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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 33 17
Rank change year-on-year -43 -16 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,961 2,704 7,547
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.55% 6.54% 8.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.23% 19.32% 24.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,703 2,242 6,708
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,901 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 13,780 13,999 30,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.95% 33.84% 35.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,641 10,181 24,482
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,534
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 £85,253 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +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 24 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 24 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 -39 1,799 £60,000 -7.69% 913
UK excluding London -48 1,327 £57,500 - 726
Work from Home -27 770 £60,000 -6.25% 550
London -31 510 £80,000 +6.67% 279
North of England -35 388 £62,500 +19.05% 166
South East -39 379 £56,500 -7.00% 238
Midlands -38 260 £55,000 - 122
North West -33 184 £60,000 +18.88% 81
East Midlands -30 139 £55,000 - 54
Yorkshire -25 133 £65,000 +23.81% 58
South West -16 131 £55,000 -4.35% 76
West Midlands -47 121 £55,000 -4.35% 68
East of England -63 106 £55,000 -16.92% 92
North East -9 71 £70,000 +21.74% 33
Scotland -64 44 £60,000 +33.33% 28
Wales -42 19 £43,750 -32.69% 24
Northern Ireland -35 8 £95,000 +40.74% 4
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 53 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.33%) IIS
3 18 (0.92%) CMS
4 9 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.25%) Kinematics
5 5 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Confluence
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 15 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.25%) 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%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
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
1 878 (44.77%) Azure
2 337 (17.19%) AWS
3 214 (10.91%) SaaS
4 202 (10.30%) Azure DevOps
5 191 (9.74%) Power Platform
6 128 (6.53%) Serverless
7 104 (5.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 95 (4.84%) Power Automate
9 93 (4.74%) PowerApps
10 91 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
11 77 (3.93%) Azure Functions
12 70 (3.57%) GCP
12 70 (3.57%) GitHub
13 61 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
14 56 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
15 41 (2.09%) Azure AKS
16 35 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 29 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
18 27 (1.38%) PaaS
19 25 (1.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.71%) 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%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.051%) Network Security
8 1 (0.051%) SAN
8 1 (0.051%) SSL
8 1 (0.051%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 393 (20.04%) SQL Server
2 114 (5.81%) Power BI
3 78 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 74 (3.77%) NoSQL
5 70 (3.57%) Relational Database
6 64 (3.26%) MySQL
7 52 (2.65%) MongoDB
8 48 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 46 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
10 43 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (0.92%) Redis
12 17 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.56%) DB2
14 10 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.36%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.31%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
18 4 (0.20%) GIS
18 4 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 129 (6.58%) Git
2 69 (3.52%) Selenium
3 66 (3.37%) Visual Studio
4 55 (2.80%) JIRA
5 36 (1.84%) Postman
6 33 (1.68%) WebDriver
7 31 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 26 (1.33%) SoapUI
9 25 (1.27%) Jenkins
9 25 (1.27%) SpecFlow
10 18 (0.92%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.87%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.82%) NUnit
13 14 (0.71%) GitLab
14 9 (0.46%) LabVIEW
15 7 (0.36%) Balsamiq
15 7 (0.36%) Cucumber
16 6 (0.31%) git-flow
16 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 6 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 371 (18.92%) Finance
2 369 (18.82%) Social Skills
3 122 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (3.88%) Law
4 76 (3.88%) Public Sector
5 57 (2.91%) Manufacturing
6 51 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 48 (2.45%) Retail
8 46 (2.35%) Banking
9 42 (2.14%) Front Office
10 39 (1.99%) Games
11 36 (1.84%) 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 (0.76%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.71%) Aviation
17 11 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 994 (50.69%) Developer
2 438 (22.34%) Senior
3 359 (18.31%) Software Engineer
4 338 (17.24%) Software Developer
5 322 (16.42%) C# Developer
6 265 (13.51%) .NET Developer
7 232 (11.83%) Senior Developer
8 209 (10.66%) Lead
9 166 (8.47%) Full-Stack Developer
10 122 (6.22%) C# Software Engineer
11 114 (5.81%) C# .NET Developer
12 113 (5.76%) C# Software Developer
13 111 (5.66%) Senior Software Engineer
14 107 (5.46%) .NET Software Engineer
15 79 (4.03%) Graduate
16 73 (3.72%) Senior Software Developer
17 69 (3.52%) Lead Developer
18 67 (3.42%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
19 66 (3.37%) SQL Developer
20 63 (3.21%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,227 (62.57%) .NET
2 365 (18.61%) .NET Core
3 258 (13.16%) React
4 245 (12.49%) ASP.NET
5 188 (9.59%) HTML
6 186 (9.48%) .NET Framework
7 180 (9.18%) CSS
8 141 (7.19%) AngularJS
9 130 (6.63%) REST
10 103 (5.25%) RESTful
11 91 (4.64%) Entity Framework
12 78 (3.98%) ASP.NET Core
13 76 (3.88%) Vue
14 73 (3.72%) Blazor
15 67 (3.42%) Node.js
16 44 (2.24%) ASP.NET MVC
16 44 (2.24%) WPF
17 43 (2.19%) XML
18 41 (2.09%) ASP.NET Web API
19 39 (1.99%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 118 (6.02%) Cloud Native
2 74 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (3.11%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
5 46 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (2.04%) Onboarding
8 39 (1.99%) Low-Code
8 39 (1.99%) Mobile App
9 33 (1.68%) Algorithms
10 31 (1.58%) Hedge funds
11 25 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 24 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (1.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 19 (0.97%) Sports Betting
15 18 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
15 18 (0.92%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.87%) Client/Server
17 15 (0.76%) Derivative
18 14 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 95 (4.84%) Windows
2 71 (3.62%) Linux
3 18 (0.92%) Android
4 17 (0.87%) Unix
5 16 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.66%) VMS
7 10 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.10%) Solaris
8 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.051%) Fedora
9 1 (0.051%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 630 (32.13%) Software Engineering
2 590 (30.09%) Agile
3 428 (21.83%) DevOps
4 399 (20.35%) Full-Stack Development
5 394 (20.09%) CI/CD
6 320 (16.32%) Problem-Solving
7 261 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 256 (13.05%) Mentoring
9 252 (12.85%) Microservices
10 204 (10.40%) Computer Science
11 177 (9.03%) AI
12 158 (8.06%) SDLC
13 150 (7.65%) Test Automation
14 133 (6.78%) MVC
15 130 (6.63%) Scrum
16 127 (6.48%) Business Intelligence
17 120 (6.12%) Containerisation
18 109 (5.56%) OO
19 99 (5.05%) User Experience
20 98 (5.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 624 (31.82%) SQL
2 436 (22.23%) JavaScript
3 323 (16.47%) Python
4 251 (12.80%) TypeScript
5 222 (11.32%) Java
6 181 (9.23%) C++
7 75 (3.82%) PHP
7 75 (3.82%) PowerShell
8 51 (2.60%) C
9 42 (2.14%) T-SQL
10 32 (1.63%) Go
11 28 (1.43%) VB.NET
12 25 (1.27%) Bash
13 22 (1.12%) Rust
14 19 (0.97%) Bicep
15 18 (0.92%) Delphi
16 17 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
17 16 (0.82%) PL/SQL
17 16 (0.82%) VBA
18 11 (0.56%) F#
Qualifications
1 278 (14.18%) Degree
2 131 (6.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 119 (6.07%) Security Cleared
4 72 (3.67%) SC Cleared
5 54 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (2.29%) ISTQB
7 43 (2.19%) Azure Certification
8 36 (1.84%) Master's Degree
9 34 (1.73%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.33%) PhD
11 25 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.17%) DV Cleared
12 23 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
13 21 (1.07%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.76%) 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 (7.60%) 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 (9.03%) Docker
2 19 (0.97%) Firmware
3 17 (0.87%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.36%) KVM
6 5 (0.25%) 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 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 85 (4.33%) 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
1 397 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 42 (2.14%) Oracle
3 32 (1.63%) 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%) Sage
7 11 (0.56%) VMware
8 10 (0.51%) Adobe
9 9 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.46%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.41%) iManage
10 8 (0.41%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.36%) Guidewire
11 7 (0.36%) Infor
11 7 (0.36%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.31%) Facebook
12 6 (0.31%) Foundry
12 6 (0.31%) Talend