Senior C# Developer Job Trends

Senior C# Developer
UK

The median Senior C# Developer salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 699 600 579
Rank change year-on-year -99 -21 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# Developer 69 78 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.16% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.17% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 64 53 209
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -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 97,263 44,589 81,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 90.05% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 66,554 26,541 55,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior C# Developer in the UK

Senior C# 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# Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 August 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 -78 69 £85,000 +36.00% 9
UK excluding London -78 54 £75,000 +25.00% 4
North of England -21 36 £85,000 +41.67%
North West +18 29 £75,000 +25.00%
London -39 16 £95,000 +2.70% 6
Work from Home -40 10 £85,000 +41.67% 7
West Midlands -42 8 £70,000 +13.36% 1
Midlands -46 8 £70,000 +16.67% 1
South East -36 6 £90,000 +38.46% 3
North East -50 6 £100,000 -13.04%
East of England -19 4 £60,000 -
Yorkshire -33 1 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 1 August 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 69 (100.00%) C#
2 31 (44.93%) .NET
3 21 (30.43%) Software Engineering
4 17 (24.64%) .NET Core
4 17 (24.64%) Azure
5 15 (21.74%) API Development
6 13 (18.84%) Fintech
7 10 (14.49%) .NET Framework
8 9 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
8 9 (13.04%) SQL Server
9 8 (11.59%) Git
9 8 (11.59%) JavaScript
10 7 (10.14%) AngularJS
10 7 (10.14%) CSS
10 7 (10.14%) DevOps
10 7 (10.14%) Entity Framework
10 7 (10.14%) HTML
10 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
10 7 (10.14%) MySQL
10 7 (10.14%) Relational Database
11 6 (8.70%) AWS
11 6 (8.70%) CI/CD
11 6 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (7.25%) Agile
12 5 (7.25%) ASP.NET
12 5 (7.25%) QA
12 5 (7.25%) React
12 5 (7.25%) Technology Strategy
13 4 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (5.80%) Clean Code

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 (4.35%) IIS
2 1 (1.45%) NServiceBus
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 17 (24.64%) Azure
2 6 (8.70%) AWS
3 4 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (2.90%) GitHub
5 2 (2.90%) Serverless
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (1.45%) Azure Table
6 1 (1.45%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.45%) PaaS
6 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.14%) MySQL
2 7 (10.14%) Relational Database
3 4 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.45%) CouchDB
4 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (11.59%) Git
2 3 (4.35%) GitLab
3 1 (1.45%) git-flow
3 1 (1.45%) Terragrunt
3 1 (1.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (23.19%) Banking
2 11 (15.94%) Finance
3 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (5.80%) Law
3 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.45%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (44.93%) .NET
2 17 (24.64%) .NET Core
3 10 (14.49%) .NET Framework
4 7 (10.14%) AngularJS
4 7 (10.14%) CSS
4 7 (10.14%) Entity Framework
4 7 (10.14%) HTML
5 5 (7.25%) ASP.NET
5 5 (7.25%) React
6 4 (5.80%) JSON
6 4 (5.80%) LINQ
6 4 (5.80%) REST
7 3 (4.35%) ADO.NET
7 3 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (4.35%) CSS3
7 3 (4.35%) HTML5
7 3 (4.35%) OAuth
7 3 (4.35%) OAuth2
7 3 (4.35%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.35%) Hedge funds
3 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.45%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.43%) Software Engineering
2 15 (21.74%) API Development
3 13 (18.84%) Fintech
4 9 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 7 (10.14%) DevOps
5 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
6 6 (8.70%) CI/CD
6 6 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (7.25%) Agile
7 5 (7.25%) Technology Strategy
8 4 (5.80%) Clean Code
8 4 (5.80%) Code Quality
8 4 (5.80%) Community of Practice
8 4 (5.80%) OO
8 4 (5.80%) OOP
8 4 (5.80%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.80%) Scrum
8 4 (5.80%) Web Development
9 3 (4.35%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (4.35%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 69 (100.00%) C#
2 8 (11.59%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.35%) SQL
4 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.45%) Bicep
5 1 (1.45%) C
5 1 (1.45%) C++
5 1 (1.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (5.80%) Degree
1 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared
1 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.35%) Splunk
2 1 (1.45%) IBM
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft