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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 46 18
Rank change year-on-year -22 -28 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,449 2,387 7,924
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.67% 5.42% 8.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.18% 17.08% 24.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,134 1,986 6,843
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,640 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +4.55% -3.08%

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 16,137 13,972 32,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.60% 31.72% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,077 9,722 24,888
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £85,000 £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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -19 2,264 £60,509 -6.91% 805
UK excluding London -24 1,707 £58,500 +1.74% 646
Work from Home -9 926 £57,500 -11.54% 1,048
London -19 603 £82,500 +10.00% 231
South East +5 525 £60,000 - 216
North of England 0 461 £60,000 +9.09% 170
Midlands -32 304 £60,000 +9.09% 86
North West +32 235 £60,000 +14.29% 94
East of England -17 184 £60,000 -9.37% 80
South West -7 170 £55,000 - 65
East Midlands +2 153 £55,000 - 46
West Midlands -49 151 £60,000 +9.09% 40
Yorkshire -30 140 £60,000 - 39
North East -16 86 £65,000 +13.04% 38
Scotland -45 37 £60,000 +30.43% 21
Wales -38 27 £45,000 -30.77% 16
Northern Ireland -32 7 £95,000 - 8
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 67 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.02%) IIS
3 24 (0.98%) CMS
4 11 (0.45%) Confluence
4 11 (0.45%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.16%) Apache
6 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.16%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.16%) WordPress
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.12%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.12%) JBoss
8 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.082%) nginx
9 1 (0.041%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.041%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.041%) Appian
9 1 (0.041%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.041%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 30 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.24%) Simulink
4 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.082%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.082%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.041%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 34 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.12%) Magento
4 2 (0.082%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.041%) Endur
5 1 (0.041%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.041%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.041%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.041%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.041%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.041%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.041%) Shopify
5 1 (0.041%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 1,116 (45.57%) Azure
2 394 (16.09%) AWS
3 267 (10.90%) Azure DevOps
4 221 (9.02%) Power Platform
5 209 (8.53%) SaaS
6 141 (5.76%) Azure Logic Apps
7 135 (5.51%) Serverless
8 111 (4.53%) PowerApps
9 109 (4.45%) Power Automate
10 108 (4.41%) GitHub
11 94 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
12 92 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
13 86 (3.51%) Azure Functions
14 72 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
15 61 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 61 (2.49%) GCP
16 58 (2.37%) Azure AI
17 54 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
18 51 (2.08%) Azure AKS
19 50 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 20 (0.82%) Internet
2 14 (0.57%) Broadband
2 14 (0.57%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.45%) DNS
4 10 (0.41%) Ethernet
5 7 (0.29%) Firewall
6 6 (0.24%) HTTP
6 6 (0.24%) Intranet
7 5 (0.20%) LTE
8 4 (0.16%) DHCP
8 4 (0.16%) Modbus
9 3 (0.12%) Hyperconnected
9 3 (0.12%) Network Security
9 3 (0.12%) VPN
10 2 (0.082%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.082%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.082%) FIX Connectivity
10 2 (0.082%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.082%) SSL
11 1 (0.041%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 452 (18.46%) SQL Server
2 203 (8.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 165 (6.74%) MongoDB
4 130 (5.31%) Power BI
5 72 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 61 (2.49%) Relational Database
7 59 (2.41%) MySQL
8 50 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
9 49 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 35 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (0.61%) Redis
12 11 (0.45%) DB2
12 11 (0.45%) Metadata
13 9 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.29%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (0.24%) GIS
16 4 (0.16%) Crystal Reports
16 4 (0.16%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 176 (7.19%) Git
2 61 (2.49%) Selenium
3 58 (2.37%) JIRA
4 56 (2.29%) Visual Studio
5 42 (1.71%) Postman
6 31 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (1.18%) GitLab
8 28 (1.14%) WebDriver
9 27 (1.10%) SoapUI
10 23 (0.94%) Jenkins
10 23 (0.94%) SpecFlow
11 22 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
12 19 (0.78%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.57%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.53%) Cucumber
14 13 (0.53%) NUnit
15 9 (0.37%) LabVIEW
16 8 (0.33%) Moq
17 7 (0.29%) MSTest
17 7 (0.29%) Yeoman
General
1 476 (19.44%) Finance
2 357 (14.58%) Social Skills
3 127 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (3.02%) Manufacturing
5 67 (2.74%) Public Sector
6 59 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (2.29%) Games
8 53 (2.16%) Banking
9 51 (2.08%) Retail
10 50 (2.04%) Front Office
10 50 (2.04%) Law
11 45 (1.84%) Electronics
12 39 (1.59%) Aerospace
13 33 (1.35%) Legal
14 30 (1.22%) Automotive
15 27 (1.10%) Advertising
16 25 (1.02%) Marketing
17 16 (0.65%) Aviation
18 15 (0.61%) Investment Banking
19 12 (0.49%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,301 (53.12%) Developer
2 525 (21.44%) Senior
3 509 (20.78%) Software Engineer
4 430 (17.56%) Software Developer
5 427 (17.44%) .NET Developer
6 415 (16.95%) C# Developer
7 264 (10.78%) Lead
8 261 (10.66%) Senior Developer
9 240 (9.80%) C# Software Engineer
10 174 (7.10%) Full-Stack Developer
10 174 (7.10%) Senior Software Engineer
11 172 (7.02%) C# Software Developer
12 164 (6.70%) C# .NET Developer
13 149 (6.08%) .NET Software Engineer
14 120 (4.90%) Graduate
15 107 (4.37%) Lead Developer
16 103 (4.21%) Graduate Developer
17 94 (3.84%) Graduate Software Developer
18 92 (3.76%) .NET Software Developer
19 91 (3.72%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,556 (63.54%) .NET
2 495 (20.21%) .NET Core
3 391 (15.97%) ASP.NET
4 294 (12.00%) React
5 239 (9.76%) CSS
5 239 (9.76%) HTML
6 224 (9.15%) ASP.NET Core
7 194 (7.92%) .NET Framework
8 173 (7.06%) AngularJS
9 158 (6.45%) RESTful
10 147 (6.00%) REST
11 144 (5.88%) Entity Framework
12 143 (5.84%) Vue
13 137 (5.59%) Blazor
14 126 (5.14%) Node.js
15 89 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
16 75 (3.06%) WPF
17 56 (2.29%) jQuery
18 53 (2.16%) Playwright
19 50 (2.04%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 147 (6.00%) Cloud Native
2 86 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
4 75 (3.06%) Product Ownership
5 66 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
6 59 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
7 52 (2.12%) Hedge funds
8 47 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 47 (1.92%) Mobile App
9 41 (1.67%) Low-Code
10 29 (1.18%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 24 (0.98%) Legacy Code
13 23 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
13 23 (0.94%) Management Information System
13 23 (0.94%) Sports Betting
14 19 (0.78%) Onboarding
14 19 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
15 18 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 116 (4.74%) Windows
2 92 (3.76%) Linux
3 26 (1.06%) Android
4 18 (0.73%) Windows Server
5 14 (0.57%) VMS
6 13 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.49%) Unix
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.082%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.082%) Solaris
9 2 (0.082%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 757 (30.91%) Software Engineering
2 724 (29.56%) Agile
3 564 (23.03%) Full-Stack Development
4 515 (21.03%) CI/CD
5 498 (20.33%) DevOps
6 323 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
7 301 (12.29%) Microservices
8 283 (11.56%) Mentoring
9 271 (11.07%) AI
10 261 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 256 (10.45%) Computer Science
12 223 (9.11%) Test Automation
13 199 (8.13%) SDLC
14 150 (6.12%) Scrum
15 138 (5.63%) Business Intelligence
16 137 (5.59%) Machine Learning
17 136 (5.55%) Containerisation
18 135 (5.51%) MVC
19 123 (5.02%) Infrastructure as Code
20 119 (4.86%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 794 (32.42%) SQL
2 503 (20.54%) JavaScript
3 406 (16.58%) Python
4 311 (12.70%) TypeScript
5 266 (10.86%) Java
6 264 (10.78%) C++
7 108 (4.41%) PHP
8 94 (3.84%) PowerShell
9 59 (2.41%) C
10 40 (1.63%) T-SQL
11 31 (1.27%) Bash
11 31 (1.27%) Bicep
12 30 (1.22%) Go
13 27 (1.10%) VB.NET
14 23 (0.94%) VBA
15 21 (0.86%) Scala
16 19 (0.78%) F#
16 19 (0.78%) Rust
17 17 (0.69%) Haskell
18 16 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 352 (14.37%) Degree
2 171 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 124 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 71 (2.90%) SC Cleared
5 44 (1.80%) Azure Certification
6 43 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 41 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 40 (1.63%) ISTQB
9 25 (1.02%) AWS Certification
10 24 (0.98%) PhD
11 18 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 16 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (0.57%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 8 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
18 7 (0.29%) DBS Check
18 7 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.24%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (5.51%) QA
2 42 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 21 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.78%) GDPR
5 14 (0.57%) ISO 9001
5 14 (0.57%) WCAG
6 12 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.45%) SLA
8 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
9 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 14443
9 3 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 7816
10 2 (0.082%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.082%) EMIR
10 2 (0.082%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.082%) ISO 22301
10 2 (0.082%) ITGC
11 1 (0.041%) HL7
11 1 (0.041%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.041%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 228 (9.31%) Docker
2 23 (0.94%) Firmware
3 17 (0.69%) Active Directory
4 10 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.29%) KVM
6 6 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.082%) vSphere
9 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.041%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 198 (8.08%) Kubernetes
2 119 (4.86%) Terraform
3 36 (1.47%) Grafana
4 11 (0.45%) Ansible
4 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.29%) Kibana
6 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.082%) Control-M
7 2 (0.082%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.082%) MIIS
7 2 (0.082%) MOM
7 2 (0.082%) Nmap
8 1 (0.041%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.041%) Nessus
8 1 (0.041%) Netcool
8 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 574 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.88%) Oracle
3 44 (1.80%) Google
4 26 (1.06%) Adobe
5 20 (0.82%) Facebook
6 16 (0.65%) OpenAI
7 14 (0.57%) VMware
8 12 (0.49%) Xamarin
9 11 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
9 11 (0.45%) Databricks
9 11 (0.45%) ServiceNow
10 9 (0.37%) iManage
10 9 (0.37%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.33%) Apple
12 7 (0.29%) Intapp
12 7 (0.29%) Splunk
13 6 (0.24%) Aderant
13 6 (0.24%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.24%) Yahoo!
13 6 (0.24%) YouTube