C# Contract Job Trends in London

C#
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring C# skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 42 29
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 -13
Contract jobs citing C# 649 744 1,257
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.54% 4.77% 6.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.00% 12.35% 17.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 539 1,001
10th Percentile £357 £375 £400
25th Percentile £414 £439 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £580 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% -7.20% -3.85%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £750
90th Percentile £763 £825 £825
England median daily rate £500 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -9.09% -6.38% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile £48.00 - £40.82
25th Percentile £51.00 - £47.62
Median hourly rate £57.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £64.00 - £66.83
90th Percentile £67.60 - £72.45
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.76%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,407 6,025 7,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.82% 38.62% 36.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,634 4,097 5,349
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £810
England median daily rate £513 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.57% -1.32% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 40 69
10th Percentile £25.40 £35.68 £26.15
25th Percentile £35.25 £40.06 £36.28
Median hourly rate £51.44 £51.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.12% -6.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £64.75 £65.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.50 £97.50 £73.92
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.18
% change year-on-year - +4.54% -1.04%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C# relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

C# job vacancy trend in London

C#
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing C#.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing C#

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in London over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C# in London

C#
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing C#.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing C#

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in London over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in London

C#
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# within the London region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 -13 88 £575 -8.00% 84
South London +1 8 £500 -31.03% 10
West London -14 5 £603 +4.78% 6
East London 0 4 £415 +1.84% 8
C#
England

C#
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 23 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.62%) IIS
3 16 (2.47%) Apache
4 13 (2.00%) HCL Notes
5 12 (1.85%) Confluence
6 9 (1.39%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.46%) CMS
8 3 (0.46%) Mendix
8 3 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.31%) Appian
9 2 (0.31%) Camunda
9 2 (0.31%) Moodle
9 2 (0.31%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.15%) Drupal
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.15%) SAS
10 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.31%) Blender
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (4.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (2.47%) Aladdin
3 7 (1.08%) Endur
3 7 (1.08%) Fidessa
4 5 (0.77%) OpenText MBPM
4 5 (0.77%) Oracle BPM
5 4 (0.62%) thinkFolio
6 2 (0.31%) Orchestrade
6 2 (0.31%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.15%) Cerner Millennium
7 1 (0.15%) Findur
7 1 (0.15%) ION Anvil
7 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.15%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 294 (45.30%) Azure
2 134 (20.65%) Azure DevOps
3 85 (13.10%) Power Platform
4 84 (12.94%) AWS
5 71 (10.94%) GitHub
6 63 (9.71%) Serverless
7 50 (7.70%) PowerApps
8 49 (7.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 47 (7.24%) Power Automate
10 45 (6.93%) Azure Service Bus
10 45 (6.93%) Dynamics 365
11 44 (6.78%) GitHub Actions
12 43 (6.63%) Azure Functions
13 35 (5.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 32 (4.93%) Azure Monitor
15 28 (4.31%) Azure AKS
16 24 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
16 24 (3.70%) Entra ID
17 23 (3.54%) GCP
18 22 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.39%) Internet
2 7 (1.08%) HTTP
3 5 (0.77%) Network Security
4 3 (0.46%) Multicast
4 3 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.31%) DHCP
5 2 (0.31%) DNS
6 1 (0.15%) SSL
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (20.65%) SQL Server
2 48 (7.40%) Power BI
3 36 (5.55%) Oracle Database
4 27 (4.16%) NoSQL
5 24 (3.70%) MongoDB
6 19 (2.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 15 (2.31%) Big Data
8 13 (2.00%) Relational Database
8 13 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.54%) Redis
10 9 (1.39%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (0.92%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (0.77%) Mixpanel
14 5 (0.77%) OLAP
14 5 (0.77%) OLTP
15 4 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 73 (11.25%) Git
2 39 (6.01%) JIRA
2 39 (6.01%) SpecFlow
3 29 (4.47%) Jenkins
4 27 (4.16%) Selenium
5 17 (2.62%) Postman
6 14 (2.16%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.00%) GitLab
8 12 (1.85%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.39%) NUnit
9 9 (1.39%) Octopus Deploy
10 8 (1.23%) Appium
10 8 (1.23%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.08%) JMeter
11 7 (1.08%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.92%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.92%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (0.77%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.77%) Zephyr
General
1 280 (43.14%) Finance
2 174 (26.81%) Social Skills
3 146 (22.50%) Banking
4 70 (10.79%) Investment Banking
5 65 (10.02%) Front Office
6 44 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (5.24%) Public Sector
8 25 (3.85%) Financial Institution
9 16 (2.47%) Back Office
10 15 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.00%) Marketing
12 12 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.08%) Games
13 7 (1.08%) Retail
14 5 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.62%) Legal
16 3 (0.46%) Automotive
16 3 (0.46%) Corporate Banking
16 3 (0.46%) Publishing
16 3 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 386 (59.48%) Developer
2 132 (20.34%) C# Developer
3 118 (18.18%) Senior
4 87 (13.41%) .NET Developer
5 52 (8.01%) Senior Developer
6 46 (7.09%) Software Engineer
7 43 (6.63%) C# .NET Developer
8 35 (5.39%) Angular Developer
9 29 (4.47%) Azure Developer
10 27 (4.16%) Architect
11 25 (3.85%) Lead
12 24 (3.70%) Analyst
12 24 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
13 23 (3.54%) Python Developer
14 22 (3.39%) Power Platform Developer
14 22 (3.39%) Senior C# Developer
15 21 (3.24%) Tester
16 20 (3.08%) C# WPF Developer
16 20 (3.08%) WPF Developer
17 19 (2.93%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 350 (53.93%) .NET
2 99 (15.25%) .NET Framework
3 73 (11.25%) React
4 72 (11.09%) AngularJS
5 65 (10.02%) .NET Core
6 62 (9.55%) REST
7 61 (9.40%) Kafka
8 42 (6.47%) WPF
9 36 (5.55%) RESTful
10 35 (5.39%) Playwright
11 31 (4.78%) Entity Framework
12 29 (4.47%) XML
13 27 (4.16%) JSON
14 24 (3.70%) ASP.NET
14 24 (3.70%) HTML
15 22 (3.39%) NHibernate
15 22 (3.39%) SOAP
16 21 (3.24%) Node.js
17 20 (3.08%) NumPy
18 19 (2.93%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 39 (6.01%) Cloud Native
3 36 (5.55%) Derivative
4 33 (5.08%) Hedge funds
5 26 (4.01%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (3.08%) AI Agents
8 20 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.93%) Fixed Income
9 19 (2.93%) Low-Code
10 18 (2.77%) Product Ownership
11 15 (2.31%) Algorithms
11 15 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (2.00%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.69%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.08%) Credit Risk
15 7 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 66 (10.17%) Windows
2 47 (7.24%) Linux
3 31 (4.78%) Unix
4 13 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.69%) Android
6 6 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (34.98%) Agile
2 214 (32.97%) CI/CD
3 211 (32.51%) DevOps
4 131 (20.18%) Software Engineering
5 127 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (18.03%) Microservices
7 95 (14.64%) Test Automation
8 70 (10.79%) Scrum
9 67 (10.32%) Full-Stack Development
10 64 (9.86%) Clean Code
11 60 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
12 58 (8.94%) AI
13 52 (8.01%) Analytics
14 50 (7.70%) SDLC
15 45 (6.93%) Migration
16 43 (6.63%) Mathematics
17 42 (6.47%) Infrastructure as Code
18 40 (6.16%) OO
19 39 (6.01%) Computer Science
19 39 (6.01%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 279 (42.99%) SQL
2 184 (28.35%) Python
3 140 (21.57%) JavaScript
4 116 (17.87%) Java
5 86 (13.25%) C++
6 45 (6.93%) TypeScript
7 40 (6.16%) PL/SQL
8 38 (5.86%) T-SQL
9 34 (5.24%) PowerShell
10 23 (3.54%) VB
10 23 (3.54%) VB.NET
10 23 (3.54%) VBA
11 16 (2.47%) Bicep
11 16 (2.47%) Rust
12 10 (1.54%) PHP
13 8 (1.23%) Go
14 7 (1.08%) Formula Language
14 7 (1.08%) LotusScript
15 6 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.62%) Bash
Qualifications
1 59 (9.09%) Degree
2 54 (8.32%) Security Cleared
3 45 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 30 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.47%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.92%) ISTQB
7 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.77%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.46%) PhD
10 2 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.31%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) HP APS
11 1 (0.15%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (10.79%) QA
2 12 (1.85%) MiFID
3 11 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.69%) EMIR
4 10 (1.54%) GDPR
5 9 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.31%) HL7
7 2 (0.31%) PMO
7 2 (0.31%) SLA
8 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 73 (11.25%) Docker
2 15 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (10.17%) Kubernetes
2 49 (7.55%) Terraform
3 8 (1.23%) Ansible
4 5 (0.77%) Grafana
4 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.46%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 2 (0.31%) Argo
6 2 (0.31%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) BladeLogic
7 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) Istio
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 143 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 89 (13.71%) Oracle
3 31 (4.78%) Databricks
4 23 (3.54%) Citrix
4 23 (3.54%) OpenAI
5 13 (2.00%) Lotus
5 13 (2.00%) UiPath
6 8 (1.23%) SAP
7 7 (1.08%) Concur
8 6 (0.92%) Google
8 6 (0.92%) OpenLink
8 6 (0.92%) Sitecore
9 5 (0.77%) Murex
9 5 (0.77%) OutSystems
10 4 (0.62%) Bloomberg
10 4 (0.62%) Foundry
10 4 (0.62%) OpenText
10 4 (0.62%) Portware
10 4 (0.62%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.62%) Wind River