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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 27 17
Rank change year-on-year -46 -10 +2
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,859 3,603 6,064
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.97% 6.78% 9.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.60% 20.20% 24.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 2,306 5,439
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,249 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.45% - -

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 11,920 17,841 25,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 19.06% 33.59% 38.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8,630 10,404 20,481
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 January 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 January 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 -43 1,695 £60,000 -2.44% 1,368
UK excluding London -48 1,238 £55,249 +0.45% 1,298
Work from Home -24 784 £60,000 - 770
London -21 504 £80,000 +6.67% 257
North of England -27 364 £62,500 +13.64% 263
South East -41 336 £55,000 -12.00% 417
Midlands -37 262 £52,500 -4.55% 168
North West -18 184 £62,500 +18.48% 142
West Midlands -36 135 £52,500 -4.55% 62
East Midlands -22 127 £52,500 -4.55% 105
Yorkshire -35 114 £60,750 +21.50% 79
South West -42 114 £55,000 - 153
East of England -57 91 £55,000 -4.35% 184
North East -9 66 £70,000 +7.69% 43
Scotland -75 45 £60,000 +33.33% 61
Wales -24 26 £47,500 -20.83% 63
Northern Ireland -19 8 £95,000 +61.70% 21
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 40 (2.15%) IIS
2 39 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.18%) CMS
4 12 (0.65%) Confluence
4 12 (0.65%) Kinematics
5 9 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 7 (0.38%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.054%) Kentico
Applications
1 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.11%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.11%) Simulink
5 2 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.054%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.27%) Shopify
4 2 (0.11%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.054%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.054%) Endur
5 1 (0.054%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.054%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.054%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 893 (48.04%) Azure
2 349 (18.77%) AWS
3 236 (12.69%) Azure DevOps
4 210 (11.30%) SaaS
5 180 (9.68%) Power Platform
6 133 (7.15%) Serverless
7 110 (5.92%) Power Automate
8 107 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
9 96 (5.16%) PowerApps
10 89 (4.79%) GCP
11 82 (4.41%) GitHub
12 80 (4.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 70 (3.77%) Azure Functions
14 56 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
15 50 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
16 46 (2.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 36 (1.94%) Entra ID
18 32 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
19 30 (1.61%) Azure AKS
20 28 (1.51%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
2 13 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.43%) DNS
3 8 (0.43%) HTTP
4 6 (0.32%) Internet
5 5 (0.27%) DHCP
6 4 (0.22%) Firewall
6 4 (0.22%) SAN
7 3 (0.16%) Intranet
8 2 (0.11%) Broadband
8 2 (0.11%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.11%) FTP
8 2 (0.11%) NAS
8 2 (0.11%) SMTP
8 2 (0.11%) SSH
8 2 (0.11%) VLAN
9 1 (0.054%) IPv6
9 1 (0.054%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 370 (19.90%) SQL Server
2 86 (4.63%) Relational Database
3 84 (4.52%) Power BI
4 75 (4.03%) MongoDB
5 74 (3.98%) MySQL
6 68 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 68 (3.66%) NoSQL
7 42 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
8 38 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 37 (1.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
11 21 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
11 21 (1.13%) Redis
12 13 (0.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 9 (0.48%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.32%) GIS
14 6 (0.32%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.27%) Big Data
15 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 130 (6.99%) Git
2 81 (4.36%) Selenium
3 79 (4.25%) JIRA
4 69 (3.71%) Visual Studio
5 53 (2.85%) Postman
6 40 (2.15%) WebDriver
7 39 (2.10%) Team Foundation Server
8 35 (1.88%) Jenkins
9 34 (1.83%) SoapUI
10 23 (1.24%) SpecFlow
11 18 (0.97%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.86%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.70%) GitLab
13 13 (0.70%) NUnit
14 11 (0.59%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.48%) JMeter
15 9 (0.48%) REST Assured
16 7 (0.38%) LabVIEW
16 7 (0.38%) PowerBuilder
17 6 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 466 (25.07%) Social Skills
2 322 (17.32%) Finance
3 112 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (4.46%) Law
5 74 (3.98%) Public Sector
6 65 (3.50%) Retail
7 56 (3.01%) Manufacturing
8 55 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 49 (2.64%) Front Office
10 43 (2.31%) Banking
11 36 (1.94%) Electronics
12 34 (1.83%) Legal
13 30 (1.61%) Marketing
14 27 (1.45%) Games
15 16 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.81%) Aviation
16 15 (0.81%) Billing
16 15 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (0.70%) Aerospace
17 13 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 908 (48.84%) Developer
2 423 (22.75%) Senior
3 306 (16.46%) Software Engineer
4 244 (13.13%) Software Developer
5 243 (13.07%) C# Developer
6 236 (12.69%) .NET Developer
