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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 34 25
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 0
Contract jobs citing C# 30 10 53
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 3.55% 3.06% 6.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.04% 8.40% 28.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 6
10th Percentile - - £410
25th Percentile £550 £465 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% +0.51% -2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £613
90th Percentile £626 £614 £663
East of England median daily rate £550 £490 £475
% change year-on-year +12.24% +3.16% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 43
10th Percentile £64.63 £62.38 -
25th Percentile - £64.06 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.19 -
90th Percentile £82.43 £65.53 -
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 187 119 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 22.10% 36.39% 22.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 67 50
10th Percentile £325 £438 £344
25th Percentile £425 £489 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £584
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £477
% change year-on-year - +4.82% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 34 110
10th Percentile £62.00 £40.91 £59.75
25th Percentile £65.00 £59.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £69.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% +6.54% -
75th Percentile - £84.31 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £85.00 £88.88
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% -

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#
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in Hertfordshire

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 23 May 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 +7 26 £625 - 4
Watford - 3 £550 - 1
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 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Azure AKS
2 2 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (6.67%) GitHub
2 2 (6.67%) Serverless
3 1 (3.33%) AWS
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Functions
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (3.33%) Datadog
3 1 (3.33%) GCP
3 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.00%) Modbus
3 3 (10.00%) RS-232
3 3 (10.00%) RS-422
3 3 (10.00%) RS-485
4 1 (3.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Metadata
2 2 (6.67%) InfluxDB
3 1 (3.33%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Eclipse
1 8 (26.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (23.33%) Military
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Publishing
3 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Electronics
4 3 (10.00%) Law
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Software Engineer
2 14 (46.67%) C# Software Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (23.33%) Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Perl Developer
6 2 (6.67%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Perl Software Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (3.33%) IoT Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Platform Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Senior
7 1 (3.33%) Software Test Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) Node.js
1 7 (23.33%) Web Services
2 3 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (3.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.33%) Blazor
3 1 (3.33%) Entity Framework
3 1 (3.33%) React
3 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (16.67%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.33%) IoT
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (36.67%) Windows
2 8 (26.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (70.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (40.00%) Agile
2 12 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 11 (36.67%) Continuous Integration
3 11 (36.67%) TDD
3 11 (36.67%) Unit Testing
4 9 (30.00%) CI/CD
5 8 (26.67%) Continuous Delivery
5 8 (26.67%) Data Modelling
5 8 (26.67%) Digital Twin
5 8 (26.67%) Synthetic Environment
6 6 (20.00%) Data Architecture
6 6 (20.00%) Data Strategy
6 6 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (20.00%) Metadata Management
6 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.00%) Validation
6 6 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
7 4 (13.33%) DevOps
7 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (53.33%) C++
2 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
2 7 (23.33%) SQL
3 6 (20.00%) Java
3 6 (20.00%) Perl
3 6 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.00%) C
4 3 (10.00%) Python
5 2 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (3.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle