C# Contract Job Trends in Southampton

C#
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring C# skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Contract jobs citing C# 9 0 16
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 5.96% - 8.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.86% - 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 15
10th Percentile £445 - £559
25th Percentile £463 - £629
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £640
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.04%
75th Percentile £506 - £650
90th Percentile £527 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £495 £513 £600
% change year-on-year -3.41% -14.58% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.75 - -
Median hourly rate £58.50 - -
75th Percentile £60.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £58.50 £29.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year +101.72% -26.58% -12.22%

All Programming Languages
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 21 28 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 13.91% 18.54% 28.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 50
10th Percentile £280 £350 £399
25th Percentile £463 £360 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £636
90th Percentile £590 £660 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.75 - -
Median hourly rate £58.50 - -
75th Percentile £60.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% +21.74% -11.54%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C# relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

C# job vacancy trend in Southampton

C#
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing C#.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing C#

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in Southampton over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C# in Southampton

C#
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing C#.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing C#

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
1 1 (11.11%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
1 3 (33.33%) MSI
2 2 (22.22%) Git
2 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) SCCM Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration and Release Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Release and Configuration Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Release Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) React
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) Spring
2 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) CAN bus
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (11.11%) Linux
4 1 (11.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Security Patching
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) OOP
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) SOLID
2 2 (22.22%) SysML
2 2 (22.22%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
3 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (11.11%) ITSM
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded C++
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VB
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Ansible
2 1 (11.11%) Rsyslog
2 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft