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 5 December 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 612 602 553
Rank change year-on-year -10 -49 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# Developer 43 144 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.077% 0.23% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.24% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 37 109 154
10th Percentile £59,000 £47,850 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -7.69%

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 50,060 59,515 47,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.03% 94.07% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 31,394 32,976 37,139
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,836 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -3.61% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

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 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior C# Developer in the UK

Senior C# Developer
Top 13 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 5 December 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 +14 41 £75,000 +15.38% 8
UK excluding London +26 28 £70,000 +16.67% 8
Midlands +34 18 £75,000 +25.00% 3
Work from Home +23 15 £80,000 +23.08% 6
London +25 13 £97,500 +2.63%
East Midlands +2 11 £75,000 +15.38%
West Midlands +27 7 £64,750 +26.34% 3
South East +29 4 £65,000 +1.96% 1
North of England +30 3 £70,000 +21.74% 4
East of England +28 2 £60,000 -14.29%
North East +10 2 £70,000 +27.27%
North West +38 1 £75,000 +27.66% 2
Wales - 1 £41,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, 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 43 (100.00%) C#
2 38 (88.37%) .NET
3 21 (48.84%) .NET Core
4 19 (44.19%) Azure
5 18 (41.86%) SQL Server
6 17 (39.53%) Software Engineering
6 17 (39.53%) SQL
7 14 (32.56%) Full-Stack Development
8 13 (30.23%) ASP.NET
9 12 (27.91%) AngularJS
9 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
10 11 (25.58%) CI/CD
11 9 (20.93%) MVC
11 9 (20.93%) React
12 8 (18.60%) ASP.NET MVC
12 8 (18.60%) AWS
13 7 (16.28%) .NET Framework
13 7 (16.28%) HTML
13 7 (16.28%) T-SQL
14 6 (13.95%) CAD
14 6 (13.95%) DirectX
14 6 (13.95%) Mathematics
14 6 (13.95%) Microservices
14 6 (13.95%) OpenGL
14 6 (13.95%) Physics
14 6 (13.95%) REST
14 6 (13.95%) RESTful
15 5 (11.63%) CSS
15 5 (11.63%) DevOps
15 5 (11.63%) Fintech

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (44.19%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) AWS
3 4 (9.30%) SaaS
4 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.98%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (6.98%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.65%) GitHub
5 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.33%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.33%) Azure API Management
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.33%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.33%) Serverless
6 1 (2.33%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (41.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.98%) MySQL
2 3 (6.98%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.65%) Tick Data
4 1 (2.33%) MariaDB
4 1 (2.33%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.33%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.33%) Redis
4 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.33%) GitLab
2 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) MSTest
2 1 (2.33%) NUnit
2 1 (2.33%) TeamCity
General
1 8 (18.60%) Finance
1 8 (18.60%) Games
1 8 (18.60%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.98%) Back Office
2 3 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.65%) Banking
3 2 (4.65%) Front Office
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.33%) Law
4 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (88.37%) .NET
2 21 (48.84%) .NET Core
3 13 (30.23%) ASP.NET
4 12 (27.91%) AngularJS
5 9 (20.93%) React
6 8 (18.60%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (16.28%) .NET Framework
7 7 (16.28%) HTML
8 6 (13.95%) DirectX
8 6 (13.95%) OpenGL
8 6 (13.95%) REST
8 6 (13.95%) RESTful
9 5 (11.63%) CSS
10 4 (9.30%) Blazor
10 4 (9.30%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (6.98%) Entity Framework
12 2 (4.65%) ASP.NET Web API
12 2 (4.65%) WPF
13 1 (2.33%) Bootstrap
13 1 (2.33%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (11.63%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.98%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.98%) Hedge funds
4 2 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.65%) Fixed Income
5 1 (2.33%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.33%) IoT
5 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (39.53%) Software Engineering
2 14 (32.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 11 (25.58%) CI/CD
4 9 (20.93%) MVC
5 6 (13.95%) CAD
5 6 (13.95%) Mathematics
5 6 (13.95%) Microservices
5 6 (13.95%) Physics
6 5 (11.63%) DevOps
6 5 (11.63%) Fintech
6 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.63%) TDD
7 4 (9.30%) Agile
8 3 (6.98%) Clean Code
8 3 (6.98%) Code Quality
8 3 (6.98%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.98%) Design Patterns
8 3 (6.98%) OOP
8 3 (6.98%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 43 (100.00%) C#
2 17 (39.53%) SQL
3 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
4 7 (16.28%) T-SQL
5 5 (11.63%) TypeScript
6 3 (6.98%) Python
7 1 (2.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) Degree
2 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.33%) GDPR
2 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Ansible
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) Oracle