Skill ProfileLanguages
C#

C# appeared in 2 hiring posts in September 2026 — roughly 0.4% of all jobs. Currently #13 of 23 languages.

Mentions · September 2026+100%vs prior
2
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendOct '25 → Sep '26
Share of All Jobs
0.4%
All-Time Peak
30mentions · February 2017
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Rising+100%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
1,502since April 2011 · 186 months
-20% YoY2025 vs 2024
103
'15
165
'16
184
'17
185
PEAK
'18
127
'19
85
'20
151
'21
101
'22
58
'23
55
'24
44
'25
26
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
1,502186 mo
↑ Best year
2018185
↓ Quietest full year
201240
Latest full year
2025-20% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What C# jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present
USD100Kmedian
$76k – $157k middle 50% · n=34
By seniority
Senior$90k – $157k n=24
Staff+— n=1

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
34of 189 posts
Disclosure rate
18.0%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where C# sits in the pay distribution
−24%vs Java
LanguageMedianvs C#
01$160k+32.0%
02$150k+23.7%
03$145k+19.6%
04
C#you are here
$121k—

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where C# is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of C# posts by where the role is based.

01
United Kingdom50.0%
1
02
United States50.0%
1
Remote Policy
0%remote
Remote
0.0%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
100.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for C#

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior100.0%
2
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering100.0%
2
§ 05Technical Skills

Python is the skill most co-mentioned with C#.

#01
Signature Stack
C#’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with C# over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
ASP.NET
84.3×
Microsoft SQL Server
69.2×
Angular
23.2×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01Python10237%
02TypeScript10237%
03React8632%
04Microsoft Azure6323%
05AWS6122%
06Java5520%
07PostgreSQL5219%
08Microsoft SQL Server4717%
09Kubernetes4617%
10JavaScript4416%
11ASP.NET4015%
12Angular3714%
13Windows3613%
14C++2911%
15Google Cloud2610%

% of C# jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere C# stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0138+15%
7.1%
0230-27%
5.6%
0314-6.7%
2.6%
0413+160%
2.4%
058+60%
1.5%
068+60%
1.5%
077-30%
1.3%
085-17%
0.9%
094-20%
0.7%
103-40%
0.6%
11
C#you are here
2-33%
0.4%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · September 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
14 posts offer sponsorship
2.6%
Offer sponsorship
142.6%
Explicitly decline
234.3%
Don’t mention
50293.1%

Based on 539 HN job posts in September 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.