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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 71 22
Rank change year-on-year +22 -49 -4
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,376 1,884 5,271
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.86% 3.80% 7.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.17% 14.69% 22.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,805 1,576 3,496
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
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 18,581 12,828 23,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.72% 25.88% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 13,166 8,226 14,021
10th Percentile £39,000 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,753 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +20 3,079 £60,000 -4.00% 2,564
UK excluding London +35 2,611 £57,500 - 1,950
Work from Home +19 1,526 £57,500 -4.17% 1,655
South East +30 777 £60,000 - 413
London -21 642 £85,000 +6.25% 1,087
North of England +40 632 £57,500 -4.17% 418
Midlands +2 406 £60,000 +9.09% 256
East of England +30 313 £60,000 +9.09% 244
North West +57 302 £55,000 -12.00% 213
South West +26 284 £54,750 +4.29% 151
West Midlands -22 205 £62,500 +13.64% 125
East Midlands +16 201 £60,000 +9.09% 131
North East +8 174 £75,000 +30.43% 87
Yorkshire -7 156 £55,000 -4.35% 124
Northern Ireland -3 115 £35,000 -37.22% 103
Wales -56 44 £51,619 +6.43% 114
Scotland +6 43 £55,000 -14.73% 276

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
1 115 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.30%) IIS
3 30 (0.89%) CMS
4 26 (0.77%) Confluence
5 13 (0.39%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) WordPress
7 9 (0.27%) nginx
8 8 (0.24%) Apache
8 8 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.24%) Headless CMS
8 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 4 (0.12%) Kentico
10 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.089%) DNN
11 3 (0.089%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 37 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.15%) Simulink
5 5 (0.15%) Stateflow
6 3 (0.089%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.030%) Revit
Business Applications
1 61 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.41%) Elite 3E
3 11 (0.33%) Carpe Diem
4 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.12%) Shopify
5 3 (0.089%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.089%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.089%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.059%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.030%) Eikon
7 1 (0.030%) Endur
7 1 (0.030%) Magento
7 1 (0.030%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.030%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,625 (48.13%) Azure
2 587 (17.39%) AWS
3 483 (14.31%) Azure DevOps
4 351 (10.40%) Power Platform
5 261 (7.73%) GitHub
6 250 (7.41%) SaaS
7 210 (6.22%) Power Automate
8 200 (5.92%) Serverless
9 194 (5.75%) Azure AI
10 184 (5.45%) PowerApps
11 172 (5.09%) GitHub Copilot
12 164 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
13 152 (4.50%) Dynamics 365
14 134 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
15 127 (3.76%) Azure Service Bus
16 118 (3.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 114 (3.38%) Azure Functions
18 87 (2.58%) GCP
19 53 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
20 45 (1.33%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.84%) Internet
2 22 (0.65%) Firewall
3 19 (0.56%) DNS
4 17 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.47%) HTTP
6 11 (0.33%) VLAN
6 11 (0.33%) Wireless
7 10 (0.30%) Broadband
7 10 (0.30%) VPN
8 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.18%) BGP
9 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
9 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 6 (0.18%) SNMP
10 5 (0.15%) DHCP
10 5 (0.15%) LAN
10 5 (0.15%) WAN
11 3 (0.089%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.089%) Intranet
11 3 (0.089%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 602 (17.83%) SQL Server
2 501 (14.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 451 (13.36%) MongoDB
4 183 (5.42%) Power BI
5 163 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
6 107 (3.17%) NoSQL
7 97 (2.87%) Relational Database
8 88 (2.61%) MySQL
9 83 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
10 43 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
11 34 (1.01%) Redis
11 34 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 29 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 27 (0.80%) DynamoDB
14 20 (0.59%) Metadata
15 19 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
16 17 (0.50%) Data Lake
16 17 (0.50%) Spark SQL
17 14 (0.41%) Big Data
18 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 330 (9.77%) Git
2 78 (2.31%) JIRA
3 45 (1.33%) Visual Studio
4 37 (1.10%) GitLab
5 32 (0.95%) Claude Code
5 32 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 31 (0.92%) Selenium
7 24 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.68%) NUnit
9 20 (0.59%) TeamCity
10 15 (0.44%) Postman
11 11 (0.33%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.30%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.27%) Subversion
13 9 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.24%) Eclipse
14 8 (0.24%) Moq
15 7 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 585 (17.33%) Social Skills
2 502 (14.87%) Finance
3 209 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 182 (5.39%) Legal
5 130 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 125 (3.70%) Law
7 116 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 102 (3.02%) Public Sector
9 87 (2.58%) Games
10 72 (2.13%) Retail
11 69 (2.04%) Electronics
12 67 (1.98%) Advertising
13 64 (1.90%) Aerospace
13 64 (1.90%) Marketing
14 54 (1.60%) Banking
