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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 24 23
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing C# 6 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 2.63% 2.17% 4.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.00% 7.41% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 7
10th Percentile £387 £163 £189
25th Percentile £411 £167 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £210 £217
Median % change year-on-year +144.18% -3.28% -48.94%
75th Percentile £647 £363 £321
90th Percentile £709 £475 £490
South Wales median daily rate £513 £250 £217
% change year-on-year +105.00% +15.21% -48.94%

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 40 54 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 17.54% 29.35% 38.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 46 59
10th Percentile £324 £168 £204
25th Percentile £400 £278 £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £479 £388
Median % change year-on-year -6.01% +23.55% -13.89%
75th Percentile £526 £550 £544
90th Percentile £638 £581 £603
South Wales median daily rate £491 £458 £388
% change year-on-year +7.38% +18.06% -22.50%
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 £31.25 £22.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year +42.05% -58.49% +166.20%

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 21 January 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#

C#
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 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Event Grid
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (16.67%) GitHub
4 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (16.67%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (16.67%) JMeter
2 1 (16.67%) MSTest
2 1 (16.67%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Automation Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) RESTful
3 2 (33.33%) .NET Core
3 2 (33.33%) CSS
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
4 1 (16.67%) Flutter
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Microservices
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) API Design
3 2 (33.33%) API Management
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Open Source
4 1 (16.67%) Operations Management
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) Product Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Databricks
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft