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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 40 18
Rank change year-on-year -37 -22 +4
Permanent jobs citing C# 2,157 2,540 7,856
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.46% 6.06% 8.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.92% 18.17% 24.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,874 2,149 6,832
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £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 £80,000 £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 15,499 13,980 32,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.65% 33.33% 34.10%
Number of salaries quoted 10,533 10,268 24,961
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
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 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +2.80% -2.73%

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 22 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 22 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 1,981 £60,509 -6.91% 811
UK excluding London -42 1,476 £57,500 - 644
Work from Home -22 805 £59,000 -8.53% 438
London -25 549 £82,500 +10.00% 259
South East -24 434 £59,500 -0.83% 232
North of England -20 417 £61,500 +11.82% 138
Midlands -48 272 £57,500 +4.55% 89
North West -17 203 £60,000 +14.29% 88
South West -24 149 £52,500 -6.67% 77
East of England -52 140 £60,000 -9.37% 73
Yorkshire -33 138 £62,000 +12.73% 28
East Midlands -28 137 £57,500 +4.55% 43
West Midlands -56 135 £57,500 +4.55% 46
North East -20 76 £70,000 +21.74% 23
Scotland -60 43 £60,000 +27.66% 21
Wales -38 22 £42,000 -32.80% 18
Northern Ireland -36 9 £95,000 - 15
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 61 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.07%) CMS
3 21 (0.97%) IIS
4 11 (0.51%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.23%) Confluence
5 5 (0.23%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.093%) JBoss
8 2 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.093%) nginx
8 2 (0.093%) WordPress
9 1 (0.046%) Apache
9 1 (0.046%) Appian
9 1 (0.046%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.19%) Simulink
3 4 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 31 (1.44%) 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 (0.046%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.046%) Endur
5 1 (0.046%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.046%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.046%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.046%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.046%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 938 (43.49%) Azure
2 359 (16.64%) AWS
3 212 (9.83%) SaaS
4 207 (9.60%) Power Platform
5 205 (9.50%) Azure DevOps
6 127 (5.89%) Serverless
7 123 (5.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 105 (4.87%) Power Automate
9 104 (4.82%) PowerApps
10 88 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
11 76 (3.52%) Azure Functions
12 75 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
13 70 (3.25%) GitHub
14 63 (2.92%) GCP
15 62 (2.87%) Azure Service Bus
16 47 (2.18%) Azure AKS
17 37 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
18 33 (1.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 29 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
20 24 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.60%) TCP/IP
2 11 (0.51%) Broadband
3 8 (0.37%) DNS
3 8 (0.37%) Ethernet
3 8 (0.37%) HTTP
4 7 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (0.28%) Intranet
6 5 (0.23%) Internet
7 4 (0.19%) Firewall
7 4 (0.19%) LTE
7 4 (0.19%) Modbus
8 3 (0.14%) DHCP
8 3 (0.14%) Network Security
9 2 (0.093%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.093%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.093%) FIX Connectivity
9 2 (0.093%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.093%) VPN
10 1 (0.046%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.046%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 433 (20.07%) SQL Server
2 123 (5.70%) Power BI
3 84 (3.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 72 (3.34%) NoSQL
5 61 (2.83%) MySQL
6 55 (2.55%) Relational Database
7 47 (2.18%) MongoDB
8 45 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
9 40 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 37 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
12 15 (0.70%) Redis
13 11 (0.51%) DB2
14 8 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.32%) Metadata
16 5 (0.23%) Data Lake
17 4 (0.19%) Amazon Athena
17 4 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
17 4 (0.19%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 145 (6.72%) Git
2 68 (3.15%) Selenium
3 59 (2.74%) Visual Studio
4 55 (2.55%) JIRA
5 41 (1.90%) Postman
6 32 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.30%) WebDriver
8 27 (1.25%) SoapUI
9 26 (1.21%) SpecFlow
10 22 (1.02%) Jenkins
11 20 (0.93%) GitLab
12 17 (0.79%) TeamCity
12 17 (0.79%) Visual Studio Code
13 16 (0.74%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.60%) NUnit
15 11 (0.51%) Cucumber
16 8 (0.37%) Balsamiq
17 7 (0.32%) LabVIEW
17 7 (0.32%) REST Assured
18 6 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 418 (19.38%) Finance
2 342 (15.86%) Social Skills
3 117 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (3.06%) Public Sector
5 64 (2.97%) Law
6 54 (2.50%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 50 (2.32%) Front Office
9 45 (2.09%) Banking
10 42 (1.95%) Retail
11 40 (1.85%) Games
12 32 (1.48%) Legal
13 30 (1.39%) Electronics
14 23 (1.07%) Aerospace
15 21 (0.97%) Marketing
16 16 (0.74%) Automotive
16 16 (0.74%) Investment Banking
17 15 (0.70%) Advertising
17 15 (0.70%) Aviation
17 15 (0.70%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,118 (51.83%) Developer
2 487 (22.58%) Senior
3 423 (19.61%) Software Engineer
4 401 (18.59%) Software Developer
5 394 (18.27%) C# Developer
6 295 (13.68%) .NET Developer
7 245 (11.36%) Lead
8 244 (11.31%) Senior Developer
9 169 (7.83%) C# Software Engineer
9 169 (7.83%) Full-Stack Developer
10 151 (7.00%) C# Software Developer
11 149 (6.91%) C# .NET Developer
12 144 (6.68%) Senior Software Engineer
13 122 (5.66%) .NET Software Engineer
14 117 (5.42%) Graduate
15 97 (4.50%) Graduate Developer
15 97 (4.50%) Lead Developer
16 87 (4.03%) Graduate Software Developer
16 87 (4.03%) SQL Developer
17 83 (3.85%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,330 (61.66%) .NET
2 384 (17.80%) .NET Core
3 254 (11.78%) ASP.NET
4 247 (11.45%) React
5 192 (8.90%) HTML
6 189 (8.76%) CSS
7 180 (8.34%) .NET Framework
8 133 (6.17%) REST
9 132 (6.12%) AngularJS
10 113 (5.24%) RESTful
11 90 (4.17%) Vue
12 85 (3.94%) ASP.NET Core
13 81 (3.76%) Node.js
14 80 (3.71%) Entity Framework
15 79 (3.66%) Blazor
16 53 (2.46%) WPF
17 50 (2.32%) jQuery
18 48 (2.23%) Playwright
19 42 (1.95%) HTML5 Canvas
20 40 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 124 (5.75%) Cloud Native
2 79 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
3 70 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 58 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
6 46 (2.13%) Hedge funds
7 43 (1.99%) Low-Code
8 42 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (1.81%) Mobile App
10 38 (1.76%) Algorithms
11 27 (1.25%) Onboarding
11 27 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 25 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 22 (1.02%) Sports Betting
14 20 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
15 19 (0.88%) Legacy Code
15 19 (0.88%) Public Cloud
16 18 (0.83%) Management Information System
16 18 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 17 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 102 (4.73%) Windows
2 80 (3.71%) Linux
3 17 (0.79%) Android
4 15 (0.70%) Unix
5 14 (0.65%) VMS
5 14 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.093%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.093%) Solaris
7 2 (0.093%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.093%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.046%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.046%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 681 (31.57%) Software Engineering
2 604 (28.00%) Agile
3 434 (20.12%) DevOps
4 422 (19.56%) CI/CD
5 407 (18.87%) Full-Stack Development
6 301 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
7 265 (12.29%) Mentoring
8 250 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 249 (11.54%) Microservices
10 232 (10.76%) Computer Science
11 193 (8.95%) Test Automation
12 180 (8.34%) AI
13 178 (8.25%) SDLC
14 146 (6.77%) MVC
15 136 (6.31%) Scrum
16 133 (6.17%) Business Intelligence
17 131 (6.07%) Containerisation
18 106 (4.91%) Software Testing
19 104 (4.82%) Infrastructure as Code
20 103 (4.78%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 653 (30.27%) SQL
2 440 (20.40%) JavaScript
3 358 (16.60%) Python
4 271 (12.56%) TypeScript
5 247 (11.45%) Java
6 215 (9.97%) C++
7 107 (4.96%) PHP
8 89 (4.13%) PowerShell
9 52 (2.41%) C
10 42 (1.95%) T-SQL
11 31 (1.44%) Go
12 29 (1.34%) Bash
13 27 (1.25%) Bicep
14 26 (1.21%) VB.NET
15 23 (1.07%) VBA
16 18 (0.83%) Rust
16 18 (0.83%) Scala
17 17 (0.79%) Delphi
17 17 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
18 15 (0.70%) F#
Qualifications
1 309 (14.33%) Degree
2 155 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 114 (5.29%) Security Cleared
4 64 (2.97%) SC Cleared
5 46 (2.13%) ISTQB
6 44 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 40 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 36 (1.67%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 21 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (0.97%) PhD
11 19 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
12 18 (0.83%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 17 (0.79%) DV Cleared
14 14 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.42%) CREST Certified
17 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 6 (0.28%) HND
18 6 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (6.68%) QA
2 38 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.65%) GDPR
5 13 (0.60%) 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
8 3 (0.14%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.093%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.093%) ITGC
10 1 (0.046%) HL7
10 1 (0.046%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.046%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 181 (8.39%) Docker
2 21 (0.97%) Firmware
3 15 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.32%) KVM
6 5 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 153 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 98 (4.54%) Terraform
3 36 (1.67%) Grafana
4 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.46%) Ansible
6 7 (0.32%) Kibana
7 6 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.14%) Nmap
9 2 (0.093%) MIIS
9 2 (0.093%) MOM
10 1 (0.046%) Control-M
10 1 (0.046%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.046%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.046%) Nessus
10 1 (0.046%) Netcool
10 1 (0.046%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 412 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 43 (1.99%) Oracle
3 30 (1.39%) Google
4 22 (1.02%) Adobe
5 14 (0.65%) Xamarin
6 12 (0.56%) Databricks
6 12 (0.56%) SAP
6 12 (0.56%) VMware
7 10 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (0.46%) OpenAI
7 10 (0.46%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.32%) Dynatrace
8 7 (0.32%) iManage
8 7 (0.32%) Palantir
8 7 (0.32%) Workday
9 6 (0.28%) Aderant
9 6 (0.28%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.23%) Blue Prism
10 5 (0.23%) Facebook
10 5 (0.23%) Intapp