C# Software Engineer Contracts in the East of England

C# Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median C# Software Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 101 121
Rank change year-on-year +24 +20 0
Contract jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 10 13 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.96% 0.65% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.73% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% - -
England median daily rate £700 £650 £650
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 1
10th Percentile £61.25 £62.50 -
25th Percentile £63.13 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £65.30 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.42
% change year-on-year - +28.92% +0.84%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 908 1,779 1,794
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.22% 89.26% 91.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 760 1,121
10th Percentile £200 £212 £200
25th Percentile £357 £306 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £441 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% -7.21% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 625 249
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £42.85 £43.00 £35.80
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% +20.11% +92.99%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.45 £73.75
England median hourly rate £28.75 £39.53 £45.00
% change year-on-year -27.26% -12.17% +83.67%

C# Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured C# Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for C# Software Engineer in the East of England

C# Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# Software Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for C# Software Engineer in the East of England

C# Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# Software Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for C# Software Engineer in the East of England

C# Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 18 June 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +22 9 - - 24
Cambridgeshire - 1 £325 - 30
C# Software Engineer
England

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 18 June 2025, C# Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region featuring C# Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) C#
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (90.00%) Digital Twin
2 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (90.00%) Presentation Skills
2 9 (90.00%) Synthetic Environment
2 9 (90.00%) Eclipse
2 9 (90.00%) C++
2 9 (90.00%) Visual Studio
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Linux
3 8 (80.00%) Web Services
3 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
3 8 (80.00%) Ethernet
3 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 8 (80.00%) Validation
3 8 (80.00%) Military
3 8 (80.00%) Agile
3 8 (80.00%) TDD
3 8 (80.00%) CI/CD
3 8 (80.00%) Verification and Validation
3 8 (80.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (80.00%) Node.js
3 8 (80.00%) Visualisation
3 8 (80.00%) Unit Testing
3 8 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Law

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Ethernet
1 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Eclipse
1 9 (90.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (90.00%) Presentation Skills
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (80.00%) Military
3 2 (20.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) Node.js
1 8 (80.00%) Web Services
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (10.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Linux
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (90.00%) Digital Twin
2 9 (90.00%) Synthetic Environment
3 8 (80.00%) Agile
3 8 (80.00%) CI/CD
3 8 (80.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (80.00%) TDD
3 8 (80.00%) Unit Testing
3 8 (80.00%) Validation
3 8 (80.00%) Verification and Validation
3 8 (80.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (10.00%) Microservices
4 1 (10.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C#
2 9 (90.00%) C++
3 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft