C# Contracts in England

C#
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring C# skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C# over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 37 33
Rank change year-on-year -24 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing C# 935 1,862 2,567
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 3.78% 4.97% 5.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.18% 16.40% 15.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 689 1,298 1,954
10th Percentile £363 £375 £395
25th Percentile £413 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.54% +5.36%
75th Percentile £713 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £800 £825
UK median daily rate £508 £568 £575
% change year-on-year -10.57% -1.30% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 84 89
10th Percentile £30.25 £48.83 £45.00
25th Percentile £47.87 £61.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £65.75
90th Percentile - £73.88 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8,363 11,356 16,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.85% 30.33% 34.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,799 8,122 11,815
10th Percentile £356 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £562
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -4.31% +2.18%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 488 393
10th Percentile £28.18 £35.52 £27.68
25th Percentile £36.00 £49.84 £50.00
Median hourly rate £56.75 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.50 £79.90
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +19.62%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for C# in England

C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for C# in England

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C# in England

C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for C# in England

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in England

C#
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# within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London -19 641 £625 +4.17% 3,354
South East +12 98 £475 -9.52% 2,670
Midlands -18 53 £463 -5.61% 1,744
North of England -65 47 £425 -10.53% 2,571
West Midlands 0 35 £450 -14.29% 931
South West -20 34 £384 -14.72% 1,125
East of England -17 32 £490 +3.16% 1,431
North West -45 29 £425 -10.53% 1,345
Yorkshire -16 18 £475 +2.70% 948
East Midlands -11 16 £490 +15.29% 801
C#
UK

