C# Software Engineer Contracts in London

C# Software Engineer
England > London

The median C# Software Engineer daily rate in London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 419 562
Rank change year-on-year +68 +143 -115
Contract jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 39 72 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.27% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.28% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 67 31
10th Percentile £551 £570 -
25th Percentile £575 £625 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £725
90th Percentile - £743 £738
England median daily rate £650 £650 £475
% change year-on-year - +36.84% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £49.31
25th Percentile - - £50.41
Median hourly rate - £50.42 £52.24
Median % change year-on-year - -3.48% +12.55%
75th Percentile - - £54.07
90th Percentile - - £55.17
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% +12.24% +8.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,498 25,529 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.28% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,929 18,487 27,116
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 291 449
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.45
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +9.38%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.80 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

C# Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured C# Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C# Software Engineer in London

C# Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# Software Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for C# Software Engineer in London

C# Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# Software Engineer in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# Software Engineer in London

C# Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# Software Engineer in London.

Hourly rate trend for C# Software Engineer in London

C# Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
West London - 3 £600 -
Central London +37 1 £650 -7.14% 2
East London - 1 - -
C# Software Engineer
England

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, C# Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring C# Software Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (100.00%) C#
1 39 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 30 (76.92%) .NET
3 23 (58.97%) Azure
4 16 (41.03%) Finance
5 12 (30.77%) DevOps
6 11 (28.21%) Microservices
6 11 (28.21%) Fintech
7 10 (25.64%) SQL
8 9 (23.08%) Front Office
9 8 (20.51%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (20.51%) Azure Service Bus
9 8 (20.51%) AWS
10 7 (17.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 7 (17.95%) TDD
10 7 (17.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (15.38%) Multithreading
11 6 (15.38%) Domain-Driven Design
11 6 (15.38%) AngularJS
11 6 (15.38%) Azure App Service
11 6 (15.38%) .NET Core
12 5 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
12 5 (12.82%) Agile
12 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
12 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
13 4 (10.26%) Test Automation
13 4 (10.26%) Electronic Trading
13 4 (10.26%) Degree
13 4 (10.26%) NoSQL

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 23 (58.97%) Azure
2 8 (20.51%) AWS
2 8 (20.51%) Azure Service Bus
3 6 (15.38%) Azure App Service
4 5 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (7.69%) Azure AKS
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.56%) NuGet
6 1 (2.56%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 7 (17.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
3 4 (10.26%) NoSQL
4 2 (5.13%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Git
1 3 (7.69%) SpecFlow
2 2 (5.13%) Cypress.io
2 2 (5.13%) Postman
3 1 (2.56%) Selenium
General
1 16 (41.03%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Front Office
3 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Electronics
6 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Marketing
6 1 (2.56%) Retail
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (76.92%) .NET
2 6 (15.38%) .NET Core
2 6 (15.38%) AngularJS
3 3 (7.69%) .NET Framework
3 3 (7.69%) Kafka
4 2 (5.13%) React
5 1 (2.56%) Blazor
5 1 (2.56%) OpenFin
5 1 (2.56%) Playwright
5 1 (2.56%) Reactive Extensions
5 1 (2.56%) REST
5 1 (2.56%) RxJS
5 1 (2.56%) XML
5 1 (2.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (7.69%) Derivative
3 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (30.77%) DevOps
3 11 (28.21%) Fintech
3 11 (28.21%) Microservices
4 7 (17.95%) TDD
5 6 (15.38%) Domain-Driven Design
5 6 (15.38%) Multithreading
6 5 (12.82%) Agile
7 4 (10.26%) Electronic Trading
7 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (10.26%) Test Automation
8 3 (7.69%) BDD
8 3 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 3 (7.69%) Event-Driven
8 3 (7.69%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (7.69%) SOLID
8 3 (7.69%) Workflow
9 2 (5.13%) Architectural Patterns
9 2 (5.13%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 39 (100.00%) C#
2 10 (25.64%) SQL
3 4 (10.26%) Bicep
4 3 (7.69%) TypeScript
5 2 (5.13%) C++
5 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.56%) C
6 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Finsemble
2 1 (2.56%) SAP