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 22 June 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 317 273
Rank change year-on-year -83 -44 -53
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 253 231 361
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.77% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.84% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 196 301
10th Percentile £330 £379 £375
25th Percentile £415 £385 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £653 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +4.40% -
75th Percentile £715 £800 £725
90th Percentile £788 £850 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £385 £475
% change year-on-year +23.38% -18.95% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile - - £60.63
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £46.80 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - £71.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.80 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -28.00% - -

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 46,870 27,596 40,750
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.16% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,487 17,727 26,108
10th Percentile £325 £288 £281
25th Percentile £414 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.30% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,127 1,198 2,996
10th Percentile £15.38 £13.85 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.46 £16.39
Median hourly rate £43.61 £27.36 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -27.03% -14.77%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -1.23%

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 22 June 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 22 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C# Developer 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 IT jobs citing C# Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 June 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 -100 225 £600 -11.11% 35
London -75 180 £645 -7.86% 19
Work from Home -62 78 £600 -22.58% 18
UK excluding London -88 49 £475 +23.38% 19
North of England -68 16 £450 +12.50% 10
South East -56 10 £475 - 8
North West -36 8 £350 -11.39% 3
Yorkshire -50 8 £725 +45.00% 3
Midlands -49 7 £350 -9.09%
East of England -20 6 - - 2
Northern Ireland -2 5 - -
East Midlands -14 5 £550 +42.86%
South West -42 3 £450 +21.62%
West Midlands - 2 £350 -
Scotland - 2 £373 -

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

For the 6 months to 22 June 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.

1 253 (100.00%) C#
2 179 (70.75%) .NET
3 108 (42.69%) SQL
4 93 (36.76%) SQL Server
5 87 (34.39%) Azure
6 66 (26.09%) .NET Framework
6 66 (26.09%) CI/CD
7 64 (25.30%) Agile
8 57 (22.53%) Oracle
9 55 (21.74%) DevOps
10 48 (18.97%) Microservices
11 37 (14.62%) QA
12 36 (14.23%) Microsoft
12 36 (14.23%) Software Engineering
13 35 (13.83%) PL/SQL
14 34 (13.44%) JavaScript
14 34 (13.44%) Windows
15 33 (13.04%) T-SQL
16 32 (12.65%) .NET Core
16 32 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
17 31 (12.25%) AngularJS
17 31 (12.25%) Data Analysis
17 31 (12.25%) Oracle Database
17 31 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
18 30 (11.86%) Python
18 30 (11.86%) Unit Testing
19 29 (11.46%) Citrix
20 28 (11.07%) Disaster Recovery
20 28 (11.07%) RESTful
20 28 (11.07%) Security Cleared