C#
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 30 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.46%) Confluence
3 20 (2.14%) IIS
4 8 (0.86%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.64%) Apache
7 5 (0.53%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (0.43%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.43%) CMS
8 4 (0.43%) Oracle Coherence
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.21%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.11%) DataSynapse
11 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 61 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.21%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 56 (5.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.07%) Endur
3 5 (0.53%) OpenText MBPM
3 5 (0.53%) Oracle BPM
4 3 (0.32%) Magento
4 3 (0.32%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.21%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.21%) Shopify
6 1 (0.11%) Actimize
6 1 (0.11%) Eikon
6 1 (0.11%) FastStats
6 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.11%) Findur
6 1 (0.11%) Maximo
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle TCA
6 1 (0.11%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 400 (42.78%) Azure
2 156 (16.68%) Azure DevOps
3 137 (14.65%) AWS
4 99 (10.59%) Power Platform
5 79 (8.45%) Dynamics 365
6 68 (7.27%) Power Automate
7 65 (6.95%) PowerApps
8 60 (6.42%) Serverless
9 55 (5.88%) Azure Service Bus
10 51 (5.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 44 (4.71%) Azure Functions
12 40 (4.28%) GitHub
13 34 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
14 33 (3.53%) Azure AKS
14 33 (3.53%) Azure Monitor
15 32 (3.42%) Entra ID
16 31 (3.32%) GCP
17 22 (2.35%) Azure API Management
18 20 (2.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 19 (2.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.46%) TCP/IP
2 22 (2.35%) DNS
3 13 (1.39%) Internet
4 10 (1.07%) HTTP
5 9 (0.96%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.75%) DHCP
6 7 (0.75%) FTP
6 7 (0.75%) SMTP
6 7 (0.75%) SSL
7 6 (0.64%) Firewall
8 4 (0.43%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.43%) NFC
8 4 (0.43%) PPP
8 4 (0.43%) Wireless
9 3 (0.32%) SAN
10 2 (0.21%) Intranet
10 2 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.11%) 3GPP
11 1 (0.11%) VLAN
11 1 (0.11%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 223 (23.85%) SQL Server
2 50 (5.35%) Relational Database
3 41 (4.39%) Oracle Database
4 40 (4.28%) NoSQL
4 40 (4.28%) Power BI
5 35 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 25 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (2.35%) Redis
9 17 (1.82%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (1.39%) Big Data
13 12 (1.28%) Amazon Aurora
13 12 (1.28%) DocumentDB
13 12 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.28%) MySQL
14 5 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.53%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.43%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 106 (11.34%) Git
2 77 (8.24%) JIRA
3 62 (6.63%) Jenkins
4 42 (4.49%) Visual Studio
5 30 (3.21%) Selenium
6 29 (3.10%) TeamCity
7 25 (2.67%) Bitbucket
7 25 (2.67%) GitLab
8 19 (2.03%) SpecFlow
9 18 (1.93%) JMeter
10 16 (1.71%) Octopus Deploy
11 14 (1.50%) Eclipse
11 14 (1.50%) Postman
12 13 (1.39%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.96%) Appium
13 9 (0.96%) LoadRunner
13 9 (0.96%) MSI
13 9 (0.96%) NUnit
14 8 (0.86%) Artifactory
14 8 (0.86%) SonarQube
General
1 282 (30.16%) Finance
2 247 (26.42%) Social Skills
3 141 (15.08%) Banking
4 123 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (10.59%) Front Office
6 74 (7.91%) Investment Banking
7 58 (6.20%) Public Sector
8 29 (3.10%) Manufacturing
9 27 (2.89%) Marketing
10 22 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.93%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.71%) Electronics
13 16 (1.71%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.18%) Legal
16 10 (1.07%) Retail Banking
17 9 (0.96%) Military
18 8 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 565 (60.43%) Developer
2 224 (23.96%) C# Developer
3 155 (16.58%) .NET Developer
4 116 (12.41%) Senior
5 93 (9.95%) C# .NET Developer
6 75 (8.02%) Software Engineer
7 74 (7.91%) Senior Developer
8 56 (5.99%) Architect
9 48 (5.13%) Lead
10 43 (4.60%) Full-Stack Developer
11 42 (4.49%) Python Developer
12 40 (4.28%) WPF Developer
13 39 (4.17%) C# WPF Developer
14 38 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
15 37 (3.96%) Senior C# Developer
16 36 (3.85%) C# Software Engineer
16 36 (3.85%) Senior .NET Developer
17 35 (3.74%) Azure Developer
18 30 (3.21%) Software Developer
19 29 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 556 (59.47%) .NET
2 148 (15.83%) .NET Framework
3 128 (13.69%) HTML
4 122 (13.05%) .NET Core
5 115 (12.30%) React
6 113 (12.09%) CSS
7 96 (10.27%) AngularJS
8 86 (9.20%) REST
9 81 (8.66%) ASP.NET
10 66 (7.06%) Web Services
10 66 (7.06%) WPF
11 57 (6.10%) ASP.NET Web API
12 54 (5.78%) RESTful
13 51 (5.45%) WCF
14 50 (5.35%) Entity Framework
15 44 (4.71%) JSON
15 44 (4.71%) Kafka
16 38 (4.06%) Node.js
17 37 (3.96%) XML
18 34 (3.64%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 46 (4.92%) Derivative
3 34 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (2.57%) Product Ownership
5 21 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (2.25%) Fixed Income
6 19 (2.03%) Cloud Native
7 18 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.50%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.50%) Hedge funds
9 14 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
10 12 (1.28%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.18%) Management Information System
12 9 (0.96%) Mobile App
12 9 (0.96%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.86%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 133 (14.22%) Windows
2 48 (5.13%) Linux
3 32 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.96%) Android
5 8 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.32%) CentOS
10 3 (0.32%) Unix
11 2 (0.21%) OpenVMS
11 2 (0.21%) VMS
12 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (33.69%) Agile
2 308 (32.94%) DevOps
3 246 (26.31%) CI/CD
4 184 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
5 159 (17.01%) Software Engineering
6 136 (14.55%) Test Automation
7 123 (13.16%) Microservices
8 96 (10.27%) Full-Stack Development
9 87 (9.30%) Scrum
10 86 (9.20%) TDD
11 83 (8.88%) OO
12 67 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 67 (7.17%) Design Patterns
13 65 (6.95%) CRM
14 64 (6.84%) Infrastructure as Code
15 62 (6.63%) Unit Testing
16 61 (6.52%) Containerisation
17 55 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
17 55 (5.88%) Continuous Integration
18 53 (5.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 376 (40.21%) SQL
2 316 (33.80%) JavaScript
3 230 (24.60%) Python
4 157 (16.79%) Java
5 111 (11.87%) PowerShell
6 103 (11.02%) C++
6 103 (11.02%) TypeScript
7 67 (7.17%) PL/SQL
8 54 (5.78%) VB
9 42 (4.49%) VBA
10 37 (3.96%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.78%) VB.NET
12 23 (2.46%) Bicep
13 15 (1.60%) Ruby
14 14 (1.50%) PHP
15 13 (1.39%) Rust
16 11 (1.18%) RPG
16 11 (1.18%) RPG IV
17 10 (1.07%) Delphi
17 10 (1.07%) Go
Qualifications
1 102 (10.91%) Security Cleared
2 78 (8.34%) SC Cleared
3 61 (6.52%) Degree
4 21 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.60%) Azure Certification
5 15 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.53%) MCPD
8 5 (0.53%) MCSD
9 4 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.32%) CISSP
10 3 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (0.32%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.21%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.21%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.21%) OCP
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.45%) QA
2 14 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.64%) MiFID
6 5 (0.53%) EMIR
7 4 (0.43%) GDPR
8 3 (0.32%) WCAG
9 2 (0.21%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.21%) HL7
9 2 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.11%) NCSC
10 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 103 (11.02%) Docker
2 38 (4.06%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.43%) Platform Symphony
6 3 (0.32%) vCloud
6 3 (0.32%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (0.32%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 135 (14.44%) Kubernetes
2 78 (8.34%) Terraform
3 34 (3.64%) Ansible
4 14 (1.50%) Grafana
5 11 (1.18%) Kibana
6 10 (1.07%) SCCM
7 7 (0.75%) MIIS
7 7 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.64%) ITRS Geneos
8 6 (0.64%) Perfmon
8 6 (0.64%) Puppet
9 5 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.32%) WMI
11 1 (0.11%) Control-M
11 1 (0.11%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.11%) Netcool
11 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 201 (21.50%) Microsoft
2 140 (14.97%) Oracle
3 22 (2.35%) Databricks
3 22 (2.35%) SAP
4 19 (2.03%) Google
5 16 (1.71%) Citrix
6 13 (1.39%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.18%) OpenLink
7 11 (1.18%) UiPath
8 10 (1.07%) TIBCO
9 9 (0.96%) IBM
10 8 (0.86%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.86%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.75%) Bloomberg
11 7 (0.75%) Cloudera
11 7 (0.75%) OutSystems
11 7 (0.75%) VMware
12 6 (0.64%) PayPal
12 6 (0.64%) Reuters
13 5 (0.53%) Solace