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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 30 17
Rank change year-on-year -45 -13 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,951 2,839 7,447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.59% 6.71% 8.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.35% 19.73% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,692 2,263 6,639
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
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 13,598 14,388 30,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.04% 34.01% 35.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,543 10,182 24,221
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £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 £85,188 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +4.63% -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 20 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 20 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 -44 1,786 £60,000 -7.69% 859
UK excluding London -48 1,315 £57,500 - 691
Work from Home -26 771 £60,000 -6.25% 544
London -29 507 £80,000 +6.67% 269
North of England -32 386 £62,500 +19.05% 165
South East -41 371 £55,325 -7.79% 236
Midlands -40 258 £55,000 - 110
North West -36 189 £61,500 +22.87% 80
East Midlands -25 142 £55,000 - 45
South West -24 134 £55,000 -4.35% 69
Yorkshire -30 130 £65,000 +23.81% 53
West Midlands -50 116 £55,000 -4.35% 65
East of England -61 104 £55,000 -16.92% 79
North East -11 67 £70,000 +19.15% 39
Scotland -67 44 £60,000 +33.33% 27
Wales -47 18 £42,500 -34.62% 24
Northern Ireland -33 8 £95,000 +61.70% 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 51 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.33%) IIS
3 19 (0.97%) CMS
4 9 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.26%) Kinematics
5 5 (0.26%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.21%) Confluence
6 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.10%) nginx
7 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.051%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.051%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.051%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.051%) Kentico
Applications
1 14 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.21%) Simulink
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) Shopify
3 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.10%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.10%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.051%) Endur
5 1 (0.051%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.051%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.051%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 871 (44.64%) Azure
2 334 (17.12%) AWS
3 216 (11.07%) SaaS
4 200 (10.25%) Azure DevOps
5 188 (9.64%) Power Platform
6 126 (6.46%) Serverless
7 100 (5.13%) Azure Logic Apps
8 96 (4.92%) Power Automate
9 94 (4.82%) PowerApps
10 93 (4.77%) Dynamics 365
11 75 (3.84%) Azure Functions
12 73 (3.74%) GCP
13 69 (3.54%) GitHub
14 60 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
15 55 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
16 40 (2.05%) Azure AKS
17 34 (1.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 27 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
19 26 (1.33%) Entra ID
19 26 (1.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.72%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.56%) Broadband
4 7 (0.36%) Internet
5 4 (0.21%) DNS
5 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.21%) HTTP
6 3 (0.15%) DHCP
6 3 (0.15%) Firewall
6 3 (0.15%) LTE
6 3 (0.15%) Modbus
7 2 (0.10%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.10%) Intranet
8 1 (0.051%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.051%) Network Security
8 1 (0.051%) SAN
8 1 (0.051%) SSL
8 1 (0.051%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 388 (19.89%) SQL Server
2 109 (5.59%) Power BI
3 74 (3.79%) NoSQL
4 71 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 71 (3.64%) Relational Database
5 65 (3.33%) MySQL
6 53 (2.72%) MongoDB
7 46 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
8 45 (2.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 42 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 19 (0.97%) Redis
11 18 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
12 17 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.51%) DB2
14 9 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.36%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.31%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.21%) ClickHouse
17 4 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 130 (6.66%) Git
2 68 (3.49%) Selenium
3 63 (3.23%) Visual Studio
4 55 (2.82%) JIRA
5 37 (1.90%) Postman
6 33 (1.69%) WebDriver
7 31 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 26 (1.33%) Jenkins
8 26 (1.33%) SoapUI
9 25 (1.28%) SpecFlow
10 17 (0.87%) Cypress.io
11 16 (0.82%) NUnit
11 16 (0.82%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.72%) GitLab
13 9 (0.46%) LabVIEW
14 7 (0.36%) Balsamiq
14 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.31%) git-flow
15 6 (0.31%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 377 (19.32%) Social Skills
2 370 (18.96%) Finance
3 122 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (3.90%) Law
4 76 (3.90%) Public Sector
5 60 (3.08%) Manufacturing
6 53 (2.72%) Retail
7 52 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (2.41%) Banking
9 42 (2.15%) Front Office
10 37 (1.90%) Electronics
10 37 (1.90%) Games
11 30 (1.54%) Marketing
12 26 (1.33%) Legal
13 18 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 17 (0.87%) Aerospace
14 17 (0.87%) Military
15 16 (0.82%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.72%) Aviation
17 11 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 983 (50.38%) Developer
2 436 (22.35%) Senior
3 353 (18.09%) Software Engineer
4 333 (17.07%) Software Developer
5 313 (16.04%) C# Developer
6 258 (13.22%) .NET Developer
7 231 (11.84%) Senior Developer
8 205 (10.51%) Lead
9 164 (8.41%) Full-Stack Developer
10 115 (5.89%) C# Software Engineer
11 112 (5.74%) Senior Software Engineer
12 109 (5.59%) C# .NET Developer
13 107 (5.48%) C# Software Developer
14 105 (5.38%) .NET Software Engineer
15 79 (4.05%) Graduate
16 72 (3.69%) Senior Software Developer
17 66 (3.38%) Lead Developer
18 65 (3.33%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
18 65 (3.33%) SQL Developer
19 64 (3.28%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,212 (62.12%) .NET
2 361 (18.50%) .NET Core
3 259 (13.28%) React
4 242 (12.40%) ASP.NET
5 187 (9.58%) HTML
6 184 (9.43%) .NET Framework
7 179 (9.17%) CSS
8 140 (7.18%) AngularJS
9 129 (6.61%) REST
10 100 (5.13%) RESTful
11 89 (4.56%) Entity Framework
12 75 (3.84%) ASP.NET Core
13 71 (3.64%) Vue
14 70 (3.59%) Blazor
15 66 (3.38%) Node.js
16 44 (2.26%) ASP.NET MVC
17 43 (2.20%) WPF
18 42 (2.15%) ASP.NET Web API
19 41 (2.10%) jQuery
19 41 (2.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.15%) Cloud Native
2 75 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
5 46 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (2.31%) Onboarding
7 43 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (2.05%) Mobile App
9 38 (1.95%) Low-Code
10 32 (1.64%) Algorithms
11 31 (1.59%) Hedge funds
12 25 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 23 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
14 20 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 19 (0.97%) Sports Betting
16 18 (0.92%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.87%) Client/Server
18 16 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
19 15 (0.77%) Derivative
20 14 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 91 (4.66%) Windows
2 70 (3.59%) Linux
3 18 (0.92%) Android
4 17 (0.87%) Unix
5 16 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.62%) VMS
7 8 (0.41%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.10%) Solaris
8 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.051%) Fedora
9 1 (0.051%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (32.24%) Software Engineering
2 587 (30.09%) Agile
3 425 (21.78%) DevOps
4 398 (20.40%) CI/CD
5 390 (19.99%) Full-Stack Development
6 323 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
7 262 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 262 (13.43%) Mentoring
8 251 (12.87%) Microservices
9 204 (10.46%) Computer Science
10 176 (9.02%) AI
11 160 (8.20%) SDLC
12 149 (7.64%) Test Automation
13 132 (6.77%) Scrum
14 130 (6.66%) MVC
15 123 (6.30%) Business Intelligence
16 122 (6.25%) Containerisation
17 110 (5.64%) OO
18 99 (5.07%) User Experience
19 98 (5.02%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 620 (31.78%) SQL
2 434 (22.25%) JavaScript
3 318 (16.30%) Python
4 248 (12.71%) TypeScript
5 229 (11.74%) Java
6 174 (8.92%) C++
7 74 (3.79%) PHP
8 72 (3.69%) PowerShell
9 51 (2.61%) C
10 42 (2.15%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.69%) Go
12 28 (1.44%) VB.NET
13 25 (1.28%) Bash
14 23 (1.18%) Rust
15 17 (0.87%) Bicep
15 17 (0.87%) Delphi
15 17 (0.87%) VBA
16 16 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
17 15 (0.77%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.56%) F#
Qualifications
1 274 (14.04%) Degree
2 126 (6.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 122 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 74 (3.79%) SC Cleared
5 56 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (2.26%) ISTQB
7 41 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 34 (1.74%) AWS Certification
9 33 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.23%) DV Cleared
12 23 (1.18%) PhD
12 23 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 21 (1.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.46%) ISEB
17 8 (0.41%) CREST Certified
18 6 (0.31%) HND
18 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (7.84%) QA
2 29 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 18 (0.92%) GDPR
5 11 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 11 (0.56%) WCAG
6 8 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.41%) SLA
7 3 (0.15%) EMIR
8 2 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.10%) ITGC
8 2 (0.10%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.051%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.051%) HL7
9 1 (0.051%) IFRS
9 1 (0.051%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 174 (8.92%) Docker
2 18 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.92%) Firmware
3 9 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.36%) KVM
5 5 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.051%) Squid
6 1 (0.051%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 146 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 82 (4.20%) Terraform
3 37 (1.90%) Grafana
4 8 (0.41%) Ansible
4 8 (0.41%) Kibana
4 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.15%) Nmap
6 2 (0.10%) MOM
6 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.051%) Control-M
7 1 (0.051%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.051%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.051%) MIIS
7 1 (0.051%) Nessus
7 1 (0.051%) Netcool
Vendors
1 391 (20.04%) Microsoft
2 42 (2.15%) Oracle
3 31 (1.59%) Google
4 20 (1.03%) Xamarin
5 17 (0.87%) SAP
6 14 (0.72%) Palantir
7 13 (0.67%) Databricks
8 11 (0.56%) VMware
9 10 (0.51%) MuleSoft
9 10 (0.51%) Sage
10 9 (0.46%) Adobe
10 9 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (0.41%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.36%) Guidewire
12 7 (0.36%) Infor
12 7 (0.36%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.31%) Foundry
13 6 (0.31%) IBM
13 6 (0.31%) iManage
13 6 (0.31%) Talend