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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 50 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 -32 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,802 2,256 8,676
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.97% 5.02% 7.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.59% 16.12% 25.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,480 1,862 7,310
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £47,930 £49,813 £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 £77,500 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 16,891 13,994 34,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.91% 31.12% 31.52%
Number of salaries quoted 11,961 9,238 26,001
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £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 £111,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 21 June 2026.

Salary histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 17 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 21 June 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 -1 2,622 £60,000 -7.69% 614
UK excluding London +2 2,048 £57,500 -4.17% 557
Work from Home 0 1,121 £55,000 -15.38% 399
London -21 626 £82,500 +3.13% 183
South East +15 619 £59,000 -1.67% 175
North of England +30 547 £59,000 +2.61% 124
Midlands -10 353 £57,500 +4.55% 75
North West +55 274 £60,000 +9.09% 69
East of England -7 232 £60,000 -9.37% 65
South West +11 225 £55,000 - 58
East Midlands +17 180 £55,000 - 36
West Midlands -32 173 £59,000 +7.27% 39
Yorkshire -2 155 £55,000 -18.52% 25
North East -6 118 £60,000 +5.26% 32
Scotland -25 35 £55,000 -1.35% 20
Wales -49 33 £50,000 -24.24% 17
Northern Ireland -24 6 £65,000 -18.75% 38

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 73 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 27 (0.96%) CMS
2 27 (0.96%) IIS
3 17 (0.61%) Confluence
4 13 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 8 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
5 8 (0.29%) WordPress
6 6 (0.21%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.18%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.14%) Apache
8 4 (0.14%) JBoss
8 4 (0.14%) nginx
9 2 (0.071%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.071%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.071%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.036%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.036%) Immediacy CMS
10 1 (0.036%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.036%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 39 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.25%) Simulink
4 4 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.11%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.036%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.036%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) Magento
4 2 (0.071%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.071%) Shopify
4 2 (0.071%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 2 (0.071%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.036%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.036%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.036%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.036%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.036%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,377 (49.14%) Azure
2 469 (16.74%) AWS
3 365 (13.03%) Azure DevOps
4 246 (8.78%) Power Platform
5 208 (7.42%) SaaS
6 182 (6.50%) GitHub
7 149 (5.32%) Azure Logic Apps
7 149 (5.32%) Serverless
8 132 (4.71%) Power Automate
9 130 (4.64%) PowerApps
10 123 (4.39%) Azure AI
11 118 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
12 112 (4.00%) GitHub Copilot
13 96 (3.43%) Azure Functions
14 90 (3.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 90 (3.21%) Azure Service Bus
14 90 (3.21%) Dynamics 365
15 66 (2.36%) GCP
16 56 (2.00%) Azure AKS
16 56 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 48 (1.71%) Internet
2 19 (0.68%) Broadband
3 14 (0.50%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.46%) DNS
5 10 (0.36%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.32%) Firewall
7 7 (0.25%) HTTP
7 7 (0.25%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.21%) DHCP
9 5 (0.18%) LAN
9 5 (0.18%) LTE
9 5 (0.18%) WAN
10 4 (0.14%) Intranet
10 4 (0.14%) Modbus
10 4 (0.14%) Network Security
10 4 (0.14%) VPN
11 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.11%) RS-232
11 3 (0.11%) SSL
12 2 (0.071%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 491 (17.52%) SQL Server
2 382 (13.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 326 (11.63%) MongoDB
4 144 (5.14%) Power BI
5 112 (4.00%) Elasticsearch
6 76 (2.71%) NoSQL
7 71 (2.53%) MySQL
8 57 (2.03%) Relational Database
9 53 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
10 37 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 34 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 18 (0.64%) Redis
13 12 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.43%) Db2
13 12 (0.43%) Metadata
14 11 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.25%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.25%) GIS
15 7 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
15 7 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 201 (7.17%) Git
2 60 (2.14%) JIRA
3 46 (1.64%) Visual Studio
4 44 (1.57%) Selenium
5 35 (1.25%) GitLab
6 29 (1.03%) Postman
7 24 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.82%) SpecFlow
9 21 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 17 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
11 16 (0.57%) Jenkins
12 15 (0.54%) WebDriver
13 13 (0.46%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.46%) NUnit
14 12 (0.43%) Cucumber
14 12 (0.43%) SoapUI
15 11 (0.39%) Claude Code
16 8 (0.29%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 8 (0.29%) Yeoman
General
1 493 (17.59%) Finance
2 382 (13.63%) Social Skills
3 148 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (3.64%) Manufacturing
5 76 (2.71%) Games
6 67 (2.39%) Public Sector
6 67 (2.39%) Retail
7 57 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (2.00%) Electronics
9 54 (1.93%) Banking
10 52 (1.86%) Advertising
11 51 (1.82%) Aerospace
12 49 (1.75%) Front Office
13 47 (1.68%) Law
