C# Developer Contracts in England

C# Developer
UK > England

The median C# Developer daily rate in England is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 171 200
Rank change year-on-year -61 +29 -5
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 383 756 1,032
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.03% 1.49% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.58% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 640 869
10th Percentile £400 £400 £381
25th Percentile £500 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £643 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -1.04% +18.18%
75th Percentile £738 £754 £775
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
UK median daily rate £625 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £58.00 £39.75 £51.50
25th Percentile £60.63 £45.38 £54.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +14.04% -2.98% +44.17%
75th Percentile £71.88 £65.00 £61.93
90th Percentile £73.75 - £62.15
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +41.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for C# Developer in England

C# Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for C# Developer in England

C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# Developer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# Developer in England

C# Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for C# Developer in England

C# Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
London -20 326 £650 -3.70% 78
South East 0 15 £450 -25.00% 40
North of England -2 14 £488 +8.33% 47
Midlands +21 10 £475 +35.71% 35
North West -3 8 £500 +11.11% 26
West Midlands +30 7 £438 +14.75% 17
South West +11 7 £338 -27.03% 15
North East +20 4 - - 10
East of England +6 4 £433 -8.95% 12
East Midlands +18 3 £550 +57.14% 18
Yorkshire +15 2 £400 -15.79% 13
C# Developer
UK

C# Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, C# Developer 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 England region featuring C# Developer in the job title.

1 383 (100.00%) C#
2 240 (62.66%) .NET
3 173 (45.17%) SQL
4 150 (39.16%) Finance
5 136 (35.51%) Azure
6 129 (33.68%) SQL Server
7 100 (26.11%) Agile
8 96 (25.07%) Front Office
9 86 (22.45%) Social Skills
10 82 (21.41%) DevOps
11 76 (19.84%) .NET Core
12 74 (19.32%) .NET Framework
13 69 (18.02%) Banking
14 67 (17.49%) JavaScript
15 66 (17.23%) AngularJS
16 63 (16.45%) Full Stack Development
17 62 (16.19%) Software Engineering
18 57 (14.88%) React
19 55 (14.36%) Microsoft
20 53 (13.84%) Oracle
20 53 (13.84%) Azure DevOps
21 52 (13.58%) WPF
22 51 (13.32%) CI/CD
23 49 (12.79%) TDD
24 48 (12.53%) Microservices
25 46 (12.01%) Git
26 44 (11.49%) ASP.NET
27 41 (10.70%) Microsoft Excel
28 39 (10.18%) Electronic Trading
28 39 (10.18%) Analytical Skills

C# Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.35%) IIS
2 6 (1.57%) CMS
3 4 (1.04%) Apache
4 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.52%) Jadu
6 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.26%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.26%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 41 (10.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 136 (35.51%) Azure
2 53 (13.84%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (9.14%) AWS
4 23 (6.01%) Azure Service Bus
5 14 (3.66%) Serverless
6 13 (3.39%) Azure Functions
6 13 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
6 13 (3.39%) PaaS
7 12 (3.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 10 (2.61%) Entra ID
8 10 (2.61%) GCP
9 8 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.09%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.83%) GitHub
10 7 (1.83%) npm
11 6 (1.57%) Azure AKS
11 6 (1.57%) Azure API Management
11 6 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.09%) Internet
2 5 (1.31%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.52%) FTP
4 1 (0.26%) CTI
4 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.26%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (33.68%) SQL Server
2 29 (7.57%) Oracle Database
3 26 (6.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 25 (6.53%) NoSQL
5 22 (5.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (5.22%) Relational Database
7 15 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (2.87%) MongoDB
9 8 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.57%) MySQL
11 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.04%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.78%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.78%) Power BI
12 3 (0.78%) Redis
13 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.52%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
14 1 (0.26%) Flink
14 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 46 (12.01%) Git
2 30 (7.83%) TeamCity
3 19 (4.96%) NUnit
4 18 (4.70%) Visual Studio
5 17 (4.44%) Moq
6 15 (3.92%) Octopus Deploy
6 15 (3.92%) SpecFlow
7 14 (3.66%) JIRA
8 12 (3.13%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.87%) Selenium
10 8 (2.09%) Jenkins
11 7 (1.83%) webpack
12 6 (1.57%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (1.04%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.78%) GitLab
14 3 (0.78%) Jasmine
15 2 (0.52%) MSTest
15 2 (0.52%) Postman
16 1 (0.26%) Hudson
16 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 150 (39.16%) Finance
2 96 (25.07%) Front Office
3 86 (22.45%) Social Skills
4 69 (18.02%) Banking
5 39 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (9.14%) Investment Banking
7 16 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.18%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.39%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.61%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.09%) Law
10 8 (2.09%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.83%) Electronics
11 7 (1.83%) Marketing
12 4 (1.04%) Back Office
12 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.78%) Local Government
14 2 (0.52%) Agriculture
14 2 (0.52%) Retail
14 2 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (62.66%) .NET
2 76 (19.84%) .NET Core
3 74 (19.32%) .NET Framework
4 66 (17.23%) AngularJS
5 57 (14.88%) React
6 52 (13.58%) WPF
7 44 (11.49%) ASP.NET
8 24 (6.27%) WCF
9 23 (6.01%) REST
10 20 (5.22%) ASP.NET Web API
10 20 (5.22%) Entity Framework
10 20 (5.22%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (4.96%) HTML
11 19 (4.96%) RESTful
12 17 (4.44%) CSS
12 17 (4.44%) Middleware
13 16 (4.18%) Web Services
13 16 (4.18%) XML
14 15 (3.92%) ASP.NET Core
15 12 (3.13%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.66%) Greenfield Project
2 33 (8.62%) Fixed Income
3 28 (7.31%) Derivative
4 21 (5.48%) Equities
5 17 (4.44%) Equity Derivative
6 14 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (3.66%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.39%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.87%) Hedge funds
9 9 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (2.09%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.57%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.04%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.04%) Interest Rate Derivative
13 4 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.52%) Public Cloud
14 2 (0.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.70%) Windows
2 11 (2.87%) Linux
3 1 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (26.11%) Agile
2 82 (21.41%) DevOps
3 63 (16.45%) Full Stack Development
4 62 (16.19%) Software Engineering
5 51 (13.32%) CI/CD
6 49 (12.79%) TDD
7 48 (12.53%) Microservices
8 39 (10.18%) Electronic Trading
9 38 (9.92%) Continuous Integration
9 38 (9.92%) Scrum
10 35 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (9.14%) Test Automation
11 33 (8.62%) MVC
11 33 (8.62%) Unit Testing
12 32 (8.36%) OO
13 27 (7.05%) Design Patterns
14 25 (6.53%) Multithreading
15 24 (6.27%) Data Analysis
15 24 (6.27%) Disaster Recovery
15 24 (6.27%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 383 (100.00%) C#
2 173 (45.17%) SQL
3 67 (17.49%) JavaScript
4 37 (9.66%) PL/SQL
5 35 (9.14%) T-SQL
6 32 (8.36%) Python
7 30 (7.83%) VBA
8 27 (7.05%) VB
9 23 (6.01%) TypeScript
10 22 (5.74%) PowerShell
11 20 (5.22%) VB.NET
12 19 (4.96%) Java
13 7 (1.83%) Bicep
13 7 (1.83%) C++
14 4 (1.04%) PHP
15 3 (0.78%) C
16 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.52%) Ruby
17 1 (0.26%) Groovy
17 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (5.74%) Degree
2 16 (4.18%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.92%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.83%) QA
2 5 (1.31%) MiFID
3 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.04%) SEPA
3 4 (1.04%) WCAG
4 1 (0.26%) GDPR
4 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (4.70%) Docker
2 12 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (3.39%) Terraform
2 10 (2.61%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.52%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 53 (13.84%) Oracle
3 24 (6.27%) Citrix
4 12 (3.13%) TIBCO
5 7 (1.83%) SAP
6 6 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.31%) Okta
8 3 (0.78%) Google
9 2 (0.52%) IBM
9 2 (0.52%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.52%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.52%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.26%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.26%) OpenLink