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 3 November 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 386 319
Rank change year-on-year -93 -67 -62
Contract C# Developer jobs 208 175 253
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.51% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.56% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 126 187
10th Percentile £404 £383 £363
25th Percentile £450 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% -13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £513 £455
% change year-on-year -7.32% +12.64% -4.21%
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
3 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,397 31,191 33,735
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.65% 90.97% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,618 19,753 20,336
10th Percentile £326 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £413
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 4,293 1,761 1,275
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.00 £15.08
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.69 £20.19
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -32.93% -16.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £51.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £69.99 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £36.17
% change year-on-year +59.05% -30.46% -18.73%

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 3 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 3 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 -97 176 £525 +5.00% 48
London -75 130 £600 +20.00% 16
Work from Home -45 76 £500 - 27
UK excluding London -64 48 £475 -7.32% 41
North of England -56 16 £510 +7.37% 13
East of England -10 13 £450 -10.00% 4
Midlands -48 11 £475 -20.83% 4
Yorkshire -31 9 £725 +52.63% 3
North West -31 6 £485 +41.61% 6
West Midlands - 6 £475 - 1
East Midlands -12 5 £550 -8.33% 3
South East -66 5 £475 -2.56% 19
Scotland - 2 £368 - 1
South West -35 1 £625 +59.24% 1
North East - 1 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.NET74.0%154
3SQL37.5%78
4SQL Server35.1%73
5Azure33.2%69
6Agile30.3%63
7CI/CD28.4%59
7DevOps28.4%59
9.NET Framework22.1%46
10Oracle20.7%43
11Software Engineering20.2%42
12.NET Core18.8%39
13REST17.8%37
13RESTful17.8%37
15Microsoft17.3%36
16Problem-Solving15.4%32
17Test Automation14.4%30
17Windows14.4%30
19JavaScript13.9%29
20Degree13.5%28
20WPF13.5%28
22Azure DevOps13.0%27
22Microservices13.0%27
24React12.5%26
24WinForms12.5%26
26API Development12.0%25
26Full-Stack Development12.0%25
26QA12.0%25
29ASP.NET11.5%24
29AWS11.5%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 Developer37.0%77
2Senior C# Developer22.6%47
3Front Office Developer9.6%20
3Full-Stack C# Developer9.6%20
3React Developer9.6%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 Developer3.8%8
12C# Developer - Commodities3.8%8
12SQL Developer3.8%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
49 C# Developer jobs Nationwide