C# Contracts in South Wales

C#
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring C# skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C# over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 27 38
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -23
Contract jobs citing C# 11 13 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 4.53% 3.83% 3.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.97% 14.44% 17.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 16
10th Percentile £291 £325 £238
25th Percentile £307 £353 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £394 £463
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% -14.86% -15.91%
75th Percentile £528 £463 £491
90th Percentile £609 £500 £556
Wales median daily rate £353 £394 £463
% change year-on-year -10.33% -14.86% -15.91%

All Programming Languages
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 58 90 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 23.87% 26.55% 21.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 67 77
10th Percentile £257 £344 £313
25th Percentile £312 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.35% -6.67% -0.94%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £638
90th Percentile £565 £568 £663
Wales median daily rate £425 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -12.82% -2.50% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile £27.40 £15.63 £17.38
25th Percentile £34.00 £19.04 £17.99
Median hourly rate £45.00 £20.24 £19.49
Median % change year-on-year +122.39% +3.82% -2.11%
75th Percentile - £21.29 £22.99
90th Percentile - £32.75 £24.80
Wales median hourly rate £37.13 £20.24 £19.49
% change year-on-year +83.47% +3.82% -2.11%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for C# in South Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for C# in South Wales

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Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in South Wales over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C# in South Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for C# in South Wales

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Cardiff +1 9 £322 -24.33% 152
Newport +4 2 £563 +60.71% 122
C#
Wales

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (18.18%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) PowerApps
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Selenium
2 3 (27.27%) SpecFlow
3 1 (9.09%) Appium
3 1 (9.09%) NUnit
3 1 (9.09%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Test Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Lead Test Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) .NET Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Applications Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) CRM Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Power Apps Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Python Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) CSS
2 4 (36.36%) HTML
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (18.18%) Blazor
3 2 (18.18%) GWT
3 2 (18.18%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) NHS
2 2 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
3 4 (36.36%) Test Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 3 (27.27%) Coaching
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 3 (27.27%) Open Source
4 3 (27.27%) Product Management
4 3 (27.27%) Product Requirements
4 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
5 2 (18.18%) Concurrent Programming
5 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
5 2 (18.18%) Data Security
5 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) API Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) ISEB
4 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Google