C# Contracts in the South East

C#
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 53 56
Rank change year-on-year -17 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing C# 152 235 324
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.74% 4.03% 4.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.66% 14.48% 15.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 178 233
10th Percentile £376 £399 £375
25th Percentile £406 £428 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £549
90th Percentile £625 £820 £600
England median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 15
10th Percentile - £23.80 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +50.68% -20.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £57.50 £57.00
90th Percentile £76.00 £74.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year - +21.50% +18.89%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,201 1,623 2,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.64% 27.81% 27.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 1,153 1,366
10th Percentile £325 £333 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
England median daily rate £540 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -4.26% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 93 89
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £44.73
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +22.97% +8.42%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.75 £75.00 £65.51
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +20.00% +14.94%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C# in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# in the South East.

Daily rate trend for C# in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for C# in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Thames Valley +10 73 £550 - 91
Berkshire +11 57 £588 +16.34% 40
Hampshire -37 29 £413 -17.50% 65
Surrey +6 20 £600 +18.23% 57
Buckinghamshire +13 16 £450 -25.00% 19
West Sussex +7 12 £550 +4.76% 15
East Sussex +3 9 £380 -51.90% 13
Kent 0 5 £325 -31.58% 24
Home Counties - 2 £475 -
Sussex -4 1 £450 -33.33% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (9.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.63%) Confluence
3 3 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.32%) Apache
4 2 (1.32%) Jadu
5 1 (0.66%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.66%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (2.63%) LabWindows
2 2 (1.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 75 (49.34%) Azure
2 31 (20.39%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (15.79%) Azure Monitor
4 18 (11.84%) Entra ID
5 17 (11.18%) AWS
6 16 (10.53%) Azure Storage
7 15 (9.87%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (8.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (6.58%) PaaS
10 9 (5.92%) Power Platform
11 8 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (5.26%) Serverless
12 7 (4.61%) Azure API Management
12 7 (4.61%) Azure Functions
12 7 (4.61%) Power Automate
13 6 (3.95%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (3.29%) PowerApps
15 4 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 3 (1.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.53%) DHCP
1 16 (10.53%) DNS
1 16 (10.53%) Firewall
2 4 (2.63%) RS-232
2 4 (2.63%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.32%) Modbus
3 2 (1.32%) Network Security
3 2 (1.32%) VPN
4 1 (0.66%) NFC
4 1 (0.66%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (21.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (3.95%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.63%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.63%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.63%) MySQL
3 4 (2.63%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.32%) CouchDB
5 2 (1.32%) Power BI
6 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.66%) Redis
6 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (19.74%) Git
2 28 (18.42%) Visual Studio
3 20 (13.16%) Jenkins
4 11 (7.24%) JIRA
5 4 (2.63%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (2.63%) Subversion
6 3 (1.97%) JMeter
6 3 (1.97%) Postman
6 3 (1.97%) Selenium
6 3 (1.97%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.32%) Appium
7 2 (1.32%) GitLab
7 2 (1.32%) NUnit
7 2 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.66%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.66%) MSTest
8 1 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.66%) Valgrind
8 1 (0.66%) WebDriver
General
1 35 (23.03%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.18%) Public Sector
3 14 (9.21%) Finance
4 12 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.97%) Electronics
6 1 (0.66%) Back Office
6 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.66%) Marketing
6 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (55.26%) Developer
2 23 (15.13%) .NET Developer
3 17 (11.18%) Software Developer
4 15 (9.87%) Active Directory Support
4 15 (9.87%) Azure Specialist
4 15 (9.87%) C# Developer
4 15 (9.87%) Software Engineer
5 14 (9.21%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (9.21%) Senior
5 14 (9.21%) Support Specialist
6 10 (6.58%) Full Stack Developer
7 9 (5.92%) Architect
8 8 (5.26%) Lead
9 7 (4.61%) Senior Developer
10 6 (3.95%) C++ Developer
10 6 (3.95%) Integration Developer
11 5 (3.29%) Azure Developer
11 5 (3.29%) C# Software Engineer
11 5 (3.29%) Technical Architect
11 5 (3.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (51.97%) .NET
2 27 (17.76%) ASP.NET
3 24 (15.79%) AngularJS
4 19 (12.50%) ARM Templates
5 17 (11.18%) XML
6 15 (9.87%) .NET Core
6 15 (9.87%) HTML
7 14 (9.21%) JSON
8 13 (8.55%) .NET Framework
8 13 (8.55%) CSS
9 11 (7.24%) RESTful
10 9 (5.92%) ASP.NET MVC
10 9 (5.92%) REST
11 8 (5.26%) Entity Framework
11 8 (5.26%) SOAP
12 7 (4.61%) Blazor
12 7 (4.61%) React
13 5 (3.29%) Web Services
14 4 (2.63%) ADO
14 4 (2.63%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.84%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (10.53%) PKI
3 9 (5.92%) CCTV
3 9 (5.92%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.29%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.32%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.32%) Animation
5 2 (1.32%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.32%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.32%) IoT
5 2 (1.32%) Mixed Reality
5 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.66%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 41 (26.97%) Windows
2 39 (25.66%) Linux
3 18 (11.84%) Windows Server
4 15 (9.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (9.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (3.29%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.63%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.97%) Android
8 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (41.45%) Agile
2 52 (34.21%) DevOps
3 38 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (21.71%) CI/CD
4 33 (21.71%) Software Engineering
5 23 (15.13%) Scrum
6 20 (13.16%) OO
7 19 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
7 19 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 19 (12.50%) Microservices
7 19 (12.50%) SOLID
7 19 (12.50%) TDD
8 18 (11.84%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 17 (11.18%) Data Protection
10 16 (10.53%) Analytics
10 16 (10.53%) Identity Management
10 16 (10.53%) ITIL
10 16 (10.53%) Privileged Identity Management
10 16 (10.53%) Release Management
10 16 (10.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (24.34%) PowerShell
2 36 (23.68%) SQL
3 27 (17.76%) JavaScript
4 25 (16.45%) C++
5 16 (10.53%) Bicep
5 16 (10.53%) VB
5 16 (10.53%) VBScript
6 14 (9.21%) Python
7 10 (6.58%) Java
8 9 (5.92%) T-SQL
9 7 (4.61%) Bash
9 7 (4.61%) C
10 5 (3.29%) PHP
11 4 (2.63%) F#
11 4 (2.63%) Perl
11 4 (2.63%) PL/SQL
11 4 (2.63%) X++
12 2 (1.32%) GLSL
12 2 (1.32%) Ruby
12 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 41 (26.97%) SC Cleared
3 28 (18.42%) Degree
4 18 (11.84%) DV Cleared
5 16 (10.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.29%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.97%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.58%) QA
2 8 (5.26%) ISO 9001
2 8 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (11.84%) Active Directory
3 16 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (3.29%) Docker
5 4 (2.63%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.97%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 23 (15.13%) Kubernetes
2 16 (10.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 16 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (10.53%) SCCM
2 16 (10.53%) SCOM
2 16 (10.53%) WSUS
3 14 (9.21%) Ansible
4 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.32%) Terraform
5 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.66%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.92%) Oracle
3 4 (2.63%) Informatica
3 4 (2.63%) VMware
4 2 (1.32%) Atmel
4 2 (1.32%) Google
4 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.66%) Compaq
5 1 (0.66%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.66%) SAP