C# Job Trends

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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 28 17
Rank change year-on-year -44 -11 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,877 3,217 7,050
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.68% 6.88% 9.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.55% 20.03% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,251 6,342
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 12,897 16,057 28,656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.40% 34.35% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9,135 10,048 23,328
10th Percentile £34,600 £37,937 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,251 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.50% -0.91%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 -43 1,721 £60,000 -7.69% 1,121
UK excluding London -51 1,256 £57,500 - 985
Work from Home -31 750 £60,000 -7.69% 546
London -20 505 £80,000 +6.67% 279
South East -43 368 £55,000 -12.00% 319
North of England -29 358 £65,000 +23.81% 239
Midlands -40 259 £52,500 -4.55% 129
North West -28 174 £62,500 +22.81% 125
East Midlands -23 136 £52,500 -4.55% 60
West Midlands -47 123 £52,500 -8.70% 67
South West -38 122 £55,000 -4.35% 117
Yorkshire -33 121 £65,000 +30.00% 86
East of England -74 87 £55,000 -16.93% 115
North East -8 63 £70,000 +16.67% 33
Scotland -76 45 £60,000 +34.83% 49
Wales -44 16 £45,000 -25.00% 21
Northern Ireland -30 9 £95,000 +61.70% 12
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 44 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.76%) IIS
3 19 (1.01%) CMS
4 8 (0.43%) Kinematics
5 7 (0.37%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.27%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.053%) Kentico
Applications
1 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.21%) Simulink
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.053%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 44 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.053%) Endur
6 1 (0.053%) Magento
6 1 (0.053%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.053%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 864 (46.03%) Azure
2 338 (18.01%) AWS
3 220 (11.72%) SaaS
4 219 (11.67%) Azure DevOps
5 191 (10.18%) Power Platform
6 126 (6.71%) Serverless
7 99 (5.27%) Dynamics 365
7 99 (5.27%) Power Automate
8 92 (4.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 91 (4.85%) PowerApps
10 80 (4.26%) GCP
11 73 (3.89%) Azure Functions
12 66 (3.52%) GitHub
13 54 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
14 52 (2.77%) Azure Service Bus
15 36 (1.92%) Azure AKS
16 35 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 32 (1.70%) Entra ID
18 30 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (0.64%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.37%) DNS
4 6 (0.32%) DHCP
4 6 (0.32%) HTTP
4 6 (0.32%) Internet
5 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.21%) Firewall
5 4 (0.21%) SAN
6 3 (0.16%) Broadband
6 3 (0.16%) Intranet
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.11%) NAS
7 2 (0.11%) VLAN
8 1 (0.053%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.053%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.053%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 364 (19.39%) SQL Server
2 96 (5.11%) Power BI
3 81 (4.32%) Relational Database
4 73 (3.89%) NoSQL
5 60 (3.20%) MySQL
6 56 (2.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 52 (2.77%) MongoDB
8 45 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 42 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
10 40 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
12 21 (1.12%) Redis
13 15 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.37%) DB2
15 7 (0.37%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.27%) GIS
17 4 (0.21%) Big Data
17 4 (0.21%) Oracle Database
17 4 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 122 (6.50%) Git
2 69 (3.68%) Selenium
3 62 (3.30%) Visual Studio
4 58 (3.09%) JIRA
5 40 (2.13%) Postman
6 37 (1.97%) WebDriver
7 33 (1.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 28 (1.49%) Jenkins
8 28 (1.49%) SoapUI
9 24 (1.28%) SpecFlow
10 16 (0.85%) Cypress.io
11 14 (0.75%) GitLab
11 14 (0.75%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.69%) NUnit
13 9 (0.48%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.48%) LabVIEW
14 7 (0.37%) Balsamiq
14 7 (0.37%) PowerBuilder
14 7 (0.37%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
General
1 409 (21.79%) Social Skills
2 335 (17.85%) Finance
3 117 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (4.64%) Law
5 77 (4.10%) Public Sector
6 58 (3.09%) Manufacturing
7 56 (2.98%) Retail
8 54 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 45 (2.40%) Banking
10 41 (2.18%) Front Office
11 39 (2.08%) Electronics
12 33 (1.76%) Games
13 32 (1.70%) Legal
14 29 (1.55%) Marketing
15 17 (0.91%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.91%) Military
16 16 (0.85%) Aviation
16 16 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 931 (49.60%) Developer
2 417 (22.22%) Senior
3 327 (17.42%) Software Engineer
4 292 (15.56%) Software Developer
5 282 (15.02%) C# Developer
6 245 (13.05%) .NET Developer
7 219 (11.67%) Senior Developer
8 192 (10.23%) Lead
9 161 (8.58%) Full-Stack Developer
10 112 (5.97%) C# Software Engineer
11 105 (5.59%) Senior Software Engineer
12 102 (5.43%) C# .NET Developer
13 101 (5.38%) .NET Software Engineer
14 87 (4.64%) C# Software Developer
15 68 (3.62%) Analyst
16 65 (3.46%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 65 (3.46%) Senior Software Developer
17 63 (3.36%) Lead Developer
18 62 (3.30%) Architect
19 59 (3.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,156 (61.59%) .NET
2 330 (17.58%) .NET Core
3 257 (13.69%) React
4 216 (11.51%) ASP.NET
5 186 (9.91%) HTML
6 173 (9.22%) .NET Framework
7 168 (8.95%) CSS
8 150 (7.99%) AngularJS
9 130 (6.93%) REST
10 95 (5.06%) RESTful
11 84 (4.48%) Entity Framework
12 70 (3.73%) Vue
13 65 (3.46%) Blazor
14 53 (2.82%) ASP.NET Core
15 52 (2.77%) Node.js
16 47 (2.50%) ASP.NET MVC
16 47 (2.50%) XML
17 43 (2.29%) WPF
18 42 (2.24%) ASP.NET Web API
18 42 (2.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 115 (6.13%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.46%) Onboarding
5 51 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
6 50 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
7 42 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 40 (2.13%) Low-Code
9 35 (1.86%) Mobile App
10 33 (1.76%) Algorithms
11 29 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.49%) Hedge funds
13 27 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 19 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 18 (0.96%) Client/Server
16 17 (0.91%) Sports Betting
17 15 (0.80%) Derivative
18 14 (0.75%) AI Agents
18 14 (0.75%) Robotics
19 13 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 90 (4.79%) Windows
2 67 (3.57%) Linux
3 23 (1.23%) Android
4 18 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.85%) Unix
6 11 (0.59%) VMS
7 9 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
9 2 (0.11%) Solaris
9 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.053%) Fedora
10 1 (0.053%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 594 (31.65%) Software Engineering
2 576 (30.69%) Agile
3 433 (23.07%) DevOps
4 407 (21.68%) CI/CD
5 380 (20.25%) Full-Stack Development
6 347 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
7 279 (14.86%) Mentoring
8 278 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 260 (13.85%) Microservices
10 190 (10.12%) Computer Science
11 163 (8.68%) SDLC
12 162 (8.63%) AI
13 145 (7.73%) Test Automation
14 140 (7.46%) Scrum
15 122 (6.50%) MVC
16 120 (6.39%) Containerisation
17 111 (5.91%) Migration
18 107 (5.70%) Business Intelligence
19 106 (5.65%) CRM
20 103 (5.49%) OO
Programming Languages
1 602 (32.07%) SQL
2 434 (23.12%) JavaScript
3 310 (16.52%) Python
4 240 (12.79%) TypeScript
5 232 (12.36%) Java
6 156 (8.31%) C++
7 91 (4.85%) PowerShell
8 60 (3.20%) PHP
9 53 (2.82%) C
10 41 (2.18%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.55%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.23%) Go
12 23 (1.23%) Rust
13 21 (1.12%) Bash
14 17 (0.91%) Delphi
14 17 (0.91%) VBA
15 15 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
16 14 (0.75%) Bicep
16 14 (0.75%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.64%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 275 (14.65%) Degree
2 130 (6.93%) Security Cleared
3 129 (6.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 78 (4.16%) SC Cleared
5 63 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (2.66%) Azure Certification
7 45 (2.40%) ISTQB
8 37 (1.97%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.81%) Master's Degree
10 28 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
12 24 (1.28%) DV Cleared
13 23 (1.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 21 (1.12%) PhD
15 16 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.43%) ISEB
18 7 (0.37%) CREST Certified
19 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
20 5 (0.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (8.95%) QA
2 33 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.96%) Data Quality
3 18 (0.96%) GDPR
4 11 (0.59%) ISO 9001
4 11 (0.59%) WCAG
5 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.37%) SLA
6 3 (0.16%) EMIR
6 3 (0.16%) SEPA
7 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.053%) HL7
8 1 (0.053%) IFRS
8 1 (0.053%) ITGC
System Software
1 172 (9.16%) Docker
2 23 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.01%) Firmware
4 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.053%) Squid
8 1 (0.053%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 144 (7.67%) Kubernetes
2 85 (4.53%) Terraform
3 27 (1.44%) Grafana
4 13 (0.69%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.11%) MOM
8 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.053%) Nessus
9 1 (0.053%) Netcool
9 1 (0.053%) WMI
Vendors
1 390 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 49 (2.61%) Oracle
3 31 (1.65%) Google
4 21 (1.12%) Xamarin
5 17 (0.91%) SAP
6 14 (0.75%) Palantir
7 13 (0.69%) Guidewire
8 12 (0.64%) Databricks
8 12 (0.64%) Sage
9 11 (0.59%) VMware
10 10 (0.53%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.37%) Adobe
13 7 (0.37%) IBM
13 7 (0.37%) iManage
13 7 (0.37%) Infor
14 6 (0.32%) Epicor
14 6 (0.32%) Foundry
14 6 (0.32%) IFS