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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 38 18
Rank change year-on-year -39 -20 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,129 2,552 7,867
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.47% 6.14% 8.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.94% 18.44% 24.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,846 2,157 6,886
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,795 £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 £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,750
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 15,272 13,838 32,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.74% 33.28% 34.25%
Number of salaries quoted 10,390 10,229 25,158
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,234
25th Percentile £46,939 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,482 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £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 17 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 17 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 -38 1,954 £60,000 -7.69% 891
UK excluding London -42 1,461 £57,500 - 707
Work from Home -23 800 £57,500 -11.54% 467
London -26 539 £82,500 +10.00% 276
South East -27 427 £58,750 -2.08% 231
North of England -24 414 £62,500 +13.64% 165
Midlands -46 270 £57,500 +4.55% 98
North West -17 200 £60,000 +17.49% 97
South West -22 148 £55,000 -4.35% 94
Yorkshire -34 139 £62,000 +12.73% 43
East Midlands -24 137 £55,000 - 48
East of England -49 136 £55,000 -16.93% 84
West Midlands -58 133 £57,500 +4.55% 50
North East -16 75 £70,000 +21.74% 26
Scotland -58 45 £60,000 +33.33% 29
Wales -48 22 £42,500 -32.00% 20
Northern Ireland -33 9 £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 58 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.13%) CMS
3 20 (0.94%) IIS
4 11 (0.52%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.23%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.23%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.19%) Confluence
7 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.094%) nginx
8 2 (0.094%) WordPress
9 1 (0.047%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.047%) Apache
9 1 (0.047%) Appian
9 1 (0.047%) JBoss
9 1 (0.047%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.047%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.19%) Simulink
4 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.28%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
4 2 (0.094%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.094%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.047%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.047%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.047%) Endur
5 1 (0.047%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.047%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.047%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.047%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 936 (43.96%) Azure
2 358 (16.82%) AWS
3 214 (10.05%) SaaS
4 207 (9.72%) Azure DevOps
5 202 (9.49%) Power Platform
6 130 (6.11%) Serverless
7 121 (5.68%) Azure Logic Apps
8 102 (4.79%) Power Automate
9 100 (4.70%) PowerApps
10 88 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
11 78 (3.66%) Azure Functions
12 74 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
13 72 (3.38%) GitHub
14 64 (3.01%) GCP
15 62 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
16 45 (2.11%) Azure AKS
17 36 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 36 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
18 26 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
19 24 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.61%) TCP/IP
2 11 (0.52%) Broadband
3 10 (0.47%) Remote Desktop
4 7 (0.33%) Ethernet
5 6 (0.28%) Intranet
6 5 (0.23%) DNS
6 5 (0.23%) HTTP
6 5 (0.23%) Internet
7 4 (0.19%) LTE
7 4 (0.19%) Modbus
8 3 (0.14%) DHCP
8 3 (0.14%) Firewall
8 3 (0.14%) Network Security
9 2 (0.094%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.094%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.094%) Hyperconnected
10 1 (0.047%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.047%) Profibus
10 1 (0.047%) SAN
10 1 (0.047%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 422 (19.82%) SQL Server
2 117 (5.50%) Power BI
3 81 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 68 (3.19%) NoSQL
5 62 (2.91%) MySQL
6 61 (2.87%) Relational Database
7 47 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
8 46 (2.16%) MongoDB
9 41 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 36 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.75%) Redis
12 15 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
13 14 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.52%) DB2
15 8 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.28%) Metadata
17 5 (0.23%) Data Lake
18 4 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
18 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 138 (6.48%) Git
2 70 (3.29%) Selenium
3 61 (2.87%) Visual Studio
4 56 (2.63%) JIRA
5 41 (1.93%) Postman
6 32 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.32%) SpecFlow
7 28 (1.32%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.27%) SoapUI
9 24 (1.13%) Jenkins
10 18 (0.85%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.80%) GitLab
12 15 (0.70%) Cypress.io
12 15 (0.70%) NUnit
13 13 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
14 11 (0.52%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.42%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.33%) LabVIEW
16 7 (0.33%) REST Assured
17 6 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 416 (19.54%) Finance
2 351 (16.49%) Social Skills
3 123 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (3.29%) Public Sector
5 67 (3.15%) Law
6 60 (2.82%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (2.30%) Front Office
9 45 (2.11%) Banking
10 42 (1.97%) Retail
11 40 (1.88%) Games
12 33 (1.55%) Legal
13 31 (1.46%) Electronics
14 23 (1.08%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.08%) Marketing
15 17 (0.80%) Investment Banking
15 17 (0.80%) Military
16 15 (0.70%) Aviation
17 14 (0.66%) Telecoms
18 13 (0.61%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,095 (51.43%) Developer
2 478 (22.45%) Senior
3 409 (19.21%) Software Engineer
4 389 (18.27%) C# Developer
5 385 (18.08%) Software Developer
6 295 (13.86%) .NET Developer
7 246 (11.55%) Lead
8 243 (11.41%) Senior Developer
9 166 (7.80%) Full-Stack Developer
10 158 (7.42%) C# Software Engineer
11 149 (7.00%) C# Software Developer
12 148 (6.95%) C# .NET Developer
13 137 (6.43%) Senior Software Engineer
14 121 (5.68%) .NET Software Engineer
15 106 (4.98%) Graduate
16 93 (4.37%) Lead Developer
17 88 (4.13%) Graduate Developer
18 87 (4.09%) SQL Developer
19 81 (3.80%) Azure Developer
20 79 (3.71%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,318 (61.91%) .NET
2 376 (17.66%) .NET Core
3 256 (12.02%) ASP.NET
4 244 (11.46%) React
5 193 (9.07%) HTML
6 189 (8.88%) CSS
7 182 (8.55%) .NET Framework
8 135 (6.34%) REST
9 134 (6.29%) AngularJS
10 109 (5.12%) RESTful
11 89 (4.18%) Vue
12 86 (4.04%) ASP.NET Core
13 81 (3.80%) Entity Framework
14 79 (3.71%) Blazor
15 77 (3.62%) Node.js
16 52 (2.44%) WPF
17 50 (2.35%) jQuery
18 47 (2.21%) Playwright
19 42 (1.97%) XML
20 40 (1.88%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 117 (5.50%) Cloud Native
2 76 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (3.10%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 44 (2.07%) Low-Code
7 43 (2.02%) Hedge funds
7 43 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 42 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 35 (1.64%) Algorithms
10 31 (1.46%) Onboarding
11 27 (1.27%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 22 (1.03%) Sports Betting
14 19 (0.89%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
15 18 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
15 18 (0.85%) Legacy Code
15 18 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 16 (0.75%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 98 (4.60%) Windows
2 79 (3.71%) Linux
3 17 (0.80%) Android
4 16 (0.75%) Unix
5 14 (0.66%) VMS
6 13 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.094%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.094%) Solaris
8 2 (0.094%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.047%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.047%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.047%) Nucleus RTOS
9 1 (0.047%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (31.61%) Software Engineering
2 604 (28.37%) Agile
3 430 (20.20%) DevOps
4 413 (19.40%) CI/CD
5 399 (18.74%) Full-Stack Development
6 306 (14.37%) Problem-Solving
7 263 (12.35%) Mentoring
8 256 (12.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 245 (11.51%) Microservices
10 221 (10.38%) Computer Science
11 186 (8.74%) Test Automation
12 176 (8.27%) SDLC
13 175 (8.22%) AI
14 146 (6.86%) MVC
15 134 (6.29%) Scrum
16 128 (6.01%) Business Intelligence
17 127 (5.97%) Containerisation
18 106 (4.98%) Software Testing
19 102 (4.79%) Clean Code
20 100 (4.70%) OO
Programming Languages
1 650 (30.53%) SQL
2 440 (20.67%) JavaScript
3 354 (16.63%) Python
4 265 (12.45%) TypeScript
5 246 (11.55%) Java
6 210 (9.86%) C++
7 99 (4.65%) PHP
8 86 (4.04%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.58%) C
10 39 (1.83%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.55%) Go
12 29 (1.36%) Bash
13 27 (1.27%) VB.NET
14 25 (1.17%) Bicep
15 22 (1.03%) VBA
16 18 (0.85%) Delphi
16 18 (0.85%) Rust
17 17 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
18 15 (0.70%) Scala
19 14 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 296 (13.90%) Degree
2 142 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 115 (5.40%) Security Cleared
4 65 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 48 (2.25%) ISTQB
6 46 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (1.88%) Azure Certification
8 37 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 31 (1.46%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (1.03%) PhD
12 20 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
13 19 (0.89%) DV Cleared
14 18 (0.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 14 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
16 13 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 10 (0.47%) CREST Certified
18 8 (0.38%) ISEB
19 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
20 6 (0.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (6.72%) QA
2 37 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.75%) GDPR
5 13 (0.61%) WCAG
6 11 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.38%) SLA
9 3 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.14%) EMIR
10 2 (0.094%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.094%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.094%) ITGC
11 1 (0.047%) HL7
11 1 (0.047%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.047%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 175 (8.22%) Docker
2 21 (0.99%) Firmware
3 13 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.38%) KVM
6 5 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.047%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.047%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 150 (7.05%) Kubernetes
2 93 (4.37%) Terraform
3 37 (1.74%) Grafana
4 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.42%) Ansible
6 7 (0.33%) Kibana
7 3 (0.14%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.14%) Nmap
7 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.094%) MIIS
8 2 (0.094%) MOM
9 1 (0.047%) Control-M
9 1 (0.047%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.047%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.047%) Nessus
9 1 (0.047%) Netcool
9 1 (0.047%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 411 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.07%) Oracle
3 30 (1.41%) Google
4 18 (0.85%) Adobe
5 14 (0.66%) SAP
5 14 (0.66%) Xamarin
6 13 (0.61%) VMware
7 12 (0.56%) Databricks
8 10 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.42%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.42%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.38%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.38%) Palantir
10 8 (0.38%) Workday
11 7 (0.33%) iManage
12 6 (0.28%) Aderant
12 6 (0.28%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.28%) IBM
12 6 (0.28%) IFS
12 6 (0.28%) Talend