Senior C# .NET Developer Job Trends

Senior C# .NET Developer
UK

The median Senior C# .NET Developer salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 778 644 682
Rank change year-on-year -134 +38 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# .NET Developer 32 16 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.032% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.036% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 27 15 90
10th Percentile £57,500 £48,500 £52,300
25th Percentile £86,250 £52,625 £57,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile - £90,625 £82,500
90th Percentile - £115,300 £86,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -7.69% +5.69%

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 108,916 44,178 72,902
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 89.68% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 74,482 25,948 42,900
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,250
25th Percentile £40,552 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,769
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 24 September 2026.

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

Senior C# .NET Developer
Top 9 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 24 September 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 -106 31 £100,000 +61.94% 16
UK excluding London -120 18 £100,000 +66.67% 12
London -45 13 £100,000 +3.09% 6
Work from Home -39 9 £85,000 +41.67% 11
North of England -56 9 £100,000 +66.67% 1
North East -58 9 £100,000 -13.04%
South East -49 8 £60,000 +9.09% 5
West Midlands -48 1 £65,000 +2.36% 4
Midlands -53 1 £65,000 +7.44% 4

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

For the 6 months to 24 September 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 32 (100.00%) .NET
1 32 (100.00%) C#
2 23 (71.88%) Software Engineering
3 19 (59.38%) .NET Core
4 13 (40.63%) Fintech
5 10 (31.25%) Agile
6 8 (25.00%) .NET Framework
6 8 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 7 (21.88%) ASP.NET
7 7 (21.88%) REST
8 6 (18.75%) Azure
8 6 (18.75%) CSS
8 6 (18.75%) Entity Framework
8 6 (18.75%) Git
8 6 (18.75%) HTML
8 6 (18.75%) JavaScript
9 5 (15.63%) AWS
9 5 (15.63%) Clean Code
9 5 (15.63%) DevOps
9 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (15.63%) SQL
9 5 (15.63%) Test Automation
10 4 (12.50%) AngularJS
10 4 (12.50%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (12.50%) Code Quality
10 4 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
10 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
10 4 (12.50%) OOP
10 4 (12.50%) React

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) NServiceBus
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Endur
1 1 (3.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.25%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Table
4 1 (3.13%) GitHub
4 1 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.38%) MySQL
2 3 (9.38%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (9.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Git
2 1 (3.13%) Claude Code
2 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 14 (43.75%) Finance
2 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.38%) Law
3 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Banking
5 1 (3.13%) Front Office
5 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (100.00%) .NET
2 19 (59.38%) .NET Core
3 8 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 7 (21.88%) ASP.NET
4 7 (21.88%) REST
5 6 (18.75%) CSS
5 6 (18.75%) Entity Framework
5 6 (18.75%) HTML
6 4 (12.50%) AngularJS
6 4 (12.50%) ASP.NET Core
6 4 (12.50%) React
7 3 (9.38%) jQuery
7 3 (9.38%) Kafka
8 2 (6.25%) JSON
8 2 (6.25%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (3.13%) FIX Protocol
9 1 (3.13%) LINQ
9 1 (3.13%) Next.js
9 1 (3.13%) RESTful
9 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Hedge funds
2 2 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.13%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (71.88%) Software Engineering
2 13 (40.63%) Fintech
3 10 (31.25%) Agile
4 8 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 5 (15.63%) Clean Code
5 5 (15.63%) DevOps
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.63%) Test Automation
6 4 (12.50%) Code Quality
6 4 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 4 (12.50%) OOP
6 4 (12.50%) Scrum
6 4 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
7 3 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (9.38%) Community of Practice
7 3 (9.38%) OO
7 3 (9.38%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (9.38%) Project Management
7 3 (9.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (18.75%) JavaScript
3 5 (15.63%) SQL
4 3 (9.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
1 3 (9.38%) Master's Degree
1 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Basel III
1 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) IBM