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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 33 17
Rank change year-on-year -42 -16 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,955 2,668 7,566
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.54% 6.48% 8.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.13% 19.18% 24.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,699 2,227 6,708
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,956 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,812 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 13,837 13,908 30,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.99% 33.80% 35.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,654 10,167 24,474
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,530
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +3.31% -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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -40 1,793 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -49 1,323 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -27 775 £60,000 -6.61% 535
London -31 510 £80,000 +6.67% 269
North of England -35 386 £62,500 +19.05% 185
South East -39 378 £56,500 -5.83% 234
Midlands -43 259 £55,000 - 124
North West -35 184 £60,000 +17.90% 90
East Midlands -27 139 £55,000 - 54
Yorkshire -22 133 £65,000 +23.81% 60
South West -23 131 £55,000 -4.35% 81
West Midlands -47 120 £56,250 -2.17% 70
East of England -65 106 £55,000 -16.92% 101
North East -10 69 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -64 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -46 19 £43,750 -32.69% 25
Northern Ireland -34 8 £95,000 +40.74% 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 50 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.33%) IIS
3 18 (0.92%) CMS
4 9 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.26%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Confluence
6 4 (0.20%) Kinematics
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) nginx
7 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.051%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.051%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.051%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 13 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.31%) Shopify
3 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.10%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.051%) Endur
5 1 (0.051%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.051%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.051%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 875 (44.76%) Azure
2 338 (17.29%) AWS
3 215 (11.00%) SaaS
4 201 (10.28%) Azure DevOps
5 186 (9.51%) Power Platform
6 127 (6.50%) Serverless
7 102 (5.22%) Azure Logic Apps
8 92 (4.71%) Power Automate
9 90 (4.60%) PowerApps
10 87 (4.45%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.89%) Azure Functions
12 70 (3.58%) GCP
12 70 (3.58%) GitHub
13 60 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
14 54 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
15 41 (2.10%) Azure AKS
16 34 (1.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 29 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
18 26 (1.33%) PaaS
19 23 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.72%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.56%) Broadband
4 6 (0.31%) Internet
5 4 (0.20%) DNS
5 4 (0.20%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.20%) HTTP
6 3 (0.15%) DHCP
6 3 (0.15%) Firewall
6 3 (0.15%) LTE
6 3 (0.15%) Modbus
7 2 (0.10%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
7 2 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.10%) Intranet
8 1 (0.051%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.051%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.051%) SAN
8 1 (0.051%) SSL
8 1 (0.051%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (20.05%) SQL Server
2 111 (5.68%) Power BI
3 79 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 74 (3.79%) NoSQL
5 70 (3.58%) Relational Database
6 64 (3.27%) MySQL
7 52 (2.66%) MongoDB
8 46 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
8 46 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 43 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 18 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (0.92%) Redis
11 17 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.56%) DB2
13 10 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (0.36%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.31%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.20%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 128 (6.55%) Git
2 68 (3.48%) Selenium
3 66 (3.38%) Visual Studio
4 54 (2.76%) JIRA
5 35 (1.79%) Postman
6 32 (1.64%) WebDriver
7 30 (1.53%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (1.28%) Jenkins
8 25 (1.28%) SoapUI
8 25 (1.28%) SpecFlow
9 18 (0.92%) TeamCity
10 17 (0.87%) Cypress.io
11 16 (0.82%) NUnit
12 14 (0.72%) GitLab
13 9 (0.46%) LabVIEW
14 7 (0.36%) Balsamiq
14 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.31%) git-flow
15 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 6 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 369 (18.87%) Finance
2 365 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 122 (6.24%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (3.89%) Law
4 76 (3.89%) Public Sector
5 56 (2.86%) Manufacturing
6 51 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (2.46%) Retail
8 46 (2.35%) Banking
9 42 (2.15%) Front Office
10 39 (1.99%) Games
11 34 (1.74%) Electronics
12 28 (1.43%) Legal
12 28 (1.43%) Marketing
13 18 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 17 (0.87%) Aerospace
14 17 (0.87%) Military
15 15 (0.77%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.72%) Aviation
