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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 66 22
Rank change year-on-year +19 -44 -4
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,376 1,902 5,414
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.97% 3.85% 6.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.29% 14.60% 22.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,850 1,581 3,813
10th Percentile £39,163 £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 £80,000 £81,750 £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% -0.90%

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 18,457 13,026 24,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.25% 26.34% 30.85%
Number of salaries quoted 13,111 8,383 15,238
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £46,722
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £106,250
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 14 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 14 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 +17 3,088 £60,000 -4.00% 1,992
UK excluding London +31 2,607 £57,500 - 1,119
Work from Home +21 1,513 £55,000 -8.33% 2,580
South East +32 768 £60,000 - 310
London -14 651 £85,000 +6.25% 1,049
North of England +39 627 £57,500 -4.17% 260
Midlands +1 415 £60,000 +9.09% 153
East of England +33 321 £60,000 +9.09% 162
North West +62 297 £55,000 -12.00% 125
South West +32 283 £53,750 +3.37% 111
West Midlands -9 218 £62,500 +13.64% 70
East Midlands +22 197 £60,000 +9.09% 82
North East +1 170 £65,000 +13.04% 65
Yorkshire +1 160 £55,000 -8.33% 73
Northern Ireland +6 116 £50,000 -10.31% 30
Wales -55 45 £51,619 +6.43% 29
Scotland 0 34 £52,500 -18.60% 86

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
1 113 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 42 (1.24%) IIS
3 28 (0.83%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) Confluence
5 11 (0.33%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.30%) WordPress
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.21%) nginx
9 6 (0.18%) Apache
10 5 (0.15%) 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 (0.089%) DNN
12 3 (0.089%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.089%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.089%) Kentico
12 3 (0.089%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 40 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.089%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.089%) Simulink
5 3 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.089%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 55 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.41%) 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%) JDE EnterpriseOne
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%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.030%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.030%) RMDS
7 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,643 (48.67%) Azure
2 596 (17.65%) AWS
3 483 (14.31%) Azure DevOps
4 347 (10.28%) Power Platform
5 249 (7.38%) SaaS
6 246 (7.29%) GitHub
7 208 (6.16%) Power Automate
8 192 (5.69%) Serverless
9 190 (5.63%) Azure AI
10 186 (5.51%) PowerApps
11 164 (4.86%) GitHub Copilot
12 161 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
13 151 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
14 148 (4.38%) Azure Logic Apps
15 126 (3.73%) Azure Service Bus
16 120 (3.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 110 (3.26%) Azure Functions
18 89 (2.64%) GCP
19 49 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
20 46 (1.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.84%) Internet
2 20 (0.59%) DNS
3 19 (0.56%) Firewall
4 17 (0.50%) HTTP
5 16 (0.47%) Broadband
6 15 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.27%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.24%) VLAN
8 8 (0.24%) VPN
8 8 (0.24%) Wireless
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 4 (0.12%) Intranet
11 4 (0.12%) Network Security
12 3 (0.089%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 588 (17.42%) SQL Server
2 507 (15.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 450 (13.33%) MongoDB
4 185 (5.48%) Power BI
5 162 (4.80%) Elasticsearch
6 101 (2.99%) NoSQL
7 84 (2.49%) Relational Database
8 79 (2.34%) MySQL
9 74 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
10 39 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
11 33 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 32 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 27 (0.80%) Redis
14 23 (0.68%) DynamoDB
15 19 (0.56%) Metadata
16 17 (0.50%) Spark SQL
17 15 (0.44%) Data Lake
18 14 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
19 13 (0.39%) Big Data
19 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 306 (9.06%) Git
2 72 (2.13%) JIRA
3 43 (1.27%) Visual Studio
4 37 (1.10%) Selenium
5 33 (0.98%) GitLab
6 27 (0.80%) Jenkins
7 24 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
8 23 (0.68%) Claude Code
9 22 (0.65%) NUnit
10 21 (0.62%) TeamCity
11 19 (0.56%) Postman
12 13 (0.39%) SpecFlow
13 11 (0.33%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
15 9 (0.27%) Bitbucket
16 8 (0.24%) Subversion
17 7 (0.21%) Moq
17 7 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
17 7 (0.21%) Yeoman
General
1 570 (16.88%) Social Skills
2 509 (15.08%) Finance
3 192 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
4 180 (5.33%) Legal
5 123 (3.64%) Manufacturing
6 122 (3.61%) Law
7 115 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 100 (2.96%) Public Sector
9 90 (2.67%) Games
10 72 (2.13%) Retail
11 68 (2.01%) Advertising
12 67 (1.98%) Electronics
