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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 51 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 -32 0
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,836 2,273 8,355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.99% 5.00% 7.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.63% 16.21% 24.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,516 1,880 7,024
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,170 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £70,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 17,049 14,021 33,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.95% 30.87% 31.70%
Number of salaries quoted 12,093 9,273 25,419
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £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 £85,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 0 2,651 £60,000 -7.69% 722
UK excluding London +2 2,073 £57,500 -4.17% 623
Work from Home +1 1,146 £55,000 -15.38% 424
London -17 634 £82,500 +3.13% 209
South East +12 618 £58,750 -2.08% 209
North of England +33 551 £57,500 -2.54% 142
Midlands -11 354 £57,500 +4.55% 89
North West +53 279 £60,000 +9.09% 70
East of England 0 243 £60,000 -9.37% 74
South West +9 231 £55,000 - 72
East Midlands +14 182 £55,000 - 43
West Midlands -31 172 £60,000 +9.09% 46
Yorkshire +2 153 £55,000 -19.71% 35
North East -9 119 £60,000 +4.35% 40
Scotland -18 36 £52,500 -7.08% 21
Wales -43 36 £51,619 -21.79% 18
Northern Ireland -30 6 £65,000 -18.75% 15

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 78 (2.75%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.02%) CMS
2 29 (1.02%) IIS
3 17 (0.60%) Confluence
4 14 (0.49%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
5 8 (0.28%) WordPress
6 6 (0.21%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.18%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.14%) Apache
8 4 (0.14%) JBoss
8 4 (0.14%) nginx
9 3 (0.11%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.071%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.071%) DNN
10 2 (0.071%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.071%) Immediacy CMS
10 2 (0.071%) Kentico
Applications
1 40 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.25%) Simulink
4 5 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.11%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.071%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.071%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 37 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.11%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.11%) Magento
3 3 (0.11%) Shopify
4 2 (0.071%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.071%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 2 (0.071%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.035%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.035%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.035%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.035%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,405 (49.54%) Azure
2 481 (16.96%) AWS
3 375 (13.22%) Azure DevOps
4 259 (9.13%) Power Platform
5 203 (7.16%) SaaS
6 187 (6.59%) GitHub
7 156 (5.50%) Azure Logic Apps
8 151 (5.32%) Serverless
9 144 (5.08%) Power Automate
10 140 (4.94%) PowerApps
11 130 (4.58%) Azure AI
12 120 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
13 116 (4.09%) GitHub Copilot
14 99 (3.49%) Azure Functions
15 97 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
16 95 (3.35%) Azure Service Bus
17 90 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 66 (2.33%) GCP
19 56 (1.97%) Azure AKS
20 54 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.76%) Internet
2 19 (0.67%) Broadband
3 14 (0.49%) DNS
3 14 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.35%) Ethernet
5 9 (0.32%) Firewall
6 8 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
7 7 (0.25%) HTTP
8 6 (0.21%) DHCP
9 5 (0.18%) LAN
9 5 (0.18%) LTE
9 5 (0.18%) VPN
9 5 (0.18%) WAN
10 4 (0.14%) Intranet
10 4 (0.14%) Modbus
10 4 (0.14%) Network Security
11 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.11%) RS-232
11 3 (0.11%) SSL
12 2 (0.071%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 495 (17.45%) SQL Server
2 396 (13.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 340 (11.99%) MongoDB
4 150 (5.29%) Power BI
5 119 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
6 78 (2.75%) NoSQL
7 73 (2.57%) MySQL
8 58 (2.05%) Relational Database
9 54 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 37 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 19 (0.67%) Redis
13 14 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (0.46%) Db2
15 12 (0.42%) Metadata
16 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
17 8 (0.28%) DynamoDB
18 7 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
18 7 (0.25%) GIS
18 7 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 205 (7.23%) Git
2 58 (2.05%) JIRA
3 44 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 42 (1.48%) Selenium
5 35 (1.23%) GitLab
6 29 (1.02%) Postman
7 24 (0.85%) SpecFlow
7 24 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
8 21 (0.74%) TeamCity
9 17 (0.60%) Jenkins
10 14 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
11 13 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 13 (0.46%) NUnit
11 13 (0.46%) WebDriver
12 12 (0.42%) Claude Code
12 12 (0.42%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.35%) SoapUI
14 8 (0.28%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.28%) Yeoman
General
1 501 (17.67%) Finance
2 395 (13.93%) Social Skills
3 151 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
4 103 (3.63%) Manufacturing
5 76 (2.68%) Games
6 67 (2.36%) Retail
7 66 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 58 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 56 (1.97%) Electronics
