (1.96%) T-SQL
11 42 (1.42%) Bicep
12 39 (1.31%) Go
13 36 (1.21%) Bash
13 36 (1.21%) VB.NET
14 30 (1.01%) VBA
15 24 (0.81%) Rust
16 20 (0.67%) Scala
17 19 (0.64%) MATLAB
18 18 (0.61%) F#
19 17 (0.57%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 385 (12.98%) Degree
2 183 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 130 (4.38%) Security Cleared
4 81 (2.73%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.48%) Master's Degree
6 40 (1.35%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (0.94%) PhD
9 22 (0.74%) ISTQB
10 16 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.40%) 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%) CREST Certified
16 5 (0.17%) GPEN
16 5 (0.17%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (6.04%) 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 (0.40%) SLA
8 10 (0.34%) WCAG
9 5 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.17%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.13%) NCSC
11 3 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.067%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.067%) ITGC
13 1 (0.034%) EMIR
13 1 (0.034%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 353 (11.90%) Docker
2 28 (0.94%) Firmware
3 22 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.20%) KVM
7 6 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
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 (10.62%) Kubernetes
2 144 (4.86%) Terraform
3 36 (1.21%) Grafana
4 18 (0.61%) Ansible
5 10 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.13%) Kibana
7 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.10%) Control-M
8 3 (0.10%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.10%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.067%) MIIS
9 2 (0.067%) MOM
10 1 (0.034%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.034%) Nessus
10 1 (0.034%) Netcool
10 1 (0.034%) Nmap
Vendors
1 924 (31.15%) 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 (0.40%) 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