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 17 (6.72%) IIS
2 5 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.19%) Confluence
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.40%) CMS
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Orchestrade
2 3 (1.19%) Findur
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 87 (34.39%) Azure
2 32 (12.65%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (8.30%) GitHub
4 20 (7.91%) AWS
5 14 (5.53%) Serverless
6 12 (4.74%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (4.35%) Azure Functions
7 11 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (2.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (2.77%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.98%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.98%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.98%) Azure API Management
10 5 (1.98%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.98%) GitHub Copilot
11 4 (1.58%) Collibra
12 3 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.35%) Internet
2 2 (0.79%) 3GPP
2 2 (0.79%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.79%) HTTP
2 2 (0.79%) RTCP
2 2 (0.79%) RTP
2 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.79%) XCAP
3 1 (0.40%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (36.76%) SQL Server
2 31 (12.25%) Oracle Database
3 20 (7.91%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.74%) Redis
5 9 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (2.77%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.98%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.58%) Metadata
9 4 (1.58%) Power BI
9 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.19%) MySQL
11 2 (0.79%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.79%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.40%) ClickHouse
12 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.40%) MS Access
12 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 19 (7.51%) Git
2 14 (5.53%) JIRA
2 14 (5.53%) TeamCity
2 14 (5.53%) Visual Studio
3 11 (4.35%) Octopus Deploy
4 5 (1.98%) SpecFlow
5 3 (1.19%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.19%) GitLab
5 3 (1.19%) Jasmine
5 3 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.19%) Karma Test Runner
5 3 (1.19%) NUnit
6 2 (0.79%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.79%) MSTest
6 2 (0.79%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.79%) Selenium
6 2 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.40%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.40%) Rational Robot
General
1 90 (35.57%) Finance
2 58 (22.92%) Social Skills
3 55 (21.74%) Banking
4 51 (20.16%) Front Office
5 24 (9.49%) Investment Banking
6 20 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.56%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.19%) Back Office
9 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.19%) Retail
10 2 (0.79%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.79%) Legal
10 2 (0.79%) Military
10 2 (0.79%) Police
10 2 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.40%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (70.75%) .NET
2 66 (26.09%) .NET Framework
3 32 (12.65%) .NET Core
4 31 (12.25%) AngularJS
5 28 (11.07%) RESTful
6 27 (10.67%) React
7 25 (9.88%) REST
7 25 (9.88%) WPF
8 24 (9.49%) ASP.NET
9 19 (7.51%) HTML
10 18 (7.11%) Entity Framework
10 18 (7.11%) WinForms
11 14 (5.53%) XML
12 11 (4.35%) Web Services
13 10 (3.95%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (3.56%) CSS
14 9 (3.56%) OAuth
15 8 (3.16%) ASP.NET Web API
15 8 (3.16%) Blazor
16 7 (2.77%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.65%) Derivative
2 24 (9.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 15 (5.93%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.77%) Equities
7 7 (2.77%) Fixed Income
8 6 (2.37%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.98%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.58%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.58%) Legacy Code
11 3 (1.19%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.19%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.79%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.79%) Equity Derivative
12 2 (0.79%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.44%) Windows
2 16 (6.32%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.19%) Linux
4 2 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.09%) CI/CD
2 64 (25.30%) Agile
3 55 (21.74%) DevOps
4 48 (18.97%) Microservices
5 36 (14.23%) Software Engineering
6 31 (12.25%) Data Analysis
6 31 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (11.86%) Unit Testing
8 28 (11.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (9.88%) Full-Stack Development
10 22 (8.70%) AI
11 20 (7.91%) Test Automation
12 18 (7.11%) SOLID
13 17 (6.72%) Computer Science
13 17 (6.72%) Scrum
14 16 (6.32%) Containerisation
14 16 (6.32%) OOP
15 15 (5.93%) Multithreading
15 15 (5.93%) Refactoring
16 14 (5.53%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 253 (100.00%) C#
2 108 (42.69%) SQL
3 35 (13.83%) PL/SQL
4 34 (13.44%) JavaScript
5 33 (13.04%) T-SQL
6 30 (11.86%) Python
7 25 (9.88%) TypeScript
8 14 (5.53%) VBA
9 12 (4.74%) VB
10 9 (3.56%) C++
11 7 (2.77%) Java
12 6 (2.37%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.98%) Bicep
14 2 (0.79%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.79%) VB6
14 2 (0.79%) XAML
15 1 (0.40%) Bash
15 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.40%) VBScript
15 1 (0.40%) XPath
Qualifications
1 28 (11.07%) Security Cleared
2 27 (10.67%) Degree
2 27 (10.67%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.77%) Master's Degree
5 6 (2.37%) PhD
6 2 (0.79%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) CISSP
7 1 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.62%) QA
2 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (9.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.37%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (22.53%) Oracle
2 36 (14.23%) Microsoft
3 29 (11.46%) Citrix
4 3 (1.19%) Murex
5 2 (0.79%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (0.79%) Foundry
5 2 (0.79%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.79%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.40%) Google
6 1 (0.40%) IBM
6 1 (0.40%) OpenLink
6 1 (0.40%) SAP
6 1 (0.40%) Workday