Senior C# .NET Developer Job Trends

Senior C# .NET Developer
UK

The median Senior C# .NET Developer salary in the UK is £61,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 660 692 672
Rank change year-on-year +32 -20 +307
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# .NET Developer 18 109 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 98 86
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,900 £53,750
25th Percentile £53,813 £57,125 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £103,000 £80,625 £115,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £85,000 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +4.88% +2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,259 74,162 57,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 95.25% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 26,008 44,624 44,413
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Senior C# .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior C# .NET Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior C# .NET Developer in the UK

Senior C# .NET Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior C# .NET Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C# .NET Developer over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior C# .NET Developer in the UK

Senior C# .NET Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior C# .NET Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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 +13 17 £63,500 -2.31% 5
UK excluding London +27 13 £60,000 -6.98% 5
North of England +29 6 £87,500 +53.51%
Work from Home +24 5 £60,000 -3.23% 4
London +48 4 £97,000 +21.25%
Midlands +45 4 £60,500 -6.92%
West Midlands +51 3 £63,500 +5.83%
North East +19 3 £115,000 +109.09%
Yorkshire +11 3 £60,000 +5.26%
South East +18 2 £55,000 -15.38% 5
East Midlands +23 1 £52,000 -21.51%
Wales - 1 £41,500 -

Senior C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Senior C# .NET Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior C# .NET Developer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (66.67%) .NET Core
3 9 (50.00%) Azure
4 7 (38.89%) ASP.NET
4 7 (38.89%) Agile
4 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
5 6 (33.33%) Degree
5 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (33.33%) DevOps
5 6 (33.33%) Design Patterns
5 6 (33.33%) CI/CD
6 5 (27.78%) User Experience
6 5 (27.78%) SDLC
6 5 (27.78%) REST
6 5 (27.78%) AngularJS
6 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
6 5 (27.78%) SQL
6 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
6 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
6 5 (27.78%) MVC
7 4 (22.22%) OOP
7 4 (22.22%) Python
7 4 (22.22%) .NET Framework
7 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
7 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (22.22%) Serverless
8 3 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus

Senior C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) CMS
1 1 (5.56%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Serverless
3 3 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Functions
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (11.11%) GitHub
4 2 (11.11%) Power Automate
4 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 2 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Azure API Management
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.56%) Azure Storage
5 1 (5.56%) Azure WebJobs
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (5.56%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (5.56%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) MySQL
3 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (5.56%) MariaDB
3 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
1 1 (5.56%) MSTest
1 1 (5.56%) NUnit
General
1 2 (11.11%) Banking
1 2 (11.11%) Front Office
1 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Health Technology
2 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (5.56%) Legal
2 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 12 (66.67%) .NET Core
3 7 (38.89%) ASP.NET
4 5 (27.78%) AngularJS
4 5 (27.78%) REST
5 4 (22.22%) .NET Framework
5 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (16.67%) CSS
6 3 (16.67%) RESTful
7 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (11.11%) CSS3
7 2 (11.11%) Entity Framework
7 2 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (11.11%) HTML
7 2 (11.11%) HTML5
7 2 (11.11%) Middleware
7 2 (11.11%) React
7 2 (11.11%) WPF
7 2 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 3 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 3 (16.67%) Data Structures
1 3 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Hedge funds
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.11%) Fixed Income
2 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Agile
1 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 6 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 6 (33.33%) DevOps
2 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) MVC
3 5 (27.78%) SDLC
3 5 (27.78%) User Experience
4 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 4 (22.22%) OOP
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (16.67%) Fintech
5 3 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (16.67%) Microservices
5 3 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (11.11%) Clean Code
6 2 (11.11%) Electronic Trading
6 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (27.78%) JavaScript
2 5 (27.78%) SQL
3 4 (22.22%) Python
4 3 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.56%) Bicep
5 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) HL7
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) MuleSoft
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle