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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -41 -3 -1
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,946 4,685 4,830
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.72% 6.96% 9.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.13% 22.04% 22.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,630 3,099 4,296
10th Percentile £32,975 £36,250 £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% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,125 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 12,062 21,256 21,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 23.04% 31.56% 41.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,477 12,551 17,774
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
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 £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £108,750 £105,000
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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 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 -42 1,792 £60,000 - 1,552
UK excluding London -51 1,272 £55,000 - 1,106
Work from Home -21 916 £60,000 +6.15% 1,000
London -22 564 £80,000 +6.67% 579
South East -41 357 £57,500 -4.17% 327
North of England -44 351 £60,000 +15.11% 290
Midlands -22 276 £55,000 - 173
North West -48 180 £62,500 +25.00% 178
West Midlands -25 153 £56,250 +2.27% 100
Yorkshire -34 126 £55,000 +10.00% 72
East Midlands -18 123 £46,000 -12.38% 70
East of England -50 120 £55,000 -4.35% 123
South West -61 95 £55,000 +10.00% 105
North East -27 47 £52,500 -12.50% 41
Scotland -90 41 £58,500 +17.00% 49
Wales -31 29 £48,500 -11.82% 41
Northern Ireland -14 5 £56,250 -13.46% 24

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 60 (3.08%) IIS
1 60 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.00%) CMS
3 22 (1.13%) Kinematics
4 20 (1.03%) Confluence
5 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.26%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.21%) nginx
8 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.15%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.10%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.051%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.051%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.051%) Kentico
10 1 (0.051%) MetaMask
Applications
1 17 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.26%) OrCAD
4 4 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.15%) S-PLUS
6 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.10%) Blender
6 2 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.10%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.10%) Navisworks
6 2 (0.10%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.10%) Revit
7 1 (0.051%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.051%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.051%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 74 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.62%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.41%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 8 (0.41%) Shopify
4 6 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite
4 6 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.21%) Sage 1000
5 4 (0.21%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.15%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.15%) Bloomberg AIM
6 3 (0.15%) Magento
7 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.051%) Endur
8 1 (0.051%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.051%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.051%) Loan IQ
8 1 (0.051%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.051%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 959 (49.28%) Azure
2 349 (17.93%) AWS
3 267 (13.72%) Azure DevOps
4 198 (10.17%) SaaS
5 188 (9.66%) Power Platform
6 154 (7.91%) Dynamics 365
7 128 (6.58%) Power Automate
8 116 (5.96%) GitHub
9 114 (5.86%) PowerApps
10 108 (5.55%) Serverless
11 100 (5.14%) GCP
12 76 (3.91%) Azure Logic Apps
13 67 (3.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 67 (3.44%) Azure Service Bus
14 66 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
15 59 (3.03%) Azure Functions
16 43 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
17 34 (1.75%) Entra ID
18 27 (1.39%) PaaS
19 26 (1.34%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.00%) Remote Desktop
2 11 (0.57%) Internet
2 11 (0.57%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.41%) Ethernet
3 8 (0.41%) HTTP
4 7 (0.36%) DNS
4 7 (0.36%) Modbus
4 7 (0.36%) MQTT
4 7 (0.36%) WPA
5 5 (0.26%) SAN
6 4 (0.21%) DHCP
6 4 (0.21%) Firewall
7 2 (0.10%) FTP
7 2 (0.10%) NAS
7 2 (0.10%) SMTP
7 2 (0.10%) SSH
7 2 (0.10%) VLAN
8 1 (0.051%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.051%) Intranet
8 1 (0.051%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 436 (22.40%) SQL Server
2 103 (5.29%) MongoDB
3 97 (4.98%) MySQL
4 96 (4.93%) Relational Database
5 89 (4.57%) Power BI
6 80 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 75 (3.85%) NoSQL
8 50 (2.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 48 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
10 46 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 43 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
12 25 (1.28%) Redis
13 21 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
14 15 (0.77%) DynamoDB
15 14 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 9 (0.46%) KDB
16 9 (0.46%) Kdb+
16 9 (0.46%) NonStop SQL
17 8 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
18 7 (0.36%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 188 (9.66%) Git
2 91 (4.68%) JIRA
3 66 (3.39%) Selenium
4 54 (2.77%) Visual Studio
5 41 (2.11%) Postman
6 35 (1.80%) Jenkins
7 31 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 31 (1.59%) TeamCity
8 30 (1.54%) Octopus Deploy
9 24 (1.23%) WebDriver
10 22 (1.13%) NUnit
11 20 (1.03%) GitLab
12 18 (0.92%) SpecFlow
13 17 (0.87%) Cypress.io
14 16 (0.82%) SoapUI
15 13 (0.67%) Bitbucket
16 10 (0.51%) JMeter
17 9 (0.46%) MSBuild
17 9 (0.46%) MSTest
18 8 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 562 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 321 (16.50%) Finance
3 130 (6.68%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (6.37%) Law
5 99 (5.09%) Retail
6 87 (4.47%) Front Office
7 79 (4.06%) Public Sector
8 73 (3.75%) Manufacturing