17 11 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 991 (50.69%) Developer
2 437 (22.35%) Senior
3 361 (18.47%) Software Engineer
4 339 (17.34%) Software Developer
5 323 (16.52%) C# Developer
6 266 (13.61%) .NET Developer
7 232 (11.87%) Senior Developer
8 209 (10.69%) Lead
9 164 (8.39%) Full-Stack Developer
10 123 (6.29%) C# Software Engineer
11 115 (5.88%) C# .NET Developer
11 115 (5.88%) C# Software Developer
12 111 (5.68%) Senior Software Engineer
13 108 (5.52%) .NET Software Engineer
14 79 (4.04%) Graduate
15 73 (3.73%) Senior Software Developer
16 70 (3.58%) Lead Developer
17 66 (3.38%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 66 (3.38%) SQL Developer
18 65 (3.32%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,226 (62.71%) .NET
2 365 (18.67%) .NET Core
3 257 (13.15%) React
4 244 (12.48%) ASP.NET
5 185 (9.46%) .NET Framework
6 184 (9.41%) HTML
7 179 (9.16%) CSS
8 141 (7.21%) AngularJS
9 130 (6.65%) REST
10 103 (5.27%) RESTful
11 91 (4.65%) Entity Framework
12 78 (3.99%) ASP.NET Core
12 78 (3.99%) Vue
13 73 (3.73%) Blazor
14 66 (3.38%) Node.js
15 45 (2.30%) WPF
16 44 (2.25%) ASP.NET MVC
17 43 (2.20%) XML
18 41 (2.10%) ASP.NET Web API
19 39 (1.99%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 118 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 74 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (3.12%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 39 (1.99%) Low-Code
9 38 (1.94%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.64%) Algorithms
11 31 (1.59%) Hedge funds
12 25 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 23 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
14 21 (1.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 19 (0.97%) Sports Betting
16 18 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
16 18 (0.92%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.87%) Client/Server
18 15 (0.77%) Derivative
19 14 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 95 (4.86%) Windows
2 72 (3.68%) Linux
3 17 (0.87%) Android
3 17 (0.87%) Unix
4 15 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.66%) VMS
6 10 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
7 2 (0.10%) Solaris
7 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.051%) Fedora
8 1 (0.051%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 631 (32.28%) Software Engineering
2 588 (30.08%) Agile
3 424 (21.69%) DevOps
4 398 (20.36%) Full-Stack Development
5 394 (20.15%) CI/CD
6 317 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
7 260 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 254 (12.99%) Microservices
9 252 (12.89%) Mentoring
10 204 (10.43%) Computer Science
11 178 (9.10%) AI
12 159 (8.13%) SDLC
13 150 (7.67%) Test Automation
14 133 (6.80%) MVC
15 129 (6.60%) Scrum
16 124 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
17 120 (6.14%) Containerisation
18 108 (5.52%) OO
19 98 (5.01%) Analytics
20 97 (4.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 622 (31.82%) SQL
2 430 (21.99%) JavaScript
3 324 (16.57%) Python
4 252 (12.89%) TypeScript
5 222 (11.36%) Java
6 180 (9.21%) C++
7 76 (3.89%) PowerShell
8 75 (3.84%) PHP
9 50 (2.56%) C
10 42 (2.15%) T-SQL
11 32 (1.64%) Go
12 26 (1.33%) VB.NET
13 25 (1.28%) Bash
14 22 (1.13%) Rust
15 19 (0.97%) Bicep
16 18 (0.92%) Delphi
17 17 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
18 16 (0.82%) PL/SQL
18 16 (0.82%) VBA
19 11 (0.56%) F#
Qualifications
1 277 (14.17%) Degree
2 131 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 119 (6.09%) Security Cleared
4 72 (3.68%) SC Cleared
5 54 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (2.25%) ISTQB
7 43 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 36 (1.84%) Master's Degree
9 34 (1.74%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.33%) PhD
11 25 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.18%) DV Cleared
12 23 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 20 (1.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.46%) ISEB
17 8 (0.41%) CREST Certified
18 6 (0.31%) HND
18 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (7.62%) QA
2 29 (1.48%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 17 (0.87%) GDPR
5 11 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 11 (0.56%) WCAG
6 9 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.41%) SLA
8 3 (0.15%) EMIR
9 2 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.10%) ITGC
9 2 (0.10%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.051%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.051%) HL7
10 1 (0.051%) IFRS
10 1 (0.051%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 177 (9.05%) Docker
2 19 (0.97%) Firmware
3 16 (0.82%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.36%) KVM
6 5 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.051%) Squid
7 1 (0.051%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 148 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 85 (4.35%) Terraform
3 37 (1.89%) Grafana
4 8 (0.41%) Ansible
4 8 (0.41%) Kibana
4 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.15%) Nmap
6 2 (0.10%) MIIS
6 2 (0.10%) MOM
6 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.051%) Control-M
7 1 (0.051%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.051%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.051%) Nessus
7 1 (0.051%) Netcool
Vendors
1 391 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.20%) Oracle
3 32 (1.64%) Google
4 20 (1.02%) Xamarin
5 16 (0.82%) SAP
6 13 (0.66%) Databricks
6 13 (0.66%) Palantir
7 11 (0.56%) Adobe
7 11 (0.56%) Sage
7 11 (0.56%) VMware
8 9 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (0.46%) MuleSoft
9 8 (0.41%) iManage
9 8 (0.41%) OpenAI
9 8 (0.41%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.36%) Guidewire
11 6 (0.31%) Facebook
11 6 (0.31%) Foundry
11 6 (0.31%) IBM
11 6 (0.31%) Talend