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 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 335 289
Rank change year-on-year -117 -46 -53
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 229 226 321
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.69% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.75% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 191 251
10th Percentile £404 £383 £363
25th Percentile £456 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £725 £763 £700
90th Percentile £788 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £424 £460
% change year-on-year +18.06% -7.93% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £50.44 - -
25th Percentile £55.90 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £66.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 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 49,538 29,942 36,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 91.24% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,723 18,896 23,187
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,497 1,549 1,984
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.59 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.60 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.95
% change year-on-year +68.19% -42.78% +17.20%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -123 198 £625 +9.89% 123
London -85 161 £645 -6.52% 79
Work from Home -60 84 £600 -21.31% 34
UK excluding London -79 39 £500 +18.06% 53
North of England -74 13 £613 +40.00% 17
Yorkshire -38 10 £725 +45.00% 1
East of England -21 8 £525 +6.06% 8
South East -71 8 £475 -13.64% 24
East Midlands -12 5 £550 +21.55% 1
Midlands -37 5 £550 +21.55% 3
North West -53 3 £388 +1.31% 5
Northern Ireland +6 2 - -
Scotland - 2 £368 - 1
South West -53 1 £450 +21.62%

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 229 (100.00%) C#
2 159 (69.43%) .NET
3 102 (44.54%) SQL
4 92 (40.17%) SQL Server
5 76 (33.19%) Azure
6 67 (29.26%) Agile
7 64 (27.95%) CI/CD
8 61 (26.64%) DevOps
9 55 (24.02%) .NET Framework
10 50 (21.83%) Oracle
11 38 (16.59%) JavaScript
11 38 (16.59%) Microservices
12 37 (16.16%) Microsoft
12 37 (16.16%) Software Engineering
13 35 (15.28%) RESTful
14 32 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (13.97%) QA
14 32 (13.97%) T-SQL
15 31 (13.54%) AngularJS
15 31 (13.54%) Security Cleared
15 31 (13.54%) Windows
16 30 (13.10%) PL/SQL
16 30 (13.10%) SC Cleared
17 29 (12.66%) .NET Core
17 29 (12.66%) Degree
18 28 (12.23%) Citrix
19 27 (11.79%) REST
19 27 (11.79%) Unit Testing
20 25 (10.92%) ASP.NET
20 25 (10.92%) Azure DevOps

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 21 (9.17%) IIS
2 6 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.75%) Confluence
4 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Orchestrade
2 3 (1.31%) Findur
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 76 (33.19%) Azure
2 25 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (9.61%) AWS
4 17 (7.42%) GitHub
5 10 (4.37%) Azure Service Bus
5 10 (4.37%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (2.18%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.18%) Serverless
8 4 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.31%) Azure AI
9 3 (1.31%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.87%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.87%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.87%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.44%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.24%) Internet
2 2 (0.87%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.87%) Intranet
2 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (40.17%) SQL Server
2 24 (10.48%) Oracle Database
3 16 (6.99%) Relational Database
4 12 (5.24%) Redis
5 9 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.75%) Power BI
10 3 (1.31%) ClickHouse
11 2 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.87%) Db2
11 2 (0.87%) MS Access
11 2 (0.87%) MySQL
11 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.87%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 22 (9.61%) Git
2 13 (5.68%) TeamCity
3 12 (5.24%) Visual Studio
4 10 (4.37%) Octopus Deploy
5 9 (3.93%) JIRA
6 8 (3.49%) SpecFlow
7 5 (2.18%) Jenkins
7 5 (2.18%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.75%) GitLab
9 3 (1.31%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.87%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.87%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.87%) Karma Test Runner
10 2 (0.87%) MSTest
10 2 (0.87%) NUnit
10 2 (0.87%) Postman
11 1 (0.44%) Crucible
11 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 88 (38.43%) Finance
2 62 (27.07%) Social Skills
3 59 (25.76%) Front Office
4 51 (22.27%) Banking
5 30 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (11.35%) Investment Banking
7 18 (7.86%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.80%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.87%) Back Office
9 2 (0.87%) Legal
9 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.87%) Military
9 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.87%) Retail
9 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.44%) Publishing
10 1 (0.44%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (69.43%) .NET
2 55 (24.02%) .NET Framework
3 35 (15.28%) RESTful
4 31 (13.54%) AngularJS
5 29 (12.66%) .NET Core
6 27 (11.79%) REST
7 25 (10.92%) ASP.NET
7 25 (10.92%) WPF
8 23 (10.04%) React
8 23 (10.04%) WinForms
9 17 (7.42%) Web Services
10 16 (6.99%) HTML
11 13 (5.68%) XML
12 12 (5.24%) Entity Framework
13 11 (4.80%) ASP.NET Core
13 11 (4.80%) Kafka
14 8 (3.49%) Blazor
15 7 (3.06%) ASP.NET MVC
15 7 (3.06%) ASP.NET Web API
15 7 (3.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.10%) Derivative
2 22 (9.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 13 (5.68%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.93%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.49%) Fixed Income
6 7 (3.06%) Equities
7 6 (2.62%) Hedge funds
7 6 (2.62%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.18%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.75%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.75%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.31%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.31%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.87%) FMCG
11 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.54%) Windows
2 12 (5.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.75%) Linux
4 2 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (29.26%) Agile
2 64 (27.95%) CI/CD
3 61 (26.64%) DevOps
4 38 (16.59%) Microservices
5 37 (16.16%) Software Engineering
6 32 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (11.79%) Unit Testing
8 25 (10.92%) Data Analysis
9 24 (10.48%) Disaster Recovery
9 24 (10.48%) Test Automation
10 23 (10.04%) Full-Stack Development
11 22 (9.61%) AI
12 20 (8.73%) Computer Science
13 17 (7.42%) Scrum
14 16 (6.99%) Mathematics
14 16 (6.99%) Multithreading
14 16 (6.99%) OO
15 15 (6.55%) API Development
15 15 (6.55%) Event-Driven
15 15 (6.55%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 229 (100.00%) C#
2 102 (44.54%) SQL
3 38 (16.59%) JavaScript
4 32 (13.97%) T-SQL
5 30 (13.10%) PL/SQL
6 20 (8.73%) TypeScript
7 17 (7.42%) Python
8 14 (6.11%) VBA
9 12 (5.24%) C++
9 12 (5.24%) VB
10 11 (4.80%) Java
11 6 (2.62%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.31%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.87%) VB6
13 2 (0.87%) VBScript
13 2 (0.87%) XAML
13 2 (0.87%) XPath
14 1 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 30 (13.10%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.66%) Degree
4 15 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.06%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.62%) PhD
7 5 (2.18%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.87%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.97%) QA
2 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.44%) GMP
2 1 (0.44%) GxP
System Software
1 18 (7.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (7.42%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.87%) Terraform
3 1 (0.44%) Ansible
3 1 (0.44%) Grafana
3 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (21.83%) Oracle
2 37 (16.16%) Microsoft
3 28 (12.23%) Citrix
4 5 (2.18%) IBM
5 4 (1.75%) Murex
6 2 (0.87%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (0.87%) Foundry
6 2 (0.87%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.44%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.44%) Trayport
7 1 (0.44%) Workday