C# Contracts in the South East

C#
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for C# skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C# over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 53 55
Rank change year-on-year -11 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing C# 151 224 334
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.74% 3.94% 4.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.47% 14.14% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 164 236
10th Percentile £376 £380 £375
25th Percentile £409 £425 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +16.47%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £540
90th Percentile £625 £688 £600
England median daily rate £575 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 13
10th Percentile - £23.80 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 -
Median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +57.14% -23.08%
75th Percentile £68.75 £57.50 £55.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £74.00 £61.47
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year - +17.12% +23.33%

All Programming Languages
South East

C# is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,211 1,584 2,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.99% 27.84% 26.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1,123 1,316
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £617 £588
90th Percentile £686 £694 £650
England median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.54% +2.60% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 89 86
10th Percentile £35.00 £18.85 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.08 £20.00
Median hourly rate £60.14 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% +57.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £66.01 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £76.50 £75.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year - +24.13% +17.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for C# in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for C# in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for C# in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +6 73 £550 +3.77% 72
Berkshire +10 57 £569 +19.74% 29
Hampshire -41 29 £413 -15.38% 48
Surrey +20 20 £600 +18.23% 47
Buckinghamshire +7 15 £450 -25.00% 17
East Sussex +8 10 £380 -41.54% 13
West Sussex +8 10 £550 -23.61% 9
Kent -3 5 £325 -35.00% 21
Home Counties - 2 £475 -
Oxfordshire +2 1 £550 +100.00% 26
Sussex -4 1 £450 -33.33% 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.65%) Confluence
3 3 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.32%) Apache
4 2 (1.32%) Jadu
5 1 (0.66%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.66%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (2.65%) LabWindows
2 2 (1.32%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 75 (49.67%) Azure
2 31 (20.53%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (15.89%) Azure Monitor
4 19 (12.58%) Entra ID
5 17 (11.26%) AWS
6 16 (10.60%) Azure Storage
6 16 (10.60%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (9.27%) Azure Logic Apps
8 12 (7.95%) PaaS
9 9 (5.96%) Power Platform
10 8 (5.30%) Azure API Management
10 8 (5.30%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (5.30%) Serverless
11 7 (4.64%) Azure Functions
11 7 (4.64%) Power Automate
12 6 (3.97%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (3.31%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (3.31%) PowerApps
13 5 (3.31%) SaaS
14 4 (2.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.60%) DHCP
1 16 (10.60%) DNS
1 16 (10.60%) Firewall
2 4 (2.65%) RS-232
2 4 (2.65%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.99%) Network Security
3 3 (1.99%) VPN
4 2 (1.32%) Modbus
5 1 (0.66%) NFC
5 1 (0.66%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (21.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.97%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (3.97%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.65%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.65%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.65%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.65%) MySQL
3 4 (2.65%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.32%) CouchDB
5 2 (1.32%) Power BI
6 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.66%) Redis
6 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (19.21%) Git
2 27 (17.88%) Visual Studio
3 20 (13.25%) Jenkins
4 10 (6.62%) JIRA
5 4 (2.65%) Bitbucket
5 4 (2.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (2.65%) Subversion
6 3 (1.99%) JMeter
6 3 (1.99%) Postman
6 3 (1.99%) Selenium
6 3 (1.99%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.32%) Appium
7 2 (1.32%) GitLab
7 2 (1.32%) NUnit
7 2 (1.32%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.66%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.66%) GoogleTest
8 1 (0.66%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.66%) TestRail
General
1 35 (23.18%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.26%) Public Sector
3 13 (8.61%) Finance
4 12 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.99%) Electronics
6 1 (0.66%) Back Office
6 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.66%) Marketing
6 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 83 (54.97%) Developer
2 21 (13.91%) .NET Developer
3 17 (11.26%) Software Developer
4 16 (10.60%) Active Directory Support
5 15 (9.93%) C# Developer
5 15 (9.93%) Software Engineer
6 14 (9.27%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (9.27%) Azure Specialist
6 14 (9.27%) Senior
6 14 (9.27%) Support Specialist
7 11 (7.28%) Full Stack Developer
8 10 (6.62%) Lead
9 8 (5.30%) Architect
10 7 (4.64%) Senior Developer
11 6 (3.97%) C++ Developer
11 6 (3.97%) Integration Developer
12 5 (3.31%) Azure Developer
12 5 (3.31%) C# Software Engineer
12 5 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
12 5 (3.31%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (51.66%) .NET
2 26 (17.22%) ASP.NET
3 23 (15.23%) AngularJS
4 20 (13.25%) ARM Templates
5 17 (11.26%) XML
6 14 (9.27%) .NET Core
6 14 (9.27%) HTML
6 14 (9.27%) JSON
7 13 (8.61%) CSS
8 12 (7.95%) .NET Framework
9 11 (7.28%) RESTful
10 9 (5.96%) ASP.NET MVC
10 9 (5.96%) REST
11 8 (5.30%) SOAP
12 7 (4.64%) Blazor
12 7 (4.64%) Entity Framework
13 6 (3.97%) React
13 6 (3.97%) Web Services
14 4 (2.65%) ADO
14 4 (2.65%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.92%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (10.60%) PKI
3 9 (5.96%) CCTV
3 9 (5.96%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.31%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.99%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.32%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.32%) Animation
6 2 (1.32%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.32%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.32%) IoT
6 2 (1.32%) Mixed Reality
7 1 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.66%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 41 (27.15%) Windows
2 39 (25.83%) Linux
3 19 (12.58%) Windows Server
4 16 (10.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (10.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (3.31%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (2.65%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.99%) Android
8 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (40.40%) Agile
2 54 (35.76%) DevOps
3 39 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (22.52%) CI/CD
5 32 (21.19%) Software Engineering
6 23 (15.23%) Scrum
7 20 (13.25%) Full Stack Development
7 20 (13.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (13.25%) OO
8 19 (12.58%) Microservices
8 19 (12.58%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 18 (11.92%) Data Protection
10 17 (11.26%) SOLID
10 17 (11.26%) TDD
11 16 (10.60%) Analytics
11 16 (10.60%) Identity Management
11 16 (10.60%) Log Analytics
11 16 (10.60%) Privileged Identity Management
11 16 (10.60%) RBAC
11 16 (10.60%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (24.50%) PowerShell
2 36 (23.84%) SQL
3 26 (17.22%) JavaScript
4 25 (16.56%) C++
5 17 (11.26%) Bicep
6 16 (10.60%) Python
6 16 (10.60%) VB
6 16 (10.60%) VBScript
7 11 (7.28%) Java
8 9 (5.96%) T-SQL
9 7 (4.64%) Bash
10 6 (3.97%) C
10 6 (3.97%) PHP
11 4 (2.65%) F#
11 4 (2.65%) Perl
11 4 (2.65%) PL/SQL
11 4 (2.65%) X++
12 3 (1.99%) Ruby
13 2 (1.32%) GLSL
13 2 (1.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 47 (31.13%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.49%) SC Cleared
3 29 (19.21%) Degree
4 18 (11.92%) DV Cleared
5 16 (10.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.31%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.99%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.96%) QA
2 8 (5.30%) ISO 9001
2 8 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (13.25%) Virtual Machines
2 19 (12.58%) Active Directory
3 16 (10.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.97%) Docker
5 5 (3.31%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.99%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 24 (15.89%) Kubernetes
2 16 (10.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (10.60%) SCCM
2 16 (10.60%) SCOM
2 16 (10.60%) WSUS
3 14 (9.27%) Ansible
4 3 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.32%) Terraform
6 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.66%) Puppet
Vendors
1 42 (27.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.30%) Oracle
3 5 (3.31%) VMware
4 4 (2.65%) Informatica
5 2 (1.32%) Atmel
5 2 (1.32%) Google
5 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.66%) Compaq
6 1 (0.66%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.66%) SAP