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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 48 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 -29 +1
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,663 2,254 8,425
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.88% 5.09% 7.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.09% 16.15% 24.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,343 1,857 7,116
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,250 £35,534
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £80,000 £80,000 £70,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £88,750
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 16,554 13,954 33,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.88% 31.52% 31.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,645 9,172 25,600
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,364 £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 £111,125 £98,750
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 12 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 12 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 2,491 £60,000 -7.69% 587
UK excluding London -2 1,912 £57,500 - 501
Work from Home -5 1,011 £55,000 -15.38% 450
London -17 623 £82,500 +3.13% 151
South East +9 587 £58,500 -2.50% 166
North of England +27 521 £60,000 +4.35% 127
Midlands -11 323 £57,500 +4.55% 66
North West +62 266 £60,000 +11.63% 76
East of England -6 211 £60,000 -9.37% 66
South West +5 206 £55,000 - 57
East Midlands +9 163 £55,000 - 27
West Midlands -37 160 £60,000 +9.09% 39
Yorkshire -8 148 £55,000 -16.98% 18
North East -6 107 £65,000 +13.04% 34
Scotland -28 31 £55,000 +2.33% 14
Wales -41 29 £50,000 -25.37% 12
Northern Ireland - 6 £65,000 - 10

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 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.01%) CMS
3 26 (0.98%) IIS
4 14 (0.53%) Confluence
5 13 (0.49%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.26%) WordPress
8 6 (0.23%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.15%) Apache
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.11%) JBoss
12 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.075%) nginx
12 2 (0.075%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.038%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.038%) DNN
13 1 (0.038%) EPiServer
13 1 (0.038%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 35 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.26%) Simulink
4 4 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.11%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.038%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.038%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.11%) Magento
4 2 (0.075%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.075%) Shopify
4 2 (0.075%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.038%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.038%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.038%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.038%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.038%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.038%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 1,275 (47.88%) Azure
2 440 (16.52%) AWS
3 323 (12.13%) Azure DevOps
4 232 (8.71%) Power Platform
5 209 (7.85%) SaaS
6 151 (5.67%) GitHub
7 146 (5.48%) Serverless
8 145 (5.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 121 (4.54%) PowerApps
10 120 (4.51%) Power Automate
11 114 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
12 93 (3.49%) Azure Functions
13 91 (3.42%) Azure AI
14 85 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
14 85 (3.19%) GitHub Copilot
15 80 (3.00%) Azure Service Bus
16 75 (2.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 63 (2.37%) GCP
18 54 (2.03%) Azure AKS
19 52 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.39%) Internet
2 16 (0.60%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.56%) Broadband
4 14 (0.53%) DNS
5 11 (0.41%) Firewall
6 10 (0.38%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.30%) DHCP
8 6 (0.23%) HTTP
9 5 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
9 5 (0.19%) LAN
9 5 (0.19%) LTE
9 5 (0.19%) 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 (0.075%) FIX Connectivity
12 2 (0.075%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 480 (18.02%) SQL Server
2 302 (11.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 256 (9.61%) MongoDB
4 134 (5.03%) Power BI
5 85 (3.19%) Elasticsearch
6 74 (2.78%) NoSQL
7 66 (2.48%) MySQL
8 56 (2.10%) Relational Database
9 48 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
10 33 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 32 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (0.60%) Redis
13 11 (0.41%) Db2
13 11 (0.41%) Metadata
14 9 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.30%) GIS
16 7 (0.26%) Data Lake
17 6 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
17 6 (0.23%) DynamoDB
17 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 184 (6.91%) Git
2 54 (2.03%) JIRA
3 48 (1.80%) Selenium
4 47 (1.76%) Visual Studio
5 32 (1.20%) Postman
6 30 (1.13%) GitLab
7 23 (0.86%) SpecFlow
7 23 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
8 21 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
9 20 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 19 (0.71%) WebDriver
11 17 (0.64%) Jenkins
12 16 (0.60%) SoapUI
13 14 (0.53%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.49%) NUnit
15 12 (0.45%) Cucumber
16 10 (0.38%) Claude Code
17 9 (0.34%) LabVIEW
18 8 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
18 8 (0.30%) Yeoman
General
1 478 (17.95%) Finance
2 372 (13.97%) Social Skills
3 138 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 67 (2.52%) Games
6 63 (2.37%) Retail
7 62 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 56 (2.10%) Banking
9 55 (2.07%) Electronics
9 55 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 48 (1.80%) Aerospace
11 46 (1.73%) Law
12 45 (1.69%) Front Office
13 40 (1.50%) Advertising
14 35 (1.31%) Marketing
15 34 (1.28%) Automotive
15 34 (1.28%) Legal
16 17 (0.64%) Investment Banking
17 13 (0.49%) Aviation
17 13 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,419 (53.29%) Developer
2 588 (22.08%) Software Engineer
3 557 (20.92%) Senior
4 556 (20.88%) .NET Developer
5 424 (15.92%) Software Developer
6 388 (14.57%) C# Developer
7 287 (10.78%) C# Software Engineer
8 268 (10.06%) Senior Developer
9 260 (9.76%) Lead
10 204 (7.66%) Senior Software Engineer
11 174 (6.53%) Full-Stack Developer
12 166 (6.23%) C# Software Developer
13 165 (6.20%) C# .NET Developer
14 159 (5.97%) .NET Software Engineer
15 127 (4.77%) Graduate
16 117 (4.39%) Lead Developer
17 99 (3.72%) Graduate Developer
18 96 (3.60%) .NET Software Developer
18 96 (3.60%) Azure Developer
18 96 (3.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,717 (64.48%) .NET
2 582 (21.86%) .NET Core
3 500 (18.78%) ASP.NET
4 358 (13.44%) React
5 347 (13.03%) ASP.NET Core
6 286 (10.74%) CSS
7 275 (10.33%) HTML
8 226 (8.49%) AngularJS
9 203 (7.62%) RESTful
10 201 (7.55%) Vue
11 200 (7.51%) .NET Framework
12 193 (7.25%) Blazor
13 187 (7.02%) Entity Framework
14 178 (6.68%) REST
15 163 (6.12%) Node.js
16 135 (5.07%) ASP.NET Web API
17 93 (3.49%) WPF
18 81 (3.04%) ML.NET
19 72 (2.70%) LINQ
20 60 (2.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 163 (6.12%) Cloud Native
2 104 (3.91%) Greenfield Project
3 99 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
4 86 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 82 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
6 72 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 54 (2.03%) Hedge funds
8 52 (1.95%) Mobile App
9 46 (1.73%) Algorithms
10 35 (1.31%) Low-Code
11 31 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.09%) Virtual Team
13 28 (1.05%) Onboarding
14 26 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 24 (0.90%) Legacy Code
15 24 (0.90%) Management Information System
16 23 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
17 22 (0.83%) Sports Betting
18 21 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
19 19 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 134 (5.03%) Windows
2 96 (3.60%) Linux
3 37 (1.39%) Android
4 26 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.45%) VMS
7 10 (0.38%) 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 (0.075%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.075%) Solaris
11 2 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 831 (31.21%) Agile
2 822 (30.87%) Software Engineering
3 691 (25.95%) Full-Stack Development
4 581 (21.82%) CI/CD
5 558 (20.95%) DevOps
6 369 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
7 357 (13.41%) Microservices
8 356 (13.37%) AI
9 302 (11.34%) Mentoring
10 282 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 264 (9.91%) Computer Science
12 232 (8.71%) Test Automation
13 209 (7.85%) SDLC
14 183 (6.87%) Machine Learning
15 160 (6.01%) Scrum
16 150 (5.63%) Business Intelligence
17 149 (5.60%) Containerisation
18 143 (5.37%) TDD
19 134 (5.03%) Infrastructure as Code
20 132 (4.96%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 917 (34.43%) SQL
2 560 (21.03%) JavaScript
3 431 (16.18%) Python
4 359 (13.48%) TypeScript
5 311 (11.68%) C++
6 266 (9.99%) Java
7 111 (4.17%) PHP
8 94 (3.53%) PowerShell
9 67 (2.52%) C
10 49 (1.84%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.31%) Bicep
11 35 (1.31%) Go
11 35 (1.31%) VB.NET
12 32 (1.20%) Bash
13 26 (0.98%) VBA
14 22 (0.83%) Rust
15 19 (0.71%) Scala
16 18 (0.68%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.64%) F#
17 17 (0.64%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 376 (14.12%) Degree
2 187 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 121 (4.54%) Security Cleared
4 73 (2.74%) SC Cleared
5 43 (1.61%) Azure Certification
5 43 (1.61%) Master's Degree
6 38 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (1.16%) ISTQB
8 28 (1.05%) PhD
9 22 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.41%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 10 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (5.41%) QA
2 46 (1.73%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 20 (0.75%) GDPR
5 13 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 12 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.45%) SLA
6 12 (0.45%) WCAG
7 5 (0.19%) IEC 61131
8 4 (0.15%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 14443
8 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 7816
9 3 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.075%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.075%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.075%) ITGC
11 1 (0.038%) EMIR
11 1 (0.038%) NCSC
11 1 (0.038%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 269 (10.10%) Docker
2 29 (1.09%) Firmware
3 22 (0.83%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.23%) KVM
7 5 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 235 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 127 (4.77%) Terraform
3 35 (1.31%) Grafana
4 15 (0.56%) Ansible
5 10 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.26%) Kibana
7 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.11%) Control-M
9 3 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.075%) MIIS
10 2 (0.075%) MOM
11 1 (0.038%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.038%) Nessus
11 1 (0.038%) Netcool
11 1 (0.038%) Nmap
Vendors
1 706 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 53 (1.99%) Google
3 43 (1.61%) Oracle
4 36 (1.35%) Facebook
5 23 (0.86%) OpenAI
6 22 (0.83%) Adobe
7 18 (0.68%) Salesforce
7 18 (0.68%) VMware
8 15 (0.56%) Xamarin
9 12 (0.45%) Apple
9 12 (0.45%) Databricks
10 11 (0.41%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.41%) YouTube
11 10 (0.38%) Sony
11 10 (0.38%) Yahoo!
12 9 (0.34%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (0.34%) iManage
12 9 (0.34%) Splunk
13 7 (0.26%) Intapp
14 6 (0.23%) Dynatrace