C# Contracts

C#
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring C# skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C# over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 37 34
Rank change year-on-year -29 -3 0
Contract jobs citing C# 1,048 2,096 3,336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.58% 4.81% 5.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.54% 16.31% 15.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 784 1,501 2,504
10th Percentile £366 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +6.98%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £800 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £449 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.58% - +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 77 119
10th Percentile £27.00 £46.25 £46.00
25th Percentile £29.50 £61.25 £53.99
Median hourly rate £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +25.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £68.13
90th Percentile £65.08 £72.75 £73.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +22.58%

All Programming Languages
UK

C# falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,942 12,854 20,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.01% 29.49% 35.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,743 9,130 15,092
10th Percentile £360 £350 £400
25th Percentile £419 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £769 £760 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 485 471
10th Percentile £22.49 £31.25 £26.25
25th Percentile £33.91 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £63.87 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +2.20% - +26.21%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for C# in the UK

C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for C# in the UK

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for C# in the UK

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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 -20 926 £550 -5.78% 1,848
London -16 652 £625 - 587
Work from Home -21 400 £525 -8.70% 1,247
UK excluding London -53 284 £449 -5.58% 1,356
South East +7 100 £450 -10.00% 300
Midlands -9 51 £463 -5.52% 278
North of England -72 42 £419 -9.46% 446
West Midlands +4 34 £450 -14.29% 149
Scotland -5 32 £475 +15.15% 64
South West -19 25 £430 -4.44% 118
North West -51 25 £413 -15.38% 268
East of England -16 20 £490 +7.10% 116
Yorkshire -17 14 £475 +11.76% 113
East Midlands -13 12 £495 +18.14% 128
Wales +5 11 £375 -4.76% 41
Northern Ireland -6 7 £325 -43.48% 16
North East -23 3 £370 -10.84% 68

