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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 34 18
Rank change year-on-year -41 -16 +3
Permanent jobs citing C# 1,980 2,618 7,648
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.51% 6.39% 8.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.89% 19.02% 24.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,726 2,208 6,767
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,825 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,718 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,501
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.69% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £73,250
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 14,253 13,763 31,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.04% 33.62% 35.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,880 10,228 24,660
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,529
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,200 £55,790 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.06% +3.31% -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 31 March 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 31 March 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 1,818 £60,000 -7.69% 931
UK excluding London -46 1,344 £57,500 - 764
Work from Home -26 779 £60,000 -5.51% 535
London -29 514 £80,000 +6.67% 269
North of England -36 389 £62,500 +19.05% 185
South East -33 385 £57,500 -5.35% 234
Midlands -44 259 £55,000 - 124
North West -39 183 £60,000 +17.90% 90
East Midlands -24 138 £55,000 - 54
South West -16 136 £55,000 -4.35% 81
Yorkshire -25 135 £65,000 +23.81% 60
West Midlands -50 121 £55,000 -4.35% 70
East of England -64 115 £55,000 -16.92% 101
North East -9 71 £70,000 +21.74% 41
Scotland -73 44 £60,000 +33.33% 30
Wales -50 18 £42,500 -34.62% 25
Northern Ireland -35 8 £95,000 +40.74% 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 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.21%) IIS
3 19 (0.96%) CMS
4 9 (0.45%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.25%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.20%) Kinematics
6 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.15%) Confluence
8 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.10%) nginx
9 1 (0.051%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.051%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.051%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 14 (0.71%) 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
5 3 (0.15%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.051%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 30 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.30%) Shopify
3 4 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.10%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.051%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.051%) Endur
5 1 (0.051%) ION Anvil
5 1 (0.051%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.051%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.051%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 877 (44.29%) Azure
2 343 (17.32%) AWS
3 214 (10.81%) SaaS
4 201 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
5 188 (9.49%) Power Platform
6 122 (6.16%) Serverless
7 109 (5.51%) Azure Logic Apps
8 93 (4.70%) Power Automate
9 91 (4.60%) PowerApps
10 89 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
11 75 (3.79%) Azure Functions
12 69 (3.48%) GitHub
13 67 (3.38%) GCP
14 61 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
15 55 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
16 42 (2.12%) Azure AKS
17 35 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 30 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (1.36%) PaaS
20 23 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
2 14 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.56%) Broadband
4 6 (0.30%) Internet
5 5 (0.25%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.20%) DNS
6 4 (0.20%) HTTP
6 4 (0.20%) Modbus
7 3 (0.15%) DHCP
7 3 (0.15%) Firewall
7 3 (0.15%) Intranet
7 3 (0.15%) LTE
8 2 (0.10%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
8 2 (0.10%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.10%) Network Security
9 1 (0.051%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.051%) Profibus
9 1 (0.051%) SSL
9 1 (0.051%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 395 (19.95%) SQL Server
2 113 (5.71%) Power BI
3 79 (3.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 70 (3.54%) NoSQL
5 67 (3.38%) Relational Database
6 63 (3.18%) MySQL
7 50 (2.53%) MongoDB
8 45 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
9 44 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 43 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (0.91%) Redis
12 17 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
13 16 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.56%) 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%) ClickHouse
17 4 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 125 (6.31%) Git
2 67 (3.38%) Selenium
3 65 (3.28%) Visual Studio
4 49 (2.47%) JIRA
5 34 (1.72%) Postman
6 31 (1.57%) WebDriver
7 29 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
8 25 (1.26%) SpecFlow
9 24 (1.21%) Jenkins
9 24 (1.21%) SoapUI
10 18 (0.91%) TeamCity
11 17 (0.86%) Cypress.io
12 16 (0.81%) NUnit
13 12 (0.61%) GitLab
14 9 (0.45%) LabVIEW
15 8 (0.40%) Balsamiq
16 7 (0.35%) Cucumber
17 6 (0.30%) REST Assured
17 6 (0.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
17 6 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 382 (19.29%) Finance
2 362 (18.28%) Social Skills
3 123 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (3.89%) Public Sector
5 74 (3.74%) Law
6 58 (2.93%) Manufacturing
7 52 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (2.47%) Retail
9 45 (2.27%) Banking
10 42 (2.12%) Front Office
11 41 (2.07%) Games
12 37 (1.87%) Electronics
13 28 (1.41%) Legal
14 27 (1.36%) Marketing
15 18 (0.91%) Aerospace
16 17 (0.86%) Investment Banking
16 17 (0.86%) Military
17 15 (0.76%) Telecoms
18 14 (0.71%) Aviation
19 11 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,016 (51.31%) Developer
2 441 (22.27%) Senior
3 367 (18.54%) Software Engineer
4 346 (17.47%) Software Developer
5 341 (17.22%) C# Developer
6 278 (14.04%) .NET Developer
7 234 (11.82%) Senior Developer
8 217 (10.96%) Lead
9 167 (8.43%) Full-Stack Developer
10 132 (6.67%) C# Software Engineer
11 125 (6.31%) C# .NET Developer
12 123 (6.21%) C# Software Developer
13 114 (5.76%) Senior Software Engineer
14 111 (5.61%) .NET Software Engineer
15 83 (4.19%) Graduate
16 75 (3.79%) Lead Developer
16 75 (3.79%) Senior Software Developer
17 71 (3.59%) SQL Developer
18 69 (3.48%) .NET Software Developer
18 69 (3.48%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,245 (62.88%) .NET
2 373 (18.84%) .NET Core
3 253 (12.78%) React
4 248 (12.53%) ASP.NET
5 189 (9.55%) HTML
6 186 (9.39%) CSS
7 185 (9.34%) .NET Framework
8 138 (6.97%) AngularJS
9 130 (6.57%) REST
10 106 (5.35%) RESTful
11 88 (4.44%) Entity Framework
12 84 (4.24%) Vue
13 79 (3.99%) ASP.NET Core
14 77 (3.89%) Blazor
15 65 (3.28%) Node.js
16 49 (2.47%) WPF
17 45 (2.27%) ASP.NET MVC
17 45 (2.27%) jQuery
18 43 (2.17%) XML
19 42 (2.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 113 (5.71%) Cloud Native
2 74 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
3 59 (2.98%) Product Ownership
4 54 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
6 42 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
7 41 (2.07%) Low-Code
8 40 (2.02%) Onboarding
9 37 (1.87%) Mobile App
10 34 (1.72%) Hedge funds
11 33 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 26 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 22 (1.11%) Virtual Team
14 21 (1.06%) Sports Betting
14 21 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 19 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
16 18 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
17 17 (0.86%) Client/Server
18 16 (0.81%) Legacy Code
18 16 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 95 (4.80%) Windows
2 70 (3.54%) Linux
3 17 (0.86%) Android
4 16 (0.81%) Unix
5 15 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.71%) VMS
7 10 (0.51%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.10%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.10%) Nucleus RTOS
8 2 (0.10%) Solaris
8 2 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.051%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.051%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (31.97%) Software Engineering
2 584 (29.49%) Agile
3 421 (21.26%) DevOps
4 402 (20.30%) Full-Stack Development
5 386 (19.49%) CI/CD
6 311 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
7 261 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 255 (12.88%) Mentoring
9 251 (12.68%) Microservices
10 207 (10.45%) Computer Science
11 174 (8.79%) AI
12 164 (8.28%) SDLC
13 153 (7.73%) Test Automation
14 139 (7.02%) MVC
15 125 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
15 125 (6.31%) Scrum
16 116 (5.86%) Containerisation
17 110 (5.56%) OO
18 97 (4.90%) Analytics
19 96 (4.85%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 629 (31.77%) SQL
2 434 (21.92%) JavaScript
3 326 (16.46%) Python
4 245 (12.37%) TypeScript
5 223 (11.26%) Java
6 190 (9.60%) C++
7 79 (3.99%) PHP
8 75 (3.79%) PowerShell
9 53 (2.68%) C
10 42 (2.12%) T-SQL
11 33 (1.67%) Go
12 26 (1.31%) VB.NET
13 25 (1.26%) Bash
14 21 (1.06%) Bicep
14 21 (1.06%) Rust
15 19 (0.96%) Delphi
16 17 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
16 17 (0.86%) VBA
17 16 (0.81%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.56%) F#
Qualifications
1 286 (14.44%) Degree
2 134 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 116 (5.86%) Security Cleared
4 69 (3.48%) SC Cleared
5 51 (2.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (2.17%) ISTQB
7 41 (2.07%) Azure Certification
8 36 (1.82%) Master's Degree
9 32 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 26 (1.31%) PhD
11 23 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
13 19 (0.96%) DV Cleared
13 19 (0.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 15 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 9 (0.45%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.45%) ISEB
17 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 6 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (7.27%) QA
2 30 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 19 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 15 (0.76%) GDPR
5 12 (0.61%) WCAG
6 11 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.40%) SLA
9 3 (0.15%) EMIR
10 2 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.10%) ITGC
11 1 (0.051%) HL7
11 1 (0.051%) IFRS
11 1 (0.051%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.051%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 174 (8.79%) Docker
2 21 (1.06%) Firmware
3 13 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.35%) KVM
6 5 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.051%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 147 (7.42%) Kubernetes
2 86 (4.34%) Terraform
3 37 (1.87%) Grafana
4 8 (0.40%) Ansible
4 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.35%) Kibana
6 3 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.15%) Nmap
7 2 (0.10%) MIIS
7 2 (0.10%) MOM
7 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.051%) Control-M
8 1 (0.051%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.051%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.051%) Nessus
8 1 (0.051%) Netcool
Vendors
1 391 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 43 (2.17%) Oracle
3 31 (1.57%) Google
4 18 (0.91%) Xamarin
5 16 (0.81%) SAP
6 13 (0.66%) Databricks
7 12 (0.61%) Adobe
8 11 (0.56%) VMware
9 9 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
9 9 (0.45%) MuleSoft
9 9 (0.45%) Palantir
9 9 (0.45%) Sage
10 8 (0.40%) OpenAI
10 8 (0.40%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.35%) iManage
12 6 (0.30%) Facebook
12 6 (0.30%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.30%) IBM
12 6 (0.30%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.30%) Talend