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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 34 18
Rank change year-on-year -41 -16 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,011 2,602 7,638
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.51% 6.36% 8.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.97% 18.99% 24.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,749 2,193 6,759
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,838 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
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 14,393 13,705 31,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.97% 33.51% 34.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,994 10,211 24,741
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £46,551 £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 £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,562 £57,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -0.77% +5.56% -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 3 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 3 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 -39 1,848 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -46 1,365 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -25 778 £60,000 -6.25% 535
London -26 524 £80,000 +6.67% 269
North of England -34 399 £62,500 +19.05% 185
South East -31 386 £57,500 -4.17% 234
Midlands -36 263 £55,000 - 124
North West -36 189 £60,000 +17.90% 90
South West -15 138 £55,000 -4.35% 81
Yorkshire -32 136 £63,750 +21.43% 60
East Midlands -22 134 £55,000 - 54
West Midlands -51 129 £57,500 - 70
East of England -60 118 £55,000 -16.93% 101
North East -5 74 £70,000 +22.81% 41
Scotland -70 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -48 18 £42,500 -34.62% 25
Northern Ireland -35 9 £80,000 +18.52% 6
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 52 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.09%) IIS
3 21 (1.04%) CMS
4 10 (0.50%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Confluence
7 3 (0.15%) Kinematics
8 2 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.099%) nginx
9 1 (0.050%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.050%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.050%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 16 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.25%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.20%) Simulink
4 4 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.050%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.30%) Shopify
3 3 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.099%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.099%) Magento
5 1 (0.050%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.050%) Endur
5 1 (0.050%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.050%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.050%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.050%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 895 (44.51%) Azure
2 349 (17.35%) AWS
3 214 (10.64%) SaaS
4 203 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
5 192 (9.55%) Power Platform
6 125 (6.22%) Serverless
7 113 (5.62%) Azure Logic Apps
8 95 (4.72%) Power Automate
9 93 (4.62%) PowerApps
10 92 (4.57%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.78%) Azure Functions
12 71 (3.53%) GCP
12 71 (3.53%) GitHub
13 64 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
14 57 (2.83%) Azure Service Bus
15 43 (2.14%) Azure AKS
16 37 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 32 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
18 27 (1.34%) PaaS
19 24 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.55%) Broadband
4 6 (0.30%) Ethernet
4 6 (0.30%) Internet
5 5 (0.25%) DNS
5 5 (0.25%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) Intranet
6 4 (0.20%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
7 3 (0.15%) Network Security
8 2 (0.099%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.099%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.099%) Hyperconnected
9 1 (0.050%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.050%) Profibus
9 1 (0.050%) SSL
9 1 (0.050%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 396 (19.69%) SQL Server
2 113 (5.62%) Power BI
3 80 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 69 (3.43%) NoSQL
5 63 (3.13%) Relational Database
6 61 (3.03%) MySQL
7 51 (2.54%) MongoDB
8 44 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
9 43 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 42 (2.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 19 (0.94%) Redis
12 17 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.55%) DB2
15 9 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 6 (0.30%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.30%) DynamoDB
17 4 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.20%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 125 (6.22%) Git
2 69 (3.43%) Selenium
3 65 (3.23%) Visual Studio
4 51 (2.54%) JIRA
5 38 (1.89%) Postman
6 32 (1.59%) WebDriver
7 30 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
8 27 (1.34%) SpecFlow
9 26 (1.29%) SoapUI
10 24 (1.19%) Jenkins
11 19 (0.94%) TeamCity
12 17 (0.85%) Cypress.io
13 16 (0.80%) NUnit
14 13 (0.65%) GitLab
15 11 (0.55%) Cucumber
16 9 (0.45%) LabVIEW
17 8 (0.40%) Balsamiq
18 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
19 6 (0.30%) REST Assured
19 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 389 (19.34%) Finance
2 357 (17.75%) Social Skills
3 119 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (3.68%) Public Sector
5 72 (3.58%) Law
6 58 (2.88%) Manufacturing
7 54 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (2.24%) Banking
8 45 (2.24%) Retail
9 43 (2.14%) Front Office
10 42 (2.09%) Games
11 36 (1.79%) Electronics
12 29 (1.44%) Legal
13 26 (1.29%) Marketing
14 21 (1.04%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.85%) Investment Banking
15 17 (0.85%) Military
16 15 (0.75%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.70%) Aviation
18 11 (0.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,035 (51.47%) Developer
2 445 (22.13%) Senior
3 371 (18.45%) Software Engineer
4 357 (17.75%) Software Developer
5 346 (17.21%) C# Developer
6 280 (13.92%) .NET Developer
7 237 (11.79%) Senior Developer
8 225 (11.19%) Lead
9 169 (8.40%) Full-Stack Developer
10 137 (6.81%) C# Software Engineer
11 129 (6.41%) C# .NET Developer
12 125 (6.22%) C# Software Developer
13 115 (5.72%) Senior Software Engineer
14 112 (5.57%) .NET Software Engineer
15 87 (4.33%) Graduate
16 79 (3.93%) Lead Developer
17 75 (3.73%) Senior Software Developer
18 71 (3.53%) .NET Software Developer
18 71 (3.53%) SQL Developer
19 68 (3.38%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,258 (62.56%) .NET
2 374 (18.60%) .NET Core
3 252 (12.53%) ASP.NET
4 251 (12.48%) React
5 188 (9.35%) HTML
6 185 (9.20%) .NET Framework
7 184 (9.15%) CSS
8 138 (6.86%) AngularJS
9 136 (6.76%) REST
10 109 (5.42%) RESTful
11 86 (4.28%) Vue
12 85 (4.23%) Entity Framework
13 80 (3.98%) ASP.NET Core
14 78 (3.88%) Blazor
15 67 (3.33%) Node.js
16 47 (2.34%) Playwright
16 47 (2.34%) WPF
17 46 (2.29%) ASP.NET MVC
18 45 (2.24%) jQuery
19 42 (2.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 115 (5.72%) Cloud Native
2 74 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (2.98%) Product Ownership
4 55 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
6 43 (2.14%) Low-Code
7 38 (1.89%) Mobile App
8 36 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 35 (1.74%) Hedge funds
10 33 (1.64%) Algorithms
11 25 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 25 (1.24%) Virtual Team
12 21 (1.04%) Sports Betting
12 21 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 19 (0.94%) Public Cloud
13 19 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (0.90%) Client/Server
14 18 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
15 17 (0.85%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 97 (4.82%) Windows
2 73 (3.63%) Linux
3 17 (0.85%) Android
4 16 (0.80%) Unix
5 15 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.70%) VMS
7 10 (0.50%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.099%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.099%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.099%) Solaris
8 2 (0.099%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.099%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.050%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.050%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 635 (31.58%) Software Engineering
2 591 (29.39%) Agile
3 423 (21.03%) DevOps
4 404 (20.09%) Full-Stack Development
5 396 (19.69%) CI/CD
6 311 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
7 258 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 256 (12.73%) Mentoring
9 251 (12.48%) Microservices
10 209 (10.39%) Computer Science
11 170 (8.45%) AI
12 169 (8.40%) SDLC
13 164 (8.16%) Test Automation
14 144 (7.16%) MVC
15 125 (6.22%) Business Intelligence
15 125 (6.22%) Scrum
16 123 (6.12%) Containerisation
17 106 (5.27%) OO
18 96 (4.77%) Clean Code
18 96 (4.77%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 636 (31.63%) SQL
2 440 (21.88%) JavaScript
3 334 (16.61%) Python
4 257 (12.78%) TypeScript
5 233 (11.59%) Java
6 192 (9.55%) C++
7 84 (4.18%) PHP
8 79 (3.93%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.73%) C
10 40 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 34 (1.69%) Go
12 27 (1.34%) Bash
13 25 (1.24%) VB.NET
14 22 (1.09%) Bicep
14 22 (1.09%) Rust
15 19 (0.94%) Delphi
16 18 (0.90%) VBA
17 17 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
18 15 (0.75%) PL/SQL
19 11 (0.55%) F#
Qualifications
1 284 (14.12%) Degree
2 133 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 113 (5.62%) Security Cleared
4 64 (3.18%) SC Cleared
5 50 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 45 (2.24%) ISTQB
7 42 (2.09%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.64%) Master's Degree
9 32 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 23 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (1.14%) PhD
11 21 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (0.99%) DV Cleared
13 19 (0.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 10 (0.50%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.45%) ISEB
18 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 6 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (7.16%) QA
2 35 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.94%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.75%) GDPR
5 12 (0.60%) WCAG
6 11 (0.55%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.40%) SLA
9 3 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.15%) EMIR
10 2 (0.099%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.099%) ITGC
11 1 (0.050%) HL7
11 1 (0.050%) IEC 61131
11 1 (0.050%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.050%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 177 (8.80%) Docker
2 22 (1.09%) Firmware
3 13 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.35%) KVM
6 6 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.050%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.050%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 148 (7.36%) Kubernetes
2 89 (4.43%) Terraform
3 37 (1.84%) Grafana
4 9 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.40%) Ansible
6 7 (0.35%) Kibana
7 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.099%) MIIS
8 2 (0.099%) MOM
8 2 (0.099%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.050%) Control-M
9 1 (0.050%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.050%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.050%) Nessus
9 1 (0.050%) Netcool
Vendors
1 401 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.14%) Oracle
3 31 (1.54%) Google
4 16 (0.80%) SAP
4 16 (0.80%) Xamarin
5 13 (0.65%) Adobe
6 12 (0.60%) Databricks
7 11 (0.55%) VMware
8 9 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (0.45%) MuleSoft
8 9 (0.45%) Palantir
9 8 (0.40%) OpenAI
9 8 (0.40%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.35%) iManage
10 7 (0.35%) Sage
10 7 (0.35%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.30%) Epicor
11 6 (0.30%) Facebook
11 6 (0.30%) IBM
11 6 (0.30%) Talend