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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Contract jobs citing C# 5 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.16% - 5.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.32% - 31.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile £620 - £629
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.12%
75th Percentile £693 - -
90th Percentile £713 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £533 £425 £600
% change year-on-year +25.29% -29.17% +8.99%
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 £47.50 £29.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year +63.79% -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 19 33 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 12.03% 27.05% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 28
10th Percentile £193 £351 £443
25th Percentile £491 £358 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £420 £538
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -21.86% +2.87%
75th Percentile £658 £588 £650
90th Percentile £706 £638 -
Hampshire median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
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 £47.50 £62.50 £62.25
% change year-on-year -24.00% +0.40% +0.67%

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#
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) GUI Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior C# Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
2 2 (40.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) Vue
3 1 (20.00%) WebSockets
3 1 (20.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (40.00%) Secure Coding
3 2 (40.00%) SysML
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) User Research
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
4 1 (20.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Bash
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded C++
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes