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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 46 18
Rank change year-on-year -11 -28 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,551 2,239 8,185
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.75% 5.13% 7.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.56% 16.27% 24.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,226 1,844 6,996
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
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 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

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 16,396 13,759 33,181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.70% 31.50% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11,408 9,148 25,214
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 4 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 4 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 -7 2,385 £60,000 -7.69% 935
UK excluding London -15 1,805 £57,500 -2.54% 740
Work from Home -6 932 £55,000 -15.38% 563
London -18 616 £82,500 +3.13% 270
South East +9 557 £60,000 - 205
North of England +7 488 £60,000 +4.35% 214
Midlands -29 309 £58,250 +5.91% 95
North West +43 250 £60,000 +14.29% 126
East of England -9 201 £60,000 -9.37% 94
South West -2 193 £55,000 - 84
East Midlands +7 156 £55,000 - 45
West Midlands -46 153 £60,000 +9.09% 50
Yorkshire -17 140 £55,000 -19.41% 43
North East -7 98 £65,000 +13.04% 46
Scotland -32 27 £56,250 +7.14% 22
Wales -48 25 £50,000 -24.24% 15
Northern Ireland - 7 £80,000 - 29

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 66 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.06%) CMS
3 26 (1.02%) IIS
4 13 (0.51%) Confluence
5 12 (0.47%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.24%) WordPress
8 4 (0.16%) Apache
8 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.039%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.039%) Appian
11 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.039%) nginx
11 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.27%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.12%) Stateflow
6 2 (0.078%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.039%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.039%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.078%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.078%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.078%) Shopify
4 2 (0.078%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.039%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.039%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.039%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.039%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,177 (46.14%) Azure
2 416 (16.31%) AWS
3 291 (11.41%) Azure DevOps
4 226 (8.86%) Power Platform
5 207 (8.11%) SaaS
6 143 (5.61%) Serverless
7 142 (5.57%) Azure Logic Apps
8 125 (4.90%) GitHub
9 115 (4.51%) Power Automate
9 115 (4.51%) PowerApps
10 107 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
11 92 (3.61%) Azure Functions
12 87 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
13 74 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
14 67 (2.63%) Azure AI
15 66 (2.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 65 (2.55%) GitHub Copilot
17 63 (2.47%) GCP
18 54 (2.12%) Azure Monitor
19 52 (2.04%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (0.98%) Internet
2 17 (0.67%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.59%) Broadband
4 14 (0.55%) DNS
5 11 (0.43%) Firewall
6 10 (0.39%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.31%) DHCP
8 6 (0.24%) HTTP
9 5 (0.20%) LAN
9 5 (0.20%) LTE
9 5 (0.20%) WAN
10 4 (0.16%) Intranet
10 4 (0.16%) Modbus
11 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
11 3 (0.12%) Network Security
11 3 (0.12%) RS-232
11 3 (0.12%) VPN
12 2 (0.078%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.078%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 473 (18.54%) SQL Server
2 232 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 191 (7.49%) MongoDB
4 132 (5.17%) Power BI
5 72 (2.82%) NoSQL
6 62 (2.43%) MySQL
7 58 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
8 57 (2.23%) Relational Database
9 47 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
10 33 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 32 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.51%) Redis
13 11 (0.43%) DB2
13 11 (0.43%) Metadata
14 8 (0.31%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
14 8 (0.31%) GIS
15 6 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 176 (6.90%) Git
2 55 (2.16%) JIRA
3 53 (2.08%) Selenium
4 47 (1.84%) Visual Studio
5 38 (1.49%) Postman
6 31 (1.22%) GitLab
7 25 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (0.94%) WebDriver
9 23 (0.90%) SpecFlow
9 23 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
10 22 (0.86%) SoapUI
11 19 (0.74%) Jenkins
12 17 (0.67%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.55%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.51%) Cucumber
15 12 (0.47%) NUnit
16 10 (0.39%) LabVIEW
17 8 (0.31%) Claude Code
17 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 8 (0.31%) Yeoman
General
1 476 (18.66%) Finance
2 371 (14.54%) Social Skills
3 136 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (3.61%) Manufacturing
5 63 (2.47%) Public Sector
6 59 (2.31%) Games
7 57 (2.23%) Electronics
7 57 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (2.23%) Retail
8 55 (2.16%) Banking
9 48 (1.88%) Law
10 47 (1.84%) Front Office
11 46 (1.80%) Aerospace
12 33 (1.29%) Automotive
12 33 (1.29%) Legal
13 32 (1.25%) Advertising
14 27 (1.06%) Marketing
15 15 (0.59%) Investment Banking
16 14 (0.55%) Aviation
17 12 (0.47%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,324 (51.90%) Developer
2 567 (22.23%) Software Engineer
3 544 (21.32%) Senior
4 468 (18.35%) .NET Developer
5 423 (16.58%) Software Developer
6 383 (15.01%) C# Developer
7 280 (10.98%) C# Software Engineer
8 261 (10.23%) Lead
9 255 (10.00%) Senior Developer
10 199 (7.80%) Senior Software Engineer
11 172 (6.74%) Full-Stack Developer
12 164 (6.43%) C# Software Developer
13 163 (6.39%) C# .NET Developer
14 154 (6.04%) .NET Software Engineer
15 120 (4.70%) Graduate
16 112 (4.39%) Lead Developer
17 96 (3.76%) Graduate Developer
18 95 (3.72%) .NET Software Developer
19 93 (3.65%) Azure Developer
19 93 (3.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,617 (63.39%) .NET
2 508 (19.91%) .NET Core
3 421 (16.50%) ASP.NET
4 320 (12.54%) React
5 266 (10.43%) ASP.NET Core
6 263 (10.31%) CSS
7 256 (10.04%) HTML
8 196 (7.68%) AngularJS
9 189 (7.41%) .NET Framework
10 171 (6.70%) RESTful
11 169 (6.62%) Vue
12 166 (6.51%) REST
13 157 (6.15%) Blazor
13 157 (6.15%) Entity Framework
14 134 (5.25%) Node.js
15 105 (4.12%) ASP.NET Web API
16 90 (3.53%) WPF
17 59 (2.31%) ML.NET
18 57 (2.23%) JSON
19 56 (2.20%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 153 (6.00%) Cloud Native
2 95 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
3 88 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
4 81 (3.18%) Product Ownership
5 73 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
6 68 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 53 (2.08%) Hedge funds
8 49 (1.92%) Mobile App
9 45 (1.76%) Algorithms
10 38 (1.49%) Low-Code
11 28 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.10%) Virtual Team
12 25 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 24 (0.94%) Legacy Code
13 24 (0.94%) Management Information System
14 23 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
14 23 (0.90%) Onboarding
15 22 (0.86%) Sports Betting
16 21 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
17 19 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 128 (5.02%) Windows
2 94 (3.68%) Linux
3 35 (1.37%) Android
4 26 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.51%) VMS
7 11 (0.43%) Unix
8 7 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.12%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.078%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.078%) Solaris
11 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 795 (31.16%) Software Engineering
2 753 (29.52%) Agile
3 607 (23.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 546 (21.40%) CI/CD
5 524 (20.54%) DevOps
6 358 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
7 318 (12.47%) Microservices
8 317 (12.43%) AI
9 293 (11.49%) Mentoring
10 269 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 261 (10.23%) Computer Science
12 228 (8.94%) Test Automation
13 207 (8.11%) SDLC
14 158 (6.19%) Machine Learning
15 151 (5.92%) Scrum
16 146 (5.72%) Business Intelligence
17 144 (5.64%) Containerisation
18 129 (5.06%) Infrastructure as Code
19 126 (4.94%) MVC
20 124 (4.86%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 838 (32.85%) SQL
2 528 (20.70%) JavaScript
3 428 (16.78%) Python
4 323 (12.66%) TypeScript
5 302 (11.84%) C++
6 269 (10.54%) Java
7 106 (4.16%) PHP
8 95 (3.72%) PowerShell
9 66 (2.59%) C
10 45 (1.76%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.37%) Bicep
12 32 (1.25%) Bash
12 32 (1.25%) Go
13 30 (1.18%) VB.NET
14 24 (0.94%) VBA
15 20 (0.78%) Rust
15 20 (0.78%) Scala
16 18 (0.71%) MATLAB
17 17 (0.67%) F#
18 16 (0.63%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 378 (14.82%) Degree
2 187 (7.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 125 (4.90%) Security Cleared
4 76 (2.98%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 40 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (1.37%) ISTQB
9 27 (1.06%) PhD
10 24 (0.94%) AWS Certification
11 15 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 15 (0.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 12 (0.47%) DV Cleared
13 10 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
17 6 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
17 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (5.45%) QA
2 41 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 23 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 21 (0.82%) GDPR
5 14 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.47%) SLA
8 11 (0.43%) WCAG
9 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.16%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.078%) EMIR
12 2 (0.078%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.078%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.078%) ITGC
13 1 (0.039%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 242 (9.49%) Docker
2 29 (1.14%) Firmware
3 21 (0.82%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.24%) KVM
7 5 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.078%) vSphere
10 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 209 (8.19%) Kubernetes
2 124 (4.86%) Terraform
3 34 (1.33%) Grafana
4 12 (0.47%) Ansible
5 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.27%) Kibana
7 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.078%) Control-M
8 2 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.078%) MIIS
8 2 (0.078%) MOM
8 2 (0.078%) Nmap
8 2 (0.078%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.039%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.039%) Nessus
9 1 (0.039%) Netcool
Vendors
1 621 (24.34%) Microsoft
2 48 (1.88%) Google
3 45 (1.76%) Oracle
4 26 (1.02%) Facebook
5 23 (0.90%) Adobe
6 20 (0.78%) OpenAI
7 17 (0.67%) Salesforce
7 17 (0.67%) VMware
8 14 (0.55%) Xamarin
9 13 (0.51%) Databricks
10 11 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.35%) Apple
11 9 (0.35%) CrowdStrike
11 9 (0.35%) iManage
12 8 (0.31%) Splunk
12 8 (0.31%) YouTube
13 7 (0.27%) Intapp
13 7 (0.27%) Sony
13 7 (0.27%) Yahoo!
14 6 (0.24%) Dynatrace