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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 57 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -35 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,372 2,174 5,819
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.20% 4.36% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.15% 15.36% 23.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,882 1,800 4,603
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.76% -7.20%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £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 18,575 14,150 25,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.63% 28.36% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,154 9,299 17,873
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,313 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,497 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +12 3,076 £60,000 -4.00% 1,138
UK excluding London +18 2,569 £57,500 - 743
Work from Home +6 1,531 £55,000 -8.52% 593
South East +20 730 £60,000 - 249
London -18 673 £82,500 +3.13% 503
North of England +36 637 £57,500 -4.17% 181
Midlands +1 412 £57,500 +4.55% 96
East of England +19 308 £60,000 +4.35% 92
North West +45 304 £55,000 -4.35% 104
South West +31 295 £52,500 -0.94% 67
West Midlands -14 219 £60,000 +4.35% 38
East Midlands +16 193 £55,000 - 58
Yorkshire +12 180 £55,000 -12.00% 37
North East -4 153 £65,000 +13.04% 42
Northern Ireland +8 110 £50,000 -10.31% 22
Wales -53 46 £51,619 -1.21% 18
Scotland -16 33 £50,000 -22.48% 31

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 96 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.04%) IIS
3 33 (0.98%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) Confluence
5 15 (0.44%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 5 (0.15%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.089%) DNN
12 3 (0.089%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.089%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.089%) Kentico
12 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 44 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Simulink
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.089%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.089%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.27%) Elite 3E
3 7 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.089%) Magento
6 3 (0.089%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.059%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.030%) Eikon
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.030%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.030%) RMDS
8 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,673 (49.61%) Azure
2 571 (16.93%) AWS
3 453 (13.43%) Azure DevOps
4 316 (9.37%) Power Platform
5 264 (7.83%) SaaS
6 246 (7.30%) GitHub
7 190 (5.63%) Azure AI
8 189 (5.60%) Power Automate
9 169 (5.01%) Serverless
10 166 (4.92%) PowerApps
11 165 (4.89%) GitHub Copilot
12 159 (4.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 147 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
14 133 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
15 123 (3.65%) Azure Service Bus
16 110 (3.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 103 (3.05%) Azure Functions
18 86 (2.55%) GCP
19 54 (1.60%) Azure AKS
20 53 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.84%) Internet
2 19 (0.56%) Broadband
3 18 (0.53%) DNS
4 15 (0.44%) TCP/IP
5 14 (0.42%) HTTP
6 11 (0.33%) Firewall
7 9 (0.27%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.24%) VPN
9 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
10 6 (0.18%) BGP
10 6 (0.18%) DHCP
10 6 (0.18%) IPsec
10 6 (0.18%) SNMP
11 5 (0.15%) LAN
11 5 (0.15%) WAN
12 4 (0.12%) Intranet
12 4 (0.12%) Modbus
12 4 (0.12%) Network Security
13 3 (0.089%) LTE
13 3 (0.089%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 593 (17.59%) SQL Server
2 516 (15.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 455 (13.49%) MongoDB
4 169 (5.01%) Power BI
5 165 (4.89%) Elasticsearch
6 91 (2.70%) MySQL
7 90 (2.67%) NoSQL
8 79 (2.34%) Relational Database
9 69 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
10 45 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 43 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 30 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
13 28 (0.83%) Redis
14 17 (0.50%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.39%) Db2
15 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 13 (0.39%) Metadata
16 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
16 11 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 274 (8.13%) Git
2 73 (2.16%) JIRA
3 44 (1.30%) Selenium
4 41 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.01%) GitLab
6 29 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 26 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
8 22 (0.65%) Postman
8 22 (0.65%) TeamCity
9 20 (0.59%) NUnit
10 18 (0.53%) SpecFlow
11 17 (0.50%) Claude Code
12 15 (0.44%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.24%) Jasmine
14 8 (0.24%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.21%) Moq
15 7 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 545 (16.16%) Social Skills
2 542 (16.07%) Finance
3 179 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (4.83%) Legal
5 122 (3.62%) Law
6 116 (3.44%) Manufacturing
7 92 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 91 (2.70%) Games
9 82 (2.43%) Public Sector
10 80 (2.37%) Retail
11 72 (2.14%) Advertising
12 69 (2.05%) Marketing
13 59 (1.75%) Electronics
14 57 (1.69%) Aerospace
15 56 (1.66%) Banking
16 47 (1.39%) Front Office
