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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 34 18
Rank change year-on-year -42 -16 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,978 2,644 7,645
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.52% 6.42% 8.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.01% 19.06% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,722 2,229 6,766
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,501
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.69% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £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 14,121 13,869 31,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.01% 33.67% 35.06%
Number of salaries quoted 9,855 10,298 24,647
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,532
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.42% +3.31% -1.82%

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 30 March 2026.

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 30 March 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 -39 1,816 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -49 1,341 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -27 777 £60,000 -6.25% 535
London -29 515 £80,000 +6.67% 269
North of England -34 389 £62,500 +19.05% 185
South East -36 384 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -41 257 £55,000 - 124
North West -36 186 £60,000 +17.90% 90
East Midlands -24 138 £55,000 - 54
South West -24 134 £55,000 -4.35% 81
Yorkshire -31 133 £65,000 +23.81% 60
West Midlands -51 119 £55,000 -4.35% 70
East of England -65 115 £55,000 -16.92% 101
North East -8 70 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -69 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -51 18 £42,500 -34.62% 25
Northern Ireland -34 8 £95,000 +40.74% 6
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 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.21%) IIS
3 19 (0.96%) CMS
4 9 (0.46%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Kinematics
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.10%) nginx
9 1 (0.051%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.051%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.051%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.051%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 14 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.30%) Shopify
3 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.10%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.051%) Endur
5 1 (0.051%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.051%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.051%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 878 (44.39%) Azure
2 343 (17.34%) AWS
3 215 (10.87%) SaaS
4 199 (10.06%) Azure DevOps
5 188 (9.50%) Power Platform
6 123 (6.22%) Serverless
7 107 (5.41%) Azure Logic Apps
8 93 (4.70%) Power Automate
9 91 (4.60%) PowerApps
10 89 (4.50%) Dynamics 365
11 75 (3.79%) Azure Functions
12 70 (3.54%) GitHub
13 69 (3.49%) GCP
14 61 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
15 56 (2.83%) Azure Service Bus
16 42 (2.12%) Azure AKS
17 35 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 30 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.37%) PaaS
20 23 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.56%) Broadband
4 6 (0.30%) Internet
5 5 (0.25%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.20%) DNS
6 4 (0.20%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) Intranet
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
8 2 (0.10%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.10%) Network Security
9 1 (0.051%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.051%) Profibus
9 1 (0.051%) SSL
9 1 (0.051%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 397 (20.07%) SQL Server
2 113 (5.71%) Power BI
3 79 (3.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (3.64%) NoSQL
5 66 (3.34%) Relational Database
6 64 (3.24%) MySQL
7 52 (2.63%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 42 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (0.91%) Redis
12 17 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 17 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (0.56%) DB2
14 9 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.35%) DynamoDB
16 6 (0.30%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.20%) ClickHouse
17 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 124 (6.27%) Git
2 66 (3.34%) Selenium
3 65 (3.29%) Visual Studio
4 50 (2.53%) JIRA
5 34 (1.72%) Postman
6 31 (1.57%) WebDriver
7 29 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (1.26%) SpecFlow
9 24 (1.21%) Jenkins
9 24 (1.21%) SoapUI
10 18 (0.91%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.86%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.81%) NUnit
13 12 (0.61%) GitLab
14 9 (0.46%) LabVIEW
15 8 (0.40%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.35%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.30%) git-flow
17 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 6 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 382 (19.31%) Finance
2 361 (18.25%) Social Skills
3 123 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (3.89%) Public Sector
5 74 (3.74%) Law
6 58 (2.93%) Manufacturing
7 52 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (2.43%) Retail
9 46 (2.33%) Banking
10 42 (2.12%) Front Office
11 40 (2.02%) Games
12 37 (1.87%) Electronics
13 28 (1.42%) Marketing
14 27 (1.37%) Legal
15 17 (0.86%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.86%) Investment Banking
15 17 (0.86%) Military
16 15 (0.76%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.66%) Aviation
18 11 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,013 (51.21%) Developer
2 443 (22.40%) Senior
3 369 (18.66%) Software Engineer
4 346 (17.49%) Software Developer
5 338 (17.09%) C# Developer
6 278 (14.05%) .NET Developer
7 236 (11.93%) Senior Developer
8 212 (10.72%) Lead
9 166 (8.39%) Full-Stack Developer
10 132 (6.67%) C# Software Engineer
11 123 (6.22%) C# .NET Developer
12 121 (6.12%) C# Software Developer
13 115 (5.81%) Senior Software Engineer
14 109 (5.51%) .NET Software Engineer
15 83 (4.20%) Graduate
16 76 (3.84%) Senior Software Developer
17 73 (3.69%) Lead Developer
18 71 (3.59%) SQL Developer
19 68 (3.44%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
20 67 (3.39%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,240 (62.69%) .NET
2 373 (18.86%) .NET Core
3 256 (12.94%) React
4 248 (12.54%) ASP.NET
5 188 (9.50%) HTML
6 186 (9.40%) CSS
7 185 (9.35%) .NET Framework
8 139 (7.03%) AngularJS
9 130 (6.57%) REST
10 107 (5.41%) RESTful
11 89 (4.50%) Entity Framework
12 82 (4.15%) Vue
13 79 (3.99%) ASP.NET Core
14 76 (3.84%) Blazor
15 65 (3.29%) Node.js
16 48 (2.43%) WPF
17 45 (2.28%) ASP.NET MVC
17 45 (2.28%) jQuery
18 43 (2.17%) XML
19 41 (2.07%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 117 (5.92%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 54 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
6 42 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 41 (2.07%) Low-Code
8 39 (1.97%) Onboarding
9 37 (1.87%) Mobile App
10 34 (1.72%) Hedge funds
11 33 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 22 (1.11%) Virtual Team
14 21 (1.06%) Sports Betting
14 21 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 19 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
16 18 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
17 17 (0.86%) Client/Server
18 16 (0.81%) Public Cloud
19 15 (0.76%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 95 (4.80%) Windows
2 71 (3.59%) Linux
3 17 (0.86%) Android
4 16 (0.81%) Unix
5 15 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.71%) VMS
7 10 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.10%) Solaris
8 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.051%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 636 (32.15%) Software Engineering
2 587 (29.68%) Agile
3 419 (21.18%) DevOps
4 401 (20.27%) Full-Stack Development
5 388 (19.62%) CI/CD
6 312 (15.77%) Problem-Solving
7 258 (13.04%) Mentoring
8 257 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 250 (12.64%) Microservices
10 207 (10.47%) Computer Science
11 176 (8.90%) AI
12 162 (8.19%) SDLC
13 149 (7.53%) Test Automation
14 139 (7.03%) MVC
15 127 (6.42%) Scrum
16 125 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
17 118 (5.97%) Containerisation
18 111 (5.61%) OO
19 98 (4.95%) Clean Code
20 96 (4.85%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 629 (31.80%) SQL
2 435 (21.99%) JavaScript
3 327 (16.53%) Python
4 248 (12.54%) TypeScript
5 221 (11.17%) Java
6 190 (9.61%) C++
7 79 (3.99%) PHP
8 75 (3.79%) PowerShell
9 53 (2.68%) C
10 42 (2.12%) T-SQL
11 32 (1.62%) Go
12 26 (1.31%) VB.NET
13 25 (1.26%) Bash
14 21 (1.06%) Bicep
14 21 (1.06%) Rust
15 19 (0.96%) Delphi
16 17 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.86%) VBA
17 16 (0.81%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.56%) F#
Qualifications
1 285 (14.41%) Degree
2 134 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 116 (5.86%) Security Cleared
4 69 (3.49%) SC Cleared
5 51 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (2.17%) ISTQB
7 41 (2.07%) Azure Certification
8 36 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 32 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.31%) PhD
11 23 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
13 20 (1.01%) DV Cleared
14 19 (0.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 15 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 9 (0.46%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.46%) ISEB
18 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (7.13%) QA
2 29 (1.47%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.01%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.76%) GDPR
5 11 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 11 (0.56%) WCAG
6 9 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.40%) SLA
8 3 (0.15%) EMIR
9 2 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.10%) ITGC
10 1 (0.051%) HL7
10 1 (0.051%) IFRS
10 1 (0.051%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.051%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 173 (8.75%) Docker
2 21 (1.06%) Firmware
3 14 (0.71%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.35%) KVM
6 6 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.051%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 147 (7.43%) Kubernetes
2 86 (4.35%) Terraform
3 37 (1.87%) Grafana
4 8 (0.40%) Ansible
4 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.35%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 2 (0.10%) MIIS
7 2 (0.10%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.051%) Control-M
8 1 (0.051%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.051%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.051%) Nessus
8 1 (0.051%) Netcool
Vendors
1 393 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.17%) Oracle
3 31 (1.57%) Google
4 18 (0.91%) Xamarin
5 16 (0.81%) SAP
6 13 (0.66%) Databricks
7 12 (0.61%) Adobe
8 11 (0.56%) VMware
9 10 (0.51%) Palantir
10 9 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.46%) MuleSoft
10 9 (0.46%) Sage
11 8 (0.40%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.40%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.35%) iManage
13 6 (0.30%) Facebook
13 6 (0.30%) Guidewire
13 6 (0.30%) IBM
13 6 (0.30%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.30%) Talend