Skill ProfileLanguages
C#

C# appeared in 3 hiring posts in May 2026 — roughly 0.4% of all jobs. Currently #11 of 23 languages.

Mentions · May 2026-57%vs prior
3
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendJun '25 May '26
Share of All Jobs
0.4%
All-Time Peak
30mentions · February 2017
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Declining-57%
§ 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
1,494since April 2011 · 182 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
18
'26

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

All-time
1,494182 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
USD105Kmedian
$88k $157k middle 50% · n=41
By seniority
Senior$88k – $158k n=31
Staff+ n=1

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

Disclosed
41of 211 posts
Disclosure rate
19.4%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where C# sits in the pay distribution
−19%vs PHP
LanguageMedianvs C#
01$160k+23.1%
02$160k+23.1%
03$158k+21.2%
04
C#you are here
$130k

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 States100.0%
7
Remote Policy
86%remote
Remote
85.7%
Hybrid
0.0%
On-site
14.3%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for C#

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Staff57.1%
4
02
Senior14.3%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering57.1%
4
02
Data / ML28.6%
2
03
Operations14.3%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

TypeScript 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
74.5×
Microsoft SQL Server
63.2×
Angular
19.2×

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

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01TypeScript11335%
02Python10733%
03React9228%
04AWS6420%
05Microsoft Azure6420%
06Microsoft SQL Server6219%
07Java6018%
08PostgreSQL5718%
09JavaScript5316%
10Kubernetes4714%
11ASP.NET4414%
12Angular3711%
13Windows3611%
14Make3310%
15C++3210%

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

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere C# stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0154+13%
7.2%
0238-17%
5.1%
03230.0%
3.1%
0412-25%
1.6%
059-53%
1.2%
0670.0%
0.9%
076+50%
0.8%
086+20%
0.8%
095+25%
0.7%
105+25%
0.7%
11
C#you are here
30.0%
0.4%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · May 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
11 posts offer sponsorship
1.5%
Offer sponsorship
111.5%
Explicitly decline
141.9%
Don’t mention
72096.6%

Based on 745 HN job posts in May 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.