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 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 604 608 553
Rank change year-on-year +4 -55 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# Developer 41 120 151
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.069% 0.21% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.23% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 38 89 139
10th Percentile £59,250 £47,850 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,813 £85,000 £88,750
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 53,587 52,523 46,843
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 93.50% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 33,039 28,023 36,198
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,458 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +1.94% -1.90%

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 24 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 24 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 +8 38 £75,000 +7.14% 20
UK excluding London +26 27 £70,000 +16.67% 15
Midlands +13 17 £75,000 +25.00%
Work from Home +30 15 £80,000 +23.08% 9
London +4 12 £97,500 +9.86% 10
East Midlands -7 11 £75,000 +15.38%
West Midlands +32 6 £66,000 +28.78%
South East +28 4 £65,000 -7.14% 4
North of England +16 4 £72,500 +20.83% 4
North East +9 3 £70,000 +27.27%
North West +26 1 £75,000 +27.66% 2
Scotland -1 1 £60,000 +13.21% 4
Wales - 1 £41,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 41 (100.00%) C#
2 36 (87.80%) .NET
3 22 (53.66%) .NET Core
4 20 (48.78%) Azure
5 18 (43.90%) Software Engineering
6 16 (39.02%) SQL Server
7 15 (36.59%) SQL
8 13 (31.71%) Full-Stack Development
9 12 (29.27%) AngularJS
9 12 (29.27%) JavaScript
10 11 (26.83%) ASP.NET
11 10 (24.39%) CI/CD
12 9 (21.95%) React
13 8 (19.51%) AWS
14 7 (17.07%) .NET Framework
14 7 (17.07%) MVC
14 7 (17.07%) T-SQL
15 6 (14.63%) ASP.NET MVC
15 6 (14.63%) CAD
15 6 (14.63%) DirectX
15 6 (14.63%) Fintech
15 6 (14.63%) Mathematics
15 6 (14.63%) Microservices
15 6 (14.63%) OpenGL
15 6 (14.63%) Physics
15 6 (14.63%) REST
15 6 (14.63%) RESTful
16 5 (12.20%) CSS
16 5 (12.20%) DevOps
16 5 (12.20%) HTML

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 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (48.78%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) AWS
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS
4 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.32%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (7.32%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.88%) GitHub
5 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.44%) Azure API Management
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.44%) Serverless
6 1 (2.44%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (39.02%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) MySQL
2 3 (7.32%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.88%) Tick Data
4 1 (2.44%) MariaDB
4 1 (2.44%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) GitLab
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) MSTest
2 1 (2.44%) NUnit
General
1 9 (21.95%) Finance
2 8 (19.51%) Games
3 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Back Office
4 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Front Office
6 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (87.80%) .NET
2 22 (53.66%) .NET Core
3 12 (29.27%) AngularJS
4 11 (26.83%) ASP.NET
5 9 (21.95%) React
6 7 (17.07%) .NET Framework
7 6 (14.63%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (14.63%) DirectX
7 6 (14.63%) OpenGL
7 6 (14.63%) REST
7 6 (14.63%) RESTful
8 5 (12.20%) CSS
8 5 (12.20%) HTML
9 4 (9.76%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (7.32%) Entity Framework
11 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (4.88%) Blazor
11 2 (4.88%) WPF
12 1 (2.44%) jQuery
12 1 (2.44%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (12.20%) Algorithms
3 4 (9.76%) Hedge funds
4 3 (7.32%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.44%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.44%) IoT
6 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Software Engineering
2 13 (31.71%) Full-Stack Development
3 10 (24.39%) CI/CD
4 7 (17.07%) MVC
5 6 (14.63%) CAD
5 6 (14.63%) Fintech
5 6 (14.63%) Mathematics
5 6 (14.63%) Microservices
5 6 (14.63%) Physics
6 5 (12.20%) DevOps
6 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (9.76%) Agile
7 4 (9.76%) TDD
8 3 (7.32%) Clean Code
8 3 (7.32%) Code Quality
8 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (7.32%) OOP
9 2 (4.88%) Cloud Security
9 2 (4.88%) Containerisation
9 2 (4.88%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 41 (100.00%) C#
2 15 (36.59%) SQL
3 12 (29.27%) JavaScript
4 7 (17.07%) T-SQL
5 5 (12.20%) TypeScript
6 3 (7.32%) Python
7 1 (2.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) QA
2 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle