C# Contracts with Work from Home Options

C#
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 32 31
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +18
Contract jobs citing C# 922 1,509 2,737
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.11% 6.01% 6.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.26% 16.12% 16.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 1,142 2,122
10th Percentile £363 £375 £363
25th Percentile £455 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £625
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £545
% change year-on-year - +5.50% +14.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 47 37
10th Percentile - £43.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £20.77 £57.50 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.25 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,049 9,363 16,804
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.45% 37.27% 38.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,659 6,853 12,474
10th Percentile £350 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 203 186
10th Percentile £35.00 £31.60 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.63% +10.56%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.00 £66.50
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £60.63 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.27% +21.25% +14.94%

C#
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C# trend for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C#.

C# daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C# over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

C# daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C#.

C# hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C# over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

C# hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (2.06%) CMS
2 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.52%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.87%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.76%) SAS
6 6 (0.65%) Confluence
7 5 (0.54%) IIS
8 4 (0.43%) Luigi
9 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.22%) Apache
10 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.22%) Kentico
10 2 (0.22%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.11%) Moodle
11 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 121 (13.12%) Chatbot
2 25 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.11%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.11%) Blender
5 1 (0.11%) InDesign
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.08%) Endur
3 6 (0.65%) Maximo
4 2 (0.22%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
4 2 (0.22%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 383 (41.54%) Azure
2 170 (18.44%) Azure DevOps
3 72 (7.81%) AWS
4 65 (7.05%) Power Platform
5 62 (6.72%) Azure Logic Apps
6 61 (6.62%) Dynamics 365
7 57 (6.18%) Azure Service Bus
8 42 (4.56%) Entra ID
9 41 (4.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 40 (4.34%) Azure API Management
11 39 (4.23%) Serverless
12 37 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (3.80%) PowerApps
14 32 (3.47%) Azure Functions
15 31 (3.36%) Power Automate
16 30 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
17 24 (2.60%) Azure Storage
18 22 (2.39%) PaaS
19 20 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
20 12 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.95%) DNS
1 18 (1.95%) Firewall
2 17 (1.84%) DHCP
3 4 (0.43%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.33%) FTP
4 3 (0.33%) HTTP
4 3 (0.33%) Internet
5 2 (0.22%) Modbus
5 2 (0.22%) RTSP
5 2 (0.22%) VPN
6 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.11%) MQTT
6 1 (0.11%) Network Security
6 1 (0.11%) NFC
6 1 (0.11%) PPP
6 1 (0.11%) RS-232
6 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (22.89%) SQL Server
2 37 (4.01%) Relational Database
3 35 (3.80%) Power BI
4 31 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 29 (3.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (2.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (2.17%) NoSQL
8 20 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.19%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.08%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.98%) MySQL
12 8 (0.87%) Redis
13 6 (0.65%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.54%) GIS
14 5 (0.54%) KDB
14 5 (0.54%) Kdb+
14 5 (0.54%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 78 (8.46%) Git
2 45 (4.88%) Visual Studio
3 33 (3.58%) JIRA
4 32 (3.47%) Selenium
5 31 (3.36%) SpecFlow
6 18 (1.95%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.74%) WebDriver
8 14 (1.52%) Cypress.io
8 14 (1.52%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.41%) Postman
9 13 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
10 11 (1.19%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 8 (0.87%) GitLab
13 7 (0.76%) JMeter
13 7 (0.76%) Moq
13 7 (0.76%) NUnit
13 7 (0.76%) Subversion
14 6 (0.65%) Artifactory
14 6 (0.65%) webpack
General
1 230 (24.95%) Finance
2 170 (18.44%) Social Skills
3 125 (13.56%) Front Office
4 109 (11.82%) Banking
5 58 (6.29%) Public Sector
6 53 (5.75%) Back Office
7 45 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (2.93%) Investment Banking
9 17 (1.84%) Financial Institution
10 11 (1.19%) Manufacturing
11 9 (0.98%) Law
12 8 (0.87%) Marketing
12 8 (0.87%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.76%) Electronics
14 5 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.43%) Games
15 4 (0.43%) Legal
15 4 (0.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 591 (64.10%) Developer
2 187 (20.28%) C# Developer
3 169 (18.33%) Software Developer
4 129 (13.99%) Senior
5 128 (13.88%) .NET Developer
6 84 (9.11%) Senior Developer
7 80 (8.68%) Full Stack Developer
8 67 (7.27%) Lead
9 63 (6.83%) Azure Developer
10 51 (5.53%) Analyst
11 48 (5.21%) C# .NET Developer
12 36 (3.90%) Software Engineer
13 34 (3.69%) Angular Developer
14 32 (3.47%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 30 (3.25%) Architect
16 27 (2.93%) Front Office Developer
16 27 (2.93%) Senior C# Developer
17 24 (2.60%) Applications Developer
18 23 (2.49%) Lead Developer
18 23 (2.49%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 432 (46.85%) .NET
2 180 (19.52%) HTML
3 100 (10.85%) .NET Framework
4 98 (10.63%) AngularJS
5 88 (9.54%) ASP.NET
6 83 (9.00%) .NET Core
7 78 (8.46%) XML
8 72 (7.81%) React
9 62 (6.72%) REST
10 58 (6.29%) CSS
11 40 (4.34%) Web Services
12 39 (4.23%) Entity Framework
13 30 (3.25%) WPF
14 27 (2.93%) ARM Templates
14 27 (2.93%) JSON
15 25 (2.71%) ASP.NET Core
16 24 (2.60%) RESTful
17 23 (2.49%) jQuery
17 23 (2.49%) Node.js
18 22 (2.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.70%) Derivative
2 52 (5.64%) Hedge funds
3 32 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
4 31 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 28 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (2.39%) Fixed Income
7 20 (2.17%) Equities
8 18 (1.95%) PKI
9 17 (1.84%) Equity Derivative
9 17 (1.84%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
11 12 (1.30%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.08%) Cloud Native
14 9 (0.98%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 6 (0.65%) Client/Server
16 6 (0.65%) Interest Rate Derivative
16 6 (0.65%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 66 (7.16%) Windows
2 44 (4.77%) Linux
3 29 (3.15%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (1.08%) Unix
6 6 (0.65%) Android
7 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (27.01%) DevOps
2 232 (25.16%) Software Engineering
3 218 (23.64%) Agile
4 137 (14.86%) Code Quality
5 129 (13.99%) Artificial Intelligence
6 123 (13.34%) CI/CD
7 121 (13.12%) Conversational UI
8 108 (11.71%) Full Stack Development
9 88 (9.54%) Test Automation
10 82 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
11 75 (8.13%) OO
12 74 (8.03%) Scrum
13 70 (7.59%) MVC
14 64 (6.94%) TDD
15 63 (6.83%) Mentoring
16 60 (6.51%) Microservices
17 59 (6.40%) Design Patterns
18 53 (5.75%) Unit Testing
19 51 (5.53%) Analytics
20 49 (5.31%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 402 (43.60%) SQL
2 265 (28.74%) JavaScript
3 255 (27.66%) Python
4 97 (10.52%) PowerShell
5 92 (9.98%) Java
6 60 (6.51%) Bicep
7 58 (6.29%) TypeScript
8 50 (5.42%) C++
9 27 (2.93%) VB
10 25 (2.71%) T-SQL
11 18 (1.95%) VB.NET
11 18 (1.95%) VBScript
12 17 (1.84%) VBA
13 13 (1.41%) PL/SQL
14 11 (1.19%) F#
15 10 (1.08%) C
16 9 (0.98%) R
17 8 (0.87%) Perl
18 7 (0.76%) PHP
19 6 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 203 (22.02%) Degree
2 79 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 57 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.04%) DV Cleared
5 18 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.54%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.54%) PhD
11 3 (0.33%) HNC
12 2 (0.22%) ISEB
13 1 (0.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.94%) QA
2 17 (1.84%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.08%) WCAG
4 9 (0.98%) GDPR
5 8 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.76%) CDISC
7 6 (0.65%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.43%) SEPA
9 3 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
9 3 (0.33%) GxP
9 3 (0.33%) MiFID
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
11 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 54 (5.86%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.60%) Docker
3 19 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (4.23%) Terraform
2 35 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.95%) SCOM
4 16 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.74%) SCCM
4 16 (1.74%) WSUS
5 6 (0.65%) Ansible
6 4 (0.43%) BladeLogic
6 4 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
6 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) Grafana
7 2 (0.22%) Kibana
7 2 (0.22%) logstash
7 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 187 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 121 (13.12%) PayPal
3 39 (4.23%) Oracle
4 16 (1.74%) SAP
5 13 (1.41%) Xamarin
6 10 (1.08%) AVEVA
6 10 (1.08%) OpenLink
7 8 (0.87%) Databricks
7 8 (0.87%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.65%) Informatica
9 5 (0.54%) Citrix
9 5 (0.54%) Google
9 5 (0.54%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.43%) Adobe
10 4 (0.43%) Altiris
10 4 (0.43%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.33%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.22%) Infragistics
12 2 (0.22%) Triple Point
12 2 (0.22%) webMethods