C#
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for C# skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited C# over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing C# 8,112 9,977 17,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.23% 9.63% 11.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.43% 22.29% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 6,832 7,407 10,559
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Programming Languages
UK

C# is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,199 44,762 84,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.70% 43.22% 53.81%
Number of salaries quoted 24,953 28,538 44,073
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,350
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.09% +6.70%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C# in the UK

C#
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C#.

Salary trend for C# in the UK

C#
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 7,167 £58,000 -10.77% 1,697
UK excluding London 0 6,065 £55,000 - 1,266
Work from Home -1 3,678 £57,500 -4.17% 1,223
London -2 1,695 £77,500 - 546
South East -3 1,548 £57,500 -4.17% 236
North of England +10 1,545 £55,000 -4.35% 330
Midlands +28 1,035 £50,000 -9.09% 299
North West +16 897 £55,000 -4.35% 200
South West +4 736 £50,000 -9.09% 153
West Midlands +43 540 £52,500 -4.55% 181
East of England +5 528 £57,500 - 97
East Midlands +12 496 £50,000 -4.76% 118
Yorkshire +11 491 £52,500 -8.70% 94
Scotland -41 400 £55,000 +4.76% 99
Wales -2 193 £50,000 +11.11% 45
North East -4 157 £60,000 +9.09% 38
Northern Ireland -9 83 £55,000 +10.00% 23
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 - 1

