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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 46 18
Rank change year-on-year -22 -28 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,466 2,380 7,950
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.68% 5.40% 8.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.31% 17.11% 24.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,149 1,981 6,865
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,603 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +4.55% -3.51%

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 16,102 13,908 32,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.49% 31.56% 33.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,092 9,668 24,889
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -16 2,286 £60,000 -7.69% 804
UK excluding London -22 1,727 £58,500 +1.74% 644
Work from Home -8 920 £57,500 -11.54% 431
London -20 603 £82,500 +10.00% 232
South East +9 540 £60,000 - 207
North of England 0 464 £60,000 +9.09% 178
Midlands -30 303 £60,000 +9.09% 82
North West +32 238 £60,000 +11.63% 102
East of England -10 185 £60,000 -9.37% 82
South West -12 174 £55,000 - 68
East Midlands +4 153 £55,000 - 44
West Midlands -45 150 £60,000 +9.09% 38
Yorkshire -27 140 £57,500 -4.17% 39
North East -14 86 £65,000 +13.04% 38
Scotland -47 34 £60,000 +27.66% 21
Wales -43 26 £47,500 -26.92% 15
Northern Ireland -33 8 £95,000 - 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 67 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.05%) IIS
3 25 (1.01%) CMS
4 11 (0.45%) Confluence
4 11 (0.45%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.20%) WordPress
7 4 (0.16%) Apache
7 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.12%) JBoss
9 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.081%) nginx
10 1 (0.041%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.041%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.041%) Appian
10 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.041%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.081%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.081%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.041%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.081%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.041%) Endur
5 1 (0.041%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.041%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.041%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.041%) Shopify
5 1 (0.041%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1,117 (45.30%) Azure
2 399 (16.18%) AWS
3 267 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
4 221 (8.96%) Power Platform
5 210 (8.52%) SaaS
6 141 (5.72%) Azure Logic Apps
7 136 (5.52%) Serverless
8 111 (4.50%) PowerApps
9 109 (4.42%) GitHub
9 109 (4.42%) Power Automate
10 95 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
11 90 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
12 87 (3.53%) Azure Functions
13 71 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
14 61 (2.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 59 (2.39%) GCP
16 58 (2.35%) Azure AI
17 54 (2.19%) GitHub Copilot
18 52 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
19 50 (2.03%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.81%) Internet
2 15 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 14 (0.57%) Broadband
4 12 (0.49%) DNS
5 10 (0.41%) Ethernet
6 8 (0.32%) Firewall
7 6 (0.24%) HTTP
7 6 (0.24%) Intranet
8 5 (0.20%) DHCP
8 5 (0.20%) LTE
9 4 (0.16%) Modbus
10 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
10 3 (0.12%) Network Security
10 3 (0.12%) VPN
11 2 (0.081%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.081%) LAN
11 2 (0.081%) RS-232
11 2 (0.081%) SSL
11 2 (0.081%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 457 (18.53%) SQL Server
2 202 (8.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 166 (6.73%) MongoDB
4 130 (5.27%) Power BI
5 71 (2.88%) NoSQL
6 61 (2.47%) Relational Database
7 58 (2.35%) MySQL
8 50 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
9 48 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.65%) Redis
12 11 (0.45%) DB2
12 11 (0.45%) Metadata
13 9 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.28%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.28%) GIS
15 6 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.16%) Amazon Athena
16 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 178 (7.22%) Git
2 60 (2.43%) Selenium
3 57 (2.31%) JIRA
4 56 (2.27%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.70%) Postman
6 31 (1.26%) GitLab
6 31 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.14%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.09%) SoapUI
9 23 (0.93%) SpecFlow
10 22 (0.89%) Jenkins
10 22 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
11 19 (0.77%) TeamCity
12 14 (0.57%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.53%) Cucumber
13 13 (0.53%) NUnit
14 9 (0.36%) LabVIEW
15 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.28%) Moq
15 7 (0.28%) MSTest
General
1 477 (19.34%) Finance
2 355 (14.40%) Social Skills
3 127 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (3.12%) Manufacturing
5 66 (2.68%) Public Sector
6 58 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (2.31%) Games
8 54 (2.19%) Banking
9 52 (2.11%) Retail
10 50 (2.03%) Front Office
11 49 (1.99%) Electronics
11 49 (1.99%) Law
12 39 (1.58%) Aerospace
13 34 (1.38%) Legal
14 31 (1.26%) Automotive
15 27 (1.09%) Advertising
16 26 (1.05%) Marketing
17 16 (0.65%) Aviation
18 15 (0.61%) Investment Banking
19 12 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,303 (52.84%) Developer
2 530 (21.49%) Senior
3 521 (21.13%) Software Engineer
4 431 (17.48%) .NET Developer
4 431 (17.48%) Software Developer
5 417 (16.91%) C# Developer
6 265 (10.75%) Lead
7 264 (10.71%) Senior Developer
8 250 (10.14%) C# Software Engineer
