Senior C# Developer Job Trends

Senior C# Developer
UK

The median Senior C# Developer salary in the UK is £78,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 720 625 600
Rank change year-on-year -95 -25 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# Developer 83 55 204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.11% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.12% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 73 40 155
10th Percentile £58,000 £51,150 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £64,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.18% -1.15% -13.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,563 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,700 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -2.44% -5.38%

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 106,506 44,266 74,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.67% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73,200 26,014 44,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior C# Developer in the UK

Senior C# Developer
Top 11 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 16 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 -80 83 £78,500 +20.77% 46
UK excluding London -93 66 £75,000 +25.00% 20
North of England -37 39 £85,000 +41.67% 8
North West +9 30 £75,000 +27.66% 3
Work from Home -30 16 £71,750 +6.30% 27
London -52 15 £95,000 +2.70% 27
South East -47 14 £71,250 +14.00% 8
Midlands -36 9 £70,000 +10.24% 4
West Midlands -43 9 £70,000 +7.69% 4
North East -57 9 £100,000 -13.04% 4
East of England -33 4 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 83 (100.00%) C#
2 44 (53.01%) .NET
3 31 (37.35%) Software Engineering
4 28 (33.73%) .NET Core
5 20 (24.10%) Azure
6 19 (22.89%) .NET Framework
7 18 (21.69%) SQL Server
8 17 (20.48%) Agile
8 17 (20.48%) Fintech
8 17 (20.48%) Git
9 16 (19.28%) API Development
9 16 (19.28%) CSS
9 16 (19.28%) Entity Framework
9 16 (19.28%) HTML
9 16 (19.28%) JavaScript
10 13 (15.66%) AngularJS
10 13 (15.66%) MySQL
10 13 (15.66%) Relational Database
11 12 (14.46%) CI/CD
11 12 (14.46%) Clean Code
11 12 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (14.46%) OOP
12 11 (13.25%) Code Quality
12 11 (13.25%) Degree
12 11 (13.25%) Full-Stack Development
12 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (13.25%) React
12 11 (13.25%) Scrum
12 11 (13.25%) Technology Strategy
13 10 (12.05%) Community of Practice

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 3 (3.61%) IIS
2 1 (1.20%) NServiceBus
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Endur
1 1 (1.20%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.10%) Azure
2 8 (9.64%) AWS
3 6 (7.23%) GitHub
4 5 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (6.02%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (3.61%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (2.41%) PaaS
6 2 (2.41%) SaaS
7 1 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Table
7 1 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.69%) SQL Server
2 13 (15.66%) MySQL
2 13 (15.66%) Relational Database
3 10 (12.05%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (20.48%) Git
2 3 (3.61%) GitLab
3 2 (2.41%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.20%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.20%) git-flow
4 1 (1.20%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 17 (20.48%) Banking
2 15 (18.07%) Finance
3 11 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (12.05%) Law
4 10 (12.05%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.20%) Front Office
5 1 (1.20%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.20%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (53.01%) .NET
2 28 (33.73%) .NET Core
3 19 (22.89%) .NET Framework
4 16 (19.28%) CSS
4 16 (19.28%) Entity Framework
4 16 (19.28%) HTML
5 13 (15.66%) AngularJS
6 11 (13.25%) React
7 9 (10.84%) ASP.NET
7 9 (10.84%) REST
8 5 (6.02%) JSON
9 4 (4.82%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (4.82%) LINQ
10 3 (3.61%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (3.61%) CSS3
10 3 (3.61%) JWT
10 3 (3.61%) Kafka
10 3 (3.61%) OAuth2
10 3 (3.61%) OpenAPI
10 3 (3.61%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.64%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.61%) Hedge funds
2 3 (3.61%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.20%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.35%) Software Engineering
2 17 (20.48%) Agile
2 17 (20.48%) Fintech
3 16 (19.28%) API Development
4 12 (14.46%) CI/CD
4 12 (14.46%) Clean Code
4 12 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (14.46%) OOP
5 11 (13.25%) Code Quality
5 11 (13.25%) Full-Stack Development
5 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (13.25%) Scrum
5 11 (13.25%) Technology Strategy
6 10 (12.05%) Community of Practice
6 10 (12.05%) OO
6 10 (12.05%) Web Development
7 9 (10.84%) DevOps
7 9 (10.84%) Mentoring
8 5 (6.02%) Performance Optimisation
8 5 (6.02%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 83 (100.00%) C#
2 16 (19.28%) JavaScript
3 6 (7.23%) SQL
4 2 (2.41%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.20%) Bicep
5 1 (1.20%) C
5 1 (1.20%) C++
5 1 (1.20%) Python
5 1 (1.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.25%) Degree
2 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
2 10 (12.05%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) QA
2 1 (1.20%) Basel III
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (3.61%) Splunk
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.20%) IBM