C#
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 40 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.58%) Confluence
3 22 (2.10%) IIS
4 9 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.67%) BizTalk Server
5 7 (0.67%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.38%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.38%) Apache
6 4 (0.38%) CMS
6 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.38%) Oracle Coherence
6 4 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.095%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.095%) DataSynapse
8 1 (0.095%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.095%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.095%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.095%) WinCC
Applications
1 49 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.57%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.57%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.19%) Trello
5 1 (0.095%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.095%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 66 (6.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.67%) Endur
3 3 (0.29%) Magento
3 3 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.19%) Shopify
5 1 (0.095%) Actimize
5 1 (0.095%) FastStats
5 1 (0.095%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.095%) Oracle TCA
5 1 (0.095%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.095%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 479 (45.71%) Azure
2 198 (18.89%) Azure DevOps
3 165 (15.74%) AWS
4 116 (11.07%) Power Platform
5 103 (9.83%) Dynamics 365
6 89 (8.49%) Power Automate
7 85 (8.11%) PowerApps
8 65 (6.20%) Serverless
9 63 (6.01%) Azure Logic Apps
10 44 (4.20%) Azure Functions
11 43 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
12 41 (3.91%) GitHub
13 38 (3.63%) Azure AKS
14 37 (3.53%) Azure Data Factory
15 36 (3.44%) Entra ID
16 35 (3.34%) GCP
17 30 (2.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 28 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
19 25 (2.39%) PaaS
20 23 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.39%) DNS
2 15 (1.43%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.15%) HTTP
3 12 (1.15%) Internet
4 9 (0.86%) SSL
5 7 (0.67%) DHCP
5 7 (0.67%) Firewall
5 7 (0.67%) FTP
5 7 (0.67%) SMTP
6 5 (0.48%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.48%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.38%) LTE
7 4 (0.38%) NAS
7 4 (0.38%) Network Security
7 4 (0.38%) Wireless
8 3 (0.29%) SAN
9 2 (0.19%) GPRS
9 2 (0.19%) LAN
9 2 (0.19%) WAN
9 2 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (20.32%) SQL Server
2 74 (7.06%) Relational Database
3 50 (4.77%) NoSQL
4 49 (4.68%) Power BI
5 39 (3.72%) Oracle Database
6 35 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
7 34 (3.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 27 (2.58%) MongoDB
9 26 (2.48%) Redis
10 24 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 16 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (1.34%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (1.34%) Big Data
13 14 (1.34%) DocumentDB
14 13 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (0.95%) MySQL
16 8 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
16 8 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 146 (13.93%) Git
2 101 (9.64%) JIRA
3 77 (7.35%) Jenkins
4 50 (4.77%) Visual Studio
5 37 (3.53%) Selenium
6 36 (3.44%) Bitbucket
7 35 (3.34%) TeamCity
8 25 (2.39%) SpecFlow
9 23 (2.19%) GitLab
10 19 (1.81%) Cypress.io
11 18 (1.72%) JMeter
11 18 (1.72%) NUnit
11 18 (1.72%) Postman
12 15 (1.43%) Octopus Deploy
13 14 (1.34%) Visual Studio Code
14 12 (1.15%) Cucumber
15 11 (1.05%) Subversion
16 9 (0.86%) Ant
16 9 (0.86%) LoadRunner
16 9 (0.86%) SonarQube
General
1 284 (27.10%) Finance
2 270 (25.76%) Social Skills
3 157 (14.98%) Banking
4 130 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (10.31%) Front Office
6 83 (7.92%) Public Sector
7 82 (7.82%) Investment Banking
8 28 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (2.58%) Manufacturing
10 24 (2.29%) Marketing
11 22 (2.10%) Back Office
12 16 (1.53%) Electronics
13 15 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 15 (1.43%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 12 (1.15%) Retail Banking
16 8 (0.76%) Games
16 8 (0.76%) Legal
16 8 (0.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 642 (61.26%) Developer
2 251 (23.95%) C# Developer
3 184 (17.56%) .NET Developer
4 116 (11.07%) Senior
5 97 (9.26%) Software Engineer
6 94 (8.97%) C# .NET Developer
7 71 (6.77%) Lead
8 69 (6.58%) Senior Developer
9 59 (5.63%) Architect
10 52 (4.96%) Full-Stack Developer
11 49 (4.68%) Python Developer
12 43 (4.10%) C# Software Engineer
13 41 (3.91%) Azure Engineer
14 36 (3.44%) WPF Developer
15 35 (3.34%) C# WPF Developer
16 34 (3.24%) Software Developer
17 32 (3.05%) Azure Developer
17 32 (3.05%) Senior C# Developer
18 30 (2.86%) C++ Developer
18 30 (2.86%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 634 (60.50%) .NET
2 157 (14.98%) .NET Framework
3 151 (14.41%) HTML
4 137 (13.07%) CSS
5 134 (12.79%) .NET Core
6 123 (11.74%) ASP.NET
7 113 (10.78%) React
8 101 (9.64%) AngularJS
9 99 (9.45%) REST
10 74 (7.06%) RESTful
11 65 (6.20%) Web Services
12 63 (6.01%) ASP.NET Web API
12 63 (6.01%) Kafka
12 63 (6.01%) WPF
13 60 (5.73%) WCF
14 53 (5.06%) Entity Framework
15 41 (3.91%) JSON
15 41 (3.91%) SOAP
16 40 (3.82%) Node.js
17 39 (3.72%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 67 (6.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 48 (4.58%) Derivative
3 44 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 32 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 31 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (2.00%) Cloud Native
7 20 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (1.91%) Legacy Applications
8 19 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.81%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.53%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.53%) Public Cloud
10 15 (1.43%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.24%) Management Information System
11 13 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (1.15%) Low-Code
12 12 (1.15%) NHS
13 11 (1.05%) Equities
13 11 (1.05%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 133 (12.69%) Windows
2 53 (5.06%) Linux
3 26 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.05%) Unix
5 6 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.29%) CentOS
8 2 (0.19%) Android
8 2 (0.19%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.19%) Solaris
8 2 (0.19%) VMS
9 1 (0.095%) AIX
9 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.095%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (37.21%) Agile
2 379 (36.16%) DevOps
3 252 (24.05%) CI/CD
4 214 (20.42%) Problem-Solving
5 186 (17.75%) Software Engineering
6 160 (15.27%) Test Automation
7 137 (13.07%) Microservices
8 118 (11.26%) Full-Stack Development
9 109 (10.40%) TDD
10 98 (9.35%) OO
11 92 (8.78%) Scrum
12 80 (7.63%) SDLC
13 79 (7.54%) Containerisation
13 79 (7.54%) Design Patterns
14 75 (7.16%) CRM
15 73 (6.97%) Unit Testing
16 71 (6.77%) Infrastructure as Code
16 71 (6.77%) User Experience
17 70 (6.68%) Continuous Improvement
18 61 (5.82%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 421 (40.17%) SQL
2 340 (32.44%) JavaScript
3 245 (23.38%) Python
4 178 (16.98%) Java
5 125 (11.93%) TypeScript
6 117 (11.16%) PowerShell
7 94 (8.97%) C++
8 72 (6.87%) PL/SQL
9 43 (4.10%) T-SQL
10 41 (3.91%) VB
11 38 (3.63%) VBA
12 20 (1.91%) VB.NET
13 17 (1.62%) Bicep
13 17 (1.62%) Ruby
14 16 (1.53%) Delphi
14 16 (1.53%) PHP
15 11 (1.05%) RPG
15 11 (1.05%) RPG IV
16 9 (0.86%) Rust
17 8 (0.76%) Go
Qualifications
1 136 (12.98%) Security Cleared
2 110 (10.50%) SC Cleared
3 84 (8.02%) Degree
4 27 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (0.76%) DV Cleared
8 8 (0.76%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.57%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.48%) MCPD
10 5 (0.48%) MCSD
11 4 (0.38%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.38%) ISEB
11 4 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.29%) CISSP
12 3 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.19%) OCP
13 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (7.63%) QA
2 28 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.67%) MiFID
7 6 (0.57%) EMIR
8 4 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
9 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.29%) GDPR
9 3 (0.29%) WCAG
10 2 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.19%) HL7
10 2 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.095%) SEPA
System Software
1 127 (12.12%) Docker
2 39 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.38%) Platform Symphony
4 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.29%) vCloud
5 3 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (0.29%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.095%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.095%) Firmware
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 161 (15.36%) Kubernetes
2 91 (8.68%) Terraform
3 41 (3.91%) Ansible
4 12 (1.15%) Grafana
5 11 (1.05%) Kibana
5 11 (1.05%) MIIS
6 6 (0.57%) Perfmon
6 6 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
7 5 (0.48%) Puppet
8 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.29%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.29%) WMI
9 2 (0.19%) Control-M
9 2 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.19%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.19%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.095%) Netcool
10 1 (0.095%) WSUS
Vendors
1 211 (20.13%) Microsoft
2 136 (12.98%) Oracle
3 26 (2.48%) Databricks
4 25 (2.39%) SAP
5 21 (2.00%) Google
6 14 (1.34%) OpenAI
6 14 (1.34%) OutSystems
6 14 (1.34%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.24%) TIBCO
8 12 (1.15%) Citrix
8 12 (1.15%) Cloudera
8 12 (1.15%) Salesforce
9 10 (0.95%) IBM
10 9 (0.86%) MuleSoft
11 8 (0.76%) OpenLink
11 8 (0.76%) VMware
12 7 (0.67%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.57%) New Relic
13 6 (0.57%) PayPal
13 6 (0.57%) Solace