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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 66 22
Rank change year-on-year +19 -44 -4
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,413 1,912 5,459
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.96% 3.87% 6.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.23% 14.59% 22.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,871 1,590 3,763
10th Percentile £39,750 £37,425 £36,741
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 18,721 13,102 24,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.24% 26.51% 30.89%
Number of salaries quoted 13,272 8,465 15,075
10th Percentile £38,772 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
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 18 September 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 18 September 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 3,122 £60,000 -4.00% 2,119
UK excluding London +28 2,632 £57,500 - 1,227
Work from Home +20 1,539 £55,000 -8.33% 1,030
South East +31 771 £60,000 - 320
London -16 663 £85,000 +6.25% 1,044
North of England +33 634 £57,500 -4.17% 306
Midlands -2 420 £60,000 +9.09% 170
East of England +36 325 £60,000 +9.09% 180
North West +61 302 £55,000 -12.00% 167
South West +30 286 £54,750 +4.29% 96
West Midlands -16 220 £62,500 +13.64% 84
East Midlands +18 200 £60,000 +9.09% 86
North East -2 171 £65,000 +8.33% 65
Yorkshire -4 161 £55,000 -8.18% 76
Northern Ireland +8 116 £50,000 -10.31% 62
Wales -51 44 £51,619 +6.43% 34
Scotland -1 38 £55,000 -14.73% 76

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 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.23%) IIS
3 30 (0.88%) CMS
4 24 (0.70%) Confluence
5 13 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.23%) Apache
7 8 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.23%) nginx
7 8 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.12%) Kentico
10 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.088%) DNN
11 3 (0.088%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.088%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.088%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 40 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.088%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.088%) Simulink
5 3 (0.088%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.059%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 58 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.41%) Elite 3E
3 11 (0.32%) Carpe Diem
4 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.12%) Shopify
5 3 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.088%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.088%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.029%) Eikon
7 1 (0.029%) Endur
7 1 (0.029%) Magento
7 1 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.029%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.029%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.029%) RMDS
7 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,670 (48.93%) Azure
2 601 (17.61%) AWS
3 492 (14.42%) Azure DevOps
4 360 (10.55%) Power Platform
5 258 (7.56%) GitHub
6 251 (7.35%) SaaS
7 216 (6.33%) Power Automate
8 199 (5.83%) Serverless
9 193 (5.65%) Azure AI
10 191 (5.60%) PowerApps
11 172 (5.04%) GitHub Copilot
12 166 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
13 157 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
14 154 (4.51%) Azure Logic Apps
15 131 (3.84%) Azure Service Bus
16 124 (3.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 116 (3.40%) Azure Functions
18 89 (2.61%) GCP
19 49 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
19 49 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.82%) Internet
2 20 (0.59%) DNS
2 20 (0.59%) Firewall
3 17 (0.50%) HTTP
4 16 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.29%) Broadband
6 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.26%) VLAN
6 9 (0.26%) VPN
6 9 (0.26%) Wireless
7 6 (0.18%) BGP
7 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
7 6 (0.18%) IPsec
7 6 (0.18%) SNMP
8 5 (0.15%) DHCP
8 5 (0.15%) Intranet
8 5 (0.15%) LAN
8 5 (0.15%) WAN
9 3 (0.088%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.088%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 608 (17.81%) SQL Server
2 510 (14.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 453 (13.27%) MongoDB
4 192 (5.63%) Power BI
5 164 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
6 106 (3.11%) NoSQL
7 92 (2.70%) Relational Database
8 84 (2.46%) MySQL
9 80 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
10 40 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
11 34 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 32 (0.94%) Redis
13 31 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 25 (0.73%) DynamoDB
15 21 (0.62%) Metadata
16 18 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
17 17 (0.50%) Data Lake
17 17 (0.50%) Spark SQL
18 14 (0.41%) Big Data
19 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 320 (9.38%) Git
2 73 (2.14%) JIRA
3 45 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.05%) Selenium
5 35 (1.03%) GitLab
6 30 (0.88%) Jenkins
7 28 (0.82%) Claude Code
8 26 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
9 23 (0.67%) NUnit
10 22 (0.64%) TeamCity
11 19 (0.56%) Postman
12 12 (0.35%) SpecFlow
13 11 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
15 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.26%) Subversion
16 8 (0.23%) Moq
16 8 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
17 7 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 587 (17.20%) Social Skills
2 519 (15.21%) Finance
3 200 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
4 184 (5.39%) Legal
5 128 (3.75%) Manufacturing
6 125 (3.66%) Law
7 118 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 104 (3.05%) Public Sector
9 91 (2.67%) Games
10 73 (2.14%) Retail
11 68 (1.99%) Advertising
12 67 (1.96%) Electronics
13 65 (1.90%) Marketing
14 62 (1.82%) Aerospace
15 53 (1.55%) Banking
16 45 (1.32%) Front Office
17 40 (1.17%) Legal Technology
18 35 (1.03%) Automotive
19 27 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
20 19 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,767 (51.77%) Developer
2 802 (23.50%) .NET Developer
3 762 (22.33%) Senior
4 752 (22.03%) Software Engineer
5 369 (10.81%) Software Developer
6 361 (10.58%) C# Developer
7 359 (10.52%) Senior Developer
8 347 (10.17%) Lead
9 343 (10.05%) C# Software Engineer
10 249 (7.30%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (5.16%) Full-Stack Developer
12 163 (4.78%) C# .NET Developer
13 154 (4.51%) Lead Developer
14 141 (4.13%) Graduate
15 137 (4.01%) .NET Software Engineer
16 135 (3.96%) C# Software Developer
17 119 (3.49%) Architect
18 116 (3.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 105 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
20 88 (2.58%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,179 (63.84%) .NET
2 758 (22.21%) ASP.NET
3 736 (21.56%) .NET Core
4 594 (17.40%) ASP.NET Core
5 510 (14.94%) React
6 398 (11.66%) CSS
7 394 (11.54%) HTML
8 332 (9.73%) RESTful
9 330 (9.67%) AngularJS
10 305 (8.94%) Blazor
11 300 (8.79%) Entity Framework
12 292 (8.56%) Vue
13 270 (7.91%) .NET Framework
14 265 (7.76%) REST
15 258 (7.56%) Node.js
16 221 (6.48%) ASP.NET Web API
17 169 (4.95%) Terraform
18 149 (4.37%) ML.NET
19 144 (4.22%) WPF
20 116 (3.40%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 221 (6.48%) Cloud Native
2 171 (5.01%) Enterprise Software
3 154 (4.51%) Greenfield Project
4 136 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
5 133 (3.90%) Product Ownership
6 106 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
7 92 (2.70%) Virtual Team
8 61 (1.79%) Algorithms
9 58 (1.70%) Mobile App
10 55 (1.61%) Onboarding
11 54 (1.58%) Management Information System
12 53 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
13 52 (1.52%) AI Agents
14 45 (1.32%) Hedge funds
15 35 (1.03%) Robotics
16 31 (0.91%) Data Structures
17 27 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
18 26 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 25 (0.73%) Low-Code
20 24 (0.70%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 184 (5.39%) Windows
2 113 (3.31%) Linux
3 42 (1.23%) Android
4 41 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.21%) Unix
8 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.059%) VMS
11 1 (0.029%) CentOS
11 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,187 (34.78%) Agile
2 1,153 (33.78%) Software Engineering
3 935 (27.40%) Full-Stack Development
4 874 (25.61%) CI/CD
5 816 (23.91%) DevOps
6 584 (17.11%) AI
7 583 (17.08%) Problem-Solving
8 573 (16.79%) Microservices
9 484 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 484 (14.18%) Mentoring
10 334 (9.79%) Test Automation
11 292 (8.56%) SDLC
12 285 (8.35%) Computer Science
13 272 (7.97%) Machine Learning
14 226 (6.62%) Software Testing
15 214 (6.27%) Scrum
16 212 (6.21%) OO
17 207 (6.07%) Business Intelligence
18 202 (5.92%) Technical Leadership
19 194 (5.68%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,231 (36.07%) SQL
2 850 (24.90%) JavaScript
3 587 (17.20%) Python
4 519 (15.21%) TypeScript
5 355 (10.40%) C++
6 305 (8.94%) Java
7 134 (3.93%) PowerShell
8 127 (3.72%) PHP
9 87 (2.55%) C
10 68 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 49 (1.44%) Bicep
12 44 (1.29%) Go
12 44 (1.29%) VB.NET
13 38 (1.11%) VBA
14 31 (0.91%) Bash
15 23 (0.67%) Delphi
16 22 (0.64%) Ruby
17 21 (0.62%) Rust
18 18 (0.53%) Scala
19 15 (0.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 420 (12.31%) Degree
2 195 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 152 (4.45%) Security Cleared
4 115 (3.37%) SC Cleared
5 51 (1.49%) Azure Certification
6 42 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 40 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (0.64%) DV Cleared
8 22 (0.64%) PhD
9 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 16 (0.47%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.15%) OSCP
16 4 (0.12%) CREST Certified
16 4 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 313 (9.17%) QA
2 70 (2.05%) Accessibility
3 60 (1.76%) Data Quality
4 44 (1.29%) GDPR
5 22 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (0.59%) WCAG
7 9 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
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%) NIST
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.088%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.088%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.088%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 389 (11.40%) Docker
2 26 (0.76%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.53%) Firmware
5 12 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.088%) vSphere
10 1 (0.029%) HDFS
10 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.029%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 335 (9.82%) Kubernetes
2 23 (0.67%) Grafana
3 18 (0.53%) Ansible
4 17 (0.50%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.12%) Control-M
8 4 (0.12%) EnCase
8 4 (0.12%) FTK
9 3 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.059%) Bosun
11 1 (0.029%) Kibana
11 1 (0.029%) logstash
11 1 (0.029%) MIIS
Vendors
1 1,141 (33.43%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.61%) Google
3 63 (1.85%) Facebook
4 52 (1.52%) Oracle
5 35 (1.03%) OpenAI
6 27 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 24 (0.70%) VMware
8 22 (0.64%) YouTube
9 19 (0.56%) Adobe
10 18 (0.53%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) HP
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) Databricks
12 16 (0.47%) Foundry
13 15 (0.44%) Intapp
14 12 (0.35%) Aderant
14 12 (0.35%) SAP
15 11 (0.32%) IBM
15 11 (0.32%) Talend