17 40 (1.19%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.07%) Automotive
19 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
20 19 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,804 (53.50%) Developer
2 808 (23.96%) .NET Developer
3 751 (22.27%) Senior
4 724 (21.47%) Software Engineer
5 429 (12.72%) Software Developer
6 394 (11.68%) C# Developer
7 363 (10.77%) Senior Developer
8 348 (10.32%) Lead
9 319 (9.46%) C# Software Engineer
10 248 (7.35%) Senior Software Engineer
11 181 (5.37%) Full-Stack Developer
12 170 (5.04%) C# Software Developer
13 166 (4.92%) C# .NET Developer
14 160 (4.74%) Graduate
15 153 (4.54%) Lead Developer
16 148 (4.39%) .NET Software Engineer
17 113 (3.35%) Architect
18 111 (3.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 107 (3.17%) Azure Engineer
19 107 (3.17%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,172 (64.41%) .NET
2 782 (23.19%) .NET Core
3 771 (22.86%) ASP.NET
4 599 (17.76%) ASP.NET Core
5 490 (14.53%) React
6 396 (11.74%) CSS
7 386 (11.45%) HTML
8 327 (9.70%) AngularJS
9 318 (9.43%) RESTful
10 306 (9.07%) Blazor
11 293 (8.69%) Entity Framework
11 293 (8.69%) Vue
12 265 (7.86%) .NET Framework
12 265 (7.86%) Node.js
13 245 (7.27%) REST
14 223 (6.61%) ASP.NET Web API
15 156 (4.63%) ML.NET
16 129 (3.83%) WPF
17 119 (3.53%) LINQ
18 88 (2.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 223 (6.61%) Cloud Native
2 155 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
3 144 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
4 130 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
5 108 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 95 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 86 (2.55%) Virtual Team
8 57 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 51 (1.51%) Algorithms
9 51 (1.51%) Hedge funds
10 48 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 37 (1.10%) Management Information System
13 35 (1.04%) AI Agents
14 31 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 31 (0.92%) Robotics
15 29 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
15 29 (0.86%) Legacy Code
16 24 (0.71%) Fixed Income
17 23 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 168 (4.98%) Windows
2 117 (3.47%) Linux
3 41 (1.22%) Android
4 37 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.27%) Unix
7 8 (0.24%) VMS
8 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,196 (35.47%) Agile
2 1,106 (32.80%) Software Engineering
3 932 (27.64%) Full-Stack Development
4 822 (24.38%) CI/CD
5 791 (23.46%) DevOps
6 575 (17.05%) Microservices
7 530 (15.72%) AI
7 530 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
8 454 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 432 (12.81%) Mentoring
10 317 (9.40%) Test Automation
11 292 (8.66%) Computer Science
12 283 (8.39%) SDLC
13 270 (8.01%) Machine Learning
14 219 (6.49%) Scrum
15 211 (6.26%) OO
15 211 (6.26%) Software Testing
16 201 (5.96%) Multithreading
17 193 (5.72%) TDD
18 181 (5.37%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,237 (36.68%) SQL
2 806 (23.90%) JavaScript
3 555 (16.46%) Python
4 531 (15.75%) TypeScript
5 345 (10.23%) C++
6 299 (8.87%) Java
7 147 (4.36%) PowerShell
8 146 (4.33%) PHP
9 83 (2.46%) C
10 67 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 47 (1.39%) Bicep
12 46 (1.36%) Go
12 46 (1.36%) VB.NET
13 34 (1.01%) Bash
14 33 (0.98%) VBA
15 26 (0.77%) Rust
16 22 (0.65%) Scala
17 21 (0.62%) Ruby
18 20 (0.59%) Delphi
19 18 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 416 (12.34%) Degree
2 198 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 142 (4.21%) Security Cleared
4 105 (3.11%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.22%) Master's Degree
6 39 (1.16%) Azure Certification
7 29 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
8 21 (0.62%) PhD
9 19 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
11 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.12%) ISEB
17 3 (0.089%) GXPN
17 3 (0.089%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (8.93%) QA
2 57 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 32 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 30 (0.89%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.36%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) SLA
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
11 3 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.089%) NIST
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) AUTOSAR
12 2 (0.059%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 402 (11.92%) Docker
2 21 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.62%) Firmware
3 13 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.15%) KVM
7 3 (0.089%) vSphere
8 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 355 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 160 (4.74%) Terraform
3 34 (1.01%) Grafana
4 18 (0.53%) Ansible
5 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.089%) Control-M
9 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.059%) MIIS
11 1 (0.030%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.030%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,093 (32.41%) Microsoft
2 88 (2.61%) Google
3 65 (1.93%) Facebook
4 51 (1.51%) Oracle
5 32 (0.95%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.68%) Adobe
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 20 (0.59%) Databricks
10 19 (0.56%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) Intapp
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) VMware
13 13 (0.39%) iManage
14 12 (0.36%) SAP
14 12 (0.36%) Splunk
15 11 (0.33%) IBM
15 11 (0.33%) Xamarin
16 10 (0.30%) Foundry