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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 49 18
Rank change year-on-year -17 -31 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,522 2,123 8,028
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.71% 4.99% 8.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.43% 16.09% 24.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,197 1,744 6,925
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,625 £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 £96,250 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 16,346 13,195 32,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.58% 31.04% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 11,345 8,880 25,013
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,635
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.54% -2.48%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -14 2,349 £60,000 -7.69% 772
UK excluding London -17 1,779 £57,500 -4.17% 637
Work from Home -5 933 £57,500 -11.54% 423
London -12 609 £82,500 +6.45% 221
South East +10 558 £60,000 - 189
North of England +18 476 £60,000 +7.14% 173
Midlands -25 315 £58,250 +5.91% 81
North West +41 245 £60,000 +17.90% 105
East of England -14 187 £60,000 -9.37% 79
South West 0 184 £55,000 - 72
West Midlands -49 158 £60,000 +9.09% 37
East Midlands +3 157 £55,000 - 44
Yorkshire -13 137 £55,000 -19.12% 31
North East -8 94 £65,000 +13.04% 39
Scotland -41 31 £58,750 +17.50% 22
Wales -43 25 £50,000 -29.58% 12
Northern Ireland -31 7 £80,000 - 20

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 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.11%) IIS
3 27 (1.07%) CMS
4 13 (0.52%) Confluence
5 12 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.24%) WordPress
8 4 (0.16%) Apache
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.12%) JBoss
10 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.040%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.040%) Appian
11 1 (0.040%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.040%) nginx
11 1 (0.040%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.079%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.079%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.040%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.040%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.079%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.079%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 1 (0.040%) Endur
5 1 (0.040%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.040%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.040%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.040%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.040%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.040%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,161 (46.03%) Azure
2 408 (16.18%) AWS
3 287 (11.38%) Azure DevOps
4 224 (8.88%) Power Platform
5 212 (8.41%) SaaS
6 145 (5.75%) Azure Logic Apps
7 143 (5.67%) Serverless
8 123 (4.88%) GitHub
9 111 (4.40%) PowerApps
10 110 (4.36%) Power Automate
11 100 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
12 92 (3.65%) Azure Functions
13 88 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
14 76 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
15 64 (2.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 63 (2.50%) GCP
17 62 (2.46%) Azure AI
17 62 (2.46%) GitHub Copilot
18 54 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
19 51 (2.02%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (0.87%) Internet
2 16 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 15 (0.59%) Broadband
4 12 (0.48%) DNS
5 10 (0.40%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.36%) Firewall
7 6 (0.24%) DHCP
7 6 (0.24%) HTTP
8 5 (0.20%) LTE
9 4 (0.16%) Intranet
9 4 (0.16%) Modbus
10 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
10 3 (0.12%) LAN
10 3 (0.12%) Network Security
10 3 (0.12%) RS-232
10 3 (0.12%) VPN
10 3 (0.12%) WAN
11 2 (0.079%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.079%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 472 (18.72%) SQL Server
2 219 (8.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 183 (7.26%) MongoDB
4 130 (5.15%) Power BI
5 73 (2.89%) NoSQL
6 62 (2.46%) Relational Database
7 57 (2.26%) MySQL
8 53 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
9 50 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
10 35 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 34 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 16 (0.63%) Redis
13 11 (0.44%) DB2
13 11 (0.44%) Metadata
14 9 (0.36%) GIS
15 7 (0.28%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
17 5 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 180 (7.14%) Git
2 60 (2.38%) JIRA
3 57 (2.26%) Selenium
4 53 (2.10%) Visual Studio
5 43 (1.70%) Postman
6 32 (1.27%) GitLab
7 30 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.07%) SoapUI
8 27 (1.07%) WebDriver
9 23 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
10 22 (0.87%) SpecFlow
11 21 (0.83%) Jenkins
12 19 (0.75%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.56%) Cucumber
13 14 (0.56%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.52%) NUnit
15 10 (0.40%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 8 (0.32%) Yeoman
17 7 (0.28%) Bitbucket
General
1 470 (18.64%) Finance
2 368 (14.59%) Social Skills
3 131 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (3.37%) Manufacturing
5 65 (2.58%) Public Sector
6 58 (2.30%) Retail
7 57 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 56 (2.22%) Electronics
9 55 (2.18%) Games
10 54 (2.14%) Banking
11 49 (1.94%) Front Office
12 48 (1.90%) Law
13 42 (1.67%) Aerospace
14 33 (1.31%) Automotive
15 32 (1.27%) Legal
16 30 (1.19%) Advertising
17 28 (1.11%) Marketing
18 15 (0.59%) Investment Banking
19 14 (0.56%) Aviation
20 12 (0.48%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,324 (52.50%) Developer
2 541 (21.45%) Software Engineer
3 538 (21.33%) Senior
4 453 (17.96%) .NET Developer
5 432 (17.13%) Software Developer
6 399 (15.82%) C# Developer
7 267 (10.59%) Lead
8 262 (10.39%) C# Software Engineer
9 256 (10.15%) Senior Developer
10 190 (7.53%) Senior Software Engineer
11 174 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
12 172 (6.82%) C# Software Developer
13 167 (6.62%) C# .NET Developer
14 157 (6.23%) .NET Software Engineer
15 117 (4.64%) Graduate
16 109 (4.32%) Lead Developer
17 100 (3.97%) Graduate Developer
18 97 (3.85%) .NET Software Developer
19 93 (3.69%) Azure Developer
20 91 (3.61%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,612 (63.92%) .NET
2 503 (19.94%) .NET Core
3 410 (16.26%) ASP.NET
4 305 (12.09%) React
5 254 (10.07%) CSS
5 254 (10.07%) HTML
6 249 (9.87%) ASP.NET Core
7 194 (7.69%) .NET Framework
8 184 (7.30%) AngularJS
9 165 (6.54%) RESTful
10 159 (6.30%) REST
10 159 (6.30%) Vue
11 154 (6.11%) Blazor
11 154 (6.11%) Entity Framework
12 131 (5.19%) Node.js
13 100 (3.97%) ASP.NET Web API
14 83 (3.29%) WPF
15 55 (2.18%) JSON
16 54 (2.14%) jQuery
16 54 (2.14%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 149 (5.91%) Cloud Native
2 92 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
3 86 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
4 77 (3.05%) Product Ownership
5 72 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
6 63 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
7 54 (2.14%) Hedge funds
8 48 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 45 (1.78%) Algorithms
10 40 (1.59%) Low-Code
11 28 (1.11%) Virtual Team
12 23 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 23 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
12 23 (0.91%) Management Information System
12 23 (0.91%) Onboarding
12 23 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (0.91%) Sports Betting
13 22 (0.87%) Legacy Code
14 20 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 123 (4.88%) Windows
2 97 (3.85%) Linux
3 31 (1.23%) Android
4 22 (0.87%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.52%) VMS
7 12 (0.48%) Unix
8 5 (0.20%) 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 (0.079%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.079%) Solaris
11 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 749 (29.70%) Agile
3 587 (23.28%) Full-Stack Development
4 543 (21.53%) CI/CD
5 521 (20.66%) DevOps
6 347 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
7 310 (12.29%) Microservices
8 297 (11.78%) AI
9 290 (11.50%) Mentoring
10 272 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 258 (10.23%) Computer Science
12 229 (9.08%) Test Automation
13 208 (8.25%) SDLC
14 153 (6.07%) Scrum
15 149 (5.91%) Machine Learning
16 144 (5.71%) Containerisation
17 139 (5.51%) Business Intelligence
18 129 (5.11%) Infrastructure as Code
19 127 (5.04%) MVC
20 123 (4.88%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 820 (32.51%) SQL
2 526 (20.86%) JavaScript
3 419 (16.61%) Python
4 316 (12.53%) TypeScript
5 286 (11.34%) C++
6 267 (10.59%) Java
7 103 (4.08%) PHP
8 95 (3.77%) PowerShell
9 65 (2.58%) C
10 42 (1.67%) T-SQL
11 35 (1.39%) Bicep
12 34 (1.35%) Bash
13 30 (1.19%) Go
14 29 (1.15%) VB.NET
15 23 (0.91%) VBA
16 21 (0.83%) Scala
17 20 (0.79%) Rust
18 19 (0.75%) F#
19 17 (0.67%) Haskell
20 16 (0.63%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 374 (14.83%) Degree
2 181 (7.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 129 (5.11%) Security Cleared
4 76 (3.01%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.74%) Azure Certification
5 44 (1.74%) Master's Degree
6 41 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 39 (1.55%) ISTQB
8 26 (1.03%) AWS Certification
8 26 (1.03%) PhD
9 18 (0.71%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 16 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 13 (0.52%) DV Cleared
12 11 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (5.47%) QA
2 43 (1.70%) Accessibility
3 22 (0.87%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.75%) GDPR
5 14 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.48%) WCAG
8 11 (0.44%) SLA
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 (0.079%) EMIR
12 2 (0.079%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (0.079%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.079%) ITGC
13 1 (0.040%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.040%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 242 (9.60%) Docker
2 29 (1.15%) Firmware
3 19 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
6 7 (0.28%) KVM
7 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.079%) vSphere
9 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.040%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 207 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 125 (4.96%) Terraform
3 36 (1.43%) Grafana
4 11 (0.44%) Ansible
4 11 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.28%) Kibana
6 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.079%) Control-M
7 2 (0.079%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.079%) MIIS
7 2 (0.079%) MOM
7 2 (0.079%) Nmap
7 2 (0.079%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.040%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.040%) Nessus
8 1 (0.040%) Netcool
Vendors
1 600 (23.79%) Microsoft
2 48 (1.90%) Google
3 46 (1.82%) Oracle
4 25 (0.99%) Facebook
5 24 (0.95%) Adobe
6 20 (0.79%) OpenAI
7 16 (0.63%) VMware
8 15 (0.59%) Salesforce
9 13 (0.52%) Xamarin
10 11 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (0.44%) Databricks
10 11 (0.44%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.36%) Apple
11 9 (0.36%) iManage
11 9 (0.36%) Splunk
12 7 (0.28%) Intapp
12 7 (0.28%) Sony
12 7 (0.28%) Yahoo!
12 7 (0.28%) YouTube
13 6 (0.24%) Aderant