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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 35 18
Rank change year-on-year -42 -17 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,060 2,604 7,666
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.49% 6.37% 8.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.91% 19.09% 24.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,790 2,193 6,774
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
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 14,806 13,642 31,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.88% 33.36% 34.80%
Number of salaries quoted 10,246 10,233 24,769
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,939 £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 £86,250 £77,715
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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -39 1,896 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -47 1,406 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -24 780 £60,000 -4.00% 535
London -26 530 £82,500 +10.00% 269
North of England -38 414 £62,500 +15.21% 185
South East -25 401 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -40 263 £57,500 +4.55% 124
North West -39 196 £60,000 +17.49% 90
Yorkshire -30 140 £62,500 +19.05% 60
South West -23 139 £55,000 -4.35% 81
East Midlands -27 134 £55,000 - 54
West Midlands -49 129 £57,500 +4.55% 70
East of England -59 128 £55,000 -16.93% 101
North East -9 78 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -65 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -50 18 £42,500 -32.00% 25
Northern Ireland -33 9 £80,000 - 6
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 55 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.12%) CMS
3 22 (1.07%) IIS
4 10 (0.49%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.24%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.24%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Confluence
7 3 (0.15%) Kinematics
8 2 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.097%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.097%) nginx
9 1 (0.049%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.049%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.049%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.19%) Simulink
4 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.29%) Shopify
3 3 (0.15%) Magento
3 3 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.097%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.049%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.049%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.049%) Endur
5 1 (0.049%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.049%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.049%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.049%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.049%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 908 (44.08%) Azure
2 348 (16.89%) AWS
3 215 (10.44%) SaaS
4 209 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
5 201 (9.76%) Power Platform
6 125 (6.07%) Serverless
7 119 (5.78%) Azure Logic Apps
8 102 (4.95%) Power Automate
9 99 (4.81%) PowerApps
10 96 (4.66%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.69%) Azure Functions
12 73 (3.54%) GitHub
13 69 (3.35%) GCP
14 68 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
15 58 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
16 43 (2.09%) Azure AKS
17 36 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 32 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
19 26 (1.26%) PaaS
20 25 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.73%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.53%) Broadband
4 6 (0.29%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.24%) DNS
5 5 (0.24%) HTTP
5 5 (0.24%) Internet
6 4 (0.19%) Intranet
6 4 (0.19%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
7 3 (0.15%) Network Security
8 2 (0.097%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.097%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.097%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.049%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.049%) Profibus
9 1 (0.049%) SSL
9 1 (0.049%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 403 (19.56%) SQL Server
2 118 (5.73%) Power BI
3 77 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (3.35%) NoSQL
5 62 (3.01%) Relational Database
6 61 (2.96%) MySQL
7 46 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
8 45 (2.18%) MongoDB
9 43 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 43 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (0.87%) Redis
11 15 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.53%) DB2
13 9 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (0.29%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.24%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.19%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 127 (6.17%) Git
2 68 (3.30%) Selenium
3 63 (3.06%) Visual Studio
4 50 (2.43%) JIRA
5 37 (1.80%) Postman
6 30 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
6 30 (1.46%) WebDriver
7 27 (1.31%) SpecFlow
8 25 (1.21%) SoapUI
9 24 (1.17%) Jenkins
10 19 (0.92%) TeamCity
11 16 (0.78%) Cypress.io
11 16 (0.78%) NUnit
12 13 (0.63%) GitLab
13 11 (0.53%) Cucumber
14 9 (0.44%) LabVIEW
15 8 (0.39%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
17 6 (0.29%) MSTest
17 6 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 396 (19.22%) Finance
2 354 (17.18%) Social Skills
3 124 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (3.54%) Public Sector
5 71 (3.45%) Law
6 58 (2.82%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (2.23%) Banking
8 46 (2.23%) Front Office
9 44 (2.14%) Retail
10 42 (2.04%) Games
11 37 (1.80%) Electronics
12 30 (1.46%) Legal
13 27 (1.31%) Marketing
14 22 (1.07%) Aerospace
15 18 (0.87%) Investment Banking
