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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 74 22
Rank change year-on-year +25 -52 -4
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,363 1,869 5,248
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.85% 3.76% 7.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.14% 14.60% 22.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,789 1,565 3,481
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% +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 18,536 12,797 22,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.70% 25.77% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 13,096 8,193 13,930
10th Percentile £39,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
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 October 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 October 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 +23 3,068 £60,000 -4.00% 2,259
UK excluding London +34 2,604 £59,000 +2.61% 1,401
Work from Home +19 1,528 £57,500 -4.17% 1,156
South East +26 779 £60,000 - 356
London -25 638 £85,000 +6.25% 1,028
North of England +41 629 £57,500 -4.17% 341
Midlands +2 404 £60,000 +9.09% 199
East of England +39 310 £60,000 +9.09% 205
North West +50 299 £55,000 -12.00% 182
South West +34 283 £54,500 +3.81% 112
West Midlands -21 204 £61,250 +11.36% 104
East Midlands +18 200 £60,000 +9.09% 95
North East +9 175 £75,000 +30.43% 65
Yorkshire -8 155 £55,000 -6.22% 99
Northern Ireland -1 115 £35,000 -37.22% 56
Wales -49 44 £51,619 +6.43% 55
Scotland +9 43 £55,000 -14.73% 96

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
1 115 (3.42%) SharePoint
2 44 (1.31%) IIS
3 30 (0.89%) CMS
4 27 (0.80%) Confluence
5 12 (0.36%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) WordPress
7 9 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 9 (0.27%) nginx
8 8 (0.24%) Apache
8 8 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 4 (0.12%) Kentico
10 4 (0.12%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.089%) DNN
11 3 (0.089%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.089%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 36 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.15%) Simulink
5 5 (0.15%) Stateflow
6 3 (0.089%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.030%) Revit
Business Applications
1 61 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.42%) Elite 3E
3 11 (0.33%) Carpe Diem
4 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.12%) Shopify
5 3 (0.089%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.089%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.089%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.059%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
6 2 (0.059%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.059%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
6 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
7 1 (0.030%) Eikon
7 1 (0.030%) Endur
7 1 (0.030%) Magento
7 1 (0.030%) Orchestrade
7 1 (0.030%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1,614 (47.99%) Azure
2 587 (17.45%) AWS
3 482 (14.33%) Azure DevOps
4 350 (10.41%) Power Platform
5 262 (7.79%) GitHub
6 252 (7.49%) SaaS
7 209 (6.21%) Power Automate
8 200 (5.95%) Serverless
9 194 (5.77%) Azure AI
10 183 (5.44%) PowerApps
11 172 (5.11%) GitHub Copilot
12 166 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
13 151 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
14 132 (3.93%) Azure Logic Apps
15 126 (3.75%) Azure Service Bus
16 118 (3.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 115 (3.42%) Azure Functions
18 87 (2.59%) GCP
19 53 (1.58%) Microsoft Copilot
20 45 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.84%) Internet
2 23 (0.68%) Firewall
3 19 (0.56%) DNS
4 17 (0.51%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.48%) HTTP
6 12 (0.36%) VLAN
6 12 (0.36%) Wireless
7 10 (0.30%) Broadband
7 10 (0.30%) VPN
8 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.18%) BGP
9 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
9 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 6 (0.18%) SNMP
10 5 (0.15%) DHCP
10 5 (0.15%) LAN
10 5 (0.15%) WAN
11 3 (0.089%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.089%) Intranet
11 3 (0.089%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 602 (17.90%) SQL Server
2 501 (14.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 452 (13.44%) MongoDB
4 183 (5.44%) Power BI
5 163 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
6 107 (3.18%) NoSQL
7 99 (2.94%) Relational Database
8 87 (2.59%) MySQL
9 84 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
10 43 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
11 34 (1.01%) Redis
11 34 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 29 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 27 (0.80%) DynamoDB
14 20 (0.59%) Metadata
15 19 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
16 17 (0.51%) Data Lake
16 17 (0.51%) Spark SQL
17 15 (0.45%) Big Data
18 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 330 (9.81%) Git
2 79 (2.35%) JIRA
3 45 (1.34%) Visual Studio
4 37 (1.10%) GitLab
5 32 (0.95%) Claude Code
5 32 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 31 (0.92%) Selenium
7 24 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.68%) NUnit
9 20 (0.59%) TeamCity
10 15 (0.45%) Postman
11 11 (0.33%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.30%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (0.27%) SpecFlow
13 9 (0.27%) Subversion
13 9 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.24%) Eclipse
14 8 (0.24%) Moq
15 7 (0.21%) Yeoman
General
1 586 (17.42%) Social Skills
2 503 (14.96%) Finance
3 207 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (5.38%) Legal
5 129 (3.84%) Manufacturing
6 125 (3.72%) Law
7 116 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 102 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 87 (2.59%) Games
10 71 (2.11%) Retail
11 68 (2.02%) Electronics
12 67 (1.99%) Advertising
13 64 (1.90%) Aerospace
13 64 (1.90%) Marketing
14 53 (1.58%) Banking
15 43 (1.28%) Front Office
16 37 (1.10%) Legal Technology
17 33 (0.98%) Automotive
18 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
19 20 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,694 (50.37%) Developer
2 789 (23.46%) .NET Developer
3 772 (22.96%) Senior
4 755 (22.45%) Software Engineer
5 360 (10.70%) Senior Developer
6 348 (10.35%) C# Software Engineer
7 336 (9.99%) Software Developer
8 327 (9.72%) Lead
9 321 (9.55%) C# Developer
10 250 (7.43%) Senior Software Engineer
11 166 (4.94%) Full-Stack Developer
12 148 (4.40%) C# .NET Developer
13 140 (4.16%) Lead Developer
14 139 (4.13%) .NET Software Engineer
15 126 (3.75%) Graduate
16 122 (3.63%) Architect
17 121 (3.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 112 (3.33%) C# Software Developer
19 100 (2.97%) Azure Engineer
20 88 (2.62%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,166 (64.41%) .NET
2 748 (22.24%) ASP.NET
3 725 (21.56%) .NET Core
4 590 (17.54%) ASP.NET Core
5 517 (15.37%) React
6 374 (11.12%) HTML
7 372 (11.06%) CSS
8 330 (9.81%) RESTful
9 329 (9.78%) AngularJS
10 304 (9.04%) Entity Framework
11 298 (8.86%) Blazor
12 280 (8.33%) Vue
13 271 (8.06%) Node.js
14 269 (8.00%) REST
15 267 (7.94%) .NET Framework
16 222 (6.60%) ASP.NET Web API
17 167 (4.97%) Terraform
18 148 (4.40%) ML.NET
19 138 (4.10%) WPF
20 117 (3.48%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 229 (6.81%) Cloud Native
2 177 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 154 (4.58%) Greenfield Project
4 142 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
5 135 (4.01%) Product Ownership
6 104 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 79 (2.35%) Virtual Team
8 63 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 59 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 58 (1.72%) Mobile App
11 55 (1.64%) AI Agents
12 53 (1.58%) Onboarding
13 52 (1.55%) Management Information System
14 43 (1.28%) Hedge funds
15 42 (1.25%) Robotics
16 31 (0.92%) Data Structures
17 27 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 27 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
18 26 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
19 25 (0.74%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 183 (5.44%) Windows
2 112 (3.33%) Linux
3 42 (1.25%) Android
3 42 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.33%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.27%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.21%) Unix
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.030%) CentOS
9 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,168 (34.73%) Software Engineering
2 1,165 (34.64%) Agile
3 923 (27.45%) Full-Stack Development
4 880 (26.17%) CI/CD
5 805 (23.94%) DevOps
6 604 (17.96%) AI
7 599 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
8 571 (16.98%) Microservices
9 485 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 471 (14.01%) Mentoring
11 330 (9.81%) Test Automation
12 287 (8.53%) SDLC
13 267 (7.94%) Computer Science
14 265 (7.88%) Machine Learning
15 223 (6.63%) Software Testing
16 211 (6.27%) Technical Leadership
17 210 (6.24%) Scrum
18 207 (6.16%) OO
19 198 (5.89%) Business Intelligence
20 196 (5.83%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,207 (35.89%) SQL
2 830 (24.68%) JavaScript
3 581 (17.28%) Python
4 511 (15.19%) TypeScript
5 343 (10.20%) C++
6 291 (8.65%) Java
7 125 (3.72%) PowerShell
8 111 (3.30%) PHP
9 87 (2.59%) C
10 72 (2.14%) T-SQL
11 50 (1.49%) VB.NET
12 45 (1.34%) Go
13 44 (1.31%) Bicep
14 34 (1.01%) VBA
15 28 (0.83%) Bash
16 23 (0.68%) Delphi
16 23 (0.68%) Rust
17 21 (0.62%) Ruby
18 18 (0.54%) Scala
19 17 (0.51%) R
Qualifications
1 397 (11.80%) Degree
2 178 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 163 (4.85%) Security Cleared
4 123 (3.66%) SC Cleared
5 51 (1.52%) Azure Certification
6 41 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (1.19%) Master's Degree
8 22 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 21 (0.62%) PhD
10 18 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 15 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.39%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.18%) OSCP
15 5 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 4 (0.12%) CHECK Team Member
16 4 (0.12%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 303 (9.01%) QA
2 64 (1.90%) Accessibility
3 61 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 45 (1.34%) GDPR
5 22 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (0.56%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) NIST
10 4 (0.12%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.12%) IEC 61131
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.089%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 396 (11.78%) Docker
2 30 (0.89%) Active Directory
3 22 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.42%) Firmware
5 10 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.15%) KVM
9 3 (0.089%) vSphere
10 2 (0.059%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.030%) HDFS
11 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 334 (9.93%) Kubernetes
2 25 (0.74%) Grafana
3 19 (0.56%) Ansible
4 17 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.18%) EnCase
6 6 (0.18%) FTK
6 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.12%) Control-M
8 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.089%) SQL Sentry
9 2 (0.059%) Bosun
9 2 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.030%) logstash
Vendors
1 1,124 (33.42%) Microsoft
2 90 (2.68%) Google
3 62 (1.84%) Facebook
4 55 (1.64%) Oracle
5 35 (1.04%) OpenAI
6 28 (0.83%) Salesforce
7 27 (0.80%) VMware
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 19 (0.56%) Databricks
10 17 (0.51%) Apple
10 17 (0.51%) HP
11 16 (0.48%) Adobe
11 16 (0.48%) Foundry
11 16 (0.48%) Sony
11 16 (0.48%) Yahoo!
12 15 (0.45%) Intapp
13 13 (0.39%) SAP
14 12 (0.36%) Aderant
15 11 (0.33%) Splunk
15 11 (0.33%) Talend