14 45 (1.61%) Marketing
15 37 (1.32%) Legal
16 34 (1.21%) Automotive
17 18 (0.64%) Investment Banking
18 15 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
19 14 (0.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,521 (54.28%) Developer
2 638 (22.77%) .NET Developer
3 621 (22.16%) Software Engineer
4 574 (20.49%) Senior
5 428 (15.27%) Software Developer
6 388 (13.85%) C# Developer
7 299 (10.67%) C# Software Engineer
8 275 (9.81%) Senior Developer
9 267 (9.53%) Lead
10 220 (7.85%) Senior Software Engineer
11 169 (6.03%) Full-Stack Developer
12 168 (6.00%) C# .NET Developer
13 165 (5.89%) C# Software Developer
14 158 (5.64%) .NET Software Engineer
15 133 (4.75%) Graduate
16 124 (4.43%) Lead Developer
17 100 (3.57%) Graduate Developer
18 95 (3.39%) .NET Software Developer
18 95 (3.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 94 (3.35%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,829 (65.27%) .NET
2 664 (23.70%) .NET Core
3 589 (21.02%) ASP.NET
4 436 (15.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 389 (13.88%) React
6 320 (11.42%) CSS
7 307 (10.96%) HTML
8 259 (9.24%) AngularJS
9 237 (8.46%) RESTful
10 231 (8.24%) Blazor
11 230 (8.21%) Vue
12 216 (7.71%) Entity Framework
13 209 (7.46%) .NET Framework
14 193 (6.89%) Node.js
15 190 (6.78%) REST
16 164 (5.85%) ASP.NET Web API
17 112 (4.00%) ML.NET
18 100 (3.57%) WPF
19 90 (3.21%) LINQ
20 63 (2.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 174 (6.21%) Cloud Native
2 120 (4.28%) Greenfield Project
3 107 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
4 92 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 90 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 74 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
7 57 (2.03%) Mobile App
8 55 (1.96%) Hedge funds
9 49 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 35 (1.25%) Onboarding
10 35 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
11 34 (1.21%) Low-Code
11 34 (1.21%) Virtual Team
12 29 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 24 (0.86%) Legacy Code
13 24 (0.86%) Management Information System
13 24 (0.86%) Sports Betting
14 23 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
15 22 (0.79%) Robotics
16 21 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 141 (5.03%) Windows
2 103 (3.68%) Linux
3 39 (1.39%) Android
4 26 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.61%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.43%) VMS
7 8 (0.29%) Unix
8 7 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.071%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.071%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.036%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 913 (32.58%) Agile
2 862 (30.76%) Software Engineering
3 772 (27.55%) Full-Stack Development
4 633 (22.59%) CI/CD
5 611 (21.81%) DevOps
6 404 (14.42%) AI
7 403 (14.38%) Microservices
8 384 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
9 312 (11.13%) Mentoring
10 296 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 274 (9.78%) Computer Science
12 234 (8.35%) Test Automation
13 223 (7.96%) SDLC
14 213 (7.60%) Machine Learning
15 173 (6.17%) Scrum
16 162 (5.78%) Business Intelligence
17 160 (5.71%) TDD
18 158 (5.64%) Multithreading
19 153 (5.46%) Containerisation
20 150 (5.35%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1,021 (36.44%) SQL
2 603 (21.52%) JavaScript
3 447 (15.95%) Python
4 392 (13.99%) TypeScript
5 325 (11.60%) C++
6 266 (9.49%) Java
7 117 (4.18%) PHP
8 96 (3.43%) PowerShell
9 70 (2.50%) C
10 55 (1.96%) T-SQL
11 43 (1.53%) Bicep
12 37 (1.32%) Go
13 35 (1.25%) Bash
13 35 (1.25%) VB.NET
14 29 (1.03%) VBA
15 23 (0.82%) Rust
16 19 (0.68%) MATLAB
17 18 (0.64%) Scala
18 17 (0.61%) PL/SQL
19 16 (0.57%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 383 (13.67%) Degree
2 186 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 124 (4.43%) Security Cleared
4 77 (2.75%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.57%) Azure Certification
5 44 (1.57%) Master's Degree
6 35 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.00%) ISTQB
7 28 (1.00%) PhD
8 20 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 12 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 9 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
12 7 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 6 (0.21%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 6 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (5.42%) QA
2 48 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 24 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.75%) GDPR
5 15 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.46%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.46%) WCAG
7 12 (0.43%) SLA
8 5 (0.18%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.14%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 14443
9 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 3 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.11%) NCSC
11 2 (0.071%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.071%) ITGC
12 1 (0.036%) EMIR
12 1 (0.036%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 315 (11.24%) Docker
2 28 (1.00%) Firmware
3 21 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.21%) KVM
6 6 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.036%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 278 (9.92%) Kubernetes
2 136 (4.85%) Terraform
3 36 (1.28%) Grafana
4 16 (0.57%) Ansible
5 10 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.21%) Kibana
8 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.11%) Control-M
9 3 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.071%) MIIS
10 2 (0.071%) MOM
11 1 (0.036%) Hadoop YARN
11 1 (0.036%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.036%) Nessus
11 1 (0.036%) Netcool
11 1 (0.036%) Nmap
Vendors
1 806 (28.77%) Microsoft
2 61 (2.18%) Google
3 48 (1.71%) Facebook
4 45 (1.61%) Oracle
5 24 (0.86%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.82%) Adobe
7 19 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 17 (0.61%) VMware
9 15 (0.54%) Apple
9 15 (0.54%) Databricks
9 15 (0.54%) Xamarin
9 15 (0.54%) YouTube
10 13 (0.46%) Sony
10 13 (0.46%) Yahoo!
11 10 (0.36%) Splunk
12 9 (0.32%) iManage
12 9 (0.32%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.25%) IBM
14 7 (0.25%) Intapp