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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 56 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 -34 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,370 2,137 5,862
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.18% 4.29% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.14% 15.23% 23.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,882 1,764 4,594
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £78,438 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
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 18,574 14,028 25,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.50% 28.18% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,152 9,204 17,821
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -

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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +11 3,075 £60,000 -4.00% 1,157
UK excluding London +21 2,571 £57,500 - 750
Work from Home +6 1,527 £55,000 -8.33% 610
South East +18 725 £60,000 - 253
London -14 672 £82,500 +3.13% 513
North of England +40 638 £57,500 -4.17% 185
Midlands -2 414 £58,250 +5.91% 102
East of England +26 311 £60,000 +9.09% 89
North West +43 303 £55,000 -4.35% 107
South West +28 296 £53,000 +0.47% 63
West Midlands -13 219 £60,000 +4.35% 41
East Midlands +19 195 £55,000 - 61
Yorkshire +20 181 £55,000 -12.00% 42
North East -4 154 £65,000 +10.64% 38
Northern Ireland +6 110 £50,000 -10.31% 19
Wales -49 46 £51,619 -1.21% 18
Scotland -9 33 £50,000 -22.78% 31

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 97 (2.88%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.01%) IIS
3 33 (0.98%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) Confluence
5 15 (0.45%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 5 (0.15%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.089%) DNN
12 3 (0.089%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.089%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.089%) Kentico
12 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 44 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.089%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.089%) Simulink
6 3 (0.089%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 48 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.27%) Elite 3E
3 7 (0.21%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.089%) Magento
6 3 (0.089%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.059%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.030%) Eikon
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.030%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.030%) RMDS
8 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,677 (49.76%) Azure
2 568 (16.85%) AWS
3 455 (13.50%) Azure DevOps
4 320 (9.50%) Power Platform
5 263 (7.80%) SaaS
6 249 (7.39%) GitHub
7 192 (5.70%) Azure AI
8 191 (5.67%) Power Automate
9 170 (5.04%) Serverless
10 168 (4.99%) PowerApps
11 167 (4.96%) GitHub Copilot
12 159 (4.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 150 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
14 134 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
15 124 (3.68%) Azure Service Bus
16 111 (3.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 104 (3.09%) Azure Functions
18 85 (2.52%) GCP
19 55 (1.63%) Azure AKS
20 52 (1.54%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.84%) Internet
2 19 (0.56%) Broadband
2 19 (0.56%) DNS
3 16 (0.47%) TCP/IP
4 15 (0.45%) HTTP
5 11 (0.33%) Firewall
6 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.24%) VPN
7 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.18%) BGP
8 6 (0.18%) DHCP
8 6 (0.18%) IPsec
8 6 (0.18%) SNMP
9 5 (0.15%) LAN
9 5 (0.15%) WAN
10 4 (0.12%) Intranet
10 4 (0.12%) Modbus
10 4 (0.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.089%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.089%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 589 (17.48%) SQL Server
2 516 (15.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 455 (13.50%) MongoDB
4 169 (5.01%) Power BI
5 165 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
6 92 (2.73%) NoSQL
7 91 (2.70%) MySQL
8 80 (2.37%) Relational Database
9 69 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
10 44 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 29 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 29 (0.86%) Redis
13 17 (0.50%) DynamoDB
14 13 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
14 13 (0.39%) Metadata
15 12 (0.36%) Db2
16 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
16 11 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 273 (8.10%) Git
2 73 (2.17%) JIRA
3 44 (1.31%) Selenium
4 39 (1.16%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.01%) GitLab
6 29 (0.86%) Jenkins
7 26 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
8 22 (0.65%) Postman
8 22 (0.65%) TeamCity
9 21 (0.62%) NUnit
10 18 (0.53%) SpecFlow
11 17 (0.50%) Claude Code
12 14 (0.42%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.24%) Jasmine
14 8 (0.24%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.21%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.21%) Moq
15 7 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 541 (16.05%) Social Skills
2 536 (15.91%) Finance
3 179 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
4 163 (4.84%) Legal
5 123 (3.65%) Law
6 116 (3.44%) Manufacturing
7 93 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 89 (2.64%) Games
9 82 (2.43%) Public Sector
10 81 (2.40%) Retail
11 72 (2.14%) Advertising
12 69 (2.05%) Marketing
13 57 (1.69%) Electronics
14 56 (1.66%) Banking
15 55 (1.63%) Aerospace
16 47 (1.39%) Front Office
17 40 (1.19%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.07%) Automotive
19 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
20 18 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,805 (53.56%) Developer
2 803 (23.83%) .NET Developer
3 749 (22.23%) Senior
4 724 (21.48%) Software Engineer
5 428 (12.70%) Software Developer
6 393 (11.66%) C# Developer
7 362 (10.74%) Senior Developer
8 347 (10.30%) Lead
9 319 (9.47%) C# Software Engineer
10 248 (7.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 178 (5.28%) Full-Stack Developer
12 169 (5.01%) C# Software Developer
13 163 (4.84%) C# .NET Developer
14 159 (4.72%) Graduate
15 154 (4.57%) Lead Developer
16 148 (4.39%) .NET Software Engineer
17 115 (3.41%) Architect
18 112 (3.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 107 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
19 107 (3.18%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,162 (64.15%) .NET
2 780 (23.15%) .NET Core
3 768 (22.79%) ASP.NET
4 599 (17.77%) ASP.NET Core
5 491 (14.57%) React
6 396 (11.75%) CSS
7 386 (11.45%) HTML
8 324 (9.61%) AngularJS
9 318 (9.44%) RESTful
10 306 (9.08%) Blazor
11 294 (8.72%) Entity Framework
12 293 (8.69%) Vue
13 266 (7.89%) Node.js
14 265 (7.86%) .NET Framework
15 248 (7.36%) REST
16 222 (6.59%) ASP.NET Web API
17 156 (4.63%) ML.NET
18 129 (3.83%) WPF
19 119 (3.53%) LINQ
20 87 (2.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 222 (6.59%) Cloud Native
2 154 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
3 146 (4.33%) Enterprise Software
4 131 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
5 108 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 94 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 86 (2.55%) Virtual Team
8 57 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 50 (1.48%) Algorithms
9 50 (1.48%) Hedge funds
10 48 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 36 (1.07%) AI Agents
13 35 (1.04%) Management Information System
14 31 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 31 (0.92%) Robotics
15 29 (0.86%) Legacy Code
16 28 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
17 24 (0.71%) Fixed Income
18 23 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 168 (4.99%) Windows
2 117 (3.47%) Linux
3 41 (1.22%) Android
4 37 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.27%) Unix
7 7 (0.21%) VMS
8 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,193 (35.40%) Agile
2 1,107 (32.85%) Software Engineering
3 931 (27.63%) Full-Stack Development
4 820 (24.33%) CI/CD
5 789 (23.41%) DevOps
6 573 (17.00%) Microservices
7 534 (15.85%) AI
8 531 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
9 450 (13.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 434 (12.88%) Mentoring
11 316 (9.38%) Test Automation
12 290 (8.61%) Computer Science
13 281 (8.34%) SDLC
14 273 (8.10%) Machine Learning
15 219 (6.50%) Scrum
16 212 (6.29%) OO
16 212 (6.29%) Software Testing
17 202 (5.99%) Multithreading
18 192 (5.70%) TDD
19 181 (5.37%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,237 (36.71%) SQL
2 809 (24.01%) JavaScript
3 556 (16.50%) Python
4 527 (15.64%) TypeScript
5 341 (10.12%) C++
6 297 (8.81%) Java
7 147 (4.36%) PowerShell
8 146 (4.33%) PHP
9 80 (2.37%) C
10 67 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.36%) Bicep
12 45 (1.34%) Go
13 44 (1.31%) VB.NET
14 35 (1.04%) Bash
15 33 (0.98%) VBA
16 25 (0.74%) Rust
17 22 (0.65%) Scala
18 21 (0.62%) Delphi
18 21 (0.62%) Ruby
19 18 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 412 (12.23%) Degree
2 198 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 140 (4.15%) Security Cleared
4 106 (3.15%) SC Cleared
5 41 (1.22%) Azure Certification
6 39 (1.16%) Master's Degree
7 28 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
9 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 18 (0.53%) ISTQB
9 18 (0.53%) PhD
10 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
10 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.12%) ISEB
15 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.089%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 303 (8.99%) QA
2 57 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 32 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 30 (0.89%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.36%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) SLA
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.089%) NIST
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) AUTOSAR
12 2 (0.059%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 401 (11.90%) Docker
2 21 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.56%) Firmware
4 13 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.15%) KVM
8 3 (0.089%) vSphere
9 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 352 (10.45%) Kubernetes
2 161 (4.78%) Terraform
3 34 (1.01%) Grafana
4 18 (0.53%) Ansible
5 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.089%) Control-M
9 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.059%) MIIS
11 1 (0.030%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.030%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,093 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 88 (2.61%) Google
3 65 (1.93%) Facebook
4 51 (1.51%) Oracle
5 33 (0.98%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.68%) Adobe
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 20 (0.59%) Databricks
10 19 (0.56%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) Intapp
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) VMware
13 13 (0.39%) iManage
14 12 (0.36%) SAP
14 12 (0.36%) Splunk
15 11 (0.33%) Foundry
15 11 (0.33%) IBM
16 10 (0.30%) Xamarin