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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 43 18
Rank change year-on-year -28 -25 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,384 2,401 7,940
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.62% 5.49% 8.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.93% 17.09% 24.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,074 2,036 6,871
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -2.65%

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 15,973 14,053 32,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.58% 32.12% 33.62%
Number of salaries quoted 10,946 10,079 24,967
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £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 £85,253 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 18 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 10 May 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 -22 2,198 £60,000 -7.69% 824
UK excluding London -28 1,642 £57,500 - 642
Work from Home -10 908 £57,500 -10.16% 445
London -20 604 £82,500 +10.00% 259
South East -1 494 £60,000 - 219
North of England -8 447 £60,000 +9.09% 164
Midlands -30 293 £60,000 +9.09% 87
North West +14 227 £60,000 +14.29% 92
East of England -25 180 £60,000 -9.37% 84
South West -13 164 £55,000 - 64
East Midlands +5 148 £60,000 +9.09% 46
West Midlands -49 145 £58,250 +5.91% 41
Yorkshire -32 137 £60,750 +4.92% 39
North East -18 83 £65,000 +13.04% 34
Scotland -56 38 £60,000 +27.66% 23
Wales -40 28 £45,000 -30.77% 17
Northern Ireland -31 8 £95,000 - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

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 66 (2.77%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.05%) CMS
3 20 (0.84%) IIS
4 12 (0.50%) Umbraco
5 9 (0.38%) Confluence
6 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.17%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.17%) WordPress
7 3 (0.13%) Apache
7 3 (0.13%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.084%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.084%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.084%) JBoss
8 2 (0.084%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.084%) nginx
9 1 (0.042%) Appian
9 1 (0.042%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.21%) Simulink
4 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.084%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.084%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.084%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.042%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 34 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.13%) Magento
4 2 (0.084%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.042%) Endur
5 1 (0.042%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.042%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.042%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.042%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.042%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.042%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.042%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.042%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,072 (44.97%) Azure
2 390 (16.36%) AWS
3 246 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
4 217 (9.10%) Power Platform
5 211 (8.85%) SaaS
6 137 (5.75%) Azure Logic Apps
6 137 (5.75%) Serverless
7 113 (4.74%) PowerApps
8 110 (4.61%) Power Automate
9 94 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
10 92 (3.86%) GitHub
11 87 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
12 85 (3.57%) Azure Functions
13 69 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
14 61 (2.56%) GCP
15 51 (2.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 50 (2.10%) Azure AKS
17 47 (1.97%) Azure AI
18 46 (1.93%) Azure Monitor
18 46 (1.93%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.59%) Broadband
2 13 (0.55%) Internet
3 12 (0.50%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.42%) DNS
4 10 (0.42%) Ethernet
5 6 (0.25%) Intranet
6 5 (0.21%) Firewall
6 5 (0.21%) HTTP
7 4 (0.17%) LTE
7 4 (0.17%) Modbus
8 3 (0.13%) DHCP
8 3 (0.13%) Network Security
8 3 (0.13%) SSL
9 2 (0.084%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.084%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.084%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.084%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.084%) VPN
10 1 (0.042%) Profibus
10 1 (0.042%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 449 (18.83%) SQL Server
2 178 (7.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 141 (5.91%) MongoDB
4 129 (5.41%) Power BI
5 74 (3.10%) NoSQL
6 58 (2.43%) Relational Database
7 56 (2.35%) MySQL
8 50 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
9 44 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
10 36 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (0.63%) Redis
13 12 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.50%) Metadata
14 11 (0.46%) DB2
15 8 (0.34%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.25%) GIS
17 5 (0.21%) ClickHouse
17 5 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 161 (6.75%) Git
2 62 (2.60%) Selenium
3 57 (2.39%) JIRA
4 52 (2.18%) Visual Studio
5 41 (1.72%) Postman
6 31 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.17%) GitLab
7 28 (1.17%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.13%) SoapUI
9 24 (1.01%) Jenkins
10 23 (0.96%) SpecFlow
11 21 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
12 20 (0.84%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.59%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.55%) NUnit
15 12 (0.50%) Cucumber
16 9 (0.38%) LabVIEW
17 8 (0.34%) Bitbucket
17 8 (0.34%) Moq
18 7 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 463 (19.42%) Finance
2 350 (14.68%) Social Skills
3 125 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (3.06%) Manufacturing
5 60 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (2.47%) Public Sector
7 55 (2.31%) Law
8 51 (2.14%) Front Office
8 51 (2.14%) Games
9 50 (2.10%) Banking
10 47 (1.97%) Retail
11 45 (1.89%) Electronics
12 38 (1.59%) Aerospace
13 33 (1.38%) Legal
14 28 (1.17%) Automotive
15 26 (1.09%) Advertising
16 23 (0.96%) Marketing
17 16 (0.67%) Aviation
17 16 (0.67%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,267 (53.15%) Developer
2 512 (21.48%) Senior
3 484 (20.30%) Software Engineer
4 423 (17.74%) Software Developer
5 411 (17.24%) C# Developer
6 404 (16.95%) .NET Developer
7 258 (10.82%) Lead
7 258 (10.82%) Senior Developer
8 226 (9.48%) C# Software Engineer
9 173 (7.26%) Full-Stack Developer
10 166 (6.96%) C# Software Developer
11 164 (6.88%) Senior Software Engineer
12 161 (6.75%) C# .NET Developer
13 140 (5.87%) .NET Software Engineer
14 119 (4.99%) Graduate
15 104 (4.36%) Graduate Developer
16 101 (4.24%) Lead Developer
17 94 (3.94%) Graduate Software Developer
18 91 (3.82%) SQL Developer
19 87 (3.65%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,502 (63.00%) .NET
2 475 (19.92%) .NET Core
3 361 (15.14%) ASP.NET
4 287 (12.04%) React
5 230 (9.65%) HTML
6 228 (9.56%) CSS
7 194 (8.14%) .NET Framework
8 191 (8.01%) ASP.NET Core
9 165 (6.92%) AngularJS
10 145 (6.08%) RESTful
11 140 (5.87%) REST
12 132 (5.54%) Entity Framework
13 131 (5.49%) Vue
14 121 (5.08%) Blazor
15 115 (4.82%) Node.js
16 79 (3.31%) ASP.NET Web API
17 74 (3.10%) WPF
18 54 (2.27%) jQuery
19 52 (2.18%) Playwright
20 45 (1.89%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 140 (5.87%) Cloud Native
2 84 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
3 76 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
4 74 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 63 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.14%) Hedge funds
7 49 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
8 45 (1.89%) Algorithms
8 45 (1.89%) Mobile App
9 41 (1.72%) Low-Code
10 30 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 23 (0.96%) Legacy Code
12 23 (0.96%) Sports Betting
13 22 (0.92%) Management Information System
14 19 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
15 18 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 17 (0.71%) Onboarding
16 17 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 109 (4.57%) Windows
2 87 (3.65%) Linux
3 23 (0.96%) Android
4 15 (0.63%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.59%) VMS
6 12 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.46%) Unix
8 2 (0.084%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.084%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.084%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.084%) Solaris
8 2 (0.084%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.084%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.084%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.084%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 735 (30.83%) Software Engineering
2 701 (29.40%) Agile
3 530 (22.23%) Full-Stack Development
4 489 (20.51%) CI/CD
5 477 (20.01%) DevOps
6 307 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
7 291 (12.21%) Microservices
8 281 (11.79%) Mentoring
9 256 (10.74%) Computer Science
10 253 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 243 (10.19%) AI
12 216 (9.06%) Test Automation
13 196 (8.22%) SDLC
14 148 (6.21%) Scrum
15 141 (5.91%) MVC
16 138 (5.79%) Business Intelligence
17 136 (5.70%) Containerisation
18 120 (5.03%) Infrastructure as Code
18 120 (5.03%) Machine Learning
19 117 (4.91%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 764 (32.05%) SQL
2 486 (20.39%) JavaScript
3 392 (16.44%) Python
4 305 (12.79%) TypeScript
5 257 (10.78%) Java
6 242 (10.15%) C++
7 108 (4.53%) PHP
8 95 (3.98%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.31%) C
10 39 (1.64%) T-SQL
11 32 (1.34%) Bash
12 30 (1.26%) Bicep
12 30 (1.26%) Go
13 26 (1.09%) VB.NET
14 23 (0.96%) VBA
15 22 (0.92%) Scala
16 19 (0.80%) F#
16 19 (0.80%) Rust
17 17 (0.71%) Haskell
18 16 (0.67%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 341 (14.30%) Degree
2 166 (6.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 120 (5.03%) Security Cleared
4 70 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (1.80%) Azure Certification
7 41 (1.72%) ISTQB
8 39 (1.64%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 22 (0.92%) PhD
11 18 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 15 (0.63%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.29%) CREST Certified
16 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 6 (0.25%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (5.58%) QA
2 41 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.80%) Data Quality
4 18 (0.76%) GDPR
5 14 (0.59%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.55%) WCAG
7 11 (0.46%) SLA
8 5 (0.21%) IEC 61131
9 3 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.084%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.084%) EMIR
10 2 (0.084%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.084%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 2 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 2 (0.084%) ITGC
11 1 (0.042%) HL7
11 1 (0.042%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.042%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 216 (9.06%) Docker
2 23 (0.96%) Firmware
3 15 (0.63%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.29%) KVM
6 6 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.042%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.042%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.042%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 185 (7.76%) Kubernetes
2 114 (4.78%) Terraform
3 37 (1.55%) Grafana
4 13 (0.55%) Ansible
5 11 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.29%) Kibana
7 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.13%) Control-M
8 3 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.13%) Nmap
9 2 (0.084%) MIIS
9 2 (0.084%) MOM
10 1 (0.042%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.042%) Nessus
10 1 (0.042%) Netcool
10 1 (0.042%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 542 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 45 (1.89%) Oracle
3 38 (1.59%) Google
4 25 (1.05%) Adobe
5 18 (0.76%) Facebook
6 15 (0.63%) OpenAI
7 14 (0.59%) VMware
8 12 (0.50%) Xamarin
9 11 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (0.46%) Databricks
9 11 (0.46%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.34%) iManage
11 7 (0.29%) Apple
11 7 (0.29%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.29%) SAP
12 6 (0.25%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.25%) Intapp
12 6 (0.25%) Splunk
12 6 (0.25%) YouTube
13 5 (0.21%) Aderant