10 55 (1.94%) Advertising
10 55 (1.94%) Banking
11 51 (1.80%) Aerospace
12 49 (1.73%) Front Office
12 49 (1.73%) Law
13 46 (1.62%) Marketing
14 39 (1.38%) Legal
15 34 (1.20%) Automotive
16 18 (0.63%) Investment Banking
17 16 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,538 (54.23%) Developer
2 653 (23.03%) .NET Developer
3 636 (22.43%) Software Engineer
4 579 (20.42%) Senior
5 427 (15.06%) Software Developer
6 384 (13.54%) C# Developer
7 305 (10.75%) C# Software Engineer
8 276 (9.73%) Senior Developer
9 268 (9.45%) Lead
10 224 (7.90%) Senior Software Engineer
11 167 (5.89%) C# .NET Developer
12 166 (5.85%) C# Software Developer
13 165 (5.82%) Full-Stack Developer
14 159 (5.61%) .NET Software Engineer
15 136 (4.80%) Graduate
16 125 (4.41%) Lead Developer
17 99 (3.49%) Graduate Developer
18 95 (3.35%) .NET Software Developer
19 94 (3.31%) Azure Developer
20 93 (3.28%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,840 (64.88%) .NET
2 675 (23.80%) .NET Core
3 606 (21.37%) ASP.NET
4 454 (16.01%) ASP.NET Core
5 402 (14.17%) React
6 325 (11.46%) CSS
7 312 (11.00%) HTML
8 267 (9.41%) AngularJS
9 243 (8.57%) RESTful
10 238 (8.39%) Vue
11 236 (8.32%) Blazor
12 221 (7.79%) Entity Framework
13 213 (7.51%) .NET Framework
14 202 (7.12%) Node.js
15 197 (6.95%) REST
16 169 (5.96%) ASP.NET Web API
17 117 (4.13%) ML.NET
18 100 (3.53%) WPF
19 92 (3.24%) LINQ
20 66 (2.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 180 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 120 (4.23%) Greenfield Project
3 110 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
4 93 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 90 (3.17%) Product Ownership
6 75 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
7 58 (2.05%) Mobile App
8 57 (2.01%) Hedge funds
9 50 (1.76%) Algorithms
10 38 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 37 (1.30%) Onboarding
12 35 (1.23%) Low-Code
12 35 (1.23%) Virtual Team
13 31 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 26 (0.92%) Management Information System
15 24 (0.85%) Legacy Code
15 24 (0.85%) Sports Betting
16 23 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
17 22 (0.78%) AI Agents
17 22 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 142 (5.01%) Windows
2 106 (3.74%) Linux
3 41 (1.45%) Android
4 26 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.32%) Unix
8 7 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.071%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 939 (33.11%) Agile
2 880 (31.03%) Software Engineering
3 779 (27.47%) Full-Stack Development
4 652 (22.99%) CI/CD
5 626 (22.07%) DevOps
6 415 (14.63%) AI
7 411 (14.49%) Microservices
8 400 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
9 313 (11.04%) Mentoring
10 303 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 274 (9.66%) Computer Science
12 235 (8.29%) Test Automation
13 226 (7.97%) SDLC
14 218 (7.69%) Machine Learning
15 179 (6.31%) Scrum
16 167 (5.89%) Business Intelligence
17 166 (5.85%) TDD
18 162 (5.71%) Multithreading
19 156 (5.50%) Containerisation
20 153 (5.39%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1,046 (36.88%) SQL
2 615 (21.69%) JavaScript
3 451 (15.90%) Python
4 399 (14.07%) TypeScript
5 330 (11.64%) C++
6 267 (9.41%) Java
7 120 (4.23%) PHP
8 97 (3.42%) PowerShell
9 71 (2.50%) C
10 57 (2.01%) T-SQL
11 41 (1.45%) Bicep
12 38 (1.34%) Go
13 35 (1.23%) Bash
13 35 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 29 (1.02%) VBA
15 23 (0.81%) Rust
16 19 (0.67%) MATLAB
16 19 (0.67%) Scala
17 17 (0.60%) F#
17 17 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 386 (13.61%) Degree
2 185 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 123 (4.34%) Security Cleared
4 76 (2.68%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.55%) Master's Degree
6 43 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 34 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (0.99%) PhD
9 26 (0.92%) ISTQB
10 18 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (0.35%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
13 7 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.21%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.18%) CREST Certified
15 5 (0.18%) GPEN
15 5 (0.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (5.43%) QA
2 47 (1.66%) Accessibility
3 26 (0.92%) Data Quality
4 23 (0.81%) GDPR
5 19 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.42%) SLA
8 11 (0.39%) WCAG
9 5 (0.18%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.11%) NCSC
12 2 (0.071%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.071%) ITGC
13 1 (0.035%) EMIR
13 1 (0.035%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 324 (11.42%) Docker
2 28 (0.99%) Firmware
3 21 (0.74%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.21%) KVM
6 6 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 288 (10.16%) Kubernetes
2 139 (4.90%) Terraform
3 35 (1.23%) Grafana
4 17 (0.60%) Ansible
5 10 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.18%) Kibana
8 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.11%) Control-M
9 3 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.071%) Hadoop YARN
10 2 (0.071%) MIIS
10 2 (0.071%) MOM
11 1 (0.035%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.035%) Nessus
11 1 (0.035%) Netcool
11 1 (0.035%) Nmap
Vendors
1 834 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 62 (2.19%) Google
3 49 (1.73%) Facebook
4 45 (1.59%) Oracle
5 24 (0.85%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.81%) Adobe
7 19 (0.67%) Salesforce
8 17 (0.60%) VMware
9 16 (0.56%) Xamarin
9 16 (0.56%) YouTube
10 15 (0.53%) Apple
10 15 (0.53%) Databricks
11 13 (0.46%) Sony
11 13 (0.46%) Yahoo!
12 10 (0.35%) iManage
12 10 (0.35%) Intapp
12 10 (0.35%) Splunk
13 9 (0.32%) ServiceNow
14 8 (0.28%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (0.28%) IBM