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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 51 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 -30 -2
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,100 2,359 7,746
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.15% 4.81% 7.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.53% 16.35% 24.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,713 1,948 6,444
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,425 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,761 £48,750 £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 £77,500 £80,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £87,500
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 17,684 14,432 32,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.98% 29.44% 31.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12,591 9,594 24,025
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +1 2,848 £60,000 -7.69% 764
UK excluding London +3 2,305 £57,500 -4.17% 662
Work from Home +2 1,364 £55,000 -15.38% 447
South East +19 678 £60,000 - 217
London -16 652 £82,500 +3.13% 221
North of England +33 572 £57,500 -3.20% 163
Midlands -6 393 £55,000 - 87
North West +45 279 £57,500 +4.55% 83
South West +15 266 £54,500 -0.91% 63
East of England 0 264 £60,000 -9.37% 87
West Midlands -19 201 £60,000 +9.09% 45
East Midlands +11 192 £55,000 - 42
Yorkshire +6 161 £55,000 -19.12% 45
North East -9 132 £60,000 +4.35% 37
Northern Ireland -9 55 £61,250 -23.44% 21
Wales -33 47 £51,810 -20.29% 15
Scotland -25 32 £52,500 -16.00% 29

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 85 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.10%) IIS
3 31 (1.00%) CMS
4 19 (0.61%) Confluence
5 15 (0.48%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.29%) WordPress
7 8 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.23%) nginx
9 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.19%) NServiceBus
10 5 (0.16%) Apache
11 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.13%) JBoss
11 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.097%) DNN
12 3 (0.097%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.097%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.097%) Kentico
12 3 (0.097%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 43 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.23%) Simulink
4 5 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.097%) Stateflow
7 2 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.065%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 44 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
2 6 (0.19%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.097%) Magento
4 3 (0.097%) Shopify
5 2 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.065%) Towers Watson Igloo
5 2 (0.065%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.032%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 1 (0.032%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.032%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.032%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.032%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.032%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,571 (50.68%) Azure
2 530 (17.10%) AWS
3 424 (13.68%) Azure DevOps
4 286 (9.23%) Power Platform
5 235 (7.58%) SaaS
6 228 (7.35%) GitHub
7 175 (5.65%) Azure AI
8 169 (5.45%) Serverless
9 165 (5.32%) Azure Logic Apps
10 161 (5.19%) Power Automate
11 155 (5.00%) PowerApps
12 153 (4.94%) GitHub Copilot
13 133 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
14 116 (3.74%) Azure Service Bus
15 107 (3.45%) Azure Functions
16 105 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
17 104 (3.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 76 (2.45%) GCP
19 57 (1.84%) Azure AKS
20 55 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (2.00%) Internet
2 19 (0.61%) Broadband
3 17 (0.55%) DNS
4 14 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.32%) Ethernet
6 9 (0.29%) Firewall
7 8 (0.26%) VPN
8 7 (0.23%) HTTP
8 7 (0.23%) Hyperconnected
9 6 (0.19%) DHCP
10 5 (0.16%) BGP
10 5 (0.16%) IPsec
10 5 (0.16%) LAN
10 5 (0.16%) LTE
10 5 (0.16%) WAN
11 4 (0.13%) Intranet
11 4 (0.13%) Modbus
11 4 (0.13%) Network Security
12 3 (0.097%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.097%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 511 (16.48%) Azure SQL Database
1 511 (16.48%) SQL Server
2 444 (14.32%) MongoDB
3 163 (5.26%) Power BI
4 159 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
5 82 (2.65%) NoSQL
6 74 (2.39%) MySQL
7 60 (1.94%) Relational Database
8 55 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 41 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 21 (0.68%) Redis
12 19 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
13 14 (0.45%) Db2
14 13 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
15 12 (0.39%) Metadata
16 11 (0.35%) DynamoDB
16 11 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
17 10 (0.32%) Big Data
17 10 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 214 (6.90%) Git
2 61 (1.97%) JIRA
3 39 (1.26%) Visual Studio
4 35 (1.13%) GitLab
4 35 (1.13%) Selenium
5 25 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
6 24 (0.77%) Postman
7 23 (0.74%) SpecFlow
8 22 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 17 (0.55%) Jenkins
10 15 (0.48%) Claude Code
11 14 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 14 (0.45%) NUnit
12 12 (0.39%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (0.26%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 8 (0.26%) WebDriver
14 8 (0.26%) Yeoman
15 7 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 535 (17.26%) Finance
2 442 (14.26%) Social Skills
3 155 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (3.42%) Manufacturing
5 105 (3.39%) Law
6 94 (3.03%) Legal
7 88 (2.84%) Games
8 79 (2.55%) Retail
9 73 (2.35%) Public Sector
10 70 (2.26%) Advertising
11 63 (2.03%) Marketing
12 61 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 58 (1.87%) Aerospace
14 57 (1.84%) Banking
14 57 (1.84%) Electronics
15 48 (1.55%) Front Office
16 38 (1.23%) Legal Technology
17 35 (1.13%) Automotive
18 20 (0.65%) Military
19 18 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,694 (54.65%) Developer
2 781 (25.19%) .NET Developer
3 673 (21.71%) Software Engineer
4 657 (21.19%) Senior
5 413 (13.32%) Software Developer
6 378 (12.19%) C# Developer
7 309 (9.97%) Senior Developer
8 308 (9.94%) C# Software Engineer
9 293 (9.45%) Lead
10 239 (7.71%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (5.68%) Full-Stack Developer
12 167 (5.39%) C# .NET Developer
13 163 (5.26%) C# Software Developer
14 153 (4.94%) .NET Software Engineer
15 145 (4.68%) Graduate
16 132 (4.26%) Lead Developer
17 100 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
18 99 (3.19%) Graduate Developer
19 98 (3.16%) Architect
20 94 (3.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,020 (65.16%) .NET
2 768 (24.77%) .NET Core
3 726 (23.42%) ASP.NET
4 575 (18.55%) ASP.NET Core
5 447 (14.42%) React
6 373 (12.03%) CSS
7 354 (11.42%) HTML
8 305 (9.84%) AngularJS
9 291 (9.39%) RESTful
10 286 (9.23%) Blazor
11 279 (9.00%) Vue
12 268 (8.65%) Entity Framework
13 255 (8.23%) Node.js
14 239 (7.71%) .NET Framework
15 214 (6.90%) ASP.NET Web API
16 211 (6.81%) REST
17 154 (4.97%) ML.NET
18 120 (3.87%) LINQ
19 108 (3.48%) WPF
20 80 (2.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 199 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 148 (4.77%) Greenfield Project
3 117 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
4 110 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
5 97 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 76 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 60 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 59 (1.90%) Mobile App
9 55 (1.77%) Hedge funds
10 51 (1.65%) Algorithms
11 43 (1.39%) Onboarding
12 39 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 32 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 30 (0.97%) Low-Code
15 28 (0.90%) Management Information System
16 27 (0.87%) AI Agents
17 24 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
17 24 (0.77%) Legacy Code
17 24 (0.77%) Robotics
18 23 (0.74%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 153 (4.94%) Windows
2 112 (3.61%) Linux
3 42 (1.35%) Android
4 34 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 17 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.39%) VMS
7 9 (0.29%) Unix
8 7 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.13%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.097%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.065%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.032%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,091 (35.19%) Agile
2 978 (31.55%) Software Engineering
3 903 (29.13%) Full-Stack Development
4 745 (24.03%) CI/CD
5 711 (22.94%) DevOps
6 504 (16.26%) Microservices
7 477 (15.39%) AI
8 450 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
9 361 (11.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 357 (11.52%) Mentoring
11 277 (8.94%) Computer Science
12 271 (8.74%) Test Automation
13 264 (8.52%) Machine Learning
14 233 (7.52%) SDLC
15 199 (6.42%) Multithreading
16 198 (6.39%) Scrum
17 187 (6.03%) TDD
18 180 (5.81%) Business Intelligence
19 176 (5.68%) OO
20 163 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,179 (38.03%) SQL
2 717 (23.13%) JavaScript
3 503 (16.23%) Python
4 478 (15.42%) TypeScript
5 344 (11.10%) C++
6 276 (8.90%) Java
7 129 (4.16%) PHP
8 123 (3.97%) PowerShell
9 78 (2.52%) C
10 59 (1.90%) T-SQL
11 46 (1.48%) Bicep
12 40 (1.29%) Go
12 40 (1.29%) VB.NET
13 35 (1.13%) Bash
14 30 (0.97%) VBA
15 24 (0.77%) Rust
16 22 (0.71%) Scala
17 20 (0.65%) F#
18 19 (0.61%) Haskell
18 19 (0.61%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 390 (12.58%) Degree
2 184 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 128 (4.13%) Security Cleared
4 82 (2.65%) SC Cleared
5 43 (1.39%) Master's Degree
6 39 (1.26%) Azure Certification
7 31 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (0.90%) PhD
9 21 (0.68%) ISTQB
10 20 (0.65%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 12 (0.39%) DV Cleared
12 11 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 9 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.19%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.16%) GPEN
15 5 (0.16%) GXPN
15 5 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 221 (7.13%) QA
2 51 (1.65%) Accessibility
3 28 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 26 (0.84%) GDPR
5 22 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (0.42%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.39%) SLA
7 12 (0.39%) WCAG
8 6 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.16%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.16%) NCSC
10 4 (0.13%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.065%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.065%) ITGC
12 2 (0.065%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.065%) PSD2
13 1 (0.032%) EMIR
System Software
1 372 (12.00%) Docker
2 27 (0.87%) Firmware
3 22 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 13 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 12 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.23%) KVM
7 7 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.16%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.097%) vSphere
10 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.032%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 333 (10.74%) Kubernetes
2 149 (4.81%) Terraform
3 39 (1.26%) Grafana
4 18 (0.58%) Ansible
5 13 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.16%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.097%) Control-M
9 3 (0.097%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.065%) Kibana
10 2 (0.065%) MIIS
10 2 (0.065%) MOM
11 1 (0.032%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.032%) Nessus
11 1 (0.032%) Netcool
11 1 (0.032%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1,004 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.77%) Google
3 64 (2.06%) Facebook
4 48 (1.55%) Oracle
5 26 (0.84%) OpenAI
6 23 (0.74%) Adobe
7 21 (0.68%) YouTube
8 20 (0.65%) Salesforce
9 19 (0.61%) Apple
10 18 (0.58%) VMware
11 17 (0.55%) Sony
11 17 (0.55%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.52%) Databricks
13 15 (0.48%) Xamarin
14 13 (0.42%) Intapp
15 11 (0.35%) IBM
15 11 (0.35%) SAP
15 11 (0.35%) Splunk
16 10 (0.32%) iManage
17 9 (0.29%) ServiceNow