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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 40 18
Rank change year-on-year -37 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,172 2,520 7,877
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.46% 6.02% 8.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.98% 18.10% 24.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,887 2,131 6,850
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £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 £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,300
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 15,535 13,921 32,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.61% 33.25% 34.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10,556 10,220 25,042
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,464 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,069 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,565 £53,772
% change year-on-year +3.48% +3.33% -2.23%

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 24 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 24 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 -37 1,996 £61,500 -5.38% 776
UK excluding London -43 1,483 £57,500 - 632
Work from Home -24 811 £60,000 -6.98% 475
London -24 556 £82,500 +10.00% 249
South East -21 438 £60,000 - 238
North of England -16 417 £61,500 +11.82% 133
Midlands -47 273 £57,500 +4.55% 86
North West -16 204 £60,000 +14.29% 87
South West -26 150 £52,500 -6.67% 69
East of England -50 142 £60,000 -9.37% 76
East Midlands -31 139 £55,000 - 40
Yorkshire -35 138 £62,500 +13.64% 28
West Midlands -54 134 £57,500 +4.55% 46
North East -19 75 £70,000 +21.74% 18
Scotland -64 41 £60,000 +27.66% 15
Wales -46 23 £41,750 -33.20% 16
Northern Ireland -33 9 £95,000 - 15
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 62 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.10%) CMS
3 20 (0.92%) IIS
4 11 (0.51%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.23%) Confluence
6 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.18%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.092%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.092%) JBoss
8 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.092%) nginx
8 2 (0.092%) WordPress
9 1 (0.046%) Apache
9 1 (0.046%) Appian
9 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 23 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.18%) Simulink
3 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.14%) Magento
2 3 (0.14%) Shopify
3 2 (0.092%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.092%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.092%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.046%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.046%) Endur
4 1 (0.046%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.046%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.046%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.046%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.046%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 940 (43.28%) Azure
2 361 (16.62%) AWS
3 213 (9.81%) SaaS
4 207 (9.53%) Power Platform
5 202 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
6 127 (5.85%) Serverless
7 124 (5.71%) Azure Logic Apps
8 106 (4.88%) PowerApps
9 105 (4.83%) Power Automate
10 89 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
11 77 (3.55%) Azure Functions
11 77 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
12 67 (3.08%) GitHub
13 62 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
13 62 (2.85%) GCP
14 48 (2.21%) Azure AKS
15 37 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
16 33 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 30 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
18 24 (1.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.60%) TCP/IP
2 11 (0.51%) Broadband
3 9 (0.41%) DNS
4 8 (0.37%) Ethernet
4 8 (0.37%) HTTP
5 7 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
6 6 (0.28%) Intranet
7 5 (0.23%) Internet
8 4 (0.18%) Firewall
8 4 (0.18%) LTE
8 4 (0.18%) Modbus
9 3 (0.14%) DHCP
9 3 (0.14%) Network Security
10 2 (0.092%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.092%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.092%) FIX Connectivity
10 2 (0.092%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.092%) SSL
10 2 (0.092%) VPN
11 1 (0.046%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 429 (19.75%) SQL Server
2 124 (5.71%) Power BI
3 85 (3.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 73 (3.36%) NoSQL
5 59 (2.72%) MySQL
6 54 (2.49%) Relational Database
7 47 (2.16%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
9 39 (1.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.69%) Redis
13 13 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.51%) DB2
15 7 (0.32%) Metadata
15 7 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 5 (0.23%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.18%) GIS
17 4 (0.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 145 (6.68%) Git
2 67 (3.08%) Selenium
3 58 (2.67%) Visual Studio
4 52 (2.39%) JIRA
5 41 (1.89%) Postman
6 32 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.29%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.24%) SoapUI
9 25 (1.15%) SpecFlow
10 22 (1.01%) GitLab
10 22 (1.01%) Jenkins
11 19 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
12 17 (0.78%) TeamCity
13 16 (0.74%) Cypress.io
14 12 (0.55%) NUnit
15 11 (0.51%) Cucumber
16 8 (0.37%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.32%) LabVIEW
17 7 (0.32%) REST Assured
18 6 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 422 (19.43%) Finance
2 337 (15.52%) Social Skills
3 118 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (3.04%) Public Sector
5 63 (2.90%) Law
6 57 (2.62%) Manufacturing
7 54 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (2.30%) Front Office
9 45 (2.07%) Banking
10 43 (1.98%) Retail
11 40 (1.84%) Games
12 31 (1.43%) Legal
13 30 (1.38%) Electronics
14 23 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 21 (0.97%) Marketing
16 16 (0.74%) Automotive
17 15 (0.69%) Advertising
17 15 (0.69%) Aviation
17 15 (0.69%) Investment Banking
18 13 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,127 (51.89%) Developer
2 490 (22.56%) Senior
3 429 (19.75%) Software Engineer
4 406 (18.69%) Software Developer
5 399 (18.37%) C# Developer
6 295 (13.58%) .NET Developer
7 247 (11.37%) Senior Developer
8 241 (11.10%) Lead
9 178 (8.20%) C# Software Engineer
10 167 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
11 155 (7.14%) C# Software Developer
12 150 (6.91%) C# .NET Developer
13 146 (6.72%) Senior Software Engineer
14 127 (5.85%) .NET Software Engineer
15 117 (5.39%) Graduate
16 101 (4.65%) Graduate Developer
17 96 (4.42%) Lead Developer
18 91 (4.19%) Graduate Software Developer
19 89 (4.10%) SQL Developer
20 83 (3.82%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,334 (61.42%) .NET
2 381 (17.54%) .NET Core
3 251 (11.56%) ASP.NET
4 243 (11.19%) React
5 192 (8.84%) HTML
6 188 (8.66%) CSS
7 179 (8.24%) .NET Framework
8 133 (6.12%) REST
9 130 (5.99%) AngularJS
10 112 (5.16%) RESTful
11 91 (4.19%) Vue
12 84 (3.87%) ASP.NET Core
13 82 (3.78%) Node.js
14 79 (3.64%) Blazor
14 79 (3.64%) Entity Framework
15 55 (2.53%) WPF
16 50 (2.30%) Playwright
17 49 (2.26%) jQuery
18 43 (1.98%) HTML5 Canvas
19 39 (1.80%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 124 (5.71%) Cloud Native
2 79 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
3 70 (3.22%) Product Ownership
4 58 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
5 49 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
6 46 (2.12%) Hedge funds
7 44 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
8 42 (1.93%) Low-Code
9 40 (1.84%) Algorithms
10 39 (1.80%) Mobile App
11 28 (1.29%) Onboarding
12 27 (1.24%) Virtual Team
13 25 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 22 (1.01%) Sports Betting
15 21 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
16 19 (0.87%) Legacy Code
16 19 (0.87%) Management Information System
16 19 (0.87%) Public Cloud
17 18 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
18 17 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 102 (4.70%) Windows
2 80 (3.68%) Linux
3 17 (0.78%) Android
4 14 (0.64%) Unix
4 14 (0.64%) VMS
4 14 (0.64%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.092%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.092%) Solaris
6 2 (0.092%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.092%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.092%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.092%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.046%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.046%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 685 (31.54%) Software Engineering
2 607 (27.95%) Agile
3 430 (19.80%) DevOps
4 421 (19.38%) CI/CD
5 412 (18.97%) Full-Stack Development
6 299 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
7 264 (12.15%) Mentoring
8 252 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 250 (11.51%) Microservices
10 237 (10.91%) Computer Science
11 196 (9.02%) Test Automation
12 179 (8.24%) AI
13 177 (8.15%) SDLC
14 146 (6.72%) MVC
15 136 (6.26%) Scrum
16 133 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
17 130 (5.99%) Containerisation
18 107 (4.93%) Software Testing
19 104 (4.79%) Infrastructure as Code
20 103 (4.74%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 655 (30.16%) SQL
2 439 (20.21%) JavaScript
3 364 (16.76%) Python
4 271 (12.48%) TypeScript
5 246 (11.33%) Java
6 214 (9.85%) C++
7 108 (4.97%) PHP
8 90 (4.14%) PowerShell
9 50 (2.30%) C
10 40 (1.84%) T-SQL
11 32 (1.47%) Go
12 29 (1.34%) Bash
13 27 (1.24%) Bicep
14 26 (1.20%) VB.NET
15 23 (1.06%) VBA
16 19 (0.87%) Scala
17 18 (0.83%) Rust
18 17 (0.78%) Delphi
18 17 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
19 16 (0.74%) F#
Qualifications
1 311 (14.32%) Degree
2 158 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 117 (5.39%) Security Cleared
4 67 (3.08%) SC Cleared
5 45 (2.07%) ISTQB
6 44 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (1.84%) Azure Certification
8 38 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 21 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (0.97%) PhD
11 19 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
12 18 (0.83%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 17 (0.78%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 12 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.41%) CREST Certified
17 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 6 (0.28%) HND
18 6 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (6.58%) QA
2 38 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.64%) GDPR
5 13 (0.60%) WCAG
6 12 (0.55%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.41%) SLA
9 3 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.14%) EMIR
9 3 (0.14%) IEC 61131
10 2 (0.092%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.092%) ITGC
11 1 (0.046%) HL7
11 1 (0.046%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.046%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.046%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 180 (8.29%) Docker
2 21 (0.97%) Firmware
3 15 (0.69%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.32%) KVM
6 5 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 153 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 101 (4.65%) Terraform
3 36 (1.66%) Grafana
4 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.46%) Ansible
6 7 (0.32%) Kibana
7 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) Nmap
9 2 (0.092%) MIIS
9 2 (0.092%) MOM
10 1 (0.046%) Control-M
10 1 (0.046%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.046%) Nessus
10 1 (0.046%) Netcool
10 1 (0.046%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 419 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 43 (1.98%) Oracle
3 31 (1.43%) Google
4 23 (1.06%) Adobe
5 12 (0.55%) Databricks
5 12 (0.55%) VMware
5 12 (0.55%) Xamarin
6 11 (0.51%) SAP
6 11 (0.51%) ServiceNow
7 10 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (0.46%) OpenAI
8 7 (0.32%) Dynatrace
8 7 (0.32%) iManage
8 7 (0.32%) Palantir
9 6 (0.28%) Aderant
9 6 (0.28%) Workday
10 5 (0.23%) Blue Prism
10 5 (0.23%) Facebook
10 5 (0.23%) Intapp
10 5 (0.23%) MuleSoft