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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 27 16
Rank change year-on-year -45 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,871 3,508 6,794
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.90% 6.87% 9.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.37% 20.30% 24.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,635 2,274 6,134
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% +3.75% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 12,176 17,282 27,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.85% 33.86% 37.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8,772 10,141 22,714
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,574 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £45,250
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -42 1,710 £60,000 -5.51% 817
UK excluding London -49 1,252 £55,498 -3.48% 720
Work from Home -25 788 £60,000 -2.31% 531
London -23 503 £80,000 +6.67% 233
North of England -34 366 £62,500 +13.64% 185
South East -41 346 £55,000 -12.00% 243
Midlands -36 262 £52,500 -4.55% 97
North West -24 182 £62,500 +15.74% 112
West Midlands -44 132 £52,500 -4.55% 46
East Midlands -18 130 £52,750 -4.09% 51
Yorkshire -31 118 £60,750 +21.50% 43
South West -44 118 £55,000 - 64
East of England -59 92 £55,000 -16.92% 70
North East -13 66 £70,000 +12.00% 31
Scotland -84 44 £60,000 +33.33% 43
Wales -37 22 £45,000 -25.00% 22
Northern Ireland -20 10 £78,750 +34.04% 10
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 40 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.03%) IIS
3 22 (1.18%) CMS
4 12 (0.64%) Kinematics
5 9 (0.48%) Confluence
5 9 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.37%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.21%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.053%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.053%) Kentico
Applications
1 10 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.16%) Simulink
5 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.053%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.053%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.053%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 48 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.37%) 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
5 1 (0.053%) Endur
5 1 (0.053%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.053%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.053%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.053%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 894 (47.78%) Azure
2 348 (18.60%) AWS
3 236 (12.61%) Azure DevOps
4 217 (11.60%) SaaS
5 181 (9.67%) Power Platform
6 134 (7.16%) Serverless
7 104 (5.56%) Power Automate
8 99 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
9 90 (4.81%) GCP
9 90 (4.81%) PowerApps
10 83 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 76 (4.06%) GitHub
12 74 (3.96%) Azure Functions
13 54 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
14 51 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
15 44 (2.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 36 (1.92%) Entra ID
17 32 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
18 29 (1.55%) Azure AKS
19 26 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.69%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.37%) DNS
3 7 (0.37%) HTTP
4 6 (0.32%) Internet
5 5 (0.27%) DHCP
6 4 (0.21%) Firewall
6 4 (0.21%) SAN
7 3 (0.16%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.11%) Broadband
8 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.11%) LTE
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.053%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.053%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.053%) SSH
9 1 (0.053%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (19.78%) SQL Server
2 88 (4.70%) Power BI
3 85 (4.54%) Relational Database
4 69 (3.69%) MongoDB
4 69 (3.69%) MySQL
4 69 (3.69%) NoSQL
5 67 (3.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 44 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
7 37 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 36 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 24 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
11 20 (1.07%) Redis
12 11 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.48%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.32%) GIS
14 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.27%) Big Data
15 5 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 129 (6.89%) Git
2 77 (4.12%) Selenium
3 72 (3.85%) JIRA
4 68 (3.63%) Visual Studio
5 50 (2.67%) Postman
6 39 (2.08%) WebDriver
7 38 (2.03%) Team Foundation Server
8 33 (1.76%) Jenkins
9 32 (1.71%) SoapUI
10 21 (1.12%) SpecFlow
11 17 (0.91%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.86%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.75%) GitLab
14 13 (0.69%) NUnit
15 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.48%) REST Assured
17 8 (0.43%) LabVIEW
18 7 (0.37%) Balsamiq
18 7 (0.37%) JMeter
18 7 (0.37%) PowerBuilder
General
1 455 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 325 (17.37%) Finance
3 115 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (4.33%) Law
5 74 (3.96%) Public Sector
6 59 (3.15%) Retail
7 56 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 54 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 49 (2.62%) Front Office
10 45 (2.41%) Banking
11 38 (2.03%) Electronics
12 31 (1.66%) Legal
13 29 (1.55%) Marketing
14 28 (1.50%) Games
15 16 (0.86%) Aviation
15 16 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.80%) Aerospace
16 15 (0.80%) Military
17 13 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 918 (49.06%) Developer
2 419 (22.39%) Senior
