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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 20 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -7
Permanent jobs citing C# 8,157 9,548 17,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.17% 9.63% 11.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.56% 22.23% 20.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,866 7,051 10,426
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 £91,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% +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 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £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 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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 18 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 18 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 +5 7,195 £57,500 -11.54% 1,878
UK excluding London +3 6,114 £55,000 -3.51% 1,434
Work from Home -2 3,692 £57,500 -6.88% 1,415
London -3 1,689 £77,500 - 665
North of England +15 1,590 £55,000 -4.35% 376
South East -3 1,553 £57,500 -4.17% 347
Midlands +30 1,033 £50,000 -9.09% 305
North West +20 916 £55,000 -4.35% 212
South West +9 726 £51,000 -7.27% 146
West Midlands +44 538 £52,500 -4.55% 195
East of England +7 531 £56,250 -2.17% 106
Yorkshire +12 510 £52,500 -8.70% 116
East Midlands +14 493 £50,000 -4.76% 109
Scotland -36 406 £55,000 +4.76% 98
Wales 0 196 £50,000 +11.11% 57
North East 0 164 £60,000 +9.09% 52
Northern Ireland -12 78 £55,000 +10.00% 22
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 (2.38%) ArcGIS
2 184 (2.26%) CMS
3 182 (2.23%) GeoServer
4 171 (2.10%) SharePoint
5 165 (2.02%) IIS
6 129 (1.58%) Confluence
7 105 (1.29%) Umbraco
8 54 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
9 52 (0.64%) Sitecore CMS
10 50 (0.61%) Kentico
11 41 (0.50%) Headless CMS
12 36 (0.44%) Apache
13 24 (0.29%) Apache Spark
14 22 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
15 19 (0.23%) NServiceBus
16 17 (0.21%) EPiServer
17 9 (0.11%) Apache Solr
17 9 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
18 8 (0.098%) nginx
19 7 (0.086%) Mendix
Applications
1 95 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (0.29%) Photoshop
4 16 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.15%) Simulink
6 8 (0.098%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.061%) Doxygen
7 5 (0.061%) OrCAD
8 4 (0.049%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.049%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.037%) Fusion 360
9 3 (0.037%) Sketch
9 3 (0.037%) S-PLUS
10 2 (0.025%) Revit
10 2 (0.025%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.012%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.012%) Mathematica
11 1 (0.012%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.012%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.012%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 165 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (0.36%) SDL Web 8
3 27 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
4 17 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 12 (0.15%) Epicor Tropos
6 10 (0.12%) Teamcenter
7 6 (0.074%) SAP PLM
8 5 (0.061%) Sage 200
8 5 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.061%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.049%) BusinessWorks
9 4 (0.049%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.049%) Endur
9 4 (0.049%) Visualfiles
10 3 (0.037%) Maximo
11 2 (0.025%) Infor LN
11 2 (0.025%) nopCommerce
11 2 (0.025%) SAP S/4HANA
11 2 (0.025%) Shopify
11 2 (0.025%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 4,193 (51.40%) Azure
2 1,451 (17.79%) AWS
3 1,022 (12.53%) Azure DevOps
4 535 (6.56%) Power Platform
5 406 (4.98%) Serverless
6 335 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
7 333 (4.08%) SaaS
8 301 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
9 258 (3.16%) Azure Functions
10 246 (3.02%) Azure Logic Apps
11 240 (2.94%) IBM Cloud
12 238 (2.92%) GCP
13 228 (2.80%) Power Automate
14 227 (2.78%) PowerApps
15 170 (2.08%) GitHub
16 165 (2.02%) Azure API Management
17 150 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
18 105 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 96 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
20 79 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 188 (2.30%) Internet
2 76 (0.93%) TCP/IP
3 73 (0.89%) DNS
4 64 (0.78%) Firewall
5 33 (0.40%) DHCP
6 30 (0.37%) Network Security
7 27 (0.33%) Modbus
7 27 (0.33%) SSL
8 26 (0.32%) RS-232
9 23 (0.28%) Ethernet
10 22 (0.27%) HTTP
11 18 (0.22%) Wireless
12 16 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
13 15 (0.18%) Broadband
13 15 (0.18%) Mobile Broadband
13 15 (0.18%) VPN
14 14 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (0.15%) WAN
16 10 (0.12%) Bluetooth
16 10 (0.12%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2,474 (30.33%) SQL Server
2 618 (7.58%) MongoDB
3 612 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
4 515 (6.31%) NoSQL
5 388 (4.76%) Relational Database
6 281 (3.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 273 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
8 269 (3.30%) Power BI
9 254 (3.11%) MySQL
10 240 (2.94%) DB2
11 201 (2.46%) GIS
12 180 (2.21%) QGIS
13 144 (1.77%) Redis
14 142 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 126 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 77 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
17 62 (0.76%) DynamoDB
18 56 (0.69%) Big Data
19 44 (0.54%) SQL Server Analysis Services
20 31 (0.38%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 958 (11.74%) Git
2 616 (7.55%) Visual Studio
3 331 (4.06%) JIRA
4 174 (2.13%) Selenium
5 161 (1.97%) Jenkins
6 139 (1.70%) NUnit
7 134 (1.64%) TeamCity
8 130 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
9 123 (1.51%) Bitbucket
10 87 (1.07%) Postman
11 85 (1.04%) GitLab
12 79 (0.97%) Sourcetree
13 74 (0.91%) Cypress.io
13 74 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
14 71 (0.87%) SpecFlow
15 63 (0.77%) Moq
16 56 (0.69%) Jasmine
17 51 (0.63%) Subversion
18 45 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
19 43 (0.53%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 1,390 (17.04%) Social Skills
2 1,138 (13.95%) Finance
3 484 (5.93%) Public Sector
4 431 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
5 392 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 292 (3.58%) Games
7 283 (3.47%) Marketing
8 247 (3.03%) Law
9 242 (2.97%) Manufacturing
10 219 (2.68%) Retail
11 216 (2.65%) Banking
12 215 (2.64%) Front Office
13 161 (1.97%) Back Office
14 152 (1.86%) Electronics
15 119 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 117 (1.43%) Legal
17 101 (1.24%) Advertising
18 89 (1.09%) Telecoms
19 88 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
20 82 (1.01%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5,026 (61.62%) Developer
2 2,247 (27.55%) .NET Developer
3 1,676 (20.55%) Senior
4 1,400 (17.16%) C# Developer
5 1,336 (16.38%) Software Engineer
6 1,059 (12.98%) Software Developer
7 1,009 (12.37%) Senior Developer
8 852 (10.45%) C# .NET Developer
9 683 (8.37%) Lead
10 640 (7.85%) Full Stack Developer
11 472 (5.79%) Senior Software Engineer
12 346 (4.24%) Senior .NET Developer
13 334 (4.09%) Lead Developer
14 317 (3.89%) Senior Software Developer
15 289 (3.54%) Senior C# Developer
16 284 (3.48%) .NET Software Developer
17 283 (3.47%) C# Software Developer
18 276 (3.38%) Architect
19 257 (3.15%) Azure Developer
20 250 (3.06%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5,887 (72.17%) .NET
2 2,306 (28.27%) ASP.NET
3 2,126 (26.06%) .NET Core
4 1,981 (24.29%) AngularJS
5 1,879 (23.04%) HTML
6 1,857 (22.77%) React
7 1,813 (22.23%) CSS
8 1,519 (18.62%) .NET Framework
9 1,199 (14.70%) ASP.NET Web API
10 1,131 (13.87%) Entity Framework
11 1,077 (13.20%) ASP.NET MVC
12 981 (12.03%) Vue
13 710 (8.70%) RESTful
14 680 (8.34%) REST
15 676 (8.29%) Web Services
16 651 (7.98%) HTML5
17 600 (7.36%) Node.js
18 579 (7.10%) jQuery
19 558 (6.84%) Twitter Bootstrap
20 451 (5.53%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 407 (4.99%) Algorithms
2 399 (4.89%) Greenfield Project
3 329 (4.03%) Data Structures
4 246 (3.02%) Blockchain
4 246 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 218 (2.67%) Product Ownership
6 211 (2.59%) Hedge funds
7 207 (2.54%) Mobile App
8 170 (2.08%) Derivative
9 165 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 164 (2.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 161 (1.97%) Cloud Native
12 160 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
13 120 (1.47%) e-Learning
14 113 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
15 112 (1.37%) Equities
16 107 (1.31%) Client/Server
16 107 (1.31%) Fixed Income
17 104 (1.27%) Virtual Reality
18 102 (1.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 757 (9.28%) Windows
2 602 (7.38%) Linux
3 377 (4.62%) Android
4 324 (3.97%) Apple iOS
5 74 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 29 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (0.27%) AIX
8 21 (0.26%) Unix
9 17 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 12 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
11 12 (0.15%) Windows 10
12 11 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
12 11 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (0.12%) Solaris
13 10 (0.12%) VMS
14 7 (0.086%) CentOS
15 6 (0.074%) FreeRTOS
16 5 (0.061%) Windows Mobile
17 4 (0.049%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,559 (43.63%) Agile
2 2,334 (28.61%) Full Stack Development
3 2,307 (28.28%) Software Engineering
4 2,017 (24.73%) DevOps
5 1,857 (22.77%) MVC
6 1,349 (16.54%) Microservices
7 1,158 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
8 973 (11.93%) Scrum
9 959 (11.76%) Computer Science
10 942 (11.55%) TDD
11 883 (10.83%) CI/CD
12 846 (10.37%) Web Development
13 818 (10.03%) OO
14 811 (9.94%) Design Patterns
15 727 (8.91%) Mentoring
16 608 (7.45%) SOLID
17 603 (7.39%) Artificial Intelligence
18 602 (7.38%) Test Automation
19 542 (6.64%) OOP
20 536 (6.57%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3,551 (43.53%) JavaScript
2 2,835 (34.76%) SQL
3 1,304 (15.99%) Python
4 1,167 (14.31%) TypeScript
5 840 (10.30%) Java
6 524 (6.42%) C++
7 420 (5.15%) C
8 367 (4.50%) T-SQL
9 306 (3.75%) PowerShell
10 230 (2.82%) VB.NET
11 198 (2.43%) VB
12 140 (1.72%) PHP
13 101 (1.24%) Go
14 74 (0.91%) XAML
15 63 (0.77%) Bash
15 63 (0.77%) MATLAB
16 58 (0.71%) Bicep
17 54 (0.66%) Ruby
18 44 (0.54%) XPath
19 43 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,424 (17.46%) Degree
2 608 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 480 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 443 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 162 (1.99%) Master's Degree
6 130 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 112 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 63 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 61 (0.75%) DBS Check
10 52 (0.64%) PhD
11 49 (0.60%) DV Cleared
12 31 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 28 (0.34%) HNC
14 21 (0.26%) ISTQB
15 16 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 16 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 13 (0.16%) HND
17 10 (0.12%) AWS Certified Developer
17 10 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (0.11%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 470 (5.76%) QA
2 113 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 38 (0.47%) WCAG
4 37 (0.45%) GDPR
5 24 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 24 (0.29%) SLA
6 20 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 16 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (0.18%) WAI
9 14 (0.17%) ISO 13485
10 13 (0.16%) PMO
11 12 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.098%) MISRA
13 7 (0.086%) IEC 61131
14 6 (0.074%) HL7
14 6 (0.074%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.061%) JTAG
16 4 (0.049%) DICOM
16 4 (0.049%) ISO/IEC 12207
16 4 (0.049%) NCSC
System Software
1 615 (7.54%) Docker
2 108 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 53 (0.65%) Firmware
4 46 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 39 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 16 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 14 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (0.098%) 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
13 2 (0.025%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 558 (6.84%) Kubernetes
2 196 (2.40%) Terraform
3 64 (0.78%) Ansible
4 38 (0.47%) Grafana
5 29 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 29 (0.36%) Progress Chef
6 23 (0.28%) 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 (0.13%) MIIS
11 10 (0.12%) Kibana
12 8 (0.098%) Packer
13 6 (0.074%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.061%) Cisco CUCM
14 5 (0.061%) Stealthwatch
15 4 (0.049%) Functional Safety
15 4 (0.049%) Istio
Vendors
1 2,253 (27.62%) Microsoft
2 245 (3.00%) Red Hat
3 242 (2.97%) IBM
4 189 (2.32%) ESRI
5 186 (2.28%) Google
6 172 (2.11%) Oracle
7 130 (1.59%) Xamarin
8 97 (1.19%) Facebook
9 69 (0.85%) YouTube
10 66 (0.81%) Sitecore
11 59 (0.72%) SAP
12 51 (0.63%) Apple
12 51 (0.63%) VMware
13 40 (0.49%) Optimizely
14 35 (0.43%) DevExpress
15 33 (0.40%) Databricks
15 33 (0.40%) F5
15 33 (0.40%) Sony
15 33 (0.40%) Yahoo!
16 29 (0.36%) Adobe