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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 29 17
Rank change year-on-year -44 -12 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,876 3,186 7,067
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.67% 6.88% 9.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.56% 20.04% 24.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,637 2,233 6,358
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
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 12,888 15,901 28,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.36% 34.32% 36.51%
Number of salaries quoted 9,125 9,981 23,332
10th Percentile £34,500 £37,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £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 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,250
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.99% -1.36%

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 2 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 2 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 -41 1,719 £60,000 -7.69% 1,016
UK excluding London -51 1,257 £57,500 - 888
Work from Home -30 748 £60,000 -7.69% 433
London -22 503 £80,000 +6.67% 267
South East -42 367 £55,000 -12.00% 286
North of England -33 358 £65,000 +23.81% 219
Midlands -38 258 £52,500 -4.55% 117
North West -28 173 £62,500 +22.81% 114
East Midlands -25 136 £52,500 -4.55% 54
South West -36 123 £55,000 -4.35% 109
West Midlands -47 122 £52,500 -8.70% 61
Yorkshire -32 121 £65,000 +30.00% 79
East of England -74 88 £55,000 -16.93% 95
North East -6 64 £70,000 +16.67% 31
Scotland -74 46 £60,000 +34.83% 48
Wales -43 16 £45,000 -25.00% 19
Northern Ireland -27 9 £95,000 +61.70% 12
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 44 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.76%) IIS
3 17 (0.91%) CMS
4 8 (0.43%) Kinematics
5 6 (0.32%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.27%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.21%) Confluence
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.053%) Kentico
Applications
1 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.21%) Simulink
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.053%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 44 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.053%) Endur
6 1 (0.053%) Magento
6 1 (0.053%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.053%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 863 (46.00%) Azure
2 335 (17.86%) AWS
3 219 (11.67%) SaaS
4 218 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
5 190 (10.13%) Power Platform
6 126 (6.72%) Serverless
7 99 (5.28%) Dynamics 365
7 99 (5.28%) Power Automate
8 92 (4.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 91 (4.85%) PowerApps
10 80 (4.26%) GCP
11 73 (3.89%) Azure Functions
12 66 (3.52%) GitHub
13 54 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
14 52 (2.77%) Azure Service Bus
15 36 (1.92%) Azure AKS
16 35 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 32 (1.71%) Entra ID
18 30 (1.60%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (0.64%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.37%) DNS
4 6 (0.32%) DHCP
4 6 (0.32%) HTTP
4 6 (0.32%) Internet
5 4 (0.21%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.21%) Firewall
5 4 (0.21%) SAN
6 3 (0.16%) Broadband
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.11%) Intranet
7 2 (0.11%) NAS
7 2 (0.11%) VLAN
8 1 (0.053%) Hyperconnected
8 1 (0.053%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.053%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 364 (19.40%) SQL Server
2 95 (5.06%) Power BI
3 80 (4.26%) Relational Database
4 73 (3.89%) NoSQL
5 60 (3.20%) MySQL
6 56 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 52 (2.77%) MongoDB
8 45 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 42 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 24 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
12 21 (1.12%) Redis
13 15 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.37%) DB2
15 7 (0.37%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.27%) GIS
17 4 (0.21%) Big Data
17 4 (0.21%) Oracle Database
17 4 (0.21%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 122 (6.50%) Git
2 69 (3.68%) Selenium
3 62 (3.30%) Visual Studio
4 57 (3.04%) JIRA
5 40 (2.13%) Postman
6 37 (1.97%) WebDriver
7 33 (1.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 28 (1.49%) Jenkins
8 28 (1.49%) SoapUI
9 24 (1.28%) SpecFlow
10 16 (0.85%) Cypress.io
11 14 (0.75%) GitLab
11 14 (0.75%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.69%) NUnit
13 9 (0.48%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.48%) LabVIEW
14 7 (0.37%) Balsamiq
14 7 (0.37%) PowerBuilder
14 7 (0.37%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
General
1 408 (21.75%) Social Skills
2 333 (17.75%) Finance
3 117 (6.24%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (4.64%) Law
5 77 (4.10%) Public Sector
6 58 (3.09%) Manufacturing
7 55 (2.93%) Retail
8 53 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 45 (2.40%) Banking
10 42 (2.24%) Front Office
11 39 (2.08%) Electronics
12 33 (1.76%) Games
13 32 (1.71%) Legal
14 29 (1.55%) Marketing
15 17 (0.91%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.91%) Military
16 16 (0.85%) Aviation
16 16 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 930 (49.57%) Developer
