C# Software Developer Contracts in London

C# Software Developer
England > London

The median C# Software Developer daily rate in London is £720, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 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
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 390 450
Rank change year-on-year +31 +60 +136
Contract jobs requiring a C# Software Developer 7 18 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.052% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 41
10th Percentile £574 £504 £350
25th Percentile £659 £536 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £788 £700 £700
90th Percentile £825 £738 £738
England median daily rate £663 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +10.42% -4.00% +31.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,595 16,584 24,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.91% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,507 11,862 17,918
10th Percentile £331 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 304 280
10th Percentile £18.83 £16.07 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £20.44 £22.86
Median hourly rate £31.75 £27.81 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% -25.68% +6.91%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.59 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.53 £82.28
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.09% +76.00%

C# Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for C# Software Developer in London

C# Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for C# Software Developer in London

C# Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# Software Developer in London over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C# Software Developer in London

C# Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for C# Software Developer in London

C# Software 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# Software Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 9 July 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
Central London - 2 £800 - 1
C# Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 July 2025, C# Software 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 London region featuring C# Software Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) .NET
4 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Low Latency
5 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) WPF
5 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) Front Office
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) C++
6 1 (14.29%) SQL
6 1 (14.29%) VB
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (14.29%) WinForms
6 1 (14.29%) Agile
6 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
6 1 (14.29%) VB6
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services

C# Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) WPF
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (14.29%) Dapper ORM
3 1 (14.29%) Entity Framework
3 1 (14.29%) React
3 1 (14.29%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (14.29%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Low Latency
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Microservices
2 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) API Development
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Backlog Management
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) VB
3 1 (14.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft