C# Developer Contracts

C# Developer
UK

The median C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 183 220
Rank change year-on-year -68 +37 -17
Contract jobs requiring a C# Developer 414 834 1,167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 1.39% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.47% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 706 970
10th Percentile £380 £400 £381
25th Percentile £475 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £763
90th Percentile £825 £813 £801
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 7
10th Percentile £58.00 £42.25 £45.55
25th Percentile £60.63 £51.69 £51.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +41.10%
75th Percentile £71.88 £64.69 £61.70
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.00 £62.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +58.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured C# Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# Developer.

Daily rate trend for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# Developer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# Developer.

Hourly rate trend for C# Developer in the UK

C# Developer
Top 15 Contract 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 26 April 2024. 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 -61 383 £650 +1.05% 225
London -20 326 £650 -3.70% 79
Work from Home -41 188 £650 +8.33% 179
UK excluding London -31 51 £475 - 165
South East 0 15 £450 -25.00% 41
North of England -2 14 £488 +8.33% 47
Midlands +21 10 £475 +35.71% 34
North West -3 8 £500 +11.11% 26
West Midlands +30 7 £438 +14.75% 17
South West +11 7 £338 -27.03% 15
North East +20 4 - - 10
East of England +6 4 £433 -8.95% 11
East Midlands +18 3 £550 +57.14% 17
Yorkshire +15 2 £400 -15.79% 13
Wales +14 1 - - 12

C# Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, C# Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring C# Developer in the job title.

1 414 (100.00%) C#
2 261 (63.04%) .NET
3 178 (43.00%) SQL
4 155 (37.44%) Azure
5 152 (36.71%) Finance
6 131 (31.64%) SQL Server
7 111 (26.81%) Agile
8 99 (23.91%) Front Office
9 93 (22.46%) DevOps
10 92 (22.22%) Social Skills
11 78 (18.84%) .NET Framework
12 77 (18.60%) .NET Core
13 75 (18.12%) AngularJS
13 75 (18.12%) Full Stack Development
14 71 (17.15%) Banking
15 67 (16.18%) JavaScript
16 63 (15.22%) Software Engineering
17 61 (14.73%) React
18 59 (14.25%) Microsoft
19 57 (13.77%) Azure DevOps
20 55 (13.29%) WPF
21 53 (12.80%) Git
21 53 (12.80%) Oracle
21 53 (12.80%) CI/CD
22 50 (12.08%) ASP.NET
22 50 (12.08%) TDD
23 49 (11.84%) Microservices
24 42 (10.14%) Electronic Trading
25 41 (9.90%) Scrum
25 41 (9.90%) Microsoft Excel

C# Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.17%) IIS
2 6 (1.45%) CMS
3 4 (0.97%) Apache
4 3 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.48%) Jadu
6 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.24%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 41 (9.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 155 (37.44%) Azure
2 57 (13.77%) Azure DevOps
3 38 (9.18%) AWS
4 26 (6.28%) Azure Service Bus
5 16 (3.86%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (3.86%) PaaS
6 14 (3.38%) Serverless
7 13 (3.14%) Azure Functions
8 12 (2.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.42%) GCP
10 9 (2.17%) Azure AKS
11 8 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.93%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.69%) GitHub
12 7 (1.69%) npm
13 6 (1.45%) Azure API Management
13 6 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.93%) Internet
2 5 (1.21%) Kerberos
3 2 (0.48%) FTP
4 1 (0.24%) CTI
4 1 (0.24%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.24%) FIX Connectivity
4 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (31.64%) SQL Server
2 29 (7.00%) Oracle Database
3 26 (6.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 25 (6.04%) NoSQL
5 22 (5.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (4.83%) Relational Database
7 15 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (2.66%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.45%) MySQL
11 5 (1.21%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.72%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.72%) Power BI
13 3 (0.72%) Redis
14 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
15 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
15 1 (0.24%) Flink
15 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 53 (12.80%) Git
2 31 (7.49%) TeamCity
3 19 (4.59%) NUnit
4 18 (4.35%) Visual Studio
5 17 (4.11%) Moq
6 16 (3.86%) Octopus Deploy
7 15 (3.62%) JIRA
7 15 (3.62%) SpecFlow
8 12 (2.90%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.66%) Selenium
10 9 (2.17%) Jenkins
11 7 (1.69%) webpack
12 6 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.97%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.72%) GitLab
14 3 (0.72%) Jasmine
15 2 (0.48%) Mercurial
15 2 (0.48%) MSTest
15 2 (0.48%) Postman
15 2 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 152 (36.71%) Finance
2 99 (23.91%) Front Office
3 92 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 71 (17.15%) Banking
5 39 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (8.45%) Investment Banking
7 23 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.14%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.42%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.93%) Law
11 8 (1.93%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.69%) Electronics
12 7 (1.69%) Marketing
13 4 (0.97%) Back Office
13 4 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.72%) Local Government
15 2 (0.48%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.48%) Retail
15 2 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 261 (63.04%) .NET
2 78 (18.84%) .NET Framework
3 77 (18.60%) .NET Core
4 75 (18.12%) AngularJS
5 61 (14.73%) React
6 55 (13.29%) WPF
7 50 (12.08%) ASP.NET
8 24 (5.80%) WCF
9 23 (5.56%) REST
10 20 (4.83%) ASP.NET Web API
10 20 (4.83%) Entity Framework
10 20 (4.83%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (4.59%) HTML
11 19 (4.59%) RESTful
12 17 (4.11%) CSS
12 17 (4.11%) Middleware
13 16 (3.86%) Web Services
13 16 (3.86%) XML
14 15 (3.62%) ASP.NET Core
15 14 (3.38%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.94%) Greenfield Project
2 33 (7.97%) Fixed Income
3 28 (6.76%) Derivative
4 21 (5.07%) Equities
5 17 (4.11%) Equity Derivative
6 15 (3.62%) Product Ownership
7 14 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (3.14%) Algorithms
9 11 (2.66%) Hedge funds
10 9 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.93%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.45%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.97%) Cloud Native
14 4 (0.97%) Interest Rate Derivative
14 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
15 2 (0.48%) Onboarding
15 2 (0.48%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.59%) Windows
2 14 (3.38%) Linux
3 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (26.81%) Agile
2 93 (22.46%) DevOps
3 75 (18.12%) Full Stack Development
4 63 (15.22%) Software Engineering
5 53 (12.80%) CI/CD
6 50 (12.08%) TDD
7 49 (11.84%) Microservices
8 42 (10.14%) Electronic Trading
9 41 (9.90%) Scrum
10 40 (9.66%) Test Automation
11 39 (9.42%) Continuous Integration
12 36 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (7.97%) MVC
13 33 (7.97%) OO
13 33 (7.97%) Unit Testing
14 27 (6.52%) Design Patterns
15 26 (6.28%) Multithreading
16 24 (5.80%) Data Analysis
16 24 (5.80%) Disaster Recovery
16 24 (5.80%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 414 (100.00%) C#
2 178 (43.00%) SQL
3 67 (16.18%) JavaScript
4 39 (9.42%) T-SQL
5 37 (8.94%) PL/SQL
6 35 (8.45%) Python
7 30 (7.25%) VBA
8 27 (6.52%) VB
9 23 (5.56%) PowerShell
9 23 (5.56%) TypeScript
10 20 (4.83%) Java
10 20 (4.83%) VB.NET
11 7 (1.69%) Bicep
11 7 (1.69%) C++
12 5 (1.21%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.97%) PHP
14 3 (0.72%) C
15 2 (0.48%) Ruby
16 1 (0.24%) Groovy
16 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 27 (6.52%) Security Cleared
2 25 (6.04%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.31%) Degree
4 6 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.45%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.49%) QA
2 5 (1.21%) MiFID
3 4 (0.97%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.97%) SEPA
3 4 (0.97%) WCAG
4 1 (0.24%) GDPR
4 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (4.35%) Docker
2 12 (2.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (4.11%) Terraform
2 11 (2.66%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.48%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Grafana
4 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.80%) Oracle
3 24 (5.80%) Citrix
4 12 (2.90%) TIBCO
5 7 (1.69%) SAP
6 6 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.21%) Okta
8 3 (0.72%) Google
9 2 (0.48%) IBM
9 2 (0.48%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.48%) Optimizely
9 2 (0.48%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.24%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.24%) OpenLink