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 16 August 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 331 275
Rank change year-on-year -113 -56 -37
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 229 229 326
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.69% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.76% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 194 255
10th Percentile £404 £383 £363
25th Percentile £456 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £725 £763 £700
90th Percentile £788 £846 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £424 £460
% change year-on-year +18.06% -7.93% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile £50.44 - £61.50
25th Percentile £55.90 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £66.88
90th Percentile - - £68.75
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 49,690 30,209 36,033
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 91.30% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,849 19,090 23,214
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% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £621 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,486 1,544 2,018
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.23
25th Percentile £20.62 £17.29 £20.12
Median hourly rate £41.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.84% -41.51% +2.38%
75th Percentile £67.96 £53.89 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +21.62%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -127 198 £625 -1.96% 55
London -87 161 £645 -7.86% 27
Work from Home -57 87 £600 -22.58% 22
UK excluding London -90 39 £500 +18.06% 37
North of England -71 13 £613 +40.00% 5
Yorkshire -38 10 £725 +45.00%
South East -72 9 £475 -13.64% 20
East of England -17 7 - - 7
East Midlands -14 5 £550 +21.55% 1
Midlands -43 5 £550 +21.55% 2
North West -42 3 £388 +1.31% 3
Northern Ireland +4 2 - - 1
Scotland - 2 £368 - 2
South West -59 1 £450 +21.62%

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

For the 6 months to 16 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#
2 158 (69.00%) .NET
3 101 (44.10%) SQL
4 91 (39.74%) SQL Server
5 77 (33.62%) Azure
6 65 (28.38%) Agile
7 64 (27.95%) CI/CD
8 61 (26.64%) DevOps
9 56 (24.45%) .NET Framework
10 51 (22.27%) Oracle
11 38 (16.59%) JavaScript
11 38 (16.59%) Microservices
12 37 (16.16%) Microsoft
13 36 (15.72%) Software Engineering
14 34 (14.85%) RESTful
15 32 (13.97%) QA
15 32 (13.97%) T-SQL
16 31 (13.54%) AngularJS
16 31 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
16 31 (13.54%) Security Cleared
16 31 (13.54%) Windows
17 30 (13.10%) PL/SQL
17 30 (13.10%) SC Cleared
18 29 (12.66%) .NET Core
18 29 (12.66%) Degree
19 28 (12.23%) Citrix
20 27 (11.79%) REST
20 27 (11.79%) Unit Testing
21 26 (11.35%) Azure DevOps
22 25 (10.92%) ASP.NET

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 77 (33.62%) Azure
2 26 (11.35%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (9.61%) AWS
4 17 (7.42%) GitHub
5 11 (4.80%) Azure Service Bus
6 10 (4.37%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 5 (2.18%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.18%) Serverless
9 4 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.31%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.31%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.87%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.87%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.87%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.44%) SAP Fieldglass
12 1 (0.44%) Snowflake
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 91 (39.74%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.92%) Oracle Database
3 15 (6.55%) 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 2 (0.87%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.87%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.87%) Db2
10 2 (0.87%) MS Access
10 2 (0.87%) MySQL
10 2 (0.87%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.87%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.44%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 22 (9.61%) Git
2 13 (5.68%) TeamCity
3 12 (5.24%) Visual Studio
4 10 (4.37%) JIRA
4 10 (4.37%) Octopus Deploy
5 9 (3.93%) SpecFlow
6 5 (2.18%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.18%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.75%) GitLab
8 3 (1.31%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.87%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.87%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.87%) Karma Test Runner
9 2 (0.87%) MSTest
9 2 (0.87%) NUnit
9 2 (0.87%) Postman
10 1 (0.44%) Crucible
10 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 88 (38.43%) Finance
2 61 (26.64%) Social Skills
3 57 (24.89%) Front Office
4 51 (22.27%) Banking
5 30 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (11.35%) Investment Banking
7 19 (8.30%) 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
1 158 (69.00%) .NET
2 56 (24.45%) .NET Framework
3 34 (14.85%) 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 24 (10.48%) React
9 23 (10.04%) WinForms
10 17 (7.42%) HTML
10 17 (7.42%) Web Services
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 21 (9.17%) 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%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.75%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.31%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.31%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.87%) FMCG
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 65 (28.38%) Agile
2 64 (27.95%) CI/CD
3 61 (26.64%) DevOps
4 38 (16.59%) Microservices
5 36 (15.72%) Software Engineering
6 31 (13.54%) 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%) AI
10 23 (10.04%) Full-Stack Development
11 20 (8.73%) Computer Science
12 16 (6.99%) Mathematics
12 16 (6.99%) OO
12 16 (6.99%) Scrum
13 15 (6.55%) Event-Driven
13 15 (6.55%) Multithreading
13 15 (6.55%) OOP
14 14 (6.11%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 229 (100.00%) C#
2 101 (44.10%) SQL
3 38 (16.59%) JavaScript
4 32 (13.97%) T-SQL
5 30 (13.10%) PL/SQL
6 21 (9.17%) TypeScript
7 16 (6.99%) 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 51 (22.27%) 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