C# Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

C#
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring C# skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 32 38
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -11
Contract jobs citing C# 12 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 3.99% 0.65% 1.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.53% 5.56% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 2
10th Percentile £528 - £344
25th Percentile £569 £350 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile - £450 £497
90th Percentile £623 - £521
East of England median daily rate £600 £503 £433
% change year-on-year +19.40% +16.18% -8.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.97 - -
Median hourly rate £68.21 - -
75th Percentile £74.23 - -
90th Percentile £74.69 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 51 18 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 16.94% 11.76% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 10 15
10th Percentile £485 £346 £318
25th Percentile £500 £503 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +29.41% -13.92%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £500
90th Percentile - £677 £545
East of England median daily rate £495 £467 £475
% change year-on-year +6.11% -1.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 1
10th Percentile £62.55 £43.56 -
25th Percentile £62.97 £66.99 £51.25
Median hourly rate £68.21 £84.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% +60.00% +14.13%
75th Percentile £76.25 £88.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.90 - -
East of England median hourly rate £68.00 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.03% +1.54% -

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C# relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

C# job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

C#
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing C#.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing C#

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C# in Bedfordshire

C#
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing C#.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing C#

C#
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 March 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
Luton +9 12 £600 +50.00% 1
C#
East of England

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) CMS
1 9 (75.00%) Sitecore CMS
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
1 6 (50.00%) Technical Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 9 (75.00%) AngularJS
2 9 (75.00%) Node.js
2 9 (75.00%) React
3 8 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 8 (66.67%) ASP.NET Core
3 8 (66.67%) CSS
3 8 (66.67%) HTML
3 8 (66.67%) jQuery
4 6 (50.00%) REST
5 3 (25.00%) .NET Core
6 2 (16.67%) Express.js
6 2 (16.67%) NestJS
6 2 (16.67%) RESTful
7 1 (8.33%) WinForms
7 1 (8.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
1 10 (83.33%) CI/CD
1 10 (83.33%) DevOps
1 10 (83.33%) Scrum
2 9 (75.00%) Microservices
3 8 (66.67%) Front End Development
4 6 (50.00%) Data Governance
4 6 (50.00%) Personalization
4 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (25.00%) Kanban
5 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (16.67%) User Stories
7 1 (8.33%) Integration Testing
7 1 (8.33%) OO
7 1 (8.33%) OOD
7 1 (8.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) C++
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Sitecore