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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 66 22
Rank change year-on-year +20 -44 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,400 1,928 5,454
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.06% 3.91% 6.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.30% 14.72% 22.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,890 1,594 3,995
10th Percentile £38,772 £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 £78,750 £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 18,583 13,094 24,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.73% 26.55% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,254 8,464 15,857
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,825
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 5 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 5 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 +15 3,107 £60,000 -4.00% 1,513
UK excluding London +27 2,623 £57,500 - 899
Work from Home +16 1,535 £55,000 -8.33% 919
South East +35 767 £60,000 - 244
London -16 654 £85,000 +6.25% 768
North of England +38 637 £57,500 -4.17% 217
Midlands +4 413 £60,000 +9.09% 120
East of England +34 323 £60,000 +9.09% 137
North West +65 299 £55,000 -8.33% 112
South West +33 290 £53,500 +1.90% 96
West Midlands -11 216 £60,000 +9.09% 49
East Midlands +17 197 £56,250 +2.27% 69
North East -2 172 £65,000 +13.04% 53
Yorkshire -3 166 £55,000 -8.33% 55
Northern Ireland +7 116 £50,000 -10.31% 38
Wales -48 46 £51,619 +3.24% 24
Scotland -8 33 £52,500 -18.60% 45

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 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.24%) 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 (1.24%) 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 1,667 (49.03%) Azure
2 591 (17.38%) AWS
3 485 (14.26%) Azure DevOps
4 346 (10.18%) Power Platform
5 250 (7.35%) GitHub
6 249 (7.32%) SaaS
7 208 (6.12%) Power Automate
8 196 (5.76%) Azure AI
9 189 (5.56%) Serverless
10 188 (5.53%) PowerApps
11 169 (4.97%) GitHub Copilot
12 160 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
13 155 (4.56%) Azure Logic Apps
14 148 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
15 126 (3.71%) Azure Service Bus
16 120 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 109 (3.21%) Azure Functions
18 87 (2.56%) GCP
19 50 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
20 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
1 592 (17.41%) SQL Server
2 524 (15.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 462 (13.59%) MongoDB
4 188 (5.53%) 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 (9.03%) 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 (0.74%) 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
1 568 (16.71%) Social Skills
2 518 (15.24%) Finance
3 193 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
4 176 (5.18%) Legal
5 121 (3.56%) Manufacturing
6 120 (3.53%) Law
7 108 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 97 (2.85%) Public Sector
9 93 (2.74%) Games
10 74 (2.18%) 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 1,774 (52.18%) Developer
2 803 (23.62%) .NET Developer
3 746 (21.94%) Senior
4 737 (21.68%) Software Engineer
5 385 (11.32%) Software Developer
6 369 (10.85%) C# Developer
7 355 (10.44%) Lead
8 352 (10.35%) Senior Developer
9 328 (9.65%) C# Software Engineer
10 246 (7.24%) Senior Software Engineer
11 177 (5.21%) Full-Stack Developer
12 161 (4.74%) C# .NET Developer
13 158 (4.65%) Lead Developer
14 147 (4.32%) Graduate
15 144 (4.24%) C# Software Developer
16 135 (3.97%) .NET Software Engineer
17 120 (3.53%) Architect
18 116 (3.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 106 (3.12%) Azure Engineer
20 92 (2.71%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,178 (64.06%) .NET
2 779 (22.91%) ASP.NET
3 761 (22.38%) .NET Core
4 607 (17.85%) ASP.NET Core
5 498 (14.65%) React
6 398 (11.71%) CSS
7 395 (11.62%) HTML
8 333 (9.79%) RESTful
9 326 (9.59%) AngularJS
10 311 (9.15%) Blazor
11 304 (8.94%) Entity Framework
12 298 (8.76%) Vue
13 267 (7.85%) .NET Framework
14 265 (7.79%) Node.js
15 247 (7.26%) REST
16 223 (6.56%) ASP.NET Web API
17 164 (4.82%) Terraform
18 156 (4.59%) ML.NET
19 145 (4.26%) WPF
20 118 (3.47%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 218 (6.41%) Cloud Native
2 160 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
3 153 (4.50%) Greenfield Project
4 131 (3.85%) Product Ownership
5 128 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
6 105 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 89 (2.62%) Virtual Team
8 58 (1.71%) Mobile App
9 55 (1.62%) 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 (0.74%) Legacy Code
18 24 (0.71%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 178 (5.24%) Windows
2 115 (3.38%) Linux
3 41 (1.21%) 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 (35.24%) Agile
2 1,138 (33.47%) Software Engineering
3 946 (27.82%) Full-Stack Development
4 854 (25.12%) CI/CD
5 807 (23.74%) DevOps
6 579 (17.03%) Microservices
7 572 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
8 546 (16.06%) AI
9 472 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 471 (13.85%) Mentoring
11 326 (9.59%) Test Automation
12 290 (8.53%) SDLC
13 278 (8.18%) Computer Science
14 276 (8.12%) Machine Learning
15 221 (6.50%) Software Testing
16 216 (6.35%) Scrum
17 208 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
18 207 (6.09%) OO
19 195 (5.74%) Multithreading
20 190 (5.59%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,235 (36.32%) SQL
2 837 (24.62%) JavaScript
3 573 (16.85%) Python
4 528 (15.53%) TypeScript
5 348 (10.24%) C++
6 303 (8.91%) Java
7 141 (4.15%) PowerShell
8 131 (3.85%) PHP
9 84 (2.47%) C
10 67 (1.97%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.35%) Go
12 44 (1.29%) Bicep
13 42 (1.24%) VB.NET
14 38 (1.12%) VBA
15 34 (1.00%) Bash
16 24 (0.71%) Rust
17 23 (0.68%) Ruby
18 22 (0.65%) Delphi
19 21 (0.62%) Scala
20 17 (0.50%) F#
Qualifications
1 418 (12.29%) Degree
2 189 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 147 (4.32%) Security Cleared
4 110 (3.24%) 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 (9.15%) 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 (11.47%) 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 (10.03%) 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 (33.18%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.62%) 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