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 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 327 279
Rank change year-on-year -112 -48 -36
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 232 231 330
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.70% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.76% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 195 259
10th Percentile £404 £382 £363
25th Percentile £450 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £725 £763 £708
90th Percentile £788 £850 £805
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £400 £455
% change year-on-year +18.75% -12.09% -4.21%
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 49,375 30,298 36,046
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 91.39% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,671 19,217 23,307
10th Percentile £328 £283 £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 £625 £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 3,467 1,516 2,023
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.72 £17.21 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.63 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.11 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.26% -44.20% +20.00%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -119 200 £625 -3.85% 62
London -94 161 £645 -7.86% 27
Work from Home -38 87 £588 -24.19% 26
UK excluding London -88 43 £475 +18.75% 39
North of England -56 15 £500 +25.00% 11
Yorkshire -37 10 £725 +52.63% 2
South East -70 9 £475 -13.64% 17
East of England -12 7 - - 7
East Midlands -5 5 £550 +21.55%
North West -41 5 £360 -5.82% 6
Midlands -45 5 £550 +21.55% 2
Scotland - 4 £368 - 2
Northern Ireland +5 2 - -
South West -52 1 £450 +21.62%

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 232 (100.00%) C#
2 163 (70.26%) .NET
3 106 (45.69%) SQL
4 93 (40.09%) SQL Server
5 79 (34.05%) Azure
6 69 (29.74%) Agile
7 66 (28.45%) CI/CD
8 63 (27.16%) DevOps
9 59 (25.43%) .NET Framework
10 52 (22.41%) Oracle
11 38 (16.38%) JavaScript
11 38 (16.38%) Microservices
11 38 (16.38%) Microsoft
12 35 (15.09%) Software Engineering
13 34 (14.66%) RESTful
14 33 (14.22%) QA
14 33 (14.22%) T-SQL
15 32 (13.79%) AngularJS
15 32 (13.79%) Windows
16 31 (13.36%) PL/SQL
16 31 (13.36%) Security Cleared
17 30 (12.93%) .NET Core
17 30 (12.93%) SC Cleared
18 29 (12.50%) Citrix
18 29 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
18 29 (12.50%) Unit Testing
19 28 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
19 28 (12.07%) Degree
20 27 (11.64%) Oracle Database
20 27 (11.64%) REST

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 22 (9.48%) IIS
2 6 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.72%) Confluence
4 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Orchestrade
2 3 (1.29%) Findur
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 79 (34.05%) Azure
2 28 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (9.48%) AWS
4 17 (7.33%) GitHub
5 12 (5.17%) Azure Service Bus
6 10 (4.31%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 6 (2.59%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.59%) Serverless
8 4 (1.72%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.29%) Azure AI
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.86%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.86%) Azure Stack
10 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.60%) Internet
2 2 (0.86%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.86%) Intranet
2 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (40.09%) SQL Server
2 27 (11.64%) Oracle Database
3 15 (6.47%) Relational Database
4 12 (5.17%) Redis
5 10 (4.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.45%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.16%) Power BI
8 5 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.86%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.86%) Db2
9 2 (0.86%) MS Access
9 2 (0.86%) MySQL
9 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.86%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 22 (9.48%) Git
2 13 (5.60%) TeamCity
3 12 (5.17%) Visual Studio
4 11 (4.74%) JIRA
5 10 (4.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 9 (3.88%) SpecFlow
7 5 (2.16%) Jenkins
7 5 (2.16%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.72%) GitLab
9 3 (1.29%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.29%) Jasmine
9 3 (1.29%) Karma Test Runner
9 3 (1.29%) NUnit
9 3 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.86%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.86%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.86%) MSTest
10 2 (0.86%) Postman
11 1 (0.43%) ClearCase
11 1 (0.43%) Rational Robot
General
1 88 (37.93%) Finance
2 60 (25.86%) Social Skills
3 56 (24.14%) Front Office
4 51 (21.98%) Banking
5 29 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (10.78%) Investment Banking
7 18 (7.76%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.31%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.29%) Back Office
9 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.86%) Legal
10 2 (0.86%) Military
10 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Retail
10 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.43%) Publishing
11 1 (0.43%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (70.26%) .NET
2 59 (25.43%) .NET Framework
3 34 (14.66%) RESTful
4 32 (13.79%) AngularJS
5 30 (12.93%) .NET Core
6 27 (11.64%) REST
6 27 (11.64%) WPF
7 25 (10.78%) ASP.NET
8 24 (10.34%) WinForms
9 23 (9.91%) React
10 18 (7.76%) HTML
11 17 (7.33%) Web Services
12 13 (5.60%) Entity Framework
12 13 (5.60%) XML
13 12 (5.17%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (3.88%) Kafka
15 8 (3.45%) Blazor
16 7 (3.02%) ASP.NET MVC
16 7 (3.02%) ASP.NET Web API
16 7 (3.02%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.93%) Derivative
2 21 (9.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 14 (6.03%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.02%) Fixed Income
7 6 (2.59%) Equities
7 6 (2.59%) Hedge funds
7 6 (2.59%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.16%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.72%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.72%) Market Risk
10 3 (1.29%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.29%) Legacy Code
11 2 (0.86%) FMCG
11 2 (0.86%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.79%) Windows
2 12 (5.17%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.72%) Linux
4 2 (0.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.74%) Agile
2 66 (28.45%) CI/CD
3 63 (27.16%) DevOps
4 38 (16.38%) Microservices
5 35 (15.09%) Software Engineering
6 29 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (12.50%) Unit Testing
7 26 (11.21%) Data Analysis
8 25 (10.78%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (10.78%) Test Automation
9 24 (10.34%) AI
9 24 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
10 19 (8.19%) Computer Science
10 19 (8.19%) Scrum
11 17 (7.33%) OOP
12 16 (6.90%) OO
13 15 (6.47%) Mathematics
13 15 (6.47%) Multithreading
14 14 (6.03%) API Development
14 14 (6.03%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 232 (100.00%) C#
2 106 (45.69%) SQL
3 38 (16.38%) JavaScript
4 33 (14.22%) T-SQL
5 31 (13.36%) PL/SQL
6 21 (9.05%) TypeScript
7 16 (6.90%) Python
8 15 (6.47%) VBA
9 13 (5.60%) VB
10 11 (4.74%) C++
11 8 (3.45%) Java
12 6 (2.59%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.29%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.86%) VB6
14 2 (0.86%) VBScript
14 2 (0.86%) XAML
14 2 (0.86%) XPath
15 1 (0.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 30 (12.93%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.07%) Degree
4 14 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.02%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.59%) PhD
7 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (14.22%) QA
2 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.43%) GMP
2 1 (0.43%) GxP
System Software
1 19 (8.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.86%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (22.41%) Oracle
2 38 (16.38%) Microsoft
3 29 (12.50%) Citrix
4 5 (2.16%) IBM
5 4 (1.72%) Murex
6 2 (0.86%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (0.86%) Foundry
6 2 (0.86%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.43%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.43%) SAP
7 1 (0.43%) Trayport
7 1 (0.43%) Workday