2 417 (22.23%) Senior
3 327 (17.43%) Software Engineer
4 293 (15.62%) Software Developer
5 281 (14.98%) C# Developer
6 245 (13.06%) .NET Developer
7 219 (11.67%) Senior Developer
8 191 (10.18%) Lead
9 160 (8.53%) Full-Stack Developer
10 112 (5.97%) C# Software Engineer
11 106 (5.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 102 (5.44%) C# .NET Developer
13 101 (5.38%) .NET Software Engineer
14 86 (4.58%) C# Software Developer
15 67 (3.57%) Analyst
16 65 (3.46%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 65 (3.46%) Senior Software Developer
17 63 (3.36%) Lead Developer
18 62 (3.30%) Architect
19 59 (3.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,154 (61.51%) .NET
2 332 (17.70%) .NET Core
3 256 (13.65%) React
4 217 (11.57%) ASP.NET
5 187 (9.97%) HTML
6 174 (9.28%) .NET Framework
7 169 (9.01%) CSS
8 150 (8.00%) AngularJS
9 132 (7.04%) REST
10 94 (5.01%) RESTful
11 84 (4.48%) Entity Framework
12 70 (3.73%) Vue
13 65 (3.46%) Blazor
14 53 (2.83%) ASP.NET Core
15 52 (2.77%) Node.js
16 47 (2.51%) ASP.NET MVC
16 47 (2.51%) XML
17 43 (2.29%) WPF
18 42 (2.24%) ASP.NET Web API
18 42 (2.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 115 (6.13%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 65 (3.46%) Onboarding
5 51 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
6 50 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
7 42 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 40 (2.13%) Low-Code
9 35 (1.87%) Mobile App
10 33 (1.76%) Algorithms
11 29 (1.55%) Hedge funds
11 29 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 19 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 18 (0.96%) Client/Server
15 17 (0.91%) Sports Betting
16 15 (0.80%) Derivative
17 14 (0.75%) AI Agents
17 14 (0.75%) Robotics
18 13 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 90 (4.80%) Windows
2 67 (3.57%) Linux
3 23 (1.23%) Android
4 18 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.85%) Unix
6 11 (0.59%) VMS
7 9 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
9 2 (0.11%) Solaris
9 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.053%) Fedora
10 1 (0.053%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 593 (31.61%) Software Engineering
2 574 (30.60%) Agile
3 432 (23.03%) DevOps
4 404 (21.54%) CI/CD
5 378 (20.15%) Full-Stack Development
6 344 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
7 279 (14.87%) Mentoring
8 277 (14.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 259 (13.81%) Microservices
10 190 (10.13%) Computer Science
11 162 (8.64%) AI
12 161 (8.58%) SDLC
13 144 (7.68%) Test Automation
14 141 (7.52%) Scrum
15 123 (6.56%) MVC
16 119 (6.34%) Containerisation
17 110 (5.86%) Migration
18 106 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
19 105 (5.60%) CRM
20 103 (5.49%) OO
Programming Languages
1 600 (31.98%) SQL
2 436 (23.24%) JavaScript
3 309 (16.47%) Python
4 242 (12.90%) TypeScript
5 231 (12.31%) Java
6 156 (8.32%) C++
7 91 (4.85%) PowerShell
8 60 (3.20%) PHP
9 53 (2.83%) C
10 41 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 28 (1.49%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.23%) Go
13 22 (1.17%) Rust
14 21 (1.12%) Bash
15 17 (0.91%) Delphi
15 17 (0.91%) VBA
16 15 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
17 14 (0.75%) Bicep
17 14 (0.75%) PL/SQL
18 12 (0.64%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 274 (14.61%) Degree
2 130 (6.93%) Security Cleared
3 129 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 78 (4.16%) SC Cleared
5 63 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (2.67%) Azure Certification
7 45 (2.40%) ISTQB
8 37 (1.97%) AWS Certification
9 34 (1.81%) Master's Degree
10 28 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
12 24 (1.28%) DV Cleared
13 23 (1.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 21 (1.12%) PhD
15 16 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.43%) ISEB
18 7 (0.37%) CREST Certified
19 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
20 5 (0.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (9.01%) QA
2 32 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.96%) Data Quality
3 18 (0.96%) GDPR
4 11 (0.59%) ISO 9001
4 11 (0.59%) WCAG
5 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.32%) SLA
7 3 (0.16%) EMIR
7 3 (0.16%) SEPA
8 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.053%) HL7
9 1 (0.053%) IFRS
9 1 (0.053%) ITGC
System Software
1 172 (9.17%) Docker
2 23 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.01%) Firmware
4 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.053%) Squid
8 1 (0.053%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 144 (7.68%) Kubernetes
2 85 (4.53%) Terraform
3 27 (1.44%) Grafana
4 13 (0.69%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 2 (0.11%) Control-M
8 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.11%) MOM
8 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.053%) Nessus
9 1 (0.053%) Netcool
9 1 (0.053%) WMI
Vendors
1 390 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 49 (2.61%) Oracle
3 31 (1.65%) Google
4 21 (1.12%) Xamarin
5 17 (0.91%) SAP
6 14 (0.75%) Palantir
7 13 (0.69%) Guidewire
8 12 (0.64%) Databricks
8 12 (0.64%) Sage
9 11 (0.59%) VMware
10 10 (0.53%) OpenAI
11 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
13 7 (0.37%) Adobe
13 7 (0.37%) iManage
13 7 (0.37%) Infor
14 6 (0.32%) Epicor
14 6 (0.32%) Foundry
14 6 (0.32%) IBM
14 6 (0.32%) IFS