C# Developer Contract Job Trends

C# Developer
UK

The median C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 399 315
Rank change year-on-year -74 -84 -56
Contract C# Developer jobs 213 176 261
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.52% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.58% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 131 195
10th Percentile £404 £383 £363
25th Percentile £456 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £681 £688 £706
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £505 £455
% change year-on-year -5.94% +10.99% -7.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £74.26 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% +14.25% -7.14%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £72.80 - £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
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,285 30,568 34,355
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.74% 90.89% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,557 19,319 20,715
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £621 £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 4,194 1,701 1,345
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.80 £15.04
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -37.13% -10.11%
75th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% -9.09%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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 -94 181 £575 +15.00% 97
London -74 135 £600 +14.29% 46
Work from Home -45 78 £500 - 49
UK excluding London -84 47 £475 -5.94% 48
North of England -64 15 £498 +4.74% 17
East of England -5 13 £450 -10.00% 4
Midlands -34 11 £475 -8.21% 8
Yorkshire -34 9 £725 +45.00% 2
West Midlands - 6 £475 - 7
East Midlands -19 5 £550 +6.28% 1
North West -43 5 £480 +40.15% 10
South East -60 5 £475 -2.56% 14
Scotland - 2 £368 - 1
South West -36 1 £625 +59.24% 3
North East - 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 25 October 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%213
2.NET72.8%155
3SQL36.6%78
4SQL Server34.7%74
5Azure32.4%69
6Agile29.6%63
7DevOps28.2%60
8CI/CD27.7%59
9.NET Framework22.1%47
10Oracle20.2%43
11Software Engineering19.7%42
12.NET Core18.3%39
13RESTful17.4%37
14REST16.9%36
15Microsoft16.4%35
16Problem-Solving15.5%33
17Test Automation14.1%30
17Windows14.1%30
19Degree13.6%29
19JavaScript13.6%29
21Microservices13.1%28
21WPF13.1%28
23Azure DevOps12.7%27
23React12.7%27
25Full-Stack Development12.2%26
25WinForms12.2%26
27AWS11.7%25
28API Development11.3%24
28Event-Driven11.3%24
28QA11.3%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 Developer34.7%74
2Senior C# Developer23.5%50
3Front Office Developer10.3%22
4Full-Stack C# Developer9.9%21
4React Developer9.9%21
6Full-Stack .NET Developer8.5%18
7Senior C# .NET Developer8.0%17
8Azure Developer6.1%13
9C# Software Developer5.6%12
10C# Developer - Commodities4.7%10
10Lead C# Developer4.7%10
12.NET Software Developer3.8%8
12Lead .NET Developer3.8%8
14AWS Developer3.3%7
14Senior Full-Stack Developer3.3%7
14Senior React Developer3.3%7
14SQL Developer3.3%7
18C# WPF Developer2.8%6
18Python Developer2.8%6
20Java Developer1.9%4
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