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C#/.NET Developer: salary 2026

This is what C#/.NET Developer earn in Germany – from 18 job ads with a stated salary and 66 salary data sets.

Median, gross

€51,732

€39,593 lower 10 % €71,707 upper 10 %

How salaries are distributed

Each column = number of salary figures per €5,000 band · basis 84

  • Between lower and upper 10 % (€39,593 – €71,707)
  • Edges

Salary rises with experience

Median and middle 50 % per level · jobs + data sets

€44,000

Junior

39,500 – 45,500

16 values

€50,000

Mid-level

45,000 – 55,500

+14 % · 28 values

€58,000

Senior

51,000 – 61,000

+32 % · 24 values

€62,000

Lead/Principal

57,000 – 66,000

+41 % · 15 values

Salary by federal state

Median of the salary data sets for C#/.NET Developer per federal state. The samples are small here – read the figures as a trend, not a guarantee.

  1. Hamburg €61,500 n = 8
  2. Bavaria €59,000 n = 5
  3. North Rhine-Westphalia €57,000 n = 4
  4. Berlin €57,000 n = 8
  5. Baden-Württemberg €53,000 n = 5
  6. Schleswig-Holstein €52,500 n = 4
  7. Lower Saxony €48,000 n = 4
  8. Rhineland-Palatinate €48,000 n = 4
  9. Saarland €48,000 n = 4
  10. Saxony €47,500 n = 5
  11. Brandenburg €47,000 n = 4
  12. Thuringia €46,500 n = 4
  13. Hesse €45,500 n = 7

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C#/.NET Developer: job profile and outlook

C#/.NET developers work in the Microsoft technology ecosystem and develop enterprise applications, desktop software, web APIs and cloud solutions. With the introduction of .NET Core and the modern .NET framework, the field of application has expanded significantly and now also includes cross-platform development on Linux and macOS. The core competences of a C#/.NET developer include the C# language, the .NET framework, ASP.NET for web applications and Entity Framework for database access. Knowledge of Azure Cloud Services, Blazor, WPF or MAUI for desktop and cross-platform development as well as LINQ and asynchronous programming are also important. Visual Studio as a development environment is a standard tool. Salaries for C#/.NET developers are above average, especially in the enterprise segment. Large companies, banks, insurance companies and industrial groups that rely on Microsoft technologies offer attractive remuneration packages. The increasing use of Azure as a cloud platform further increases the demand for experienced .NET developers. Typical career stages lead from Junior Developer to Senior Developer to Solution Architect or Technical Lead. Specialisations in Azure Cloud Architecture, Microservices with .NET or Enterprise Integration open up further career opportunities. The continuous development of the .NET ecosystem by Microsoft guarantees long-term relevance and stable career prospects.

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Same axis – directly comparable

€30,000 – €80,000 · bar = lower to upper 10 %, line = median

How we calculate

  • Sources: job ads with a stated salary that are assigned to a role, plus recorded salary data sets. Currently 6,381 active IT jobs state their salary.
  • Range: lower 10 % to upper 10 % (P10–P90), so that individual outliers do not shift the limits. The median splits the values into two equal halves.
  • Plausible: only gross annual salaries between €15,000 and €250,000; placeholders and monthly values are excluded.
  • Calculator: role median × experience factor × federal state factor. The factors come from 4,290 salary data sets – each as a ratio to the median of its role, so the mix of roles does not distort them.
  • Minimum size: breakdowns by skill, city and work model only appear from 20 values; every figure states its basis.

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