15 43 (1.27%) Front Office
16 37 (1.10%) Legal Technology
17 33 (0.98%) Automotive
18 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
19 20 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,708 (50.59%) Developer
2 794 (23.52%) .NET Developer
3 774 (22.93%) Senior
4 758 (22.45%) Software Engineer
5 361 (10.69%) Senior Developer
6 350 (10.37%) C# Software Engineer
7 342 (10.13%) Software Developer
8 331 (9.80%) Lead
9 330 (9.77%) C# Developer
10 252 (7.46%) Senior Software Engineer
11 167 (4.95%) Full-Stack Developer
12 155 (4.59%) C# .NET Developer
13 143 (4.24%) Lead Developer
14 139 (4.12%) .NET Software Engineer
15 128 (3.79%) Graduate
16 122 (3.61%) Architect
17 121 (3.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 115 (3.41%) C# Software Developer
19 99 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
20 89 (2.64%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,171 (64.31%) .NET
2 752 (22.27%) ASP.NET
3 726 (21.50%) .NET Core
4 592 (17.54%) ASP.NET Core
5 515 (15.25%) React
6 377 (11.17%) HTML
7 375 (11.11%) CSS
8 331 (9.80%) AngularJS
8 331 (9.80%) RESTful
9 304 (9.00%) Entity Framework
10 299 (8.86%) Blazor
11 282 (8.35%) Vue
12 270 (8.00%) .NET Framework
13 268 (7.94%) REST
14 267 (7.91%) Node.js
15 222 (6.58%) ASP.NET Web API
16 166 (4.92%) Terraform
17 148 (4.38%) ML.NET
18 138 (4.09%) WPF
19 117 (3.47%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 227 (6.72%) Cloud Native
2 177 (5.24%) Enterprise Software
3 154 (4.56%) Greenfield Project
4 142 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
5 135 (4.00%) Product Ownership
6 104 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 79 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 63 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 59 (1.75%) Algorithms
9 59 (1.75%) Mobile App
10 55 (1.63%) AI Agents
11 54 (1.60%) Onboarding
12 51 (1.51%) Management Information System
13 44 (1.30%) Hedge funds
14 41 (1.21%) Robotics
15 30 (0.89%) Data Structures
16 27 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 26 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
17 26 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
18 25 (0.74%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 182 (5.39%) Windows
2 112 (3.32%) Linux
3 42 (1.24%) Android
4 41 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.30%) Windows 10
6 9 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.21%) Unix
8 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.030%) CentOS
10 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,172 (34.72%) Software Engineering
2 1,170 (34.66%) Agile
3 925 (27.40%) Full-Stack Development
4 882 (26.13%) CI/CD
5 807 (23.90%) DevOps
6 607 (17.98%) AI
7 599 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
8 571 (16.91%) Microservices
9 487 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 473 (14.01%) Mentoring
11 331 (9.80%) Test Automation
12 288 (8.53%) SDLC
13 268 (7.94%) Computer Science
14 264 (7.82%) Machine Learning
15 224 (6.64%) Software Testing
16 212 (6.28%) Scrum
17 211 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
18 205 (6.07%) OO
19 199 (5.89%) Business Intelligence
20 195 (5.78%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,209 (35.81%) SQL
2 830 (24.59%) JavaScript
3 581 (17.21%) Python
4 509 (15.08%) TypeScript
5 344 (10.19%) C++
6 289 (8.56%) Java
7 126 (3.73%) PowerShell
8 113 (3.35%) PHP
9 88 (2.61%) C
10 72 (2.13%) T-SQL
11 49 (1.45%) VB.NET
12 44 (1.30%) Bicep
12 44 (1.30%) Go
13 35 (1.04%) VBA
14 28 (0.83%) Bash
15 23 (0.68%) Delphi
15 23 (0.68%) Rust
16 21 (0.62%) Ruby
17 18 (0.53%) Scala
18 17 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 399 (11.82%) Degree
2 181 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 163 (4.83%) Security Cleared
4 123 (3.64%) SC Cleared
5 50 (1.48%) Azure Certification
6 41 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 22 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 20 (0.59%) PhD
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 15 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.39%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.18%) OSCP
15 5 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 4 (0.12%) CHECK Team Member
16 4 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (9.00%) QA
2 65 (1.93%) Accessibility
3 63 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 45 (1.33%) GDPR
5 22 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (0.56%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) NIST
10 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.12%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.089%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) MISRA C
System Software
1 396 (11.73%) Docker
2 29 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 21 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.41%) Firmware
5 10 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.089%) vSphere
10 2 (0.059%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.030%) HDFS
11 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 335 (9.92%) Kubernetes
2 25 (0.74%) Grafana
3 19 (0.56%) Ansible
4 17 (0.50%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.15%) EnCase
7 5 (0.15%) FTK
8 4 (0.12%) Control-M
9 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.089%) SQL Sentry
10 2 (0.059%) Bosun
10 2 (0.059%) Kibana
11 1 (0.030%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,125 (33.32%) Microsoft
2 90 (2.67%) Google
3 62 (1.84%) Facebook
4 55 (1.63%) Oracle
5 36 (1.07%) OpenAI
6 28 (0.83%) Salesforce
7 26 (0.77%) VMware
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 19 (0.56%) Databricks
10 17 (0.50%) Apple
10 17 (0.50%) HP
11 16 (0.47%) Adobe
11 16 (0.47%) Foundry
11 16 (0.47%) Sony
11 16 (0.47%) Yahoo!
12 15 (0.44%) Intapp
13 13 (0.39%) SAP
14 12 (0.36%) Aderant
15 11 (0.33%) Splunk
15 11 (0.33%) Talend