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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 55 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 -33 -3
Permanent jobs citing C# 3,377 2,137 5,837
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.18% 4.28% 7.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.27% 15.29% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,884 1,764 4,582
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,310
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.19% -6.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
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 18,483 13,972 25,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.40% 27.98% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,089 9,170 17,796
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 13 August 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 13 August 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 +10 3,082 £60,000 -4.00% 1,877
UK excluding London +21 2,577 £57,500 - 1,062
Work from Home +10 1,531 £55,000 -8.33% 885
South East +17 727 £60,000 - 321
London -21 671 £82,500 +3.13% 976
North of England +39 638 £57,500 -4.17% 273
Midlands 0 412 £58,250 +5.91% 130
East of England +32 312 £60,000 +9.09% 142
North West +47 301 £55,000 -4.35% 143
South West +35 301 £53,000 +0.47% 95
West Midlands -11 217 £60,000 +4.35% 51
East Midlands +16 195 £55,000 - 79
Yorkshire +18 183 £55,000 -12.00% 65
North East -2 154 £65,000 +13.04% 67
Northern Ireland +7 111 £50,000 -10.31% 32
Wales -52 46 £51,619 -0.73% 28
Scotland -4 32 £50,000 -22.78% 57

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 98 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.04%) IIS
3 33 (0.98%) CMS
4 23 (0.68%) Confluence
5 15 (0.44%) 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
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.15%) JBoss
10 5 (0.15%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 44 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.089%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.089%) Simulink
6 3 (0.089%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 48 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.30%) Elite 3E
3 8 (0.24%) Carpe Diem
4 5 (0.15%) Shopify
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.12%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.089%) Magento
6 3 (0.089%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.059%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.059%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.059%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.059%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.030%) Eikon
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.030%) RMDS
8 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,683 (49.84%) Azure
2 577 (17.09%) AWS
3 459 (13.59%) Azure DevOps
4 321 (9.51%) Power Platform
5 262 (7.76%) SaaS
6 249 (7.37%) GitHub
7 193 (5.72%) Azure AI
7 193 (5.72%) Power Automate
8 171 (5.06%) Serverless
9 169 (5.00%) PowerApps
10 167 (4.95%) GitHub Copilot
11 159 (4.71%) Azure Logic Apps
12 150 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
13 135 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
14 125 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
15 113 (3.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 104 (3.08%) Azure Functions
17 87 (2.58%) GCP
18 53 (1.57%) Azure AKS
18 53 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.84%) Internet
2 21 (0.62%) DNS
3 19 (0.56%) Broadband
4 18 (0.53%) TCP/IP
5 17 (0.50%) HTTP
6 11 (0.33%) Firewall
7 8 (0.24%) Ethernet
7 8 (0.24%) VPN
8 7 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
9 6 (0.18%) BGP
9 6 (0.18%) DHCP
9 6 (0.18%) IPsec
9 6 (0.18%) SNMP
10 5 (0.15%) LAN
10 5 (0.15%) WAN
11 4 (0.12%) Intranet
11 4 (0.12%) Modbus
11 4 (0.12%) Network Security
12 3 (0.089%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.089%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 596 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 516 (15.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 455 (13.47%) MongoDB
4 169 (5.00%) Power BI
5 167 (4.95%) Elasticsearch
6 93 (2.75%) NoSQL
7 92 (2.72%) MySQL
8 80 (2.37%) Relational Database
9 69 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
10 44 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 30 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
13 29 (0.86%) Redis
14 17 (0.50%) DynamoDB
15 13 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
15 13 (0.38%) Metadata
16 12 (0.36%) Db2
17 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
17 11 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 278 (8.23%) Git
2 74 (2.19%) JIRA
3 44 (1.30%) Selenium
4 42 (1.24%) Visual Studio
5 34 (1.01%) GitLab
6 31 (0.92%) Jenkins
7 25 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
8 24 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 23 (0.68%) NUnit
10 22 (0.65%) Postman
11 18 (0.53%) SpecFlow
12 17 (0.50%) Claude Code
13 14 (0.41%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
15 8 (0.24%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.24%) Jasmine
15 8 (0.24%) Yeoman
16 7 (0.21%) Moq
16 7 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 548 (16.23%) Social Skills
2 538 (15.93%) Finance
3 182 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (4.92%) Legal
5 125 (3.70%) Law
6 115 (3.41%) Manufacturing
7 96 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 88 (2.61%) Games
9 83 (2.46%) Public Sector
10 80 (2.37%) Retail
11 71 (2.10%) Advertising
12 69 (2.04%) Marketing
13 56 (1.66%) Aerospace
13 56 (1.66%) Banking
13 56 (1.66%) Electronics
14 46 (1.36%) Front Office
15 40 (1.18%) Legal Technology
16 36 (1.07%) Automotive
17 26 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
18 18 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,807 (53.51%) Developer
2 806 (23.87%) .NET Developer
3 748 (22.15%) Senior
4 725 (21.47%) Software Engineer