13 65 (1.93%) Marketing
14 62 (1.84%) Aerospace
15 52 (1.54%) Banking
16 44 (1.30%) Front Office
17 40 (1.18%) Legal Technology
18 35 (1.04%) Automotive
19 27 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
20 18 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,745 (51.69%) Developer
2 790 (23.40%) .NET Developer
3 743 (22.01%) Senior
4 740 (21.92%) Software Engineer
5 373 (11.05%) Software Developer
6 361 (10.69%) C# Developer
7 355 (10.52%) Lead
8 346 (10.25%) Senior Developer
9 337 (9.98%) C# Software Engineer
10 246 (7.29%) Senior Software Engineer
11 176 (5.21%) Full-Stack Developer
12 161 (4.77%) C# .NET Developer
13 159 (4.71%) Lead Developer
14 141 (4.18%) Graduate
15 138 (4.09%) C# Software Developer
16 135 (4.00%) .NET Software Engineer
17 118 (3.50%) Architect
18 115 (3.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 105 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
20 88 (2.61%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,153 (63.77%) .NET
2 758 (22.45%) ASP.NET
3 736 (21.80%) .NET Core
4 591 (17.51%) ASP.NET Core
5 493 (14.60%) React
6 389 (11.52%) CSS
7 386 (11.43%) HTML
8 326 (9.66%) AngularJS
9 321 (9.51%) RESTful
10 302 (8.95%) Blazor
11 299 (8.86%) Entity Framework
12 291 (8.62%) Vue
13 262 (7.76%) .NET Framework
14 257 (7.61%) Node.js
15 248 (7.35%) REST
16 219 (6.49%) ASP.NET Web API
17 164 (4.86%) Terraform
18 149 (4.41%) ML.NET
19 144 (4.27%) WPF
20 116 (3.44%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.34%) Cloud Native
2 162 (4.80%) Enterprise Software
3 150 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
4 129 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
5 128 (3.79%) Product Ownership
6 105 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
7 90 (2.67%) Virtual Team
8 58 (1.72%) Mobile App
9 57 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 50 (1.48%) Management Information System
10 50 (1.48%) Onboarding
10 50 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 46 (1.36%) AI Agents
11 46 (1.36%) Hedge funds
12 35 (1.04%) Robotics
13 29 (0.86%) Data Structures
14 25 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 25 (0.74%) Low-Code
15 23 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
15 23 (0.68%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 176 (5.21%) Windows
2 113 (3.35%) Linux
3 42 (1.24%) Android
4 40 (1.18%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.18%) Unix
8 3 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.059%) VMS
10 1 (0.030%) CentOS
10 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,172 (34.72%) Agile
2 1,139 (33.74%) Software Engineering
3 928 (27.49%) Full-Stack Development
4 848 (25.12%) CI/CD
5 797 (23.61%) DevOps
6 574 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
7 569 (16.85%) Microservices
8 555 (16.44%) AI
9 474 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 474 (14.04%) Mentoring
10 325 (9.63%) Test Automation
11 286 (8.47%) SDLC
12 275 (8.15%) Computer Science
13 270 (8.00%) Machine Learning
14 221 (6.55%) Software Testing
15 212 (6.28%) Scrum
16 206 (6.10%) OO
17 202 (5.98%) Business Intelligence
18 193 (5.72%) Technical Leadership
19 191 (5.66%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1,212 (35.90%) SQL
2 828 (24.53%) JavaScript
3 571 (16.91%) Python
4 515 (15.25%) TypeScript
5 354 (10.49%) C++
6 301 (8.92%) Java
7 137 (4.06%) PowerShell
8 125 (3.70%) PHP
9 85 (2.52%) C
10 67 (1.98%) T-SQL
11 45 (1.33%) Bicep
12 43 (1.27%) Go
13 40 (1.18%) VB.NET
14 37 (1.10%) VBA
15 34 (1.01%) Bash
16 24 (0.71%) Ruby
17 23 (0.68%) Rust
18 21 (0.62%) Delphi
19 18 (0.53%) Scala
20 15 (0.44%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 415 (12.29%) Degree
2 189 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 147 (4.35%) Security Cleared
4 111 (3.29%) SC Cleared
5 46 (1.36%) Azure Certification
6 41 (1.21%) Master's Degree
7 37 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 21 (0.62%) PhD
10 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
11 16 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 13 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
13 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.18%) OSCP
16 5 (0.15%) CREST Certified
17 4 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 309 (9.15%) QA
2 68 (2.01%) Accessibility
3 56 (1.66%) Data Quality
4 40 (1.18%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (0.53%) 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%) NIST
10 4 (0.12%) SLA
11 3 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.089%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
System Software
1 381 (11.29%) Docker
2 25 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.53%) Firmware
3 18 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.15%) KVM
8 3 (0.089%) vSphere
9 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 331 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 29 (0.86%) Grafana
3 18 (0.53%) Ansible
4 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
8 3 (0.089%) Control-M
8 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.059%) Bosun
9 2 (0.059%) EnCase
9 2 (0.059%) FTK
10 1 (0.030%) MIIS
Vendors
1 1,116 (33.06%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.64%) Google
3 63 (1.87%) Facebook
4 51 (1.51%) Oracle
5 32 (0.95%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.68%) VMware
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 20 (0.59%) Adobe
10 18 (0.53%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) Databricks
12 16 (0.47%) HP
13 15 (0.44%) Intapp
14 14 (0.41%) Foundry
15 12 (0.36%) Aderant
15 12 (0.36%) SAP
16 11 (0.33%) IBM
17 10 (0.30%) iManage