C# Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

C# Software Engineer
England > Midlands

The median C# Software Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 137 -
Rank change year-on-year -45 - -
Contract jobs requiring a C# Software Engineer 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.086% 0.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £294 - -
25th Percentile £341 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% - -
75th Percentile £541 - -
90th Percentile £591 - -
England median daily rate £600 £688 £650
% change year-on-year -12.73% +5.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.50 - -
Median hourly rate £58.00 - -
75th Percentile £59.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +28.92%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 4,289 2,226 2,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 89.90% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,508 1,443 1,672
10th Percentile £313 £211 £250
25th Percentile £409 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £685
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 177 139
10th Percentile £13.51 £12.62 £12.68
25th Percentile £17.42 £14.25 £14.27
Median hourly rate £25.47 £24.34 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% +21.70% -4.76%
75th Percentile £47.50 £31.00 £39.38
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £53.40
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.08% -42.22% +4.65%

C# Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'C# Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

C# Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

C# Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

C# Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# Software Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C# Software Engineer in the Midlands

C# Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# Software Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

C# Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Software Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
West Midlands -57 4 £438 -
C# Software Engineer
England

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 August 2026, C# Software Engineer 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 Midlands region featuring C# Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Core
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (50.00%) 3GPP
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) OOP
3 2 (50.00%) XML
3 2 (50.00%) XML Schema
4 1 (25.00%) ADO
4 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Docker
4 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) GitHub
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Lean Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) Observability

C# Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) PaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) XML Schema
3 1 (25.00%) ADO
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (25.00%) Playwright
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) OOP
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Lean Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) Microservices
4 1 (25.00%) Observability
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform