C# Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

C#
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring C# skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing C# 23 20 62
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 2.82% 5.68% 7.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.53% 15.63% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile - - £438
25th Percentile £550 £465 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -10.00% -15.38%
75th Percentile £625 £544 £625
90th Percentile £626 £603 £670
East of England median daily rate £550 £490 £475
% change year-on-year +12.24% +3.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 51
10th Percentile - £61.25 -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £65.75 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire

C# falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 170 128 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 20.86% 36.36% 22.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 70 51
10th Percentile £350 £423 £325
25th Percentile £450 £479 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% +29.41% -19.05%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £581
90th Percentile £685 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 35 112
10th Percentile £62.00 £42.39 £57.75
25th Percentile £65.00 £59.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile - £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C# relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

C# job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

C#
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing C#.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing C#

C#
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing C#.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing C#

C#
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 June 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage -2 19 £625 - 4
Watford - 2 £550 - 1
Welwyn Garden City - 2 - -
C#
East of England

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Azure AKS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (4.35%) Datadog
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Ethernet
2 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
3 3 (13.04%) Modbus
3 3 (13.04%) RS-232
3 3 (13.04%) RS-422
3 3 (13.04%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) InfluxDB
2 1 (4.35%) Metadata
2 1 (4.35%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Eclipse
1 8 (34.78%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 7 (30.43%) Military
2 6 (26.09%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Electronics
5 2 (8.70%) Law
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Software Engineer
2 12 (52.17%) C# Software Engineer
3 9 (39.13%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) C# Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Developer
5 2 (8.70%) .NET Developer
5 2 (8.70%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.35%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Perl Software Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Senior
6 1 (4.35%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) Node.js
1 7 (30.43%) Web Services
2 4 (17.39%) .NET
3 2 (8.70%) ASP.NET
3 2 (8.70%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (8.70%) Blazor
4 1 (4.35%) JSON
4 1 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.35%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Software Engineering
2 12 (52.17%) Unit Testing
3 11 (47.83%) Agile
3 11 (47.83%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (47.83%) TDD
4 10 (43.48%) CI/CD
5 8 (34.78%) Continuous Delivery
5 8 (34.78%) Digital Twin
5 8 (34.78%) Synthetic Environment
6 7 (30.43%) Visualisation
7 6 (26.09%) Validation
7 6 (26.09%) Verification and Validation
8 4 (17.39%) DevOps
9 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
9 3 (13.04%) Software Testing
9 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
10 2 (8.70%) Data Ingestion
10 2 (8.70%) Event-Driven
11 1 (4.35%) Data Pipeline
11 1 (4.35%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 17 (73.91%) C++
2 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.04%) C
3 3 (13.04%) SQL
4 2 (8.70%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (8.70%) Python
5 1 (4.35%) Java
5 1 (4.35%) Perl
5 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
1 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Oracle