5 424 (12.56%) Software Developer
6 393 (11.64%) C# Developer
7 361 (10.69%) Senior Developer
8 349 (10.33%) Lead
9 318 (9.42%) C# Software Engineer
10 248 (7.34%) Senior Software Engineer
11 183 (5.42%) Full-Stack Developer
12 168 (4.97%) C# Software Developer
13 164 (4.86%) C# .NET Developer
14 161 (4.77%) Graduate
15 157 (4.65%) Lead Developer
16 144 (4.26%) .NET Software Engineer
17 116 (3.44%) Architect
18 112 (3.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 108 (3.20%) Azure Engineer
19 108 (3.20%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2,171 (64.29%) .NET
2 785 (23.25%) .NET Core
3 770 (22.80%) ASP.NET
4 600 (17.77%) ASP.NET Core
5 496 (14.69%) React
6 399 (11.82%) CSS
7 388 (11.49%) HTML
8 329 (9.74%) AngularJS
9 321 (9.51%) RESTful
10 309 (9.15%) Blazor
11 298 (8.82%) Entity Framework
12 296 (8.77%) Vue
13 269 (7.97%) .NET Framework
14 267 (7.91%) Node.js
15 250 (7.40%) REST
16 222 (6.57%) ASP.NET Web API
17 156 (4.62%) ML.NET
18 129 (3.82%) WPF
19 119 (3.52%) LINQ
20 87 (2.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 225 (6.66%) Cloud Native
2 154 (4.56%) Greenfield Project
3 147 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 130 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 111 (3.29%) Product Ownership
6 95 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
7 86 (2.55%) Virtual Team
8 57 (1.69%) Mobile App
9 50 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 48 (1.42%) Hedge funds
10 48 (1.42%) Onboarding
11 40 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
12 36 (1.07%) AI Agents
13 34 (1.01%) Management Information System
14 31 (0.92%) Robotics
15 30 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 29 (0.86%) Legacy Code
17 28 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
18 24 (0.71%) Fixed Income
18 24 (0.71%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 168 (4.97%) Windows
2 116 (3.44%) Linux
3 41 (1.21%) Android
4 36 (1.07%) Windows Server
5 13 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.24%) Unix
7 7 (0.21%) VMS
8 6 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.12%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.089%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.030%) CentOS
11 1 (0.030%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.030%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,195 (35.39%) Agile
2 1,111 (32.90%) Software Engineering
3 937 (27.75%) Full-Stack Development
4 831 (24.61%) CI/CD
5 795 (23.54%) DevOps
6 580 (17.18%) Microservices
7 542 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
8 535 (15.84%) AI
9 454 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 442 (13.09%) Mentoring
11 318 (9.42%) Test Automation
12 292 (8.65%) Computer Science
13 286 (8.47%) SDLC
14 272 (8.05%) Machine Learning
15 217 (6.43%) Scrum
16 215 (6.37%) OO
17 213 (6.31%) Software Testing
18 201 (5.95%) Multithreading
19 191 (5.66%) TDD
20 182 (5.39%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1,235 (36.57%) SQL
2 809 (23.96%) JavaScript
3 561 (16.61%) Python
4 531 (15.72%) TypeScript
5 339 (10.04%) C++
6 301 (8.91%) Java
7 145 (4.29%) PHP
7 145 (4.29%) PowerShell
8 79 (2.34%) C
9 67 (1.98%) T-SQL
10 47 (1.39%) Go
11 45 (1.33%) Bicep
12 44 (1.30%) VB.NET
13 35 (1.04%) Bash
14 34 (1.01%) VBA
15 24 (0.71%) Rust
16 22 (0.65%) Scala
17 21 (0.62%) Delphi
17 21 (0.62%) Ruby
18 18 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 413 (12.23%) Degree
2 199 (5.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 145 (4.29%) Security Cleared
4 109 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 38 (1.13%) Azure Certification
5 38 (1.13%) Master's Degree
6 28 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (0.62%) DV Cleared
8 19 (0.56%) ISTQB
9 18 (0.53%) AWS Certification
10 17 (0.50%) PhD
11 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
11 12 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 8 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.18%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.12%) ISEB
15 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.089%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (9.12%) QA
2 58 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 32 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 30 (0.89%) GDPR
5 21 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (0.36%) WCAG
7 9 (0.27%) SLA
8 7 (0.21%) NCSC
9 5 (0.15%) IEC 61131
9 5 (0.15%) ISO 9001
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
11 3 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.089%) NIST
11 3 (0.089%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.089%) PSD2
12 2 (0.059%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.059%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 403 (11.93%) Docker
2 19 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 18 (0.53%) Firmware
4 12 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
5 10 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
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 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.030%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 350 (10.36%) Kubernetes
2 164 (4.86%) Terraform
3 34 (1.01%) Grafana
4 19 (0.56%) Ansible
5 16 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.089%) Control-M
8 3 (0.089%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.059%) MIIS
10 1 (0.030%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.030%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1,098 (32.51%) Microsoft
2 89 (2.64%) Google
3 65 (1.92%) Facebook
4 51 (1.51%) Oracle
5 34 (1.01%) OpenAI
6 25 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.68%) Adobe
8 22 (0.65%) YouTube
9 19 (0.56%) Databricks
10 18 (0.53%) Apple
11 17 (0.50%) Intapp
11 17 (0.50%) Sony
11 17 (0.50%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.47%) VMware
13 13 (0.38%) iManage
14 12 (0.36%) SAP
14 12 (0.36%) Splunk
15 11 (0.33%) Aderant
15 11 (0.33%) Foundry
15 11 (0.33%) IBM