7 216 (11.62%) Senior Developer
8 209 (11.24%) Lead
9 142 (7.64%) Full-Stack Developer
10 100 (5.38%) Senior Software Engineer
11 95 (5.11%) C# Software Engineer
12 85 (4.57%) .NET Software Engineer
13 76 (4.09%) C# .NET Developer
14 73 (3.93%) Lead Developer
15 70 (3.77%) Analyst
16 66 (3.55%) C# Software Developer
16 66 (3.55%) Support Engineer
17 65 (3.50%) Graduate
18 64 (3.44%) Architect
19 62 (3.34%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,125 (60.52%) .NET
2 317 (17.05%) .NET Core
3 277 (14.90%) React
4 240 (12.91%) ASP.NET
5 195 (10.49%) HTML
6 192 (10.33%) .NET Framework
7 176 (9.47%) AngularJS
8 175 (9.41%) CSS
9 141 (7.58%) REST
10 111 (5.97%) RESTful
11 95 (5.11%) Entity Framework
12 85 (4.57%) Vue
13 77 (4.14%) Blazor
14 72 (3.87%) ASP.NET MVC
15 56 (3.01%) ASP.NET Web API
15 56 (3.01%) SOAP
16 55 (2.96%) Node.js
17 54 (2.90%) ASP.NET Core
18 46 (2.47%) WPF
19 45 (2.42%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 129 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 84 (4.52%) Onboarding
3 73 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 66 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
5 54 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
6 50 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
7 45 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
8 38 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (1.99%) Mobile App
10 32 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 32 (1.72%) Low-Code
11 25 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 18 (0.97%) Client/Server
12 18 (0.97%) Hedge funds
12 18 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 17 (0.91%) Derivative
13 17 (0.91%) Robotics
14 15 (0.81%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.81%) IoT
15 14 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 91 (4.90%) Windows
2 69 (3.71%) Linux
3 21 (1.13%) Android
4 15 (0.81%) Unix
5 13 (0.70%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.32%) VMS
7 4 (0.22%) Solaris
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.054%) AIX
9 1 (0.054%) Fedora
9 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (33.03%) Agile
2 565 (30.39%) Software Engineering
3 459 (24.69%) DevOps
4 434 (23.35%) CI/CD
5 404 (21.73%) Problem-Solving
6 380 (20.44%) Full-Stack Development
7 304 (16.35%) Mentoring
8 299 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 284 (15.28%) Microservices
10 208 (11.19%) Computer Science
11 160 (8.61%) Test Automation
12 154 (8.28%) Scrum
13 150 (8.07%) SDLC
14 148 (7.96%) AI
15 143 (7.69%) MVC
16 124 (6.67%) Migration
17 123 (6.62%) CRM
18 119 (6.40%) OO
19 118 (6.35%) Containerisation
20 103 (5.54%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 629 (33.84%) SQL
2 446 (23.99%) JavaScript
3 313 (16.84%) Python
4 249 (13.39%) Java
5 230 (12.37%) TypeScript
6 148 (7.96%) C++
7 102 (5.49%) PowerShell
8 73 (3.93%) PHP
9 49 (2.64%) C
10 47 (2.53%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.40%) VB.NET
12 24 (1.29%) Bash
13 19 (1.02%) Go
14 18 (0.97%) Rust
15 17 (0.91%) Bicep
15 17 (0.91%) Delphi
16 14 (0.75%) VBA
17 11 (0.59%) Kotlin
18 9 (0.48%) PL/SQL
19 8 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 289 (15.55%) Degree
2 148 (7.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 121 (6.51%) Security Cleared
4 71 (3.82%) SC Cleared
5 65 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (2.85%) Azure Certification
7 50 (2.69%) ISTQB
8 42 (2.26%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 29 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (1.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 27 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 21 (1.13%) DV Cleared
13 17 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.81%) PhD
15 9 (0.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.43%) ISEB
17 6 (0.32%) CREST Certified
18 5 (0.27%) DBS Check
19 4 (0.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (9.58%) QA
2 41 (2.21%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.13%) GDPR
4 17 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 13 (0.70%) WCAG
6 10 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.22%) SEPA
9 3 (0.16%) HL7
9 3 (0.16%) SLA
10 2 (0.11%) EMIR
10 2 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.054%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.054%) IFRS
11 1 (0.054%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.054%) ITGC
11 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
System Software
1 163 (8.77%) Docker
2 20 (1.08%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.08%) Firmware
3 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.32%) KVM
6 2 (0.11%) vSphere
7 1 (0.054%) HDFS
7 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.054%) Squid
Systems Management
1 142 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 100 (5.38%) Terraform
3 27 (1.45%) Grafana
4 14 (0.75%) Ansible
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.43%) Kibana
7 4 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
8 3 (0.16%) Nmap
8 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.11%) Control-M
9 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.11%) Nagios
10 1 (0.054%) MOM
10 1 (0.054%) WMI
Vendors
1 419 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 54 (2.90%) Oracle
3 30 (1.61%) Google
4 23 (1.24%) Guidewire
5 19 (1.02%) Xamarin
6 16 (0.86%) SAP
7 14 (0.75%) Sage
8 13 (0.70%) Palantir
9 12 (0.65%) Dynatrace
10 10 (0.54%) Databricks
10 10 (0.54%) VMware
11 9 (0.48%) MuleSoft
12 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
12 8 (0.43%) OpenAI
12 8 (0.43%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.38%) Adobe
13 7 (0.38%) IBM
13 7 (0.38%) Infor
14 6 (0.32%) DevExpress
14 6 (0.32%) Epicor