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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 41 18
Rank change year-on-year -36 -23 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,144 2,549 7,859
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.47% 6.10% 8.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.98% 18.25% 24.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,860 2,154 6,861
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,845 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,625 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £93,250
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 15,339 13,965 32,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.65% 33.45% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10,454 10,230 25,110
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,195
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -38 1,966 £60,000 -7.69% 870
UK excluding London -42 1,472 £57,500 - 681
Work from Home -24 802 £58,750 -8.91% 450
London -23 541 £82,500 +10.00% 275
South East -26 428 £59,000 -1.67% 231
North of England -23 419 £61,500 +11.82% 161
Midlands -44 270 £57,500 +4.55% 89
North West -11 204 £60,000 +14.29% 98
South West -24 151 £55,000 -4.35% 89
Yorkshire -31 139 £61,500 +11.82% 37
East of England -52 137 £55,000 -16.92% 80
East Midlands -31 135 £57,500 +4.55% 45
West Midlands -58 135 £57,500 +4.55% 44
North East -16 76 £70,000 +21.74% 27
Scotland -64 45 £60,000 +33.33% 27
Wales -45 23 £42,250 -32.40% 19
Northern Ireland -36 9 £95,000 - 3
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 58 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.07%) CMS
3 20 (0.93%) IIS
4 11 (0.51%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.23%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.19%) Confluence
7 3 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.093%) nginx
8 2 (0.093%) WordPress
9 1 (0.047%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.047%) Apache
9 1 (0.047%) Appian
9 1 (0.047%) JBoss
9 1 (0.047%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.047%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 21 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.19%) Simulink
4 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.19%) Shopify
3 3 (0.14%) Magento
4 2 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.093%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.093%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.047%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.047%) Endur
5 1 (0.047%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.047%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.047%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.047%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 943 (43.98%) Azure
2 361 (16.84%) AWS
3 213 (9.93%) SaaS
4 208 (9.70%) Azure DevOps
5 203 (9.47%) Power Platform
6 129 (6.02%) Serverless
7 122 (5.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 101 (4.71%) Power Automate
9 100 (4.66%) PowerApps
10 88 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
11 78 (3.64%) Azure Functions
12 72 (3.36%) GitHub
12 72 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
13 64 (2.99%) GCP
14 63 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
15 45 (2.10%) Azure AKS
16 36 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 36 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
17 26 (1.21%) Azure Data Factory
18 24 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.65%) TCP/IP
2 11 (0.51%) Broadband
3 7 (0.33%) DNS
3 7 (0.33%) Ethernet
3 7 (0.33%) HTTP
3 7 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (0.28%) Intranet
5 5 (0.23%) Internet
6 4 (0.19%) LTE
6 4 (0.19%) Modbus
7 3 (0.14%) DHCP
7 3 (0.14%) Firewall
7 3 (0.14%) Network Security
8 2 (0.093%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.093%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.093%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.093%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.047%) Profibus
9 1 (0.047%) SAN
9 1 (0.047%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 430 (20.06%) SQL Server
2 119 (5.55%) Power BI
3 82 (3.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 70 (3.26%) NoSQL
5 61 (2.85%) MySQL
6 57 (2.66%) Relational Database
7 46 (2.15%) MongoDB
7 46 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (1.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 37 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (0.75%) Redis
11 15 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.51%) DB2
13 8 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (0.28%) Metadata
15 5 (0.23%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (0.19%) ClickHouse
16 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 138 (6.44%) Git
2 69 (3.22%) Selenium
3 61 (2.85%) Visual Studio
4 56 (2.61%) JIRA
5 41 (1.91%) Postman
6 32 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.31%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.26%) SoapUI
8 27 (1.26%) SpecFlow
9 24 (1.12%) Jenkins
10 18 (0.84%) GitLab
10 18 (0.84%) TeamCity
11 15 (0.70%) Cypress.io
12 14 (0.65%) NUnit
12 14 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
13 11 (0.51%) Cucumber
14 9 (0.42%) Balsamiq
15 7 (0.33%) LabVIEW
15 7 (0.33%) REST Assured
16 6 (0.28%) JMeter
General
1 416 (19.40%) Finance
2 346 (16.14%) Social Skills
3 120 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (3.08%) Public Sector
5 65 (3.03%) Law
6 55 (2.57%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (2.33%) Front Office
9 46 (2.15%) Banking
10 40 (1.87%) Games
10 40 (1.87%) Retail
11 32 (1.49%) Legal
12 30 (1.40%) Electronics
13 23 (1.07%) Aerospace
14 22 (1.03%) Marketing
15 17 (0.79%) Investment Banking
15 17 (0.79%) Military
16 15 (0.70%) Aviation
17 13 (0.61%) Automotive
17 13 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,106 (51.59%) Developer
2 479 (22.34%) Senior
3 418 (19.50%) Software Engineer
4 393 (18.33%) Software Developer
5 392 (18.28%) C# Developer
6 295 (13.76%) .NET Developer
7 245 (11.43%) Lead
8 240 (11.19%) Senior Developer
9 169 (7.88%) Full-Stack Developer
10 163 (7.60%) C# Software Engineer
11 150 (7.00%) C# Software Developer
12 149 (6.95%) C# .NET Developer
13 141 (6.58%) Senior Software Engineer
14 123 (5.74%) .NET Software Engineer
15 111 (5.18%) Graduate
16 93 (4.34%) Graduate Developer
16 93 (4.34%) Lead Developer
17 87 (4.06%) SQL Developer
18 84 (3.92%) Graduate Software Developer
19 82 (3.82%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,325 (61.80%) .NET
2 378 (17.63%) .NET Core
3 256 (11.94%) ASP.NET
4 246 (11.47%) React
5 194 (9.05%) HTML
6 190 (8.86%) CSS
7 182 (8.49%) .NET Framework
8 134 (6.25%) REST
9 133 (6.20%) AngularJS
10 110 (5.13%) RESTful
11 89 (4.15%) Vue
12 86 (4.01%) ASP.NET Core
13 81 (3.78%) Blazor
14 80 (3.73%) Entity Framework
15 78 (3.64%) Node.js
16 53 (2.47%) WPF
17 50 (2.33%) jQuery
18 47 (2.19%) Playwright
19 40 (1.87%) ASP.NET MVC
20 39 (1.82%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 119 (5.55%) Cloud Native
2 78 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (3.22%) Product Ownership
4 56 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
6 44 (2.05%) Hedge funds
7 43 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
7 43 (2.01%) Low-Code
8 41 (1.91%) Mobile App
9 36 (1.68%) Algorithms
10 27 (1.26%) Onboarding
10 27 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 22 (1.03%) Sports Betting
13 19 (0.89%) Distributed Computing
13 19 (0.89%) Public Cloud
14 18 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
14 18 (0.84%) Legacy Code
14 18 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 16 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 100 (4.66%) Windows
2 78 (3.64%) Linux
3 17 (0.79%) Android
4 14 (0.65%) Unix
4 14 (0.65%) VMS
5 13 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.093%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.093%) Solaris
6 2 (0.093%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.093%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.047%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.047%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (31.76%) Software Engineering
2 609 (28.40%) Agile
3 433 (20.20%) DevOps
4 416 (19.40%) CI/CD
5 405 (18.89%) Full-Stack Development
6 302 (14.09%) Problem-Solving
7 265 (12.36%) Mentoring
8 253 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 249 (11.61%) Microservices
10 224 (10.45%) Computer Science
11 185 (8.63%) Test Automation
12 176 (8.21%) AI
12 176 (8.21%) SDLC
13 146 (6.81%) MVC
14 136 (6.34%) Scrum
15 130 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
16 127 (5.92%) Containerisation
17 105 (4.90%) Software Testing
18 102 (4.76%) Clean Code
18 102 (4.76%) OO
Programming Languages
1 652 (30.41%) SQL
2 438 (20.43%) JavaScript
3 357 (16.65%) Python
4 268 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 247 (11.52%) Java
6 214 (9.98%) C++
7 103 (4.80%) PHP
8 87 (4.06%) PowerShell
9 54 (2.52%) C
10 40 (1.87%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.54%) Go
12 30 (1.40%) Bash
13 27 (1.26%) VB.NET
14 26 (1.21%) Bicep
15 22 (1.03%) VBA
16 18 (0.84%) Delphi
16 18 (0.84%) Rust
17 17 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
18 16 (0.75%) Scala
19 14 (0.65%) F#
Qualifications
1 300 (13.99%) Degree
2 147 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 113 (5.27%) Security Cleared
4 63 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 47 (2.19%) ISTQB
6 45 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (1.91%) Azure Certification
8 36 (1.68%) Master's Degree
9 31 (1.45%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (0.98%) PhD
12 20 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
13 18 (0.84%) DV Cleared
13 18 (0.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 14 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.47%) CREST Certified
17 7 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 6 (0.28%) HND
18 6 (0.28%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (6.62%) QA
2 38 (1.77%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.65%) GDPR
5 13 (0.61%) WCAG
6 11 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.42%) SLA
8 3 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.14%) EMIR
9 2 (0.093%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.093%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.093%) ITGC
10 1 (0.047%) HL7
10 1 (0.047%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.047%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 177 (8.26%) Docker
2 21 (0.98%) Firmware
3 14 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.37%) KVM
6 5 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.047%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.047%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 150 (7.00%) Kubernetes
2 96 (4.48%) Terraform
3 37 (1.73%) Grafana
4 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.42%) Ansible
6 7 (0.33%) Kibana
7 5 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) Nmap
9 2 (0.093%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.093%) MIIS
9 2 (0.093%) MOM
10 1 (0.047%) Control-M
10 1 (0.047%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.047%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.047%) Nessus
10 1 (0.047%) Netcool
10 1 (0.047%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 412 (19.22%) Microsoft
2 42 (1.96%) Oracle
3 30 (1.40%) Google
4 18 (0.84%) Adobe
5 14 (0.65%) Xamarin
6 13 (0.61%) VMware
7 12 (0.56%) Databricks
7 12 (0.56%) SAP
8 10 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.42%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.42%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.33%) iManage
10 7 (0.33%) Palantir
10 7 (0.33%) Workday
11 6 (0.28%) Aderant
11 6 (0.28%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.28%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.23%) Blue Prism
12 5 (0.23%) Facebook
12 5 (0.23%) Salesforce