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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 23 21
Rank change year-on-year -50 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,857 4,521 4,518
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.34% 7.15% 9.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.01% 21.43% 22.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,615 3,014 4,032
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,625 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £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 11,600 21,094 20,473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.86% 33.34% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8,509 12,650 16,866
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,788
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £106,250
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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 -45 1,699 £60,000 - 795
UK excluding London -53 1,222 £57,500 +4.55% 733
Work from Home -23 855 £60,000 +4.35% 557
London -23 527 £80,000 +6.67% 201
North of England -31 349 £60,000 +12.15% 183
South East -47 340 £60,000 - 267
Midlands -40 260 £55,000 +3.59% 89
North West -28 173 £62,500 +19.05% 112
West Midlands -39 140 £57,500 +4.96% 46
Yorkshire -30 129 £56,250 +12.50% 40
East Midlands -16 120 £50,000 -4.76% 42
South West -53 103 £55,000 +10.00% 65
East of England -54 101 £55,000 -4.35% 73
North East -21 49 £50,000 -16.67% 32
Scotland -76 41 £60,000 +30.43% 48
Wales -29 31 £48,000 -1.03% 21
Northern Ireland -10 7 £71,250 +9.62% 5
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 52 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.53%) IIS
3 33 (1.78%) CMS
4 19 (1.02%) Kinematics
5 17 (0.92%) Confluence
6 9 (0.48%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.32%) nginx
9 5 (0.27%) Anypoint
10 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.16%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.11%) HCL Notes
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.054%) Kentico
Applications
1 14 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.22%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.16%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.16%) S-PLUS
6 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.054%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.054%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 57 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
3 7 (0.38%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 7 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite
4 5 (0.27%) Shopify
5 4 (0.22%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.11%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.11%) Endur
6 2 (0.11%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.054%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.054%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.054%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.054%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.054%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 939 (50.57%) Azure
2 358 (19.28%) AWS
3 246 (13.25%) Azure DevOps
4 209 (11.25%) SaaS
5 168 (9.05%) Power Platform
6 129 (6.95%) Dynamics 365
7 116 (6.25%) Serverless
8 113 (6.09%) Power Automate
9 104 (5.60%) GitHub
10 97 (5.22%) PowerApps
11 94 (5.06%) GCP
12 70 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
13 67 (3.61%) Azure Service Bus
14 62 (3.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 58 (3.12%) Azure Functions
16 55 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
17 41 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
18 35 (1.88%) Entra ID
19 26 (1.40%) Azure AKS
19 26 (1.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.10%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.48%) HTTP
4 8 (0.43%) DNS
5 7 (0.38%) Internet
6 6 (0.32%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.27%) Modbus
7 5 (0.27%) SAN
7 5 (0.27%) WPA
8 4 (0.22%) DHCP
8 4 (0.22%) MQTT
9 3 (0.16%) Firewall
9 3 (0.16%) Intranet
10 2 (0.11%) FTP
10 2 (0.11%) NAS
10 2 (0.11%) SMTP
10 2 (0.11%) SSH
10 2 (0.11%) VLAN
11 1 (0.054%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.054%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 410 (22.08%) SQL Server
2 94 (5.06%) Relational Database
3 90 (4.85%) MongoDB
3 90 (4.85%) MySQL
4 80 (4.31%) Power BI
5 78 (4.20%) NoSQL
6 73 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 48 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
8 46 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 39 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 29 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 25 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
12 24 (1.29%) Redis
13 16 (0.86%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.38%) Crystal Reports
15 7 (0.38%) NonStop SQL
16 5 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
16 5 (0.27%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 156 (8.40%) Git
2 77 (4.15%) JIRA
3 71 (3.82%) Selenium
4 51 (2.75%) Visual Studio
5 43 (2.32%) Postman
6 39 (2.10%) Jenkins
7 34 (1.83%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.45%) WebDriver
9 21 (1.13%) SoapUI
10 20 (1.08%) TeamCity
11 19 (1.02%) SpecFlow
12 18 (0.97%) Cypress.io
12 18 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
13 16 (0.86%) GitLab
14 14 (0.75%) NUnit
15 10 (0.54%) JMeter
15 10 (0.54%) MSTest
16 9 (0.48%) Bitbucket
17 8 (0.43%) SonarQube
18 7 (0.38%) REST Assured
General
1 509 (27.41%) Social Skills
2 314 (16.91%) Finance
3 114 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (5.17%) Law
5 80 (4.31%) Retail
6 78 (4.20%) Public Sector
7 61 (3.28%) Front Office
7 61 (3.28%) Manufacturing
8 51 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (2.21%) Banking
10 39 (2.10%) Electronics
10 39 (2.10%) Legal
11 34 (1.83%) Back Office
12 30 (1.62%) Marketing
13 24 (1.29%) Games
14 23 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.13%) Billing
17 14 (0.75%) Telecoms
18 12 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 938 (50.51%) Developer
2 409 (22.02%) Senior
3 260 (14.00%) Software Engineer
4 243 (13.09%) C# Developer
5 237 (12.76%) .NET Developer
6 228 (12.28%) Lead
7 221 (11.90%) Senior Developer
8 215 (11.58%) Software Developer
9 144 (7.75%) Full-Stack Developer
10 91 (4.90%) Architect
11 80 (4.31%) Graduate
12 79 (4.25%) Analyst
13 76 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
14 68 (3.66%) C# .NET Developer
14 68 (3.66%) Lead Developer
15 66 (3.55%) Graduate Developer
16 65 (3.50%) C# Software Developer
17 63 (3.39%) Support Engineer
18 60 (3.23%) .NET Software Engineer
19 56 (3.02%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,112 (59.88%) .NET
2 308 (16.59%) React
3 304 (16.37%) .NET Core
4 267 (14.38%) ASP.NET
5 225 (12.12%) CSS
6 220 (11.85%) HTML
7 218 (11.74%) AngularJS
8 217 (11.69%) .NET Framework
9 144 (7.75%) REST
10 140 (7.54%) RESTful
11 120 (6.46%) Entity Framework
12 95 (5.12%) Blazor
13 94 (5.06%) Vue
14 86 (4.63%) ASP.NET MVC
15 75 (4.04%) ASP.NET Web API
16 69 (3.72%) Node.js
17 66 (3.55%) Web Services
18 57 (3.07%) jQuery
19 51 (2.75%) SOAP
19 51 (2.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 151 (8.13%) Cloud Native
2 115 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 79 (4.25%) Product Ownership
4 70 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
5 49 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
6 46 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 40 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 39 (2.10%) Algorithms
9 38 (2.05%) Mobile App
10 27 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 25 (1.35%) Robotics
12 19 (1.02%) IoT
13 18 (0.97%) AI Agents
14 17 (0.92%) Client/Server
14 17 (0.92%) Derivative
15 16 (0.86%) Low-Code
16 15 (0.81%) Operational Technology
16 15 (0.81%) Virtual Team
17 14 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 91 (4.90%) Windows
2 56 (3.02%) Linux
3 17 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.86%) Android
5 14 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.70%) Unix
7 4 (0.22%) VMS
8 3 (0.16%) Solaris
9 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.11%) Nucleus RTOS
10 1 (0.054%) AIX
10 1 (0.054%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.054%) Fedora
10 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.054%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 674 (36.30%) Agile
2 537 (28.92%) Software Engineering
3 518 (27.89%) DevOps
4 472 (25.42%) CI/CD
5 438 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
6 382 (20.57%) Full-Stack Development
7 329 (17.72%) Mentoring
8 328 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 318 (17.12%) Microservices
10 223 (12.01%) Computer Science
11 195 (10.50%) Test Automation
12 180 (9.69%) MVC
13 163 (8.78%) Scrum
14 146 (7.86%) SDLC
15 139 (7.49%) AI
16 133 (7.16%) Containerisation
17 129 (6.95%) User Experience
18 127 (6.84%) OO
19 126 (6.79%) Migration
20 125 (6.73%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 684 (36.83%) SQL
2 472 (25.42%) JavaScript
3 310 (16.69%) Python
4 269 (14.49%) Java
5 236 (12.71%) TypeScript
6 144 (7.75%) C++
7 106 (5.71%) PowerShell
8 92 (4.95%) PHP
9 56 (3.02%) C
10 48 (2.58%) T-SQL
11 40 (2.15%) VB.NET
12 23 (1.24%) Bicep
13 20 (1.08%) Go
14 19 (1.02%) Bash
15 16 (0.86%) Rust
15 16 (0.86%) VBA
16 15 (0.81%) Delphi
17 12 (0.65%) VB
18 9 (0.48%) PL/SQL
18 9 (0.48%) XAML
Qualifications
1 315 (16.96%) Degree
2 171 (9.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 89 (4.79%) Security Cleared
4 63 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 60 (3.23%) SC Cleared
6 49 (2.64%) Azure Certification
7 37 (1.99%) AWS Certification
8 36 (1.94%) ISTQB
9 27 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 20 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
12 19 (1.02%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 17 (0.92%) DV Cleared
14 15 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.59%) PhD
16 10 (0.54%) HND
17 8 (0.43%) ISEB
18 6 (0.32%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
19 5 (0.27%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (9.75%) QA
2 34 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 31 (1.67%) GDPR
4 18 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.86%) ISO 9001
6 15 (0.81%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.43%) WCAG
8 6 (0.32%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.32%) NIST
9 4 (0.22%) HL7
9 4 (0.22%) SEPA
10 3 (0.16%) SLA
11 2 (0.11%) ITGC
11 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.054%) COBIT
12 1 (0.054%) EMIR
12 1 (0.054%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.054%) IFRS
12 1 (0.054%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.054%) SOC 2
System Software
1 184 (9.91%) Docker
2 20 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.65%) Firmware
5 10 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.16%) KVM
8 3 (0.16%) vSphere
9 1 (0.054%) HDFS
9 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.054%) Squid
Systems Management
1 157 (8.45%) Kubernetes
2 92 (4.95%) Terraform
3 23 (1.24%) Grafana
4 13 (0.70%) Ansible
5 10 (0.54%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.32%) Control-M
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.22%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.16%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.11%) Nagios
10 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.054%) Kibana
11 1 (0.054%) Nmap
11 1 (0.054%) WMI
Vendors
1 458 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 52 (2.80%) Oracle
3 36 (1.94%) Guidewire
4 25 (1.35%) Google
5 18 (0.97%) Sage
6 17 (0.92%) Databricks
6 17 (0.92%) Xamarin
7 15 (0.81%) VMware
8 14 (0.75%) SAP
9 12 (0.65%) Infor
9 12 (0.65%) Palantir
10 11 (0.59%) Dynatrace
10 11 (0.59%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.54%) DevExpress
11 10 (0.54%) MuleSoft
12 9 (0.48%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.43%) Dataiku
13 8 (0.43%) YouTube
14 7 (0.38%) Facebook
14 7 (0.38%) Talend