C# Developer Contract Job Trends

C# Developer
UK

The median C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 342 277
Rank change year-on-year -97 -65 -31
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 238 228 337
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.69% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.76% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 192 273
10th Percentile £404 £385 £363
25th Percentile £450 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £725 £788 £725
90th Percentile £788 £850 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £396 £463
% change year-on-year +19.87% -14.32% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £50.44 - £60.63
25th Percentile £55.90 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.81
90th Percentile - - £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,377 30,074 36,691
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 91.44% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,758 19,109 23,758
10th Percentile £331 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,409 1,479 2,147
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.69 £14.13
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £19.22
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £42.91
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.39% +0.96%
75th Percentile £67.84 £54.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.35 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -41.51% +11.69%

C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'C# Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

C# Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

C# Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the UK

C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# Developer over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for C# Developer job vacancies in the UK

C# Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# Developer over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 August 2026. 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
England -119 205 £625 -3.85% 45
London -77 165 £645 -7.86% 17
Work from Home -52 85 £600 -22.58% 22
UK excluding London -83 44 £475 +19.87% 32
North of England -64 16 £500 +25.00% 9
Yorkshire -34 10 £725 +52.63% 2
South East -62 9 £475 -10.97% 16
East of England -12 7 - - 4
North West -50 6 £363 -5.23% 3
East Midlands -12 5 £550 +21.55%
Midlands -49 5 £550 +21.55% 2
Scotland - 4 £368 - 1
Northern Ireland 0 2 - -
South West -49 1 £450 +21.62%

C# Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 August 2026, C# Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring C# Developer in the job title.

1 238 (100.00%) C#
2 168 (70.59%) .NET
3 108 (45.38%) SQL
4 95 (39.92%) SQL Server
5 81 (34.03%) Azure
6 72 (30.25%) Agile
7 69 (28.99%) CI/CD
8 63 (26.47%) DevOps
9 62 (26.05%) .NET Framework
10 53 (22.27%) Oracle
11 39 (16.39%) Software Engineering
12 38 (15.97%) Microservices
12 38 (15.97%) Microsoft
13 37 (15.55%) JavaScript
14 35 (14.71%) RESTful
15 34 (14.29%) .NET Core
16 33 (13.87%) QA
16 33 (13.87%) T-SQL
17 32 (13.45%) AngularJS
17 32 (13.45%) PL/SQL
17 32 (13.45%) Windows
18 31 (13.03%) Security Cleared
19 30 (12.61%) ASP.NET
19 30 (12.61%) SC Cleared
20 29 (12.18%) Citrix
20 29 (12.18%) Degree
20 29 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
20 29 (12.18%) Unit Testing
21 28 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
21 28 (11.76%) Oracle Database

C# Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 22 (9.24%) IIS
2 6 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.68%) Confluence
4 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.68%) Orchestrade
2 3 (1.26%) Findur
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.42%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.03%) Azure
2 28 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (9.66%) AWS
4 17 (7.14%) GitHub
5 11 (4.62%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (3.78%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.52%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.52%) Serverless
8 5 (2.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.68%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.68%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.68%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.26%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.26%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.26%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Stack
12 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.42%) GCP
12 1 (0.42%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.46%) Internet
2 2 (0.84%) 3GPP
2 2 (0.84%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.84%) HTTP
2 2 (0.84%) Intranet
2 2 (0.84%) RTCP
2 2 (0.84%) RTP
2 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.84%) XCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (39.92%) SQL Server
2 28 (11.76%) Oracle Database
3 16 (6.72%) Relational Database
4 12 (5.04%) Redis
5 10 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.36%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (2.10%) Power BI
8 5 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.84%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.84%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.84%) Db2
9 2 (0.84%) MS Access
9 2 (0.84%) MySQL
9 2 (0.84%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.84%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.42%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 23 (9.66%) Git
2 15 (6.30%) TeamCity
3 13 (5.46%) JIRA
4 12 (5.04%) Visual Studio
5 10 (4.20%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (3.78%) SpecFlow
7 5 (2.10%) Jenkins
7 5 (2.10%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.68%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.68%) GitLab
9 3 (1.26%) Jasmine
9 3 (1.26%) Karma Test Runner
9 3 (1.26%) NUnit
9 3 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.84%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.84%) MSTest
10 2 (0.84%) Postman
11 1 (0.42%) Crucible
11 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 88 (36.97%) Finance
2 60 (25.21%) Social Skills
3 56 (23.53%) Front Office
4 53 (22.27%) Banking
5 29 (12.18%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (10.50%) Investment Banking
7 17 (7.14%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.78%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.26%) Back Office
9 3 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.26%) Retail
10 2 (0.84%) Legal
10 2 (0.84%) Military
10 2 (0.84%) Police
10 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.42%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (70.59%) .NET
2 62 (26.05%) .NET Framework
3 35 (14.71%) RESTful
4 34 (14.29%) .NET Core
5 32 (13.45%) AngularJS
6 30 (12.61%) ASP.NET
7 27 (11.34%) WPF
8 26 (10.92%) REST
9 25 (10.50%) React
10 24 (10.08%) WinForms
11 19 (7.98%) HTML
12 17 (7.14%) Web Services
13 16 (6.72%) Entity Framework
14 15 (6.30%) XML
15 13 (5.46%) ASP.NET Core
16 10 (4.20%) ASP.NET Web API
17 9 (3.78%) ASP.NET MVC
18 8 (3.36%) Blazor
18 8 (3.36%) Kafka
18 8 (3.36%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.18%) Derivative
2 21 (8.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 14 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.94%) Fixed Income
7 6 (2.52%) Equities
7 6 (2.52%) Hedge funds
7 6 (2.52%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.10%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.68%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.68%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.68%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.26%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.84%) FMCG
11 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.45%) Windows
2 12 (5.04%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.68%) Linux
4 2 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (30.25%) Agile
2 69 (28.99%) CI/CD
3 63 (26.47%) DevOps
4 39 (16.39%) Software Engineering
5 38 (15.97%) Microservices
6 29 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (12.18%) Unit Testing
7 27 (11.34%) Data Analysis
8 25 (10.50%) AI
8 25 (10.50%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (10.50%) Full-Stack Development
9 24 (10.08%) Test Automation
10 20 (8.40%) Computer Science
11 19 (7.98%) OOP
11 19 (7.98%) Scrum
12 16 (6.72%) Multithreading
13 15 (6.30%) Mathematics
13 15 (6.30%) OO
14 14 (5.88%) Event-Driven
14 14 (5.88%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 238 (100.00%) C#
2 108 (45.38%) SQL
3 37 (15.55%) JavaScript
4 33 (13.87%) T-SQL
5 32 (13.45%) PL/SQL
6 22 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 18 (7.56%) Python
8 15 (6.30%) VBA
9 13 (5.46%) VB
10 11 (4.62%) C++
11 7 (2.94%) Java
11 7 (2.94%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.26%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.84%) VB6
13 2 (0.84%) VBScript
13 2 (0.84%) XAML
13 2 (0.84%) XPath
14 1 (0.42%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (13.03%) Security Cleared
2 30 (12.61%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.18%) Degree
4 15 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.52%) PhD
7 5 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (13.87%) QA
2 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.42%) GMP
3 1 (0.42%) GxP
3 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (8.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.84%) Terraform
3 1 (0.42%) Ansible
3 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (22.27%) Oracle
2 38 (15.97%) Microsoft
3 29 (12.18%) Citrix
4 5 (2.10%) IBM
5 4 (1.68%) Murex
6 3 (1.26%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.84%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (0.84%) Foundry
8 1 (0.42%) Google
8 1 (0.42%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.42%) SAP
8 1 (0.42%) Trayport
8 1 (0.42%) Workday