16 17 (0.83%) Military
17 15 (0.73%) Aviation
17 15 (0.73%) Telecoms
18 10 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,060 (51.46%) Developer
2 457 (22.18%) Senior
3 389 (18.88%) Software Engineer
4 364 (17.67%) C# Developer
4 364 (17.67%) Software Developer
5 288 (13.98%) .NET Developer
6 241 (11.70%) Senior Developer
7 237 (11.50%) Lead
8 170 (8.25%) Full-Stack Developer
9 149 (7.23%) C# Software Engineer
10 141 (6.84%) C# .NET Developer
11 130 (6.31%) C# Software Developer
12 121 (5.87%) Senior Software Engineer
13 118 (5.73%) .NET Software Engineer
14 90 (4.37%) Graduate
15 89 (4.32%) Lead Developer
16 76 (3.69%) Senior Software Developer
17 74 (3.59%) .NET Software Developer
18 71 (3.45%) Graduate Developer
18 71 (3.45%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,287 (62.48%) .NET
2 375 (18.20%) .NET Core
3 256 (12.43%) ASP.NET
4 247 (11.99%) React
5 189 (9.17%) HTML
6 186 (9.03%) CSS
7 184 (8.93%) .NET Framework
8 135 (6.55%) AngularJS
9 134 (6.50%) REST
10 107 (5.19%) RESTful
11 86 (4.17%) Vue
12 84 (4.08%) ASP.NET Core
13 81 (3.93%) Entity Framework
14 76 (3.69%) Blazor
15 66 (3.20%) Node.js
16 49 (2.38%) WPF
17 48 (2.33%) Playwright
18 46 (2.23%) jQuery
19 43 (2.09%) XML
20 41 (1.99%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 115 (5.58%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
3 59 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.09%) Low-Code
7 42 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (1.99%) Mobile App
9 39 (1.89%) Hedge funds
10 35 (1.70%) Onboarding
11 32 (1.55%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 25 (1.21%) Virtual Team
14 21 (1.02%) Sports Betting
15 20 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 19 (0.92%) Public Cloud
17 18 (0.87%) Client/Server
17 18 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
17 18 (0.87%) Legacy Code
18 17 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 99 (4.81%) Windows
2 74 (3.59%) Linux
3 18 (0.87%) Android
4 16 (0.78%) Unix
5 15 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.68%) VMS
7 9 (0.44%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.097%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.097%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.097%) Solaris
8 2 (0.097%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 653 (31.70%) Software Engineering
2 586 (28.45%) Agile
3 429 (20.83%) DevOps
4 402 (19.51%) CI/CD
5 401 (19.47%) Full-Stack Development
6 314 (15.24%) Problem-Solving
7 258 (12.52%) Mentoring
8 256 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 244 (11.84%) Microservices
10 211 (10.24%) Computer Science
11 173 (8.40%) SDLC
12 171 (8.30%) AI
13 169 (8.20%) Test Automation
14 139 (6.75%) MVC
15 131 (6.36%) Business Intelligence
16 124 (6.02%) Containerisation
17 123 (5.97%) Scrum
18 105 (5.10%) OO
19 98 (4.76%) Analytics
19 98 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 642 (31.17%) SQL
2 443 (21.50%) JavaScript
3 336 (16.31%) Python
4 259 (12.57%) TypeScript
5 233 (11.31%) Java
6 198 (9.61%) C++
7 84 (4.08%) PHP
8 81 (3.93%) PowerShell
9 56 (2.72%) C
10 41 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.60%) Go
12 27 (1.31%) Bash
13 24 (1.17%) VB.NET
14 22 (1.07%) Bicep
15 20 (0.97%) Rust
15 20 (0.97%) VBA
16 19 (0.92%) Delphi
17 17 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
18 15 (0.73%) PL/SQL
19 11 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 289 (14.03%) Degree
2 137 (6.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 113 (5.49%) Security Cleared
4 64 (3.11%) SC Cleared
5 49 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (2.18%) ISTQB
7 41 (1.99%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 31 (1.50%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (1.12%) PhD
11 21 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (0.97%) DV Cleared
13 18 (0.87%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.49%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.44%) ISEB
18 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (6.94%) QA
2 37 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 20 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.73%) GDPR
5 13 (0.63%) WCAG
6 11 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.39%) SLA
9 3 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.15%) EMIR
10 2 (0.097%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.097%) ITGC
11 1 (0.049%) HL7
11 1 (0.049%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.049%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.049%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 176 (8.54%) Docker
2 22 (1.07%) Firmware
3 12 (0.58%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.34%) KVM
6 6 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.049%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 147 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 89 (4.32%) Terraform
3 37 (1.80%) Grafana
4 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.39%) Ansible
6 7 (0.34%) Kibana
7 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.097%) MIIS
8 2 (0.097%) MOM
8 2 (0.097%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.049%) Control-M
9 1 (0.049%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.049%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.049%) Nessus
9 1 (0.049%) Netcool
Vendors
1 398 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 45 (2.18%) Oracle
3 31 (1.50%) Google
4 17 (0.83%) Xamarin
5 16 (0.78%) SAP
6 15 (0.73%) Adobe
7 12 (0.58%) Databricks
8 11 (0.53%) VMware
9 10 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.44%) MuleSoft
10 9 (0.44%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.44%) Palantir
10 9 (0.44%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.34%) iManage
11 7 (0.34%) Sage
11 7 (0.34%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.29%) Epicor
12 6 (0.29%) IBM
12 6 (0.29%) IFS
12 6 (0.29%) Talend