C# Developer Contract Job Trends

C# Developer
UK

The median C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 311 256
Rank change year-on-year -91 -55 -99
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 189 265 411
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.78% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.84% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 194 339
10th Percentile £377 £363 £400
25th Percentile £404 £387 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% -8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £688 £713 £738
90th Percentile £766 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £480 £475
% change year-on-year +6.25% +1.05% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £51.70 - £62.50
25th Percentile £60.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.32 - -
90th Percentile £71.48 - £73.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 33,803 31,437 40,517
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 92.75% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,362 19,311 27,163
10th Percentile £294 £300 £283
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,992 980 1,517
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £14.86
25th Percentile £18.19 £21.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.20 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% -26.67% +45.77%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +84.72%

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 25 December 2025.

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 25 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Top 13 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 25 December 2025. 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 -106 169 £488 -16.13% 111
London -53 139 £463 -28.85% 32
Work from Home -29 53 £488 -7.14% 77
UK excluding London -57 32 £510 +6.25% 103
South East -31 9 £475 -13.64% 28
Midlands -34 8 £600 +4.35% 10
East Midlands - 8 £600 - 3
North of England -60 7 £450 -5.26% 27
North West -35 5 £450 +1.41% 15
Northern Ireland -2 4 - - 1
East of England -24 3 £500 +3.09% 12
Yorkshire -41 2 £475 -12.44% 9
Scotland +3 1 £455 -4.21% 14

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

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, 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.

1 189 (100.00%) C#
2 138 (73.02%) .NET
3 91 (48.15%) SQL
4 73 (38.62%) SQL Server
5 60 (31.75%) .NET Framework
5 60 (31.75%) Azure
6 49 (25.93%) Agile
7 48 (25.40%) Microservices
8 46 (24.34%) DevOps
9 44 (23.28%) CI/CD
10 43 (22.75%) Oracle
11 41 (21.69%) PL/SQL
12 39 (20.63%) Windows
13 30 (15.87%) Oracle Database
13 30 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (15.34%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
16 26 (13.76%) T-SQL
17 25 (13.23%) WPF
18 24 (12.70%) Degree
18 24 (12.70%) GitHub
18 24 (12.70%) RESTful
18 24 (12.70%) Software Engineering
19 22 (11.64%) AWS
19 22 (11.64%) Microsoft
20 21 (11.11%) AngularJS
20 21 (11.11%) Docker
20 21 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
20 21 (11.11%) QA
20 21 (11.11%) Unit Testing

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 14 (7.41%) IIS
2 7 (3.70%) Confluence
3 5 (2.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 5 (2.65%) CMS
3 5 (2.65%) Headless CMS
3 5 (2.65%) Sitecore CMS
3 5 (2.65%) Umbraco
4 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.53%) HCL Notes
6 1 (0.53%) Mendix
Applications
1 21 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.59%) Aladdin
1 3 (1.59%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (0.53%) ION Anvil
Cloud Services
1 60 (31.75%) Azure
2 29 (15.34%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (12.70%) GitHub
4 22 (11.64%) AWS
5 14 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
5 14 (7.41%) Serverless
6 9 (4.76%) Azure Functions
6 9 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (4.23%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.70%) Azure AKS
8 7 (3.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 7 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (3.17%) GCP
10 5 (2.65%) Contentful
10 5 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.65%) Kontent
11 4 (2.12%) Azure API Management
11 4 (2.12%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.76%) Internet
2 2 (1.06%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (38.62%) SQL Server
2 30 (15.87%) Oracle Database
3 10 (5.29%) NoSQL
3 10 (5.29%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.70%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.70%) Redis
5 6 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (2.65%) Power BI
7 4 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (1.06%) Metadata
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.53%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.53%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.53%) Sisense
10 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (10.05%) Git
2 12 (6.35%) Visual Studio
3 11 (5.82%) SpecFlow
4 9 (4.76%) JIRA
5 7 (3.70%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (3.17%) Jenkins
6 6 (3.17%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.06%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.53%) Crucible
8 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.53%) NUnit
General
1 71 (37.57%) Finance
2 56 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 38 (20.11%) Banking
4 24 (12.70%) Front Office
5 22 (11.64%) Investment Banking
6 9 (4.76%) Financial Institution
7 8 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.59%) Back Office
8 3 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.59%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.06%) Military
9 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Advertising
10 1 (0.53%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.53%) Law
10 1 (0.53%) Legal
10 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.53%) Marketing
10 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (73.02%) .NET
2 60 (31.75%) .NET Framework
3 25 (13.23%) WPF
4 24 (12.70%) RESTful
5 21 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 20 (10.58%) Entity Framework
7 19 (10.05%) REST
8 17 (8.99%) .NET Core
9 12 (6.35%) ASP.NET
9 12 (6.35%) WinForms
10 11 (5.82%) Kafka
10 11 (5.82%) NHibernate
11 10 (5.29%) HTML
11 10 (5.29%) Playwright
12 9 (4.76%) CSS
12 9 (4.76%) React
13 7 (3.70%) ASP.NET MVC
13 7 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (3.70%) WCF
14 6 (3.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.88%) Derivative
2 12 (6.35%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (5.29%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.76%) Hedge funds
5 8 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.17%) Management Information System
7 6 (3.17%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.65%) Data Fabric
9 4 (2.12%) Fixed Income
9 4 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.12%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.59%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.06%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 2 (1.06%) Equities
11 2 (1.06%) Legacy Code
11 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (20.63%) Windows
2 9 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.93%) Agile
2 48 (25.40%) Microservices
3 46 (24.34%) DevOps
4 44 (23.28%) CI/CD
5 30 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
7 24 (12.70%) Software Engineering
8 21 (11.11%) Unit Testing
9 19 (10.05%) Clean Code
10 17 (8.99%) Data Analysis
11 16 (8.47%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (8.47%) Scrum
12 15 (7.94%) API Development
12 15 (7.94%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (7.41%) Computer Science
13 14 (7.41%) OOP
14 13 (6.88%) AI
15 12 (6.35%) Analytics
15 12 (6.35%) Containerisation
15 12 (6.35%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 189 (100.00%) C#
2 91 (48.15%) SQL
3 41 (21.69%) PL/SQL
4 26 (13.76%) T-SQL
5 19 (10.05%) VB
5 19 (10.05%) VBA
6 15 (7.94%) Python
7 14 (7.41%) JavaScript
8 10 (5.29%) VB.NET
9 7 (3.70%) TypeScript
10 5 (2.65%) PHP
11 4 (2.12%) Bicep
12 3 (1.59%) C++
12 3 (1.59%) Java
13 2 (1.06%) Ada
13 2 (1.06%) Assembly Language
13 2 (1.06%) C
13 2 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (1.06%) MATLAB
13 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (12.70%) Degree
2 11 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.65%) Master's Degree
3 5 (2.65%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.65%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.59%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (11.11%) QA
2 3 (1.59%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.53%) EMIR
4 1 (0.53%) GDPR
4 1 (0.53%) MiFID
System Software
1 21 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (10.58%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (22.75%) Oracle
2 22 (11.64%) Microsoft
3 19 (10.05%) Citrix
4 5 (2.65%) Adobe
4 5 (2.65%) Sitecore
5 3 (1.59%) Bloomberg
5 3 (1.59%) FactSet
6 2 (1.06%) Concur
6 2 (1.06%) Confluent
6 2 (1.06%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.06%) Trayport
7 1 (0.53%) Adyen
7 1 (0.53%) Apple
7 1 (0.53%) Databricks
7 1 (0.53%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.53%) Google
7 1 (0.53%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.53%) Kofax
7 1 (0.53%) Lotus
7 1 (0.53%) Workday