C# .NET Developer Contract Job Trends in London

C# .NET Developer
England > London

The median C# .NET Developer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 310 291
Rank change year-on-year -120 -19 +9
Contract jobs requiring a C# .NET Developer 30 58 89
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.44% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.47% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 38 72
10th Percentile £417 - -
25th Percentile £450 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £395 £548
Median % change year-on-year +26.58% -27.85% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £544 £688
90th Percentile £725 £850 £850
England median daily rate £500 £408 £525
% change year-on-year +22.70% -22.38% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 18,855 12,329 15,074
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 92.62% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,181 8,231 9,873
10th Percentile £363 £331 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 202 178
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.00 £17.43
25th Percentile £21.95 £22.56 £24.16
Median hourly rate £41.00 £27.81 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +47.42% -22.20% -7.65%
75th Percentile £64.81 £49.69 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.31 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -6.40%

C# .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

C# .NET Developer job vacancy trend in London

C# .NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in London

C# .NET Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# .NET Developer in London over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C# .NET Developer in London

C# .NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in London

C# .NET Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# .NET Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
South London - 3 £700 -
Central London -21 1 £600 +47.24% 4
North London - 1 - -
C# .NET Developer
England

C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, C# .NET 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 London region featuring C# .NET Developer in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) .NET
1 30 (100.00%) C#
2 23 (76.67%) SQL Server
3 15 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 14 (46.67%) REST
5 13 (43.33%) Azure
5 13 (43.33%) RESTful
6 11 (36.67%) .NET Framework
6 11 (36.67%) SQL
7 10 (33.33%) .NET Core
7 10 (33.33%) Agile
7 10 (33.33%) DevOps
7 10 (33.33%) JavaScript
8 9 (30.00%) Microservices
8 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
8 9 (30.00%) SDLC
9 8 (26.67%) API Design
9 8 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
9 8 (26.67%) Oracle
10 7 (23.33%) AI
10 7 (23.33%) Citrix
10 7 (23.33%) Generative AI
10 7 (23.33%) OO
10 7 (23.33%) TypeScript
10 7 (23.33%) Web Services
11 6 (20.00%) ASP.NET
11 6 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (20.00%) Docker
11 6 (20.00%) Event-Driven

C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (43.33%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (16.67%) GitHub
3 5 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (13.33%) AWS
4 4 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.33%) Azure AKS
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (76.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 5 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (13.33%) Power BI
5 3 (10.00%) Oracle Database
6 2 (6.67%) Db2
7 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (3.33%) Metadata
7 1 (3.33%) MongoDB
7 1 (3.33%) Redis
7 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) REST Assured
2 4 (13.33%) GitLab
3 1 (3.33%) Fiddler
3 1 (3.33%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (3.33%) Postman
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (3.33%) TeamCity
3 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (63.33%) Finance
2 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (26.67%) Financial Institution
4 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Banking
5 3 (10.00%) Front Office
5 3 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (100.00%) .NET
2 14 (46.67%) REST
3 13 (43.33%) RESTful
4 11 (36.67%) .NET Framework
5 10 (33.33%) .NET Core
6 7 (23.33%) Web Services
7 6 (20.00%) ASP.NET
7 6 (20.00%) React
7 6 (20.00%) WinForms
7 6 (20.00%) WPF
8 5 (16.67%) AngularJS
8 5 (16.67%) Kafka
9 4 (13.33%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (13.33%) PySpark
9 4 (13.33%) Redux
9 4 (13.33%) SOAP
10 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC 5
10 3 (10.00%) Dapper ORM
10 3 (10.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 4 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.33%) Derivative
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.33%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.33%) Legacy Code
4 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.33%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 10 (33.33%) Agile
2 10 (33.33%) DevOps
3 9 (30.00%) Microservices
3 9 (30.00%) SDLC
4 8 (26.67%) API Design
4 8 (26.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 7 (23.33%) AI
5 7 (23.33%) Generative AI
5 7 (23.33%) OO
6 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.00%) Event-Driven
6 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (20.00%) OOP
6 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (16.67%) Containerisation
7 5 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
7 5 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (100.00%) C#
2 11 (36.67%) SQL
3 10 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (23.33%) TypeScript
5 5 (16.67%) T-SQL
6 4 (13.33%) PL/SQL
6 4 (13.33%) Python
7 1 (3.33%) VB
7 1 (3.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 2 (6.67%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.33%) ITGC
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Oracle
3 7 (23.33%) Citrix
4 3 (10.00%) IBM