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 194 (2.39%) ArcGIS
2 183 (2.26%) CMS
3 182 (2.24%) GeoServer
4 177 (2.18%) SharePoint
5 169 (2.08%) IIS
6 139 (1.71%) Confluence
7 108 (1.33%) Umbraco
8 56 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
9 51 (0.63%) Kentico
9 51 (0.63%) Sitecore CMS
10 40 (0.49%) Headless CMS
11 36 (0.44%) Apache
12 23 (0.28%) Apache Spark
13 22 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
14 17 (0.21%) EPiServer
14 17 (0.21%) NServiceBus
15 9 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
16 8 (0.099%) Apache Solr
16 8 (0.099%) nginx
17 7 (0.086%) Mendix
Applications
1 94 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (0.28%) Photoshop
4 16 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.15%) Simulink
6 5 (0.062%) Doxygen
6 5 (0.062%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.062%) OrCAD
7 4 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.049%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.037%) Sketch
9 2 (0.025%) Fusion 360
9 2 (0.025%) SOLIDWORKS
9 2 (0.025%) S-PLUS
10 1 (0.012%) Blender
10 1 (0.012%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.012%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.012%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.012%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.012%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 167 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (0.33%) SDL Web 8
3 25 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
4 17 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 14 (0.17%) Epicor Tropos
6 10 (0.12%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.074%) SAP PLM
8 5 (0.062%) BusinessWorks
8 5 (0.062%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.062%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.062%) Visualfiles
9 4 (0.049%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.049%) Endur
9 4 (0.049%) Salesforce CRM
10 3 (0.037%) Maximo
10 3 (0.037%) Shopify
11 2 (0.025%) Infor LN
11 2 (0.025%) nopCommerce
11 2 (0.025%) SystmOne
11 2 (0.025%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 4,137 (51.00%) Azure
2 1,432 (17.65%) AWS
3 1,027 (12.66%) Azure DevOps
4 530 (6.53%) Power Platform
5 423 (5.21%) Serverless
6 338 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
7 332 (4.09%) SaaS
8 301 (3.71%) Azure Service Bus
9 258 (3.18%) Azure Functions
10 247 (3.04%) Azure Logic Apps
11 244 (3.01%) GCP
12 240 (2.96%) IBM Cloud
13 223 (2.75%) PowerApps
14 219 (2.70%) Power Automate
15 173 (2.13%) GitHub
16 170 (2.10%) Azure API Management
17 152 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
18 106 (1.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 92 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
20 84 (1.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 182 (2.24%) Internet
2 75 (0.92%) DNS
2 75 (0.92%) TCP/IP
3 65 (0.80%) Firewall
4 35 (0.43%) DHCP
5 28 (0.35%) Modbus
6 27 (0.33%) Network Security
6 27 (0.33%) RS-232
6 27 (0.33%) SSL
7 23 (0.28%) HTTP
8 22 (0.27%) Ethernet
9 19 (0.23%) Wireless
10 17 (0.21%) VPN
11 16 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
12 15 (0.18%) WAN
13 14 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (0.16%) Broadband
14 13 (0.16%) Mobile Broadband
15 10 (0.12%) Bluetooth
15 10 (0.12%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,452 (30.23%) SQL Server
2 618 (7.62%) PostgreSQL
3 614 (7.57%) MongoDB
4 514 (6.34%) NoSQL
5 383 (4.72%) Relational Database
6 279 (3.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 270 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
8 262 (3.23%) Power BI
9 255 (3.14%) MySQL
10 240 (2.96%) DB2
11 201 (2.48%) GIS
12 180 (2.22%) QGIS
13 145 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 143 (1.76%) Redis
15 124 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 76 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
17 63 (0.78%) DynamoDB
18 55 (0.68%) Big Data
19 44 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
20 29 (0.36%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 979 (12.07%) Git
2 611 (7.53%) Visual Studio
3 341 (4.20%) JIRA
4 185 (2.28%) Selenium
5 156 (1.92%) Jenkins
6 137 (1.69%) TeamCity
7 136 (1.68%) NUnit
8 132 (1.63%) Bitbucket
9 130 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
10 95 (1.17%) Postman
11 85 (1.05%) GitLab
12 78 (0.96%) Cypress.io
12 78 (0.96%) Sourcetree
13 76 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
14 71 (0.88%) SpecFlow
15 61 (0.75%) Moq
16 53 (0.65%) Jasmine
17 51 (0.63%) Subversion
18 46 (0.57%) SoapUI
19 43 (0.53%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 1,376 (16.96%) Social Skills
2 1,133 (13.97%) Finance
3 478 (5.89%) Public Sector
4 420 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
5 381 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 297 (3.66%) Games
7 277 (3.41%) Marketing
8 244 (3.01%) Law
8 244 (3.01%) Manufacturing
9 222 (2.74%) Retail
10 217 (2.68%) Banking
11 212 (2.61%) Front Office
12 158 (1.95%) Back Office
13 153 (1.89%) Electronics
14 130 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 117 (1.44%) Legal
16 97 (1.20%) Advertising
17 90 (1.11%) Telecoms
18 86 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
19 79 (0.97%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 4,967 (61.23%) Developer
2 2,195 (27.06%) .NET Developer
3 1,671 (20.60%) Senior
4 1,354 (16.69%) C# Developer
5 1,330 (16.40%) Software Engineer
6 1,044 (12.87%) Software Developer
7 1,004 (12.38%) Senior Developer
8 818 (10.08%) C# .NET Developer
9 689 (8.49%) Lead
10 633 (7.80%) Full Stack Developer
11 462 (5.70%) Senior Software Engineer
12 346 (4.27%) Senior .NET Developer
13 338 (4.17%) Lead Developer
14 312 (3.85%) Senior Software Developer
15 281 (3.46%) .NET Software Developer
16 277 (3.41%) Senior C# Developer
17 274 (3.38%) Architect
18 266 (3.28%) C# Software Developer
19 250 (3.08%) .NET Software Engineer
20 248 (3.06%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5,808 (71.60%) .NET
2 2,296 (28.30%) ASP.NET
3 2,112 (26.04%) .NET Core
4 1,942 (23.94%) AngularJS
5 1,881 (23.19%) HTML
6 1,862 (22.95%) React
7 1,807 (22.28%) CSS
8 1,496 (18.44%) .NET Framework
9 1,159 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
10 1,100 (13.56%) Entity Framework
11 1,069 (13.18%) ASP.NET MVC
12 962 (11.86%) Vue
13 684 (8.43%) REST
14 683 (8.42%) RESTful
15 670 (8.26%) Web Services
16 644 (7.94%) HTML5
17 586 (7.22%) Node.js
18 575 (7.09%) jQuery
19 550 (6.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
20 447 (5.51%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 406 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 392 (4.83%) Greenfield Project
3 328 (4.04%) Data Structures
4 248 (3.06%) Blockchain
5 246 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 215 (2.65%) Product Ownership
7 211 (2.60%) Mobile App
8 207 (2.55%) Hedge funds
9 169 (2.08%) Derivative
10 166 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 164 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
12 162 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
13 159 (1.96%) Cloud Native
14 120 (1.48%) e-Learning
15 115 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
16 114 (1.41%) Equities
17 113 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
18 110 (1.36%) Fixed Income
19 104 (1.28%) Client/Server
20 97 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 755 (9.31%) Windows
2 608 (7.50%) Linux
3 375 (4.62%) Android
4 325 (4.01%) Apple iOS
5 76 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 28 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (0.32%) Unix
8 22 (0.27%) AIX
9 17 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (0.17%) Mac OS
10 14 (0.17%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
12 10 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
12 10 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (0.12%) VMS
13 9 (0.11%) Solaris
14 7 (0.086%) CentOS
15 5 (0.062%) FreeRTOS
15 5 (0.062%) Windows Mobile
16 4 (0.049%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,516 (43.34%) Agile
2 2,310 (28.48%) Software Engineering
3 2,262 (27.88%) Full Stack Development
4 2,017 (24.86%) DevOps
5 1,852 (22.83%) MVC
6 1,334 (16.44%) Microservices
7 1,161 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
8 957 (11.80%) Scrum
9 954 (11.76%) Computer Science
10 917 (11.30%) TDD
11 883 (10.89%) CI/CD
12 847 (10.44%) Web Development
13 840 (10.36%) Design Patterns
14 814 (10.03%) OO
15 745 (9.18%) Mentoring
16 605 (7.46%) SOLID
17 604 (7.45%) Artificial Intelligence
18 596 (7.35%) Test Automation
19 544 (6.71%) OOP
20 540 (6.66%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3,530 (43.52%) JavaScript
2 2,850 (35.13%) SQL
3 1,317 (16.24%) Python
4 1,168 (14.40%) TypeScript
5 857 (10.56%) Java
6 514 (6.34%) C++
7 415 (5.12%) C
8 374 (4.61%) T-SQL
9 305 (3.76%) PowerShell
10 226 (2.79%) VB.NET
11 201 (2.48%) VB
12 148 (1.82%) PHP
13 103 (1.27%) Go
14 77 (0.95%) Ruby
15 76 (0.94%) XAML
16 65 (0.80%) Bash
17 61 (0.75%) MATLAB
18 60 (0.74%) Bicep
19 46 (0.57%) VBA
20 43 (0.53%) XPath
Qualifications
1 1,430 (17.63%) Degree
2 604 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 479 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 447 (5.51%) SC Cleared
5 165 (2.03%) Master's Degree
6 141 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 111 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 63 (0.78%) Azure Certification
9 58 (0.71%) DBS Check
10 51 (0.63%) PhD
11 46 (0.57%) DV Cleared
12 31 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 29 (0.36%) HNC
14 18 (0.22%) ISTQB
15 17 (0.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 16 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 13 (0.16%) HND
18 11 (0.14%) MCSE
19 10 (0.12%) AWS Certified Developer
20 8 (0.099%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 476 (5.87%) QA
2 115 (1.42%) Accessibility
3 42 (0.52%) WCAG
4 37 (0.46%) GDPR
5 29 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 23 (0.28%) Data Quality
7 22 (0.27%) SLA
8 18 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (0.18%) WAI
10 14 (0.17%) ISO 13485
10 14 (0.17%) PMO
11 12 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.099%) MISRA
12 8 (0.099%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.086%) IEC 61131
14 6 (0.074%) HL7
15 4 (0.049%) DICOM
15 4 (0.049%) ISO 9000
15 4 (0.049%) ISO/IEC 12207
15 4 (0.049%) JTAG
System Software
1 634 (7.82%) Docker
2 112 (1.38%) Active Directory
3 51 (0.63%) Firmware
4 45 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 40 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 17 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
8 14 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.099%) KVM
10 7 (0.086%) vSphere
11 6 (0.074%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (0.049%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.049%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.025%) Ceph
13 2 (0.025%) HDFS
13 2 (0.025%) NFS
Systems Management
1 571 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 201 (2.48%) Terraform
3 59 (0.73%) Ansible
4 36 (0.44%) Grafana
5 30 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 30 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 21 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 18 (0.22%) SCCM
7 18 (0.22%) WSUS
8 15 (0.18%) Puppet
9 14 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (0.17%) SCOM
10 11 (0.14%) MIIS
11 10 (0.12%) Kibana
12 8 (0.099%) Packer
13 7 (0.086%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.086%) Stealthwatch
14 5 (0.062%) Control-M
14 5 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.049%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2,238 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 245 (3.02%) Red Hat
3 242 (2.98%) IBM
4 189 (2.33%) ESRI
5 183 (2.26%) Google
6 166 (2.05%) Oracle
7 127 (1.57%) Xamarin
8 96 (1.18%) Facebook
9 67 (0.83%) YouTube
10 65 (0.80%) Sitecore
11 61 (0.75%) SAP
12 51 (0.63%) Apple
13 50 (0.62%) VMware
14 38 (0.47%) Optimizely
15 35 (0.43%) DevExpress
16 33 (0.41%) F5
16 33 (0.41%) Sony
16 33 (0.41%) Yahoo!
17 32 (0.39%) Databricks
18 30 (0.37%) Cisco