9 65 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 61 (3.13%) Banking
11 47 (2.42%) Electronics
12 44 (2.26%) Legal
13 42 (2.16%) Back Office
14 31 (1.59%) Marketing
15 29 (1.49%) Games
16 27 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
17 24 (1.23%) Billing
18 22 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
19 16 (0.82%) Advertising
20 13 (0.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 969 (49.79%) Developer
2 401 (20.61%) Senior
3 251 (12.90%) .NET Developer
4 245 (12.59%) Software Engineer
5 242 (12.44%) Lead
6 225 (11.56%) C# Developer
7 211 (10.84%) Senior Developer
8 173 (8.89%) Software Developer
9 155 (7.97%) Full-Stack Developer
10 102 (5.24%) Architect
11 94 (4.83%) Analyst
12 75 (3.85%) Lead Developer
13 69 (3.55%) Senior Software Engineer
14 68 (3.49%) C# .NET Developer
14 68 (3.49%) Graduate
15 64 (3.29%) Support Engineer
16 59 (3.03%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 56 (2.88%) .NET Software Engineer
18 55 (2.83%) Graduate Developer
19 54 (2.77%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,148 (58.99%) .NET
2 335 (17.21%) React
3 298 (15.31%) HTML
4 293 (15.06%) .NET Core
5 289 (14.85%) ASP.NET
6 252 (12.95%) CSS
7 240 (12.33%) .NET Framework
8 239 (12.28%) AngularJS
9 169 (8.68%) RESTful
10 154 (7.91%) REST
11 138 (7.09%) Entity Framework
12 110 (5.65%) Vue
13 101 (5.19%) Blazor
14 85 (4.37%) ASP.NET MVC
15 82 (4.21%) Web Services
16 78 (4.01%) ASP.NET Web API
17 67 (3.44%) HTML5
18 66 (3.39%) Node.js
19 62 (3.19%) ASP.NET Core
20 60 (3.08%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.45%) Cloud Native
2 124 (6.37%) Onboarding
3 84 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 71 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
5 46 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
6 44 (2.26%) Algorithms
7 43 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 42 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 41 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 41 (2.11%) Mobile App
10 30 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 26 (1.34%) Robotics
12 25 (1.28%) IoT
13 24 (1.23%) Derivative
14 20 (1.03%) Operational Technology
15 18 (0.92%) AI Agents
15 18 (0.92%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.87%) Client/Server
17 15 (0.77%) NHS
17 15 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 98 (5.04%) Windows
2 58 (2.98%) Linux
3 23 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.13%) Android
5 17 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 16 (0.82%) Unix
7 3 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.15%) Solaris
7 3 (0.15%) VMS
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
9 1 (0.051%) AIX
9 1 (0.051%) Fedora
9 1 (0.051%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.051%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 700 (35.97%) Agile
2 542 (27.85%) DevOps
3 494 (25.39%) CI/CD
4 490 (25.18%) Software Engineering
5 483 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
6 385 (19.78%) Full-Stack Development
7 344 (17.68%) Microservices
8 331 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 324 (16.65%) Mentoring
10 272 (13.98%) Computer Science
11 195 (10.02%) MVC
12 190 (9.76%) Test Automation
13 188 (9.66%) AI
14 177 (9.10%) Scrum
15 143 (7.35%) SDLC
16 142 (7.30%) CRM
17 140 (7.19%) Clean Code
18 139 (7.14%) Containerisation
19 135 (6.94%) User Experience
20 132 (6.78%) OO
Programming Languages
1 779 (40.03%) SQL
2 555 (28.52%) JavaScript
3 384 (19.73%) Python
4 337 (17.32%) Java
5 288 (14.80%) TypeScript
6 212 (10.89%) C++
7 131 (6.73%) PHP
8 115 (5.91%) C
9 109 (5.60%) PowerShell
10 65 (3.34%) Rust
11 59 (3.03%) Ruby
12 54 (2.77%) MATLAB
13 53 (2.72%) R
13 53 (2.72%) VB.NET
14 51 (2.62%) T-SQL
15 50 (2.57%) Dart
16 24 (1.23%) Bicep
17 20 (1.03%) Go
18 18 (0.92%) Bash
18 18 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 379 (19.48%) Degree
2 229 (11.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 89 (4.57%) Security Cleared
4 63 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 61 (3.13%) SC Cleared
6 47 (2.42%) Azure Certification
7 32 (1.64%) ISTQB
8 31 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 23 (1.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 16 (0.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 15 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
14 12 (0.62%) HND
15 10 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (0.46%) PhD
17 8 (0.41%) ISEB
18 7 (0.36%) HNC
19 6 (0.31%) Chartered Engineer
20 5 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (9.46%) QA
2 35 (1.80%) GDPR
3 31 (1.59%) Accessibility
4 19 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 14 (0.72%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.46%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.41%) NIST
9 4 (0.21%) SEPA
9 4 (0.21%) WCAG
10 3 (0.15%) EMIR
10 3 (0.15%) HL7
10 3 (0.15%) SLA
11 2 (0.10%) ITGC
11 2 (0.10%) MiFID
11 2 (0.10%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.051%) COBIT
12 1 (0.051%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.051%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.051%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 201 (10.33%) Docker
2 21 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 19 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.67%) Firmware
5 10 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.15%) vSphere
9 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.10%) KVM
9 2 (0.10%) Squid
10 1 (0.051%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 170 (8.74%) Kubernetes
2 92 (4.73%) Terraform
3 21 (1.08%) Grafana
4 11 (0.57%) Ansible
5 10 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.31%) Control-M
6 6 (0.31%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.10%) Kibana
9 2 (0.10%) Nagios
9 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.051%) Nmap
10 1 (0.051%) WMI
Vendors
1 492 (25.28%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.03%) Oracle
3 41 (2.11%) Guidewire
4 32 (1.64%) Google
5 23 (1.18%) Xamarin
6 21 (1.08%) Sage
7 19 (0.98%) Databricks
7 19 (0.98%) VMware
8 15 (0.77%) DevExpress
8 15 (0.77%) SAP
9 13 (0.67%) IBM
9 13 (0.67%) Infor
10 12 (0.62%) Salesforce
11 11 (0.57%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.57%) Palantir
12 10 (0.51%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.51%) Siemens
13 9 (0.46%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.46%) Rockwell
13 9 (0.46%) YouTube