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 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 602 564
Rank change year-on-year -4 -38 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior C# Developer 44 117 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.21% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.23% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 42 86 144
10th Percentile £60,000 £47,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £63,500 £54,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -1.85% -3.57%
75th Percentile £81,875 £91,563 £87,500
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 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 53,660 51,710 49,133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 93.38% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,065 27,370 37,929
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,549 £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 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 29 December 2025.

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 29 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 -4 40 £75,000 +7.14% 28
UK excluding London +38 31 £70,000 +16.67% 20
Midlands +12 17 £75,000 +25.00%
Work from Home +28 14 £80,000 +23.08% 14
London -4 11 £97,500 +9.86% 13
East Midlands -10 11 £75,000 +15.38%
West Midlands +15 6 £66,000 +28.78%
North of England +3 6 £70,000 +16.67% 8
South East +33 4 £65,000 +8.33% 5
North East - 3 £70,000 -
North West +19 2 £72,500 +23.40% 8
Scotland +8 2 £60,000 +13.21% 3
South West +14 1 £60,000 - 3
Yorkshire -3 1 £65,000 -7.14%
Wales - 1 £41,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 44 (100.00%) C#
2 38 (86.36%) .NET
3 22 (50.00%) .NET Core
4 19 (43.18%) Azure
4 19 (43.18%) Software Engineering
5 16 (36.36%) SQL Server
6 14 (31.82%) SQL
7 13 (29.55%) Full-Stack Development
8 12 (27.27%) AngularJS
8 12 (27.27%) JavaScript
9 11 (25.00%) ASP.NET
10 9 (20.45%) CI/CD
10 9 (20.45%) React
11 8 (18.18%) AWS
12 7 (15.91%) .NET Framework
12 7 (15.91%) MVC
12 7 (15.91%) T-SQL
13 6 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (13.64%) CAD
13 6 (13.64%) DirectX
13 6 (13.64%) Fintech
13 6 (13.64%) Mathematics
13 6 (13.64%) Microservices
13 6 (13.64%) OpenGL
13 6 (13.64%) Physics
13 6 (13.64%) REST
13 6 (13.64%) RESTful
14 5 (11.36%) CSS
14 5 (11.36%) HTML
14 5 (11.36%) SaaS

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 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (43.18%) Azure
2 8 (18.18%) AWS
3 5 (11.36%) SaaS
4 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (6.82%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (6.82%) Power Automate
5 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.55%) GitHub
5 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.27%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.27%) Azure API Management
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Functions
6 1 (2.27%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.27%) Serverless
6 1 (2.27%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) MySQL
2 3 (6.82%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.27%) MariaDB
4 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.27%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) GitLab
2 1 (2.27%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) MSTest
2 1 (2.27%) NUnit
General
1 8 (18.18%) Finance
1 8 (18.18%) Games
2 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.55%) Back Office
4 2 (4.55%) Front Office
4 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Banking
5 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Law
5 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (86.36%) .NET
2 22 (50.00%) .NET Core
3 12 (27.27%) AngularJS
4 11 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 9 (20.45%) React
6 7 (15.91%) .NET Framework
7 6 (13.64%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (13.64%) DirectX
7 6 (13.64%) OpenGL
7 6 (13.64%) REST
7 6 (13.64%) RESTful
8 5 (11.36%) CSS
8 5 (11.36%) HTML
9 4 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (6.82%) Entity Framework
11 2 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
11 2 (4.55%) Blazor
11 2 (4.55%) WPF
12 1 (2.27%) jQuery
12 1 (2.27%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) 3D Graphics
2 5 (11.36%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.82%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.82%) Hedge funds
4 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.27%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.27%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.27%) Fixed Income
5 1 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.27%) IoT
5 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (43.18%) Software Engineering
2 13 (29.55%) Full-Stack Development
3 9 (20.45%) CI/CD
4 7 (15.91%) MVC
5 6 (13.64%) CAD
5 6 (13.64%) Fintech
5 6 (13.64%) Mathematics
5 6 (13.64%) Microservices
5 6 (13.64%) Physics
6 4 (9.09%) Agile
6 4 (9.09%) DevOps
6 4 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.09%) TDD
7 3 (6.82%) Clean Code
7 3 (6.82%) Code Quality
7 3 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (6.82%) OOP
8 2 (4.55%) Design Patterns
8 2 (4.55%) Event-Driven
8 2 (4.55%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 44 (100.00%) C#
2 14 (31.82%) SQL
3 12 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 7 (15.91%) T-SQL
5 5 (11.36%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.55%) Python
7 1 (2.27%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.27%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Oracle