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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 35 18
Rank change year-on-year -40 -17 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,026 2,612 7,678
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.52% 6.38% 8.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.01% 19.10% 24.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,763 2,199 6,787
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
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 £77,875 £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 14,461 13,677 31,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.97% 33.42% 34.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,063 10,250 24,845
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,563 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £55,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +1.80% +2.78% -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 4 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 4 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 -40 1,862 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -47 1,374 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -22 778 £60,000 -4.00% 535
London -26 529 £81,500 +8.67% 269
North of England -36 402 £62,500 +18.48% 185
South East -29 389 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -37 263 £55,000 - 124
North West -39 191 £60,000 +17.90% 90
South West -12 138 £55,000 -4.35% 81
Yorkshire -27 136 £63,750 +21.43% 60
East Midlands -22 134 £55,000 - 54
West Midlands -49 129 £57,500 - 70
East of England -55 121 £55,000 -16.93% 101
North East -9 75 £68,750 +19.57% 41
Scotland -67 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -52 18 £42,500 -32.00% 25
Northern Ireland -37 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 52 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.09%) CMS
2 22 (1.09%) IIS
3 11 (0.54%) Umbraco
4 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
4 5 (0.25%) NServiceBus
5 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.15%) Confluence
6 3 (0.15%) Kinematics
7 2 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.099%) nginx
8 1 (0.049%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.049%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.049%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.049%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
4 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.30%) Shopify
3 3 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.099%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.099%) Magento
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
1 902 (44.52%) Azure
2 349 (17.23%) AWS
3 214 (10.56%) SaaS
4 205 (10.12%) Azure DevOps
5 193 (9.53%) Power Platform
6 126 (6.22%) Serverless
7 115 (5.68%) Azure Logic Apps
8 95 (4.69%) Power Automate
9 93 (4.59%) PowerApps
10 92 (4.54%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.75%) Azure Functions
12 71 (3.50%) GitHub
13 70 (3.46%) GCP
14 65 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
15 58 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
16 44 (2.17%) Azure AKS
17 37 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 32 (1.58%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.33%) PaaS
20 24 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.69%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.54%) Broadband
4 6 (0.30%) Ethernet
4 6 (0.30%) Internet
5 5 (0.25%) DNS
5 5 (0.25%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) Intranet
6 4 (0.20%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
7 3 (0.15%) Network Security
8 2 (0.099%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.099%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.099%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.049%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.049%) SAN
9 1 (0.049%) SSL
9 1 (0.049%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 398 (19.64%) SQL Server
2 114 (5.63%) Power BI
3 80 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (3.41%) NoSQL
5 63 (3.11%) Relational Database
6 62 (3.06%) MySQL
7 51 (2.52%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 42 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 19 (0.94%) Redis
12 17 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.54%) DB2
15 9 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.30%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.30%) DynamoDB
17 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.20%) ClickHouse
17 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 125 (6.17%) Git
2 68 (3.36%) Selenium
3 65 (3.21%) Visual Studio
4 51 (2.52%) JIRA
5 38 (1.88%) Postman
6 31 (1.53%) WebDriver
7 30 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.33%) SpecFlow
9 26 (1.28%) SoapUI
10 24 (1.18%) Jenkins
11 19 (0.94%) TeamCity
12 16 (0.79%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.79%) NUnit
13 13 (0.64%) GitLab
14 11 (0.54%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.44%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.39%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
18 6 (0.30%) JMeter
18 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 392 (19.35%) Finance
2 358 (17.67%) Social Skills
3 119 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (3.60%) Public Sector
5 72 (3.55%) Law
6 57 (2.81%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (2.32%) Banking
9 46 (2.27%) Retail
10 43 (2.12%) Front Office
11 42 (2.07%) Games
12 37 (1.83%) Electronics
13 31 (1.53%) Legal
14 26 (1.28%) Marketing
15 21 (1.04%) Aerospace
16 17 (0.84%) Investment Banking
16 17 (0.84%) Military
17 15 (0.74%) Telecoms
18 14 (0.69%) Aviation
19 11 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,045 (51.58%) Developer
2 450 (22.21%) Senior
3 374 (18.46%) Software Engineer
4 359 (17.72%) Software Developer
5 354 (17.47%) C# Developer
6 285 (14.07%) .NET Developer
7 239 (11.80%) Senior Developer
8 228 (11.25%) Lead
9 170 (8.39%) Full-Stack Developer
10 139 (6.86%) C# Software Engineer
11 134 (6.61%) C# .NET Developer
12 127 (6.27%) C# Software Developer
13 117 (5.77%) Senior Software Engineer
14 112 (5.53%) .NET Software Engineer
15 87 (4.29%) Graduate
16 81 (4.00%) Lead Developer
17 76 (3.75%) Senior Software Developer
18 72 (3.55%) .NET Software Developer
19 71 (3.50%) SQL Developer
20 68 (3.36%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,271 (62.73%) .NET
2 375 (18.51%) .NET Core
3 256 (12.64%) ASP.NET
4 251 (12.39%) React
5 190 (9.38%) HTML
6 186 (9.18%) .NET Framework
6 186 (9.18%) CSS
7 139 (6.86%) AngularJS
8 136 (6.71%) REST
9 111 (5.48%) RESTful
10 87 (4.29%) Vue
11 85 (4.20%) Entity Framework
12 81 (4.00%) ASP.NET Core
13 78 (3.85%) Blazor
14 67 (3.31%) Node.js
15 48 (2.37%) WPF
16 47 (2.32%) ASP.NET MVC
16 47 (2.32%) Playwright
17 46 (2.27%) jQuery
18 42 (2.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 116 (5.73%) Cloud Native
2 74 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (2.96%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.12%) Low-Code
7 39 (1.92%) Mobile App
8 37 (1.83%) Onboarding
9 35 (1.73%) Hedge funds
10 33 (1.63%) Algorithms
11 25 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 25 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 21 (1.04%) Sports Betting
13 20 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 19 (0.94%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
15 18 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
16 17 (0.84%) Client/Server
16 17 (0.84%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 97 (4.79%) Windows
2 73 (3.60%) Linux
3 17 (0.84%) Android
4 16 (0.79%) Unix
5 15 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.69%) VMS
7 10 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.099%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.099%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.099%) Solaris
8 2 (0.099%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 639 (31.54%) Software Engineering
2 592 (29.22%) Agile
3 427 (21.08%) DevOps
4 405 (19.99%) Full-Stack Development
5 399 (19.69%) CI/CD
6 313 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
7 259 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 258 (12.73%) Mentoring
9 250 (12.34%) Microservices
10 208 (10.27%) Computer Science
11 174 (8.59%) AI
12 169 (8.34%) SDLC
13 165 (8.14%) Test Automation
14 146 (7.21%) MVC
15 127 (6.27%) Scrum
16 126 (6.22%) Business Intelligence
17 124 (6.12%) Containerisation
18 106 (5.23%) OO
19 97 (4.79%) User Experience
20 96 (4.74%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 638 (31.49%) SQL
2 442 (21.82%) JavaScript
3 336 (16.58%) Python
4 257 (12.69%) TypeScript
5 232 (11.45%) Java
6 194 (9.58%) C++
7 84 (4.15%) PHP
8 79 (3.90%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.71%) C
10 41 (2.02%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.68%) Go
12 27 (1.33%) Bash
13 25 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 22 (1.09%) Bicep
14 22 (1.09%) Rust
15 19 (0.94%) Delphi
16 18 (0.89%) VBA
17 17 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
18 15 (0.74%) PL/SQL
19 11 (0.54%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 284 (14.02%) Degree
2 132 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 112 (5.53%) Security Cleared
4 63 (3.11%) SC Cleared
5 50 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (2.22%) ISTQB
7 42 (2.07%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.63%) Master's Degree
9 32 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (1.14%) PhD
11 21 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (0.99%) DV Cleared
13 19 (0.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.49%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.44%) ISEB
18 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (7.11%) QA
2 35 (1.73%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.04%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.74%) GDPR
5 12 (0.59%) WCAG
6 11 (0.54%) 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 (0.099%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.099%) 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
1 178 (8.79%) Docker
2 22 (1.09%) Firmware
3 13 (0.64%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.35%) KVM
6 6 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.049%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.049%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.049%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 149 (7.35%) Kubernetes
2 89 (4.39%) Terraform
3 37 (1.83%) Grafana
4 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.39%) Ansible
6 7 (0.35%) Kibana
7 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.099%) MIIS
8 2 (0.099%) MOM
8 2 (0.099%) 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
1 402 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.12%) Oracle
3 31 (1.53%) Google
4 16 (0.79%) SAP
4 16 (0.79%) Xamarin
5 13 (0.64%) Adobe
6 12 (0.59%) Databricks
7 11 (0.54%) VMware
8 9 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (0.44%) MuleSoft
8 9 (0.44%) OpenAI
8 9 (0.44%) Palantir
9 8 (0.39%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.35%) iManage
10 7 (0.35%) Sage
10 7 (0.35%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.30%) Aderant
11 6 (0.30%) IBM
11 6 (0.30%) IFS
11 6 (0.30%) Workday