C# Contracts in London

C#
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for C# skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C# over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 24 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing C# 1,270 1,981 2,803
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.17% 7.32% 7.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.97% 17.92% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 1,569 2,301
10th Percentile £400 £400 £419
25th Percentile £500 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £750
90th Percentile £833 £850 £825
England median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 7
10th Percentile - £36.80 £44.69
25th Percentile £40.82 - £46.86
Median hourly rate £43.84 £50.42 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +3.79% +9.17%
75th Percentile £46.86 £52.97 £56.90
90th Percentile - £68.50 £58.73
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year - +21.50% +18.89%

All Programming Languages
London

C# is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,358 11,052 16,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 35.90% 40.82% 42.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,852 8,230 12,504
10th Percentile £380 £413 £418
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 87 114
10th Percentile £23.80 £34.70 £29.08
25th Percentile £35.19 £49.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.25 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.94 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £70.94 £84.25 £79.28
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +14.94%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for C# in London

C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for C# in London

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# in London

C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for C# in London

C#
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# within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London -12 167 £600 -7.69% 83
East London +6 25 £435 +8.75% 13
West London +24 11 £575 +27.78% 12
South London 0 5 £475 -17.39% 8
C#
England

C#
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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (1.81%) CMS
2 18 (1.42%) IIS
3 17 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.39%) Apache
7 4 (0.31%) Luigi
8 3 (0.24%) Confluence
8 3 (0.24%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.079%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.079%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.079%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.079%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.079%) Jadu
10 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.079%) Umbraco
Applications
1 54 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.10%) Chatbot
3 9 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.079%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.57%) Endur
3 12 (0.94%) ION Anvil
4 8 (0.63%) ION MarketView
5 3 (0.24%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 2 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.16%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.079%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 506 (39.84%) Azure
2 251 (19.76%) Azure DevOps
3 144 (11.34%) AWS
4 103 (8.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 77 (6.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 59 (4.65%) Entra ID
7 58 (4.57%) Power Platform
8 55 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
8 55 (4.33%) Serverless
9 49 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
9 49 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
10 46 (3.62%) GCP
11 43 (3.39%) Azure Functions
12 40 (3.15%) Azure API Management
13 31 (2.44%) PowerApps
14 30 (2.36%) Power Automate
15 28 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
16 25 (1.97%) PaaS
17 24 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
18 20 (1.57%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.57%) Internet
2 10 (0.79%) HTTP
3 8 (0.63%) FTP
3 8 (0.63%) Wireless
4 7 (0.55%) DNS
4 7 (0.55%) Kerberos
4 7 (0.55%) VPN
5 6 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.31%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (0.31%) Firewall
6 4 (0.31%) SSH
7 3 (0.24%) Network Security
8 2 (0.16%) BIG-IP
8 2 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.16%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (0.16%) DHCP
8 2 (0.16%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.16%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 374 (29.45%) SQL Server
2 62 (4.88%) Relational Database
3 57 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 52 (4.09%) NoSQL
5 49 (3.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 33 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (2.52%) Oracle Database
8 29 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
9 25 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
10 23 (1.81%) Power BI
11 17 (1.34%) MongoDB
12 16 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (1.18%) KDB
14 12 (0.94%) Redis
15 11 (0.87%) Big Data
15 11 (0.87%) DynamoDB
16 10 (0.79%) Data Lake
16 10 (0.79%) Kdb+
17 7 (0.55%) MySQL
18 6 (0.47%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 126 (9.92%) Git
2 66 (5.20%) Selenium
3 65 (5.12%) TeamCity
4 64 (5.04%) SpecFlow
5 50 (3.94%) JIRA
6 46 (3.62%) Visual Studio
7 44 (3.46%) Jenkins
8 25 (1.97%) Cucumber
8 25 (1.97%) WebDriver
9 24 (1.89%) GitLab
10 22 (1.73%) NUnit
11 20 (1.57%) Postman
12 18 (1.42%) Moq
13 15 (1.18%) Cypress.io
13 15 (1.18%) JUnit
13 15 (1.18%) REST Assured
13 15 (1.18%) TestNG
14 14 (1.10%) Appium
14 14 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
14 14 (1.10%) webpack
General
1 396 (31.18%) Finance
2 245 (19.29%) Social Skills
3 237 (18.66%) Front Office
4 229 (18.03%) Banking
5 104 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
6 99 (7.80%) Back Office
7 90 (7.09%) Investment Banking
8 81 (6.38%) Public Sector
9 22 (1.73%) Local Government
10 21 (1.65%) Financial Institution
11 19 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.26%) Retail
13 15 (1.18%) Marketing
14 8 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.55%) Electronics
15 7 (0.55%) Law
15 7 (0.55%) Legal
15 7 (0.55%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.47%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 742 (58.43%) Developer
2 322 (25.35%) C# Developer
3 246 (19.37%) Senior
4 230 (18.11%) .NET Developer
5 150 (11.81%) Senior Developer
6 121 (9.53%) Software Engineer
7 99 (7.80%) Full Stack Developer
8 98 (7.72%) C# .NET Developer
9 86 (6.77%) Software Developer
10 83 (6.54%) Lead
11 78 (6.14%) Analyst
12 60 (4.72%) Azure Developer
13 52 (4.09%) .NET Software Engineer
14 51 (4.02%) Angular Developer
15 47 (3.70%) Senior Software Developer
16 45 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
17 44 (3.46%) Full-Stack C# Developer
18 42 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
19 41 (3.23%) .NET Software Developer
20 40 (3.15%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 745 (58.66%) .NET
2 214 (16.85%) .NET Core
3 176 (13.86%) .NET Framework
4 172 (13.54%) React
5 158 (12.44%) AngularJS
6 131 (10.31%) ASP.NET
7 117 (9.21%) XML
8 96 (7.56%) HTML
9 89 (7.01%) REST
10 82 (6.46%) CSS
11 79 (6.22%) WPF
12 53 (4.17%) Redux
13 51 (4.02%) WCF
14 49 (3.86%) ASP.NET Core
15 46 (3.62%) Web Services
16 41 (3.23%) Entity Framework
17 39 (3.07%) Kafka
18 36 (2.83%) JSON
19 33 (2.60%) ASP.NET Web API
19 33 (2.60%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 118 (9.29%) Derivative
2 104 (8.19%) Hedge funds
3 90 (7.09%) Fixed Income
4 71 (5.59%) Equities
5 60 (4.72%) Greenfield Project
6 53 (4.17%) Product Ownership
7 47 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 42 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
9 26 (2.05%) Algorithms
10 21 (1.65%) Cloud Native
10 21 (1.65%) Equity Derivative
11 19 (1.50%) Market Risk
11 19 (1.50%) Mobile App
12 11 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (0.71%) Management Information System
14 8 (0.63%) Client/Server
14 8 (0.63%) Reinsurance
14 8 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
14 8 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 75 (5.91%) Windows
2 61 (4.80%) Linux
3 30 (2.36%) Unix
4 16 (1.26%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.24%) Android
6 1 (0.079%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.079%) VMS
6 1 (0.079%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (32.99%) DevOps
2 418 (32.91%) Agile
3 261 (20.55%) Software Engineering
4 206 (16.22%) CI/CD
5 171 (13.46%) Full Stack Development
5 171 (13.46%) TDD
6 144 (11.34%) Scrum
7 136 (10.71%) Test Automation
8 126 (9.92%) Microservices
9 125 (9.84%) OO
10 115 (9.06%) Problem-Solving
11 91 (7.17%) Continuous Integration
11 91 (7.17%) SDLC
12 89 (7.01%) Asset Management
13 86 (6.77%) Design Patterns
14 84 (6.61%) Mentoring
15 76 (5.98%) Front End Development
15 76 (5.98%) Investment Management
16 74 (5.83%) API Management
17 73 (5.75%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 503 (39.61%) SQL
2 256 (20.16%) JavaScript
3 226 (17.80%) Python
4 220 (17.32%) Java
5 177 (13.94%) PowerShell
6 111 (8.74%) TypeScript
7 84 (6.61%) Bicep
8 71 (5.59%) C++
9 66 (5.20%) T-SQL
10 63 (4.96%) PL/SQL
11 44 (3.46%) VBA
12 38 (2.99%) VB.NET
13 27 (2.13%) VB
14 15 (1.18%) Go
15 12 (0.94%) C
15 12 (0.94%) Ruby
16 11 (0.87%) Bash
16 11 (0.87%) PHP
17 9 (0.71%) Perl
18 7 (0.55%) Rust
Qualifications
1 119 (9.37%) Degree
2 57 (4.49%) Security Cleared
3 48 (3.78%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.73%) Master's Degree
6 17 (1.34%) DV Cleared
7 8 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
8 7 (0.55%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.47%) CHECK Team Leader
9 6 (0.47%) CREST Certified
9 6 (0.47%) GIAC
9 6 (0.47%) OSCP
10 5 (0.39%) PhD
11 4 (0.31%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.24%) ISEB
13 2 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.16%) CCNP
13 2 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.16%) GPEN
13 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (8.03%) QA
2 28 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.65%) WCAG
4 16 (1.26%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.10%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.02%) MiFID
7 8 (0.63%) NIST
8 6 (0.47%) GDPR
8 6 (0.47%) SLA
9 4 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.31%) EMIR
9 4 (0.31%) SEPA
10 3 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.079%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.079%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.079%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 101 (7.95%) Active Directory
2 44 (3.46%) Docker
3 4 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.31%) NFS
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.079%) Firmware
5 1 (0.079%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 49 (3.86%) Terraform
2 43 (3.39%) Kubernetes
3 25 (1.97%) Ansible
4 9 (0.71%) BladeLogic
4 9 (0.71%) ITRS Geneos
5 7 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (0.16%) Grafana
6 2 (0.16%) Kibana
6 2 (0.16%) logstash
6 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.16%) Puppet
6 2 (0.16%) SCOrch
6 2 (0.16%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.079%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.079%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.079%) VxRail
Vendors
1 266 (20.94%) Microsoft
2 115 (9.06%) Oracle
3 32 (2.52%) Citrix
4 19 (1.50%) OpenLink
4 19 (1.50%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.10%) SAP
6 13 (1.02%) Databricks
6 13 (1.02%) ION Trading
6 13 (1.02%) PayPal
7 12 (0.94%) TIBCO
8 9 (0.71%) Altiris
8 9 (0.71%) Dynatrace
9 8 (0.63%) UiPath
10 7 (0.55%) AVEVA
10 7 (0.55%) Blue Prism
10 7 (0.55%) Google
10 7 (0.55%) Okta
10 7 (0.55%) Optimizely
11 6 (0.47%) Cadence
11 6 (0.47%) Splunk