Senior C# .NET Developer Job Trends

Senior C# .NET Developer
UK

The median Senior C# .NET Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 658 660
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 +145
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# .NET Developer 13 55 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 13 49 53
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,500 £50,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - +18.52%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £120,000
90th Percentile - £98,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,250 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +7.08% +6.67% -13.46%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 53,448 50,590 50,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.97% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,896 26,513 38,772
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,738 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,261
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior C# .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior C# .NET Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior C# .NET Developer job vacancy trend 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 4 January 2026.

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 4 January 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 +48 11 £65,000 -18.75% 3
UK excluding London +51 10 £64,250 +7.08% 2
Work from Home +48 4 £100,000 +37.93% 3
South East +24 3 £70,000 -12.50% 2
North of England +20 3 £65,000 +8.33%
Midlands +10 3 £57,500 -
West Midlands +25 2 £60,500 +21.00%
Yorkshire -5 2 £65,000 -7.14%
London +31 1 £100,000 +11.11% 2
East Midlands -5 1 £52,000 -25.71%
North East - 1 £100,000 -
Wales - 1 £41,500 -

Senior C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Senior C# .NET Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior C# .NET Developer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (46.15%) Software Engineering
3 5 (38.46%) .NET Core
3 5 (38.46%) Azure
3 5 (38.46%) REST
3 5 (38.46%) SaaS
4 4 (30.77%) Fintech
4 4 (30.77%) RESTful
4 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
5 3 (23.08%) .NET Framework
5 3 (23.08%) AngularJS
5 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
5 3 (23.08%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 3 (23.08%) Microservices
5 3 (23.08%) QA
5 3 (23.08%) TDD
5 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (15.38%) Concurrent Programming
6 2 (15.38%) CSS
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) DevOps
6 2 (15.38%) Domain-Driven Design
6 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (15.38%) GitHub
6 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing

Senior C# .NET Developer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
1 5 (38.46%) SaaS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) GitHub
3 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
3 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) Azure API Management
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
4 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) MySQL
3 1 (7.69%) MariaDB
3 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) MSTest
1 1 (7.69%) NUnit
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) .NET Core
2 5 (38.46%) REST
3 4 (30.77%) RESTful
4 3 (23.08%) .NET Framework
4 3 (23.08%) AngularJS
4 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET
5 2 (15.38%) CSS
5 2 (15.38%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (15.38%) WPF
6 1 (7.69%) ARM Templates
6 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (7.69%) Bootstrap
6 1 (7.69%) CSS3
6 1 (7.69%) Entity Framework
6 1 (7.69%) HTML
6 1 (7.69%) HTML5
6 1 (7.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
1 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.69%) Hedge funds
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Fintech
3 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) Microservices
3 3 (23.08%) TDD
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Concurrent Programming
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) Domain-Driven Design
4 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Clean Code
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.69%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) TypeScript
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle