C# Developer Contract Job Trends

C# Developer
UK

The median C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 395 306
Rank change year-on-year -96 -89 -47
Contract C# Developer jobs 210 181 257
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.52% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.57% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 131 192
10th Percentile £404 £385 £363
25th Percentile £450 £402 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £738 £775 £824
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £518 £450
% change year-on-year -8.21% +15.00% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile - £48.83 -
25th Percentile - £53.07 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% -7.49% -7.14%
75th Percentile - £67.20 -
90th Percentile £72.80 £71.43 £67.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £74.26 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.47% +14.25% -7.14%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,548 31,494 33,942
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.64% 90.97% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,711 19,981 20,467
10th Percentile £325 £279 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,338 1,790 1,272
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.09 £15.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.69 £20.23
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -32.03% -17.78%
75th Percentile £68.38 £51.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -30.14% -19.10%

C# Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract C# Developer job postings 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 C# Developer jobs over the 6 months to 6 November 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 Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in C# Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 6 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -116 178 £525 +6.06% 57
London -91 131 £600 +26.32% 21
Work from Home -51 78 £500 - 30
UK excluding London -69 49 £475 -8.21% 44
North of England -51 17 £498 +4.74% 14
East of England -15 13 £450 -10.00% 3
Midlands -36 11 £475 -20.83% 6
Yorkshire -27 9 £725 +52.63% 5
North West -39 7 £480 +40.15% 4
West Midlands - 6 £475 - 2
East Midlands -14 5 £550 -8.33% 4
South East -65 5 £475 -2.56% 19
Scotland - 2 £368 - 1
South West -35 1 £625 - 1
North East - 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, C# Developer contract job ads cited 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 C# Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1C#100.0%210
2.NET74.3%156
3SQL38.1%80
4SQL Server34.8%73
5Azure33.3%70
6Agile30.0%63
7CI/CD28.1%59
7DevOps28.1%59
9.NET Framework21.4%45
10Oracle21.0%44
11Software Engineering20.0%42
12.NET Core19.0%40
13RESTful17.6%37
14Microsoft17.1%36
14REST17.1%36
16Problem-Solving15.2%32
17JavaScript14.3%30
17Windows14.3%30
19Test Automation13.8%29
19WPF13.8%29
21Degree13.3%28
21Microservices13.3%28
23Azure DevOps12.9%27
23WinForms12.9%27
25API Development12.4%26
25React12.4%26
27Full-Stack Development11.9%25
27QA11.9%25
27SDLC11.9%25
30ASP.NET11.4%24

C# Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1C# .NET Developer37.1%78
2Senior C# Developer22.4%47
3Front Office Developer9.5%20
3Full-Stack C# Developer9.5%20
5React Developer9.0%19
6Full-Stack .NET Developer8.1%17
7Senior C# .NET Developer7.1%15
8Azure Developer6.2%13
9C# Software Developer5.7%12
10Lead C# Developer5.2%11
11Lead .NET Developer4.3%9
12.NET Software Developer3.8%8
12AWS Developer3.8%8
12C# Developer - Commodities3.8%8
12SQL Developer3.8%8
16C# WPF Developer2.9%6
17Senior Full-Stack Developer2.4%5
17Senior React Developer2.4%5
19C# ASP.NET Developer1.9%4
19Java Developer1.9%4
58 C# Developer jobs Nationwide