C# Developer Contract Job Trends

C# Developer
UK

The median C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £527, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 488 392 312
Rank change year-on-year -96 -80 -57
Contract C# Developer jobs 207 176 260
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.51% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.56% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 127 194
10th Percentile £404 £382 £363
25th Percentile £450 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £513 £460
% change year-on-year -7.32% +11.41% -3.16%
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
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 49,938 31,221 33,983
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.64% 90.95% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,355 19,779 20,508
10th Percentile £328 £279 £300
25th Percentile £425 £401 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £619 £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 4,233 1,754 1,296
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.00 £15.08
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.50 £20.28
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £38.14
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -34.05% -15.26%
75th Percentile £68.00 £51.02 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.13 £37.50
% change year-on-year +59.19% -32.99% -15.73%

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 31 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 31 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 -90 175 £525 +5.00% 35
London -80 129 £600 +20.00% 10
Work from Home -35 76 £500 - 21
UK excluding London -70 48 £475 -7.32% 26
North of England -64 16 £510 +7.37% 12
East of England -10 13 £450 -10.00% 3
Midlands -43 11 £475 -20.83% 3
Yorkshire -39 9 £725 +52.63% 2
North West -34 6 £485 +41.61% 6
West Midlands - 6 £475 - 1
East Midlands -6 5 £550 -8.33% 2
South East -62 5 £475 -2.56% 7
Scotland - 2 £368 - 1
South West -29 1 £625 +59.24% 1
North East - 1 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 31 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%207
2.NET73.9%153
3SQL37.7%78
4SQL Server35.3%73
5Azure32.9%68
6Agile30.0%62
7CI/CD28.0%58
7DevOps28.0%58
9.NET Framework22.2%46
10Oracle20.8%43
11Software Engineering20.3%42
12.NET Core18.8%39
13REST17.9%37
13RESTful17.9%37
15Microsoft16.9%35
16Problem-Solving15.5%32
17Test Automation14.5%30
17Windows14.5%30
19JavaScript14.0%29
20Degree13.5%28
20WPF13.5%28
22Microservices13.0%27
23Azure DevOps12.6%26
23React12.6%26
23WinForms12.6%26
26API Development12.1%25
26Full-Stack Development12.1%25
26QA12.1%25
29ASP.NET11.6%24
29AWS11.6%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 Developer36.7%76
2Senior C# Developer22.7%47
3Front Office Developer9.7%20
3Full-Stack C# Developer9.7%20
3React Developer9.7%20
6Full-Stack .NET Developer8.2%17
7Senior C# .NET Developer7.7%16
8Azure Developer6.3%13
9C# Software Developer5.8%12
10Lead C# Developer5.3%11
11Lead .NET Developer4.3%9
12.NET Software Developer3.9%8
12C# Developer - Commodities3.9%8
12SQL Developer3.9%8
15AWS Developer3.4%7
16C# WPF Developer2.9%6
16Senior Full-Stack Developer2.9%6
16Senior React Developer2.9%6
19C# ASP.NET Developer1.9%4
19Java Developer1.9%4
36 C# Developer jobs Nationwide