Senior C# Developer Job Trends

Senior C# Developer
UK

The median Senior C# Developer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 591 591
Rank change year-on-year -20 0 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# Developer 48 108 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.23% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 48 72 195
10th Percentile £60,000 £46,563 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% +1.92% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,625 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -2.44% -12.14%

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 58,749 46,938 69,506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 91.97% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 36,633 24,273 54,572
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -4.76%

Senior C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior C# Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior C# Developer
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior C# Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior C# Developer over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior C# Developer in the UK

Senior C# Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior C# Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 February 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 -14 42 £75,000 +15.38% 8
UK excluding London +3 33 £70,000 +16.67% 4
London +10 14 £82,500 -8.33% 6
Work from Home +2 14 £75,000 +15.38% 5
Midlands -8 12 £75,000 +25.00% 1
East Midlands -4 10 £75,000 +15.38% 1
North of England -2 9 £70,000 +7.69% 1
South East +19 4 £65,000 +8.33% 2
North East - 4 £85,000 -
Scotland - 4 £60,000 -
South West +3 3 £60,000 -
Yorkshire -14 3 £65,000 -7.14%
West Midlands +14 2 £70,000 +33.33%
North West +10 2 £72,500 +23.40% 1
Wales - 1 £41,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Senior C# 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# Developer in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) C#
2 37 (77.08%) .NET
3 22 (45.83%) Software Engineering
4 20 (41.67%) .NET Core
5 17 (35.42%) Azure
6 14 (29.17%) Full-Stack Development
7 12 (25.00%) JavaScript
8 11 (22.92%) SQL Server
9 10 (20.83%) React
10 9 (18.75%) AngularJS
10 9 (18.75%) SQL
11 8 (16.67%) AWS
12 7 (14.58%) ASP.NET
12 7 (14.58%) Fintech
12 7 (14.58%) Microservices
12 7 (14.58%) SaaS
13 6 (12.50%) CAD
13 6 (12.50%) DirectX
13 6 (12.50%) Mathematics
13 6 (12.50%) OpenGL
13 6 (12.50%) Physics
13 6 (12.50%) T-SQL
14 5 (10.42%) .NET Framework
14 5 (10.42%) CI/CD
14 5 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
14 5 (10.42%) MVC
15 4 (8.33%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (8.33%) CSS
15 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
15 4 (8.33%) REST

Senior C# 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 (2.08%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (35.42%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) AWS
3 7 (14.58%) SaaS
4 3 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.08%) Azure App Service
6 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.08%) GitHub
6 1 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.08%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (2.08%) PaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.08%) Serverless
6 1 (2.08%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.17%) MySQL
3 2 (4.17%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.08%) CouchDB
4 1 (2.08%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Git
General
1 8 (16.67%) Games
2 7 (14.58%) Finance
3 2 (4.17%) Law
3 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Back Office
4 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Front Office
4 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.08%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (77.08%) .NET
2 20 (41.67%) .NET Core
3 10 (20.83%) React
4 9 (18.75%) AngularJS
5 7 (14.58%) ASP.NET
6 6 (12.50%) DirectX
6 6 (12.50%) OpenGL
7 5 (10.42%) .NET Framework
8 4 (8.33%) ASP.NET MVC
8 4 (8.33%) CSS
8 4 (8.33%) REST
8 4 (8.33%) RESTful
9 3 (6.25%) HTML
9 3 (6.25%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (4.17%) Entity Framework
10 2 (4.17%) WPF
11 1 (2.08%) jQuery
11 1 (2.08%) Kafka
11 1 (2.08%) MSMQ
11 1 (2.08%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (10.42%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.25%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.08%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.08%) IoT
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (45.83%) Software Engineering
2 14 (29.17%) Full-Stack Development
3 7 (14.58%) Fintech
3 7 (14.58%) Microservices
4 6 (12.50%) CAD
4 6 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 6 (12.50%) Physics
5 5 (10.42%) CI/CD
5 5 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (10.42%) MVC
6 3 (6.25%) Agile
6 3 (6.25%) OOP
6 3 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.25%) TDD
7 2 (4.17%) Clean Code
7 2 (4.17%) Concurrent Programming
7 2 (4.17%) DevOps
7 2 (4.17%) Domain-Driven Design
7 2 (4.17%) Event-Driven
7 2 (4.17%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 48 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 9 (18.75%) SQL
4 6 (12.50%) T-SQL
5 2 (4.17%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.08%) Bicep
6 1 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (2.08%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle