C# Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

C#
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring C# skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 48 49
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing C# 6 9 12
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.67% 1.56% 1.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.08% 6.87% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile - £250 £419
25th Percentile - £283 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £380 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -24.00% -
75th Percentile £438 £475 £556
90th Percentile £498 £625 £713
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 147 131 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 16.30% 22.74% 23.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 87 113
10th Percentile £363 £252 £315
25th Percentile £417 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £625
90th Percentile £724 £586 £698
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £40.20
25th Percentile - - £40.50
Median hourly rate - £36.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -34.55% +87.60%
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £56.00 £50.00 £47.75
% change year-on-year +12.00% +4.71% +98.96%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

C# job vacancy trend in Birmingham

C#
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

C#
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) Azure Monitor
2 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior .NET Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Blog
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
1 5 (83.33%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (83.33%) DevOps
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Log Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 3 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (50.00%) Design Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Observability
5 1 (16.67%) AI
5 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Bash
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft