C# Developer Contract Job Trends

C# Developer
UK

The median C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 400 306
Rank change year-on-year -95 -94 -52
Contract C# Developer jobs 209 183 254
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.52% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.57% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 134 190
10th Percentile £404 £385 £363
25th Percentile £450 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £672 £688 £700
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £520 £450
% change year-on-year -8.65% +15.56% -5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £48.83 -
25th Percentile - £53.07 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £60.13 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% -7.49% -7.14%
75th Percentile £68.25 £67.20 -
90th Percentile £74.10 £71.43 £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
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 51,248 32,002 33,665
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.76% 90.95% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 30,104 20,319 20,303
10th Percentile £330 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £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 4,383 1,833 1,258
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.06 £15.10
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -28.14% -21.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £51.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.92 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -28.14% -21.35%

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 12 November 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 12 November 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 -104 176 £525 +5.00% 104
London -91 129 £600 +23.08% 44
Work from Home -48 78 £500 - 46
UK excluding London -88 49 £475 -8.65% 61
North of England -51 17 £498 +17.06% 23
East of England -12 13 £525 +5.00% 4
Midlands -42 11 £475 -20.83% 5
Yorkshire -23 9 £725 +45.00% 8
North West -34 7 £480 +40.15% 11
West Midlands - 6 £475 - 2
East Midlands -14 5 £550 -8.33% 3
South East -62 5 £475 -2.56% 18
Scotland - 2 £368 - 5
South West -28 1 £625 - 4
North East - 1 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 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%209
2.NET75.6%158
3SQL36.8%77
4SQL Server35.4%74
5Azure33.5%70
6Agile29.2%61
7DevOps28.7%60
8CI/CD27.8%58
9.NET Framework21.5%45
10Oracle21.1%44
11Software Engineering20.1%42
12.NET Core19.6%41
13RESTful18.2%38
14REST17.2%36
15Microsoft16.7%35
16Problem-Solving15.3%32
17Test Automation14.4%30
18JavaScript13.9%29
18Windows13.9%29
18WPF13.9%29
21API Development13.4%28
21Microservices13.4%28
23Azure DevOps12.9%27
23SDLC12.9%27
23WinForms12.9%27
26Degree12.4%26
26Full-Stack Development12.4%26
26React12.4%26
29AWS12.0%25
29QA12.0%25

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 Developer37.8%79
2Senior C# Developer22.5%47
3Full-Stack C# Developer9.6%20
3React Developer9.6%20
5Front Office Developer9.1%19
6Full-Stack .NET Developer8.1%17
7Senior C# .NET Developer7.2%15
8Azure Developer6.2%13
9C# Software Developer5.7%12
10Lead C# Developer5.3%11
11Lead .NET Developer4.3%9
12.NET Software Developer3.8%8
12AWS Developer3.8%8
12SQL Developer3.8%8
15C# Developer - Commodities3.3%7
16C# WPF Developer2.9%6
17Senior Full-Stack Developer2.4%5
17Senior React Developer2.4%5
19C# ASP.NET Developer1.9%4
19Java Developer1.9%4
112 C# Developer jobs Nationwide