C# .NET Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

C# .NET Developer
North West > Manchester

The median C# .NET Developer daily rate in Manchester is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
31 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 78 88
Rank change year-on-year -44 +10 +20
Contract jobs requiring a C# .NET Developer 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.15% 0.10% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £352 - £419
25th Percentile £354 £363 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £375 £463
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -18.92% -
75th Percentile £404 £388 £503
90th Percentile £432 - £516
North West median daily rate £358 £375 £475
% change year-on-year -4.53% -21.05% -5.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,820 914 1,189
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 92.42% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,052 581 778
10th Percentile £319 £298 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £592
90th Percentile £687 £671 £688
North West median daily rate £499 £450 £489
% change year-on-year +10.94% -7.98% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 70 58
10th Percentile £22.68 £13.00 £14.23
25th Percentile £29.96 £13.48 £21.44
Median hourly rate £60.00 £20.26 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +196.22% -54.99% +136.84%
75th Percentile £76.00 £48.44 £64.38
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.88 £77.05
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £27.00 £32.90
% change year-on-year +85.19% -17.92% +12.27%

C# .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

C# .NET Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

C# .NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

C# .NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 31 July 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 Manchester region featuring C# .NET Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) OOP
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SOLID
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) React
3 1 (33.33%) Sitecore
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) OOP
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SOLID
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Sitecore
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