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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Contract jobs citing C# 5 0 16
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.14% - 8.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.32% - 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 15
10th Percentile £470 - £559
25th Percentile £481 - £629
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £640
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.30%
75th Percentile £525 - £650
90th Percentile £540 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £495 £513 £610
% change year-on-year -3.41% -15.98% +16.19%
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 £53.00 £29.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year +82.76% -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 28 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 11.95% 18.79% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 47
10th Percentile £190 £350 £415
25th Percentile £478 £358 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -23.64% +1.15%
75th Percentile £549 £638 £636
90th Percentile £620 £660 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +3.77%
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#
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 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
1 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CAN bus
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) VMS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) SysML
1 2 (40.00%) UML
2 1 (20.00%) API Development
2 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) OOP
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) SOLID
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C++
1 2 (40.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Rsyslog
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM