C#: market
C# is the main language of the .NET platform: enterprise backend on ASP.NET Core, desktop, Unity games and cloud services in the Azure ecosystem. We track 6 290 open positions listing C#, 5 829 of them fresh. Modern .NET has long been cross-platform and runs in Linux containers, so C# shows up in the same microservice architectures as Java and Go. Most of the demand comes from Fullstack, Backend and DevOps roles. It most often appears next to Azure, SQL and Java. 37% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of C# developer demand.
The C# market currently has 6,290 open roles, 5,829 of them freshly observed. Median salary $8,405/mo. Observed candidate pool — 2,504.
37% of C# postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the work format.
⚠ salary known for 517 of 6290 jobs; remote share from 4596 with a stated format; 5829 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many C# postings appeared each week since 10 Aug, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 221
New sources connected: 17 Aug +27 · 24 Aug +14 · 31 Aug +20 · 7 Sept +21 · 14 Sept +9 · 21 Sept +28 · 28 Sept +13 · 5 Oct +10 · 12 Oct +7
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses. A posting belongs to the technology by its stack tag; the series starts on 10 Aug 2026 — earlier tags were assigned differently and are not comparable. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Salaries over time
Median C# salary per week, USD per month.
Median salary, USD per month
Only postings with a USD salary and a known period (month or year), $500–$50,000 per month. Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank — that means no data, not zero.
Remote work over time
Share of C# postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of C# postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply
| Open demand | 6,290 |
| Observed supply | 2,504 |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution
One in ten earns under $3,937, one in ten over $16,860. Half the market falls between $5,434 and $12,966. Sample: 517.
The range histogram for C# postings uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 1,289 |
| PL | 986 |
| IN | 425 |
| GB | 398 |
| DE | 222 |
| RU | 211 |
| CA | 147 |
| TH | 89 |
| BR | 88 |
| HK | 88 |
The top country for C# demand is the US (1 289 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
C# most often appears next to Azure, SQL and Java. The Azure pairing is the most characteristic trait of the .NET market.
Roles that use it
| role | jobs |
|---|---|
| Fullstack | 1,173 |
| Backend | 967 |
| DevOps | 881 |
| QA | 381 |
| Architect | 355 |
| Frontend | 280 |
| Data | 176 |
| AI Engineer | 151 |
| Platform Engineer | 119 |
| GameDev | 114 |
⚠ the `Other` and `IT` buckets are excluded as non-roles
Demand by grade
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 2,019 |
| middle | 427 |
| lead | 374 |
| principal | 336 |
| junior | 182 |
Senior-and-above is about 82% of 3 338 graded C# postings.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers
Demand is spread across 2,524 employers. The largest accounts for 2.5%, the top ten for 10.8%; the remaining 89.2% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 2.5% |
| top-3 | 5.5% |
| top-10 | 10.8% |
| long tail | 89.2% |
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 158 sources; the largest accounts for 15.8% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
C# postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings
- Software Development Manager · SG
- Mjukvaruarkitekt · SE
- SiS söker systemutvecklare · SE
- Senior Enterprise Technology Engineer · GB · $7,355
- Senior Systems Developer · GB · $6,199
- Backend Software Engineer – TypeScript · GB · $5,779
- DESARROLLADOR FULLSTACK .NET - LATAM · CR
- Full-Stack Engineer with Claude Code · US
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 7.
Data as of 2026-10-24
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the C# market — short answers from the same data slice.
Where is C# used besides enterprise backend?
Unity games and simulations, desktop (WPF, WinUI, MAUI), Azure cloud functions, industrial automation and test automation (NUnit, SpecFlow, Playwright for .NET).
What does a typical .NET job require?
C# and modern .NET, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework and SQL, REST or gRPC, containers, one cloud (usually Azure), unit and integration tests.
Does .NET Framework still appear in postings?
Yes, in legacy maintenance and migration; new projects are almost always on modern .NET. Experience migrating from Framework to a current version is valued on its own.
How big is the C# market?
The current slice tracks 6 290 open C# positions; 37% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work. Demand is steady: the enterprise segment upgrades systems slowly but continuously.