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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 27 17
Rank change year-on-year -46 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,846 3,582 6,284
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.94% 6.80% 9.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.57% 20.25% 24.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,609 2,289 5,641
10th Percentile £35,950 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,498 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.48% +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 11,854 17,686 25,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.91% 33.60% 38.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,567 10,262 21,124
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 January 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 26 January 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 1,685 £60,000 -4.00% 1,231
UK excluding London -49 1,230 £55,498 -3.48% 1,133
Work from Home -25 774 £60,000 - 717
London -23 500 £80,000 +6.67% 264
North of England -26 359 £62,500 +13.64% 234
South East -40 337 £55,000 -12.00% 383
Midlands -31 263 £52,500 -4.55% 146
North West -20 181 £62,500 +15.74% 133
West Midlands -37 136 £52,500 -4.55% 57
East Midlands -21 127 £52,250 -5.00% 88
South West -42 114 £55,000 - 119
Yorkshire -35 113 £60,750 +21.50% 67
East of England -66 89 £55,000 -15.38% 153
North East -12 65 £70,000 +7.69% 35
Scotland -75 44 £60,000 +33.33% 55
Wales -23 24 £47,500 -20.83% 53
Northern Ireland -20 8 £95,000 +61.70% 16
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 39 (2.11%) IIS
2 38 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.19%) CMS
4 12 (0.65%) Confluence
4 12 (0.65%) Kinematics
5 9 (0.49%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.054%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.054%) Kentico
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.11%) Simulink
5 2 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.054%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.054%) Endur
5 1 (0.054%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.054%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.054%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.054%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 887 (48.05%) Azure
2 346 (18.74%) AWS
3 235 (12.73%) Azure DevOps
4 209 (11.32%) SaaS
5 179 (9.70%) Power Platform
6 131 (7.10%) Serverless
7 109 (5.90%) Power Automate
8 106 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (5.20%) PowerApps
10 88 (4.77%) GCP
11 80 (4.33%) GitHub
12 79 (4.28%) Azure Logic Apps
13 71 (3.85%) Azure Functions
14 55 (2.98%) Azure Service Bus
15 49 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
16 44 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 36 (1.95%) Entra ID
18 32 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
19 29 (1.57%) Azure AKS
20 28 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.90%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.43%) DNS
3 8 (0.43%) HTTP
4 6 (0.33%) Internet
5 5 (0.27%) DHCP
6 4 (0.22%) Firewall
6 4 (0.22%) SAN
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.11%) Broadband
8 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.11%) FTP
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) SMTP
8 2 (0.11%) SSH
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.054%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.054%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 366 (19.83%) SQL Server
2 84 (4.55%) Power BI
3 83 (4.50%) Relational Database
4 74 (4.01%) MySQL
5 73 (3.95%) MongoDB
6 69 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 67 (3.63%) NoSQL
8 42 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
9 37 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 36 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
12 21 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
12 21 (1.14%) Redis
13 12 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (0.49%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.33%) GIS
15 6 (0.33%) Oracle Database
16 5 (0.27%) Big Data
16 5 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 129 (6.99%) Git
2 81 (4.39%) Selenium
3 79 (4.28%) JIRA
4 68 (3.68%) Visual Studio
5 53 (2.87%) Postman
6 40 (2.17%) WebDriver
7 39 (2.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 35 (1.90%) Jenkins
9 34 (1.84%) SoapUI
10 23 (1.25%) SpecFlow
11 18 (0.98%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.87%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.70%) GitLab
13 13 (0.70%) NUnit
14 11 (0.60%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.49%) JMeter
15 9 (0.49%) REST Assured
16 7 (0.38%) LabVIEW
16 7 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
17 6 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 459 (24.86%) Social Skills
2 323 (17.50%) Finance
3 109 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (4.39%) Law
5 73 (3.95%) Public Sector
6 62 (3.36%) Retail
7 55 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (2.98%) Manufacturing
8 48 (2.60%) Front Office
9 43 (2.33%) Banking
10 36 (1.95%) Electronics
11 31 (1.68%) Legal
12 30 (1.63%) Marketing
13 26 (1.41%) Games
14 16 (0.87%) Telecoms
15 15 (0.81%) Aviation
15 15 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (0.76%) Billing
17 13 (0.70%) Aerospace
17 13 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 904 (48.97%) Developer
2 420 (22.75%) Senior
3 300 (16.25%) Software Engineer
4 243 (13.16%) C# Developer
