C# Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

C#
South Wales > Cardiff

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 20 29
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing C# 7 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 2.68% 2.89% 3.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.28% 9.26% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 6
10th Percentile - - £366
25th Percentile £289 £160 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £165 £425
Median % change year-on-year +124.40% -61.20% -
75th Percentile £613 £224 £463
90th Percentile £695 £322 £525
South Wales median daily rate £625 £272 £394
% change year-on-year +129.45% -30.82% -8.70%

All Programming Languages
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 43 54 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 16.48% 31.21% 35.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 41 69
10th Percentile £276 £170 £212
25th Percentile £400 £269 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -
75th Percentile £509 £540 £551
90th Percentile £557 £575 £616
South Wales median daily rate £450 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +5.88% -2.86% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £52.50
75th Percentile - £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +117.39% +2.22% +29.68%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

C# job vacancy trend in Cardiff

C#
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in Cardiff over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C# in Cardiff

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Event Grid
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
4 2 (28.57%) Power Automate
4 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
5 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (14.29%) GitHub
5 1 (14.29%) SaaS
5 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JMeter
1 1 (14.29%) MSTest
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Applications Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Power Apps Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Automation Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Core
2 3 (42.86%) RESTful
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) API Management
3 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Microservices
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) AI
5 1 (14.29%) API Design
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Databricks