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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 49 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 -31 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,713 2,257 8,570
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.90% 5.06% 7.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.28% 16.18% 25.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,397 1,863 7,210
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,300 £35,475
25th Percentile £47,930 £48,750 £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 £78,750 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £58,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.29% +5.91% -

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 16,664 13,950 34,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.82% 31.30% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11,760 9,193 25,782
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,379 £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 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 17 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 17 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 2,539 £60,000 -7.69% 1,715
UK excluding London 0 1,960 £57,500 -1.29% 1,951
Work from Home -3 1,048 £55,000 -15.38% 1,784
London -19 622 £82,500 +3.13% 263
South East +12 589 £59,000 -1.67% 440
North of England +32 534 £59,000 +2.61% 411
Midlands -13 336 £57,500 +4.55% 230
North West +56 274 £60,000 +9.09% 189
East of England -9 224 £60,000 -9.37% 278
South West +8 214 £55,000 - 164
East Midlands +11 169 £55,000 - 117
West Midlands -29 167 £60,000 +9.09% 113
Yorkshire -5 149 £55,000 -18.52% 130
North East -11 111 £65,000 +14.04% 93
Scotland -31 30 £55,000 - 205
Wales -44 29 £50,000 -25.37% 118
Northern Ireland - 6 £65,000 - 139

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 69 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.00%) CMS
3 26 (0.96%) IIS
4 16 (0.59%) Confluence
5 13 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.26%) WordPress
8 6 (0.22%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.18%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.15%) Apache
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.11%) JBoss
11 3 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.074%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.074%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.037%) DNN
13 1 (0.037%) EPiServer
13 1 (0.037%) Kentico
13 1 (0.037%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 37 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.26%) Simulink
4 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.11%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.037%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.037%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) Magento
4 2 (0.074%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.074%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.074%) Shopify
4 2 (0.074%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.037%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.037%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.037%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.037%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.037%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.037%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,304 (48.06%) Azure
2 449 (16.55%) AWS
3 331 (12.20%) Azure DevOps
4 233 (8.59%) Power Platform
5 208 (7.67%) SaaS
6 162 (5.97%) GitHub
7 147 (5.42%) Azure Logic Apps
8 145 (5.34%) Serverless
9 122 (4.50%) Power Automate
9 122 (4.50%) PowerApps
10 115 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
11 103 (3.80%) Azure AI
12 96 (3.54%) GitHub Copilot
13 94 (3.46%) Azure Functions
14 86 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
15 85 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
16 80 (2.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 61 (2.25%) GCP
18 54 (1.99%) Azure AKS
19 53 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.51%) Internet
2 18 (0.66%) Broadband
3 16 (0.59%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.52%) DNS
5 11 (0.41%) Firewall
6 10 (0.37%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.29%) DHCP
8 6 (0.22%) HTTP
8 6 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
9 5 (0.18%) LAN
9 5 (0.18%) LTE
9 5 (0.18%) WAN
10 4 (0.15%) Intranet
10 4 (0.15%) Modbus
11 3 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.11%) Network Security
11 3 (0.11%) RS-232
11 3 (0.11%) VPN
12 2 (0.074%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.074%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 484 (17.84%) SQL Server
2 325 (11.98%) Azure SQL Database
3 275 (10.14%) MongoDB
4 136 (5.01%) Power BI
5 92 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
6 72 (2.65%) NoSQL
7 69 (2.54%) MySQL
8 58 (2.14%) Relational Database
9 50 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
10 34 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 33 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (0.59%) Redis
13 12 (0.44%) Db2
14 11 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.41%) Metadata
15 10 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
16 7 (0.26%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.26%) GIS
17 6 (0.22%) DynamoDB
17 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 188 (6.93%) Git
2 58 (2.14%) JIRA
3 46 (1.70%) Selenium
3 46 (1.70%) Visual Studio
4 33 (1.22%) GitLab
5 31 (1.14%) Postman
6 23 (0.85%) SpecFlow
6 23 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
7 20 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
8 19 (0.70%) TeamCity
9 17 (0.63%) WebDriver
10 16 (0.59%) Jenkins
11 15 (0.55%) SoapUI
12 13 (0.48%) Cypress.io
12 13 (0.48%) NUnit
13 12 (0.44%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.37%) Claude Code
15 9 (0.33%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 8 (0.29%) Yeoman
General
1 483 (17.80%) Finance
2 371 (13.67%) Social Skills
3 143 (5.27%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (3.61%) Manufacturing
5 67 (2.47%) Games
6 63 (2.32%) Retail
7 62 (2.29%) Public Sector
8 57 (2.10%) Banking
9 55 (2.03%) Electronics
