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 9 November 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 393 318
Rank change year-on-year -96 -75 -65
Contract C# Developer jobs 208 183 258
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.53% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.58% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 133 193
10th Percentile £404 £385 £363
25th Percentile £450 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £520 £450
% change year-on-year -8.65% +15.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 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 - £67.20 -
90th Percentile £72.80 £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
9 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,467 31,656 33,909
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.65% 90.95% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,570 20,075 20,465
10th Percentile £325 £278 £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 £625 £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 4,358 1,814 1,261
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.02 £15.10
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.69 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.32 £25.15 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.32% -30.14% -19.10%
75th Percentile £68.00 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £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 9 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 9 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 -106 176 £523 +4.50% 112
London -92 129 £600 +23.08% 55
Work from Home -38 78 £500 - 53
UK excluding London -76 49 £475 -8.65% 54
North of England -58 17 £498 +17.06% 20
East of England -10 13 £450 -10.00% 5
Midlands -37 11 £475 -20.83% 6
Yorkshire -25 9 £725 +45.00% 6
North West -48 7 £480 +40.15% 9
West Midlands - 6 £475 - 2
East Midlands -10 5 £550 -8.33% 4
South East -65 5 £475 -2.56% 17
Scotland - 2 £368 - 3
South West -36 1 £625 - 2
North East - 1 - - 5

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

For the 6 months to 9 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%208
2.NET74.5%155
3SQL37.5%78
4SQL Server35.1%73
5Azure33.2%69
6Agile29.3%61
7CI/CD28.4%59
7DevOps28.4%59
9.NET Framework21.6%45
10Oracle21.2%44
11Software Engineering20.2%42
12.NET Core19.2%40
13RESTful17.8%37
14Microsoft17.3%36
14REST17.3%36
16Problem-Solving14.9%31
17JavaScript14.4%30
17Windows14.4%30
19Test Automation13.9%29
19WPF13.9%29
21Microservices13.5%28
22Azure DevOps13.0%27
22Degree13.0%27
22WinForms13.0%27
25API Development12.5%26
25React12.5%26
25SDLC12.5%26
28Full-Stack Development12.0%25
28QA12.0%25
30ASP.NET11.5%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 Developer37.5%78
2Senior C# Developer22.6%47
3Full-Stack C# Developer9.6%20
4Front Office Developer9.1%19
4React Developer9.1%19
6Full-Stack .NET Developer8.2%17
7Senior C# .NET Developer7.2%15
8Azure Developer6.3%13
9C# Software Developer5.8%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 - Commodities3.4%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
119 C# Developer jobs Nationwide