9 177 (7.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 176 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
11 175 (7.10%) C# Software Developer
12 167 (6.77%) C# .NET Developer
13 153 (6.20%) .NET Software Engineer
14 120 (4.87%) Graduate
15 107 (4.34%) Lead Developer
16 103 (4.18%) Graduate Developer
17 96 (3.89%) .NET Software Developer
18 94 (3.81%) Graduate Software Developer
19 91 (3.69%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,566 (63.50%) .NET
2 492 (19.95%) .NET Core
3 389 (15.77%) ASP.NET
4 292 (11.84%) React
5 241 (9.77%) HTML
6 240 (9.73%) CSS
7 225 (9.12%) ASP.NET Core
8 193 (7.83%) .NET Framework
9 173 (7.02%) AngularJS
10 158 (6.41%) RESTful
11 148 (6.00%) REST
12 147 (5.96%) Vue
13 144 (5.84%) Entity Framework
14 137 (5.56%) Blazor
15 125 (5.07%) Node.js
16 89 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
17 77 (3.12%) WPF
18 53 (2.15%) jQuery
18 53 (2.15%) Playwright
19 50 (2.03%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 149 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 87 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
4 73 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 68 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
6 59 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
7 52 (2.11%) Hedge funds
8 48 (1.95%) Mobile App
9 47 (1.91%) Algorithms
10 41 (1.66%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.18%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 24 (0.97%) Legacy Code
13 24 (0.97%) Sports Betting
14 23 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
14 23 (0.93%) Management Information System
15 21 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
16 20 (0.81%) Onboarding
17 19 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 121 (4.91%) Windows
2 93 (3.77%) Linux
3 27 (1.09%) Android
4 20 (0.81%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.57%) VMS
6 12 (0.49%) Unix
7 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.081%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.081%) Solaris
9 2 (0.081%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 768 (31.14%) Software Engineering
2 725 (29.40%) Agile
3 569 (23.07%) Full-Stack Development
4 514 (20.84%) CI/CD
5 499 (20.24%) DevOps
6 329 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
7 301 (12.21%) Microservices
8 285 (11.56%) Mentoring
9 275 (11.15%) AI
10 265 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 258 (10.46%) Computer Science
12 222 (9.00%) Test Automation
13 202 (8.19%) SDLC
14 149 (6.04%) Scrum
15 138 (5.60%) Business Intelligence
16 137 (5.56%) Machine Learning
17 135 (5.47%) Containerisation
18 130 (5.27%) MVC
19 122 (4.95%) Infrastructure as Code
20 119 (4.83%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 797 (32.32%) SQL
2 502 (20.36%) JavaScript
3 411 (16.67%) Python
4 311 (12.61%) TypeScript
5 271 (10.99%) C++
6 262 (10.62%) Java
7 109 (4.42%) PHP
8 96 (3.89%) PowerShell
9 62 (2.51%) C
10 40 (1.62%) T-SQL
11 32 (1.30%) Bash
11 32 (1.30%) Bicep
12 29 (1.18%) Go
13 26 (1.05%) VB.NET
14 22 (0.89%) VBA
15 21 (0.85%) Scala
16 19 (0.77%) F#
16 19 (0.77%) Rust
17 17 (0.69%) Haskell
18 16 (0.65%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 356 (14.44%) Degree
2 173 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 126 (5.11%) Security Cleared
4 73 (2.96%) SC Cleared
5 45 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 44 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (1.66%) Master's Degree
8 40 (1.62%) ISTQB
9 25 (1.01%) AWS Certification
10 23 (0.93%) PhD
11 18 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 16 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (0.57%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.28%) DBS Check
18 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (5.43%) QA
2 42 (1.70%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.77%) GDPR
5 14 (0.57%) ISO 9001
5 14 (0.57%) WCAG
6 11 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.45%) SLA
7 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
8 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.12%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
8 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
9 2 (0.081%) EMIR
9 2 (0.081%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.081%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.081%) ITGC
10 1 (0.041%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.041%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 231 (9.37%) Docker
2 24 (0.97%) Firmware
3 18 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 11 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (0.28%) KVM
6 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.081%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.081%) vSphere
8 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.041%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 197 (7.99%) Kubernetes
2 118 (4.79%) Terraform
3 36 (1.46%) Grafana
4 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.41%) Ansible
6 7 (0.28%) Kibana
7 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.081%) Control-M
8 2 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.081%) MIIS
8 2 (0.081%) MOM
8 2 (0.081%) Nmap
9 1 (0.041%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.041%) Nessus
9 1 (0.041%) Netcool
9 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 576 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.87%) Oracle
3 44 (1.78%) Google
4 26 (1.05%) Adobe
5 21 (0.85%) Facebook
6 16 (0.65%) OpenAI
7 15 (0.61%) VMware
8 12 (0.49%) Xamarin
9 11 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (0.45%) Databricks
9 11 (0.45%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.45%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.36%) iManage
11 8 (0.32%) Apple
11 8 (0.32%) Splunk
12 7 (0.28%) Intapp
13 6 (0.24%) Aderant
13 6 (0.24%) SAP
13 6 (0.24%) Sony
13 6 (0.24%) YouTube