4 243 (13.16%) Software Developer
5 235 (12.73%) .NET Developer
6 214 (11.59%) Senior Developer
7 209 (11.32%) Lead
8 142 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
9 99 (5.36%) Senior Software Engineer
10 93 (5.04%) C# Software Engineer
11 83 (4.50%) .NET Software Engineer
12 77 (4.17%) C# .NET Developer
13 73 (3.95%) Lead Developer
14 69 (3.74%) Analyst
15 66 (3.58%) Support Engineer
16 65 (3.52%) C# Software Developer
16 65 (3.52%) Graduate
17 63 (3.41%) Architect
18 61 (3.30%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,116 (60.46%) .NET
2 317 (17.17%) .NET Core
3 270 (14.63%) React
4 235 (12.73%) ASP.NET
5 192 (10.40%) HTML
6 185 (10.02%) .NET Framework
7 172 (9.32%) AngularJS
7 172 (9.32%) CSS
8 136 (7.37%) REST
9 108 (5.85%) RESTful
10 91 (4.93%) Entity Framework
11 82 (4.44%) Vue
12 73 (3.95%) Blazor
13 69 (3.74%) ASP.NET MVC
14 56 (3.03%) SOAP
15 55 (2.98%) ASP.NET Web API
15 55 (2.98%) Node.js
16 53 (2.87%) ASP.NET Core
17 45 (2.44%) jQuery
17 45 (2.44%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 123 (6.66%) Cloud Native
2 81 (4.39%) Onboarding
3 70 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
5 54 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
7 45 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 38 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.90%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.73%) Algorithms
10 32 (1.73%) Low-Code
11 24 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 18 (0.98%) Client/Server
12 18 (0.98%) Hedge funds
12 18 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 17 (0.92%) Derivative
13 17 (0.92%) Robotics
14 15 (0.81%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.81%) IoT
15 14 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 91 (4.93%) Windows
2 69 (3.74%) Linux
3 21 (1.14%) Android
4 15 (0.81%) Unix
5 13 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.33%) VMS
7 4 (0.22%) Solaris
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.054%) AIX
9 1 (0.054%) Fedora
9 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 603 (32.67%) Agile
2 558 (30.23%) Software Engineering
3 453 (24.54%) DevOps
4 428 (23.19%) CI/CD
5 397 (21.51%) Problem-Solving
6 377 (20.42%) Full-Stack Development
7 299 (16.20%) Mentoring
8 294 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 276 (14.95%) Microservices
10 206 (11.16%) Computer Science
11 157 (8.50%) Test Automation
12 149 (8.07%) Scrum
13 146 (7.91%) SDLC
14 145 (7.85%) AI
15 139 (7.53%) MVC
16 122 (6.61%) CRM
17 121 (6.55%) Migration
18 117 (6.34%) Containerisation
19 116 (6.28%) OO
20 102 (5.53%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 624 (33.80%) SQL
2 441 (23.89%) JavaScript
3 307 (16.63%) Python
4 245 (13.27%) Java
5 229 (12.41%) TypeScript
6 147 (7.96%) C++
7 102 (5.53%) PowerShell
8 72 (3.90%) PHP
9 49 (2.65%) C
10 45 (2.44%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.41%) VB.NET
12 24 (1.30%) Bash
13 19 (1.03%) Go
14 18 (0.98%) Rust
15 17 (0.92%) Bicep
15 17 (0.92%) Delphi
16 14 (0.76%) VBA
17 11 (0.60%) Kotlin
18 9 (0.49%) PL/SQL
19 8 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 288 (15.60%) Degree
2 147 (7.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 121 (6.55%) Security Cleared
4 71 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 65 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (2.87%) Azure Certification
7 50 (2.71%) ISTQB
8 42 (2.28%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.63%) Master's Degree
10 29 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (1.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 27 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
12 21 (1.14%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.81%) PhD
15 9 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.43%) ISEB
17 6 (0.33%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.27%) DBS Check
19 4 (0.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (9.64%) QA
2 41 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.14%) GDPR
4 17 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.70%) WCAG
6 10 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.22%) SEPA
9 3 (0.16%) HL7
9 3 (0.16%) SLA
10 2 (0.11%) EMIR
10 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.054%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.054%) IFRS
11 1 (0.054%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.054%) ITGC
11 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
System Software
1 160 (8.67%) Docker
2 20 (1.08%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.08%) Firmware
3 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.33%) KVM
6 2 (0.11%) vSphere
7 1 (0.054%) HDFS
7 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.054%) Squid
Systems Management
1 139 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 100 (5.42%) Terraform
3 27 (1.46%) Grafana
4 14 (0.76%) Ansible
5 9 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.11%) Control-M
9 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.11%) Nagios
10 1 (0.054%) MOM
10 1 (0.054%) WMI
Vendors
1 415 (22.48%) Microsoft
2 53 (2.87%) Oracle
3 30 (1.63%) Google
4 21 (1.14%) Guidewire
5 19 (1.03%) Xamarin
6 16 (0.87%) SAP
7 14 (0.76%) Sage
8 13 (0.70%) Palantir
9 12 (0.65%) Dynatrace
10 10 (0.54%) Databricks
10 10 (0.54%) VMware
11 9 (0.49%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
12 8 (0.43%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.43%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.38%) Adobe
13 7 (0.38%) IBM
13 7 (0.38%) Infor
14 6 (0.33%) DevExpress
14 6 (0.33%) Epicor