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 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 33 18
Rank change year-on-year -42 -15 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,988 2,642 7,624
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.54% 6.43% 8.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.06% 19.06% 24.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,731 2,226 6,748
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,187 £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 £77,500 £73,250
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 14,143 13,862 31,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.05% 33.72% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,871 10,284 24,625
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,200 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% +3.31% -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 29 March 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 29 March 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 1,825 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -49 1,346 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -27 783 £60,000 -6.25% 535
London -27 519 £80,000 +6.67% 269
North of England -35 390 £62,500 +19.05% 185
South East -36 384 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -38 260 £55,000 - 124
North West -35 186 £60,000 +17.90% 90
East Midlands -21 139 £55,000 - 54
South West -21 134 £55,000 -4.35% 81
Yorkshire -30 134 £65,000 +23.81% 60
West Midlands -53 121 £57,500 - 70
East of England -58 116 £55,000 -16.92% 101
North East -10 70 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -74 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -48 18 £42,500 -34.62% 25
Northern Ireland -35 8 £95,000 +40.74% 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 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.21%) IIS
3 19 (0.96%) CMS
4 9 (0.45%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Kinematics
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.10%) nginx
9 1 (0.050%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.050%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.050%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.050%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 14 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.050%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.30%) Shopify
3 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.10%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.050%) Endur
5 1 (0.050%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.050%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.050%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.050%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 886 (44.57%) Azure
2 345 (17.35%) AWS
3 217 (10.92%) SaaS
4 201 (10.11%) Azure DevOps
5 190 (9.56%) Power Platform
6 125 (6.29%) Serverless
7 108 (5.43%) Azure Logic Apps
8 94 (4.73%) Power Automate
9 92 (4.63%) PowerApps
10 90 (4.53%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.82%) Azure Functions
12 71 (3.57%) GitHub
13 70 (3.52%) GCP
14 62 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
15 56 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
16 42 (2.11%) Azure AKS
17 36 (1.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 30 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
19 28 (1.41%) PaaS
20 23 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.55%) Broadband
4 6 (0.30%) Internet
5 5 (0.25%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.20%) DNS
6 4 (0.20%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) Intranet
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
8 2 (0.10%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.10%) Network Security
9 1 (0.050%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.050%) Profibus
9 1 (0.050%) SSL
9 1 (0.050%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (20.07%) SQL Server
2 114 (5.73%) Power BI
3 79 (3.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (3.62%) NoSQL
5 67 (3.37%) Relational Database
6 64 (3.22%) MySQL
7 52 (2.62%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
8 44 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 43 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (0.91%) Redis
11 17 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.55%) DB2
13 10 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (0.35%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.30%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.20%) ClickHouse
16 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 126 (6.34%) Git
2 68 (3.42%) Selenium
3 65 (3.27%) Visual Studio
4 51 (2.57%) JIRA
5 35 (1.76%) Postman
6 32 (1.61%) WebDriver
7 30 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (1.26%) SoapUI
8 25 (1.26%) SpecFlow
9 24 (1.21%) Jenkins
10 18 (0.91%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.86%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.80%) NUnit
13 12 (0.60%) GitLab
14 9 (0.45%) LabVIEW
15 8 (0.40%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.35%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.30%) git-flow
17 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 6 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 384 (19.32%) Finance
2 367 (18.46%) Social Skills
3 123 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (3.87%) Public Sector
5 75 (3.77%) Law
6 57 (2.87%) Manufacturing
7 52 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (2.41%) Retail
9 46 (2.31%) Banking
10 42 (2.11%) Front Office
11 40 (2.01%) Games
12 37 (1.86%) Electronics
13 28 (1.41%) Legal
13 28 (1.41%) Marketing
14 17 (0.86%) Aerospace
14 17 (0.86%) Investment Banking
14 17 (0.86%) Military
15 15 (0.75%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.70%) Aviation
17 11 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,017 (51.16%) Developer
2 445 (22.38%) Senior
3 368 (18.51%) Software Engineer
4 347 (17.45%) Software Developer
5 339 (17.05%) C# Developer
6 277 (13.93%) .NET Developer
7 237 (11.92%) Senior Developer
8 213 (10.71%) Lead
9 167 (8.40%) Full-Stack Developer
10 129 (6.49%) C# Software Engineer
11 122 (6.14%) C# .NET Developer
12 121 (6.09%) C# Software Developer
13 114 (5.73%) Senior Software Engineer
14 108 (5.43%) .NET Software Engineer
15 83 (4.18%) Graduate
16 76 (3.82%) Senior Software Developer
17 73 (3.67%) Lead Developer
18 71 (3.57%) SQL Developer
19 68 (3.42%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 67 (3.37%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,244 (62.58%) .NET
2 373 (18.76%) .NET Core
3 259 (13.03%) React
4 248 (12.47%) ASP.NET
5 190 (9.56%) HTML
6 187 (9.41%) .NET Framework
6 187 (9.41%) CSS
7 140 (7.04%) AngularJS
8 130 (6.54%) REST
9 107 (5.38%) RESTful
10 89 (4.48%) Entity Framework
11 83 (4.18%) Vue
12 79 (3.97%) ASP.NET Core
13 76 (3.82%) Blazor
14 65 (3.27%) Node.js
15 47 (2.36%) WPF
16 45 (2.26%) ASP.NET MVC
16 45 (2.26%) jQuery
17 43 (2.16%) XML
18 41 (2.06%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 118 (5.94%) Cloud Native
2 75 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
3 62 (3.12%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 41 (2.06%) Low-Code
8 39 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 37 (1.86%) Mobile App
10 34 (1.71%) Hedge funds
11 33 (1.66%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 22 (1.11%) Virtual Team
14 21 (1.06%) Sports Betting
14 21 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 20 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
16 18 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
17 17 (0.86%) Client/Server
18 16 (0.80%) Public Cloud
19 15 (0.75%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 95 (4.78%) Windows
2 71 (3.57%) Linux
3 17 (0.86%) Android
4 16 (0.80%) Unix
5 15 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.70%) VMS
7 10 (0.50%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.10%) Solaris
8 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.050%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 637 (32.04%) Software Engineering
2 592 (29.78%) Agile
3 424 (21.33%) DevOps
4 403 (20.27%) Full-Stack Development
5 392 (19.72%) CI/CD
6 314 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 263 (13.23%) Mentoring
8 261 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 252 (12.68%) Microservices
10 208 (10.46%) Computer Science
11 179 (9.00%) AI
12 162 (8.15%) SDLC
13 152 (7.65%) Test Automation
14 139 (6.99%) MVC
15 128 (6.44%) Scrum
16 126 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
17 118 (5.94%) Containerisation
18 111 (5.58%) OO
19 98 (4.93%) Clean Code
19 98 (4.93%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 630 (31.69%) SQL
2 440 (22.13%) JavaScript
3 331 (16.65%) Python
4 252 (12.68%) TypeScript
5 224 (11.27%) Java
6 190 (9.56%) C++
7 79 (3.97%) PHP
8 75 (3.77%) PowerShell
9 53 (2.67%) C
10 43 (2.16%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.66%) Go
12 26 (1.31%) VB.NET
13 25 (1.26%) Bash
14 21 (1.06%) Bicep
14 21 (1.06%) Rust
15 19 (0.96%) Delphi
16 17 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.86%) VBA
17 16 (0.80%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.55%) F#
Qualifications
1 286 (14.39%) Degree
2 134 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 118 (5.94%) Security Cleared
4 71 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 52 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 42 (2.11%) Azure Certification
8 36 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 33 (1.66%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.31%) PhD
11 24 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 22 (1.11%) DV Cleared
12 22 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
13 20 (1.01%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.45%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.45%) ISEB
17 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 6 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (7.39%) QA
2 29 (1.46%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.01%) Data Quality
4 16 (0.80%) GDPR
5 11 (0.55%) ISO 9001
5 11 (0.55%) WCAG
6 9 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.40%) SLA
8 3 (0.15%) EMIR
9 2 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.10%) ITGC
10 1 (0.050%) HL7
10 1 (0.050%) IFRS
10 1 (0.050%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.050%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 173 (8.70%) Docker
2 21 (1.06%) Firmware
3 15 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.35%) KVM
6 6 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.050%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.050%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 148 (7.44%) Kubernetes
2 86 (4.33%) Terraform
3 37 (1.86%) Grafana
4 8 (0.40%) Ansible
4 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.35%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 2 (0.10%) MIIS
7 2 (0.10%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.050%) Control-M
8 1 (0.050%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.050%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.050%) Nessus
8 1 (0.050%) Netcool
Vendors
1 398 (20.02%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.16%) Oracle
3 31 (1.56%) Google
4 18 (0.91%) Xamarin
5 16 (0.80%) SAP
6 13 (0.65%) Databricks
7 12 (0.60%) Adobe
7 12 (0.60%) Palantir
8 11 (0.55%) VMware
9 9 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.45%) MuleSoft
9 9 (0.45%) Sage
10 8 (0.40%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.40%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.35%) iManage
12 6 (0.30%) Facebook
12 6 (0.30%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.30%) IBM
12 6 (0.30%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.30%) Talend