9 55 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 48 (1.77%) Aerospace
11 47 (1.73%) Front Office
12 45 (1.66%) Advertising
12 45 (1.66%) Law
13 37 (1.36%) Marketing
14 34 (1.25%) Automotive
14 34 (1.25%) Legal
15 18 (0.66%) Investment Banking
16 13 (0.48%) Aviation
16 13 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,455 (53.63%) Developer
2 601 (22.15%) Software Engineer
3 577 (21.27%) .NET Developer
4 564 (20.79%) Senior
5 430 (15.85%) Software Developer
6 388 (14.30%) C# Developer
7 297 (10.95%) C# Software Engineer
8 272 (10.03%) Senior Developer
9 261 (9.62%) Lead
10 208 (7.67%) Senior Software Engineer
11 172 (6.34%) Full-Stack Developer
12 166 (6.12%) C# .NET Developer
12 166 (6.12%) C# Software Developer
13 156 (5.75%) .NET Software Engineer
14 131 (4.83%) Graduate
15 120 (4.42%) Lead Developer
16 99 (3.65%) Graduate Developer
17 96 (3.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 95 (3.50%) .NET Software Developer
18 95 (3.50%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,756 (64.73%) .NET
2 609 (22.45%) .NET Core
3 527 (19.42%) ASP.NET
4 372 (13.71%) ASP.NET Core
5 363 (13.38%) React
6 297 (10.95%) CSS
7 286 (10.54%) HTML
8 234 (8.63%) AngularJS
9 213 (7.85%) RESTful
10 205 (7.56%) Blazor
10 205 (7.56%) Vue
11 204 (7.52%) .NET Framework
12 190 (7.00%) Entity Framework
13 183 (6.75%) REST
14 168 (6.19%) Node.js
15 141 (5.20%) ASP.NET Web API
16 96 (3.54%) WPF
17 93 (3.43%) ML.NET
18 76 (2.80%) LINQ
19 62 (2.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 165 (6.08%) Cloud Native
2 108 (3.98%) Greenfield Project
3 103 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
4 85 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 80 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
6 71 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 54 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 53 (1.95%) Hedge funds
9 46 (1.70%) Algorithms
10 33 (1.22%) Low-Code
10 33 (1.22%) Virtual Team
11 31 (1.14%) Onboarding
11 31 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 24 (0.88%) Management Information System
13 24 (0.88%) Sports Betting
14 23 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
14 23 (0.85%) Legacy Code
15 22 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
16 20 (0.74%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 134 (4.94%) Windows
2 99 (3.65%) Linux
3 38 (1.40%) Android
4 26 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.44%) VMS
7 10 (0.37%) Unix
8 7 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.11%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.074%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.074%) Solaris
11 2 (0.074%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (31.70%) Agile
2 835 (30.78%) Software Engineering
3 719 (26.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 598 (22.04%) CI/CD
5 569 (20.97%) DevOps
6 374 (13.79%) AI
7 371 (13.67%) Microservices
8 369 (13.60%) Problem-Solving
9 303 (11.17%) Mentoring
10 286 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 268 (9.88%) Computer Science
12 231 (8.51%) Test Automation
13 215 (7.92%) SDLC
14 193 (7.11%) Machine Learning
15 165 (6.08%) Scrum
16 152 (5.60%) Business Intelligence
16 152 (5.60%) TDD
17 151 (5.57%) Containerisation
18 137 (5.05%) Multithreading
18 137 (5.05%) OO
Programming Languages
1 951 (35.05%) SQL
2 564 (20.79%) JavaScript
3 435 (16.03%) Python
4 363 (13.38%) TypeScript
5 314 (11.57%) C++
6 263 (9.69%) Java
7 116 (4.28%) PHP
8 95 (3.50%) PowerShell
9 68 (2.51%) C
10 49 (1.81%) T-SQL
11 40 (1.47%) Bicep
12 36 (1.33%) Go
13 35 (1.29%) VB.NET
14 33 (1.22%) Bash
15 28 (1.03%) VBA
16 22 (0.81%) Rust
17 19 (0.70%) MATLAB
17 19 (0.70%) Scala
18 17 (0.63%) F#
18 17 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 377 (13.90%) Degree
2 185 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 120 (4.42%) Security Cleared
4 75 (2.76%) SC Cleared
5 43 (1.58%) Azure Certification
5 43 (1.58%) Master's Degree
6 36 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (1.11%) ISTQB
8 28 (1.03%) PhD
9 19 (0.70%) AWS Certification
10 11 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (0.37%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 9 (0.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 8 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
14 6 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.22%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (5.49%) QA
2 46 (1.70%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.77%) GDPR
5 14 (0.52%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.48%) WCAG
7 12 (0.44%) SLA
8 5 (0.18%) IEC 61131
9 4 (0.15%) Def Stans
9 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 14443
9 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 3 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.11%) NCSC
11 2 (0.074%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (0.074%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.074%) ITGC
12 1 (0.037%) EMIR
12 1 (0.037%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 289 (10.65%) Docker
2 29 (1.07%) Firmware
3 22 (0.81%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 12 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.18%) KVM
5 5 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 254 (9.36%) Kubernetes
2 130 (4.79%) Terraform
3 34 (1.25%) Grafana
4 15 (0.55%) Ansible
5 9 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.22%) Kibana
7 5 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.11%) Control-M
8 3 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.074%) MIIS
9 2 (0.074%) MOM
10 1 (0.037%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.037%) Nessus
10 1 (0.037%) Netcool
10 1 (0.037%) Nmap
Vendors
1 731 (26.94%) Microsoft
2 54 (1.99%) Google
3 43 (1.58%) Oracle
4 40 (1.47%) Facebook
5 22 (0.81%) Adobe
5 22 (0.81%) OpenAI
6 18 (0.66%) Salesforce
7 17 (0.63%) VMware
8 15 (0.55%) Xamarin
9 14 (0.52%) Databricks
10 13 (0.48%) Apple
11 12 (0.44%) YouTube
12 11 (0.41%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.41%) Sony
12 11 (0.41%) Yahoo!
13 9 (0.33%) iManage
13 9 (0.33%) Splunk
14 8 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
15 7 (0.26%) Intapp
16 6 (0.22%) Dynatrace