3 308 (16.46%) Software Engineer
4 256 (13.68%) C# Developer
5 253 (13.52%) Software Developer
6 242 (12.93%) .NET Developer
7 214 (11.44%) Senior Developer
8 209 (11.17%) Lead
9 147 (7.86%) Full-Stack Developer
10 100 (5.34%) Senior Software Engineer
11 99 (5.29%) C# Software Engineer
12 87 (4.65%) .NET Software Engineer
13 84 (4.49%) C# .NET Developer
14 71 (3.79%) Lead Developer
15 68 (3.63%) C# Software Developer
16 67 (3.58%) Analyst
17 66 (3.53%) Support Engineer
18 65 (3.47%) Architect
19 62 (3.31%) Graduate
20 60 (3.21%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,140 (60.93%) .NET
2 325 (17.37%) .NET Core
3 276 (14.75%) React
4 235 (12.56%) ASP.NET
5 193 (10.32%) HTML
6 191 (10.21%) .NET Framework
7 174 (9.30%) CSS
8 170 (9.09%) AngularJS
9 139 (7.43%) REST
10 104 (5.56%) RESTful
11 93 (4.97%) Entity Framework
12 81 (4.33%) Vue
13 71 (3.79%) Blazor
14 68 (3.63%) ASP.NET MVC
15 56 (2.99%) ASP.NET Core
15 56 (2.99%) ASP.NET Web API
15 56 (2.99%) Node.js
16 51 (2.73%) SOAP
17 46 (2.46%) WPF
18 43 (2.30%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 121 (6.47%) Cloud Native
2 79 (4.22%) Onboarding
3 73 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 67 (3.58%) Distributed Systems
5 52 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 49 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
7 45 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 36 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
9 34 (1.82%) Algorithms
10 33 (1.76%) Low-Code
11 32 (1.71%) Mobile App
12 26 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 20 (1.07%) Hedge funds
14 19 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 18 (0.96%) Client/Server
15 18 (0.96%) Derivative
15 18 (0.96%) Robotics
16 15 (0.80%) AI Agents
16 15 (0.80%) Virtual Team
17 14 (0.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 94 (5.02%) Windows
2 72 (3.85%) Linux
3 21 (1.12%) Android
4 15 (0.80%) Unix
5 13 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.64%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.37%) VMS
8 4 (0.21%) Solaris
9 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
10 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.053%) AIX
11 1 (0.053%) Fedora
11 1 (0.053%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (32.44%) Agile
2 575 (30.73%) Software Engineering
3 452 (24.16%) DevOps
4 426 (22.77%) CI/CD
5 392 (20.95%) Problem-Solving
6 387 (20.68%) Full-Stack Development
7 301 (16.09%) Mentoring
8 296 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 280 (14.97%) Microservices
10 203 (10.85%) Computer Science
11 159 (8.50%) Test Automation
12 155 (8.28%) AI
13 150 (8.02%) SDLC
14 149 (7.96%) Scrum
15 139 (7.43%) MVC
16 118 (6.31%) Containerisation
16 118 (6.31%) CRM
17 116 (6.20%) Migration
18 113 (6.04%) OO
19 105 (5.61%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 627 (33.51%) SQL
2 450 (24.05%) JavaScript
3 318 (17.00%) Python
4 244 (13.04%) Java
5 226 (12.08%) TypeScript
6 154 (8.23%) C++
7 103 (5.51%) PowerShell
8 70 (3.74%) PHP
9 55 (2.94%) C
10 44 (2.35%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.44%) VB.NET
12 25 (1.34%) Bash
13 20 (1.07%) Go
14 19 (1.02%) Rust
15 18 (0.96%) Bicep
16 17 (0.91%) Delphi
17 15 (0.80%) VBA
18 11 (0.59%) Kotlin
19 10 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
19 10 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 287 (15.34%) Degree
2 142 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (6.68%) Security Cleared
4 75 (4.01%) SC Cleared
5 65 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (2.83%) Azure Certification
7 47 (2.51%) ISTQB
8 41 (2.19%) AWS Certification
9 32 (1.71%) Master's Degree
10 29 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 27 (1.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 27 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
12 21 (1.12%) DV Cleared
13 16 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (0.86%) PhD
14 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (0.43%) ISEB
16 7 (0.37%) CREST Certified
17 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 5 (0.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (9.46%) QA
2 40 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.12%) GDPR
4 17 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 12 (0.64%) WCAG
6 10 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.27%) SLA
9 4 (0.21%) SEPA
10 3 (0.16%) HL7
11 2 (0.11%) EMIR
11 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.053%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.053%) IFRS
12 1 (0.053%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.053%) ITGC
12 1 (0.053%) SOC 2
System Software
1 163 (8.71%) Docker
2 22 (1.18%) Firmware
3 21 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.32%) KVM
7 2 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.053%) HDFS
8 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.053%) Squid
Systems Management
1 141 (7.54%) Kubernetes
2 97 (5.18%) Terraform
3 27 (1.44%) Grafana
4 14 (0.75%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 4 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.16%) Nmap
9 2 (0.11%) Control-M
9 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.11%) MOM
9 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.053%) Nagios
10 1 (0.053%) Nessus
10 1 (0.053%) WMI
Vendors
1 408 (21.81%) Microsoft
2 53 (2.83%) Oracle
3 32 (1.71%) Google
4 20 (1.07%) Guidewire
5 18 (0.96%) Xamarin
6 17 (0.91%) SAP
7 13 (0.69%) Palantir
7 13 (0.69%) Sage
8 10 (0.53%) Databricks
8 10 (0.53%) VMware
9 9 (0.48%) Dynatrace
9 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
10 8 (0.43%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.37%) Adobe
11 7 (0.37%) IBM
11 7 (0.37%) Infor
12 6 (0.32%) Epicor
12 6 (0.32%) ESRI
12 6 (0.32%) Salesforce