C# .NET Developer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

C# .NET Developer
England > North of England

The median C# .NET Developer daily rate in the North of England is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 160 182
Rank change year-on-year -62 +22 +21
Contract jobs requiring a C# .NET Developer 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.054% 0.062% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.066% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £352 - £408
25th Percentile £354 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% -11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £404 - £494
90th Percentile £432 - £513
England median daily rate £550 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 5,136 3,025 4,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 93.22% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,230 1,956 2,922
10th Percentile £230 £230 £256
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £560 £563 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £669
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 145 401
10th Percentile £17.13 £13.00 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.68 £18.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.50 £20.46
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% +34.41% -31.80%
75th Percentile £66.25 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.78 £78.85 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.86 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.30% +7.69% -23.53%

C# .NET Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

C# .NET Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

C# .NET Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the North of England

C# .NET Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# .NET Developer job vacancies in the North of England

C# .NET Developer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 13 March 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
North West -31 3 £358 -10.50% 4
C# .NET Developer
England

C# .NET Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 13 March 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 North of England 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 the North of England 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