C# Developer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

C# Developer
Central London > City of London

The median C# Developer daily rate in the City of London is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 85 88
Rank change year-on-year -37 +3 -36
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 9 33 41
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.45% 1.80% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 1.93% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 29 35
10th Percentile £318 £363 £485
25th Percentile £325 £500 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year -48.15% - -
75th Percentile £411 £725 £788
90th Percentile - £826 £825
Central London median daily rate £350 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -48.15% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 1,868 1,709 2,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 92.98% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,276 1,053 1,603
10th Percentile £350 £356 £340
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 19
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £16.15
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £17.97
Median hourly rate £40.64 £35.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.48% +57.78% -35.71%
75th Percentile £52.56 £96.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £60.25 £119.55 £49.05
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -21.54%

C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'C# Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

C# Developer job vacancy trend in the City of London

C# Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the City of London

C# Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the City of London

C# Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, C# Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring C# Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) Microservices
2 4 (44.44%) Octopus Deploy
2 4 (44.44%) Redis
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
3 2 (22.22%) .NET
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) Clean Code

C# Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (22.22%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Redis
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Investment Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Microservices
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft