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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 64 22
Rank change year-on-year +18 -42 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,404 1,932 5,510
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.05% 3.90% 6.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.26% 14.71% 22.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,892 1,598 4,016
10th Percentile £38,795 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
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 £82,500 £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% -2.70%

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 18,639 13,133 24,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.69% 26.53% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13,286 8,495 15,919
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,975
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
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 6 September 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 6 September 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 +16 3,111 £60,000 -4.00% 1,533
UK excluding London +29 2,626 £57,500 - 903
Work from Home +14 1,536 £55,000 -8.33% 752
South East +36 768 £60,000 - 247
London -17 655 £85,000 +6.25% 784
North of England +34 637 £57,500 -4.17% 218
Midlands +7 414 £60,000 +9.09% 117
East of England +32 324 £60,000 +9.09% 139
North West +57 299 £55,000 -8.33% 110
South West +33 290 £53,500 +1.90% 94
West Midlands -12 216 £60,000 +9.09% 48
East Midlands +16 198 £57,500 +4.55% 68
North East -2 172 £65,000 +13.04% 57
Yorkshire -3 166 £55,000 -8.33% 53
Northern Ireland +6 116 £50,000 -10.31% 37
Wales -45 46 £51,619 +3.24% 24
Scotland -6 33 £52,500 -18.60% 50

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
1 110 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.23%) IIS
3 31 (0.91%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) Confluence
5 13 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.088%) DNN
12 3 (0.088%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.088%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.088%) Kentico
12 3 (0.088%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 42 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.088%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.088%) Simulink
6 3 (0.088%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 55 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.38%) Elite 3E
3 10 (0.29%) Carpe Diem
4 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.12%) Shopify
5 3 (0.088%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.088%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.088%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.029%) Eikon
7 1 (0.029%) Magento
7 1 (0.029%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.029%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.029%) RMDS
7 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,668 (49.00%) Azure
2 591 (17.36%) AWS
3 485 (14.25%) Azure DevOps
4 346 (10.16%) Power Platform
5 250 (7.34%) GitHub
5 250 (7.34%) SaaS
6 208 (6.11%) Power Automate
7 196 (5.76%) Azure AI
8 189 (5.55%) Serverless
9 188 (5.52%) PowerApps
10 169 (4.96%) GitHub Copilot
11 160 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
12 155 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
13 148 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
14 126 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
15 120 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 109 (3.20%) Azure Functions
17 87 (2.56%) GCP
18 50 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
19 45 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 63 (1.85%) Internet
2 20 (0.59%) DNS
3 18 (0.53%) Broadband
4 17 (0.50%) HTTP
5 16 (0.47%) Firewall
5 16 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.26%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.24%) VPN
8 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
9 6 (0.18%) BGP
9 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 6 (0.18%) SNMP
10 5 (0.15%) DHCP
10 5 (0.15%) LAN
10 5 (0.15%) VLAN
10 5 (0.15%) WAN
10 5 (0.15%) Wireless
11 4 (0.12%) Intranet
11 4 (0.12%) Network Security
12 3 (0.088%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 593 (17.42%) SQL Server
2 524 (15.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 462 (13.57%) MongoDB
4 188 (5.52%) Power BI
5 167 (4.91%) Elasticsearch
6 98 (2.88%) NoSQL
7 82 (2.41%) Relational Database
8 81 (2.38%) MySQL
9 77 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
10 38 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
11 36 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 35 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 27 (0.79%) Redis
14 23 (0.68%) DynamoDB
15 19 (0.56%) Metadata
16 16 (0.47%) Spark SQL
17 14 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
17 14 (0.41%) Data Lake
18 13 (0.38%) Big Data
18 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 307 (9.02%) Git
2 70 (2.06%) JIRA
3 45 (1.32%) Visual Studio
4 40 (1.18%) Selenium
5 34 (1.00%) GitLab
6 29 (0.85%) Jenkins
7 25 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.68%) NUnit
8 23 (0.68%) TeamCity
9 21 (0.62%) Claude Code
9 21 (0.62%) Postman
10 13 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.38%) SpecFlow
11 10 (0.29%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.24%) Subversion
14 7 (0.21%) Jasmine
14 7 (0.21%) MSI
14 7 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 570 (16.75%) Social Skills
2 518 (15.22%) Finance
3 193 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (5.17%) Legal
5 121 (3.55%) Manufacturing
6 120 (3.53%) Law
7 108 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 97 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 93 (2.73%) Games
10 74 (2.17%) Retail
11 71 (2.09%) Advertising
12 68 (2.00%) Marketing
13 65 (1.91%) Electronics
14 60 (1.76%) Aerospace
15 51 (1.50%) Banking
16 45 (1.32%) Front Office
17 39 (1.15%) Legal Technology
18 36 (1.06%) Automotive
19 27 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
20 18 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,775 (52.14%) Developer
2 803 (23.59%) .NET Developer
3 746 (21.92%) Senior
4 737 (21.65%) Software Engineer
5 385 (11.31%) Software Developer
6 369 (10.84%) C# Developer
7 357 (10.49%) Lead
8 352 (10.34%) Senior Developer
9 328 (9.64%) C# Software Engineer
10 246 (7.23%) Senior Software Engineer
11 177 (5.20%) Full-Stack Developer
12 161 (4.73%) C# .NET Developer
13 158 (4.64%) Lead Developer
14 147 (4.32%) Graduate
15 144 (4.23%) C# Software Developer
16 135 (3.97%) .NET Software Engineer
17 120 (3.53%) Architect
18 117 (3.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 106 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
20 92 (2.70%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,181 (64.07%) .NET
2 779 (22.88%) ASP.NET
3 761 (22.36%) .NET Core
4 607 (17.83%) ASP.NET Core
5 498 (14.63%) React
6 398 (11.69%) CSS
7 395 (11.60%) HTML
8 334 (9.81%) RESTful
9 327 (9.61%) AngularJS
10 311 (9.14%) Blazor
11 304 (8.93%) Entity Framework
12 298 (8.75%) Vue
13 267 (7.84%) .NET Framework
14 265 (7.78%) Node.js
15 247 (7.26%) REST
16 223 (6.55%) ASP.NET Web API
17 164 (4.82%) Terraform
18 156 (4.58%) ML.NET
19 145 (4.26%) WPF
20 118 (3.47%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 218 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 161 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
3 153 (4.49%) Greenfield Project
4 131 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 129 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
6 106 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
7 89 (2.61%) Virtual Team
8 58 (1.70%) Mobile App
9 56 (1.65%) Algorithms
10 50 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 48 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
12 46 (1.35%) Hedge funds
13 44 (1.29%) AI Agents
13 44 (1.29%) Management Information System
14 33 (0.97%) Robotics
15 29 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 26 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 26 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
17 25 (0.73%) Legacy Code
18 24 (0.71%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 178 (5.23%) Windows
2 115 (3.38%) Linux
3 41 (1.20%) Android
4 39 (1.15%) Windows Server
5 11 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.18%) Unix
8 3 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.088%) VMS
8 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.029%) CentOS
9 1 (0.029%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.029%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.029%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,198 (35.19%) Agile
2 1,139 (33.46%) Software Engineering
3 947 (27.82%) Full-Stack Development
4 854 (25.09%) CI/CD
5 807 (23.71%) DevOps
6 580 (17.04%) Microservices
7 573 (16.83%) Problem-Solving
8 546 (16.04%) AI
9 472 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 472 (13.87%) Mentoring
10 326 (9.58%) Test Automation
11 291 (8.55%) SDLC
12 278 (8.17%) Computer Science
13 276 (8.11%) Machine Learning
14 221 (6.49%) Software Testing
15 216 (6.35%) Scrum
16 208 (6.11%) Business Intelligence
17 207 (6.08%) OO
18 195 (5.73%) Multithreading
19 190 (5.58%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,237 (36.34%) SQL
2 838 (24.62%) JavaScript
3 573 (16.83%) Python
4 529 (15.54%) TypeScript
5 349 (10.25%) C++
6 303 (8.90%) Java
7 141 (4.14%) PowerShell
8 131 (3.85%) PHP
9 84 (2.47%) C
10 68 (2.00%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.35%) Go
12 44 (1.29%) Bicep
13 42 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 38 (1.12%) VBA
15 34 (1.00%) Bash
16 24 (0.71%) Rust
17 23 (0.68%) Delphi
17 23 (0.68%) Ruby
18 21 (0.62%) Scala
19 17 (0.50%) F#
Qualifications
1 418 (12.28%) Degree
2 189 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 147 (4.32%) Security Cleared
4 110 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.29%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 35 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (0.65%) PhD
9 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 17 (0.50%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
12 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.15%) CREST Certified
16 5 (0.15%) OSCP
17 4 (0.12%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (9.14%) QA
2 67 (1.97%) Accessibility
3 55 (1.62%) Data Quality
4 40 (1.18%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (0.47%) WCAG
7 7 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 7 (0.21%) NCSC
8 6 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.088%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.088%) NIST
11 3 (0.088%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.088%) PSD2
System Software
1 390 (11.46%) Docker
2 22 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.53%) Firmware
4 15 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.088%) vSphere
10 1 (0.029%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 341 (10.02%) Kubernetes
2 33 (0.97%) Grafana
3 18 (0.53%) Ansible
4 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.088%) Control-M
7 3 (0.088%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.059%) MIIS
9 1 (0.029%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1,128 (33.14%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.61%) Google
3 65 (1.91%) Facebook
4 51 (1.50%) Oracle
5 32 (0.94%) OpenAI
6 24 (0.71%) Salesforce
7 22 (0.65%) Adobe
7 22 (0.65%) YouTube
8 20 (0.59%) VMware
9 18 (0.53%) Apple
10 17 (0.50%) Sony
10 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
11 16 (0.47%) Databricks
12 15 (0.44%) Intapp
13 14 (0.41%) Foundry
13 14 (0.41%) HP
14 12 (0.35%) SAP
15 11 (0.32%) Aderant
15 11 (0.32%) IBM
15 11 (0.32%) Splunk