C# Contract Job Trends

C#
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring C# skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 61 41
Rank change year-on-year -17 -20 -8
Contract jobs citing C# 1,124 1,263 2,174
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 3.16% 3.44% 4.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.81% 10.72% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 751 863 1,619
10th Percentile £350 £332 £381
25th Percentile £404 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £647 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 27 70
10th Percentile £46.13 £32.40 £53.33
25th Percentile - £60.00 £61.56
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £67.00 - £69.38
90th Percentile £72.13 £67.50 £72.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.76%

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 11,456 11,781 14,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.24% 32.11% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 7,594 10,368
10th Percentile £348 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 285 446
10th Percentile £29.00 £22.00 £31.75
25th Percentile £45.75 £37.55 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £60.11
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +2.32% +0.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

C#
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C# relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

C# job vacancy trend in the UK

C#
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C#.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C#

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C#.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C#

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 17 Contract Job 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 14 November 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 -22 974 £500 -10.71% 1,578
London -13 657 £530 -11.67% 593
Work from Home -10 372 £500 -3.85% 1,009
UK excluding London -26 354 £475 -5.00% 1,124
South East -5 96 £462 -13.64% 319
North of England -40 73 £405 -18.18% 286
East of England -11 57 £500 +3.57% 129
Scotland +2 41 £500 +17.65% 57
Yorkshire -28 41 £463 -17.63% 70
Midlands -51 36 £518 +8.95% 180
North West -21 31 £398 -9.92% 178
South West -24 25 £406 -23.89% 117
East Midlands -11 23 £520 +35.06% 71
Wales +11 16 £525 +150.14% 39
West Midlands -56 13 £510 -9.17% 105
Northern Ireland +3 10 - - 23
North East -16 1 £600 +71.43% 39

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 32 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.14%) Confluence
3 18 (1.60%) CMS
4 16 (1.42%) IIS
5 14 (1.25%) Apache
6 10 (0.89%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.89%) Sitecore CMS
7 8 (0.71%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.62%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.53%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.44%) WordPress
11 4 (0.36%) Drupal
11 4 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.27%) SAS
13 2 (0.18%) Appian
13 2 (0.18%) Moodle
13 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 47 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.18%) Blender
5 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.089%) Trello
Business Applications
1 61 (5.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.51%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.62%) Endur
3 7 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 6 (0.53%) OpenText MBPM
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle BPM
5 4 (0.36%) thinkFolio
6 3 (0.27%) Bloomberg AIM
6 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.18%) RMDS
7 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.18%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.089%) Cerner Millennium
8 1 (0.089%) Eikon
8 1 (0.089%) Findur
8 1 (0.089%) ION Anvil
8 1 (0.089%) Maximo
8 1 (0.089%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 509 (45.28%) Azure
2 243 (21.62%) Azure DevOps
3 147 (13.08%) AWS
4 142 (12.63%) Power Platform
5 122 (10.85%) GitHub
6 90 (8.01%) Serverless
7 87 (7.74%) Dynamics 365
8 83 (7.38%) PowerApps
9 82 (7.30%) Power Automate
10 70 (6.23%) Azure Logic Apps
11 67 (5.96%) GitHub Actions
12 62 (5.52%) Azure Service Bus
13 61 (5.43%) Azure Functions
14 38 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
15 35 (3.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 33 (2.94%) Azure AKS
17 31 (2.76%) Entra ID
18 28 (2.49%) GCP
19 26 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
19 26 (2.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.58%) TCP/IP
2 22 (1.96%) Ethernet
3 14 (1.25%) HTTP
4 13 (1.16%) Internet
5 9 (0.80%) NFC
5 9 (0.80%) PPP
6 3 (0.27%) Multicast
6 3 (0.27%) Network Security
6 3 (0.27%) SSL
7 2 (0.18%) DHCP
7 2 (0.18%) DNS
7 2 (0.18%) Intranet
7 2 (0.18%) X.509
8 1 (0.089%) Firewall
8 1 (0.089%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.089%) VPN
8 1 (0.089%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (19.04%) SQL Server
2 68 (6.05%) Power BI
3 45 (4.00%) NoSQL
4 42 (3.74%) Oracle Database
5 36 (3.20%) Relational Database
6 31 (2.76%) MongoDB
7 29 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 14 (1.25%) Big Data
11 13 (1.16%) Redis
12 11 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.89%) MySQL
14 9 (0.80%) Data Lake
14 9 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.53%) Metadata
16 5 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
16 5 (0.44%) Tableau
17 4 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 151 (13.43%) Git
2 102 (9.07%) JIRA
3 74 (6.58%) Jenkins
4 71 (6.32%) Visual Studio
5 64 (5.69%) Selenium
6 53 (4.72%) SpecFlow
7 32 (2.85%) Eclipse
8 31 (2.76%) GitLab
9 29 (2.58%) Bitbucket
9 29 (2.58%) Postman
10 25 (2.22%) Artifactory
11 23 (2.05%) Cucumber
12 20 (1.78%) JMeter
13 16 (1.42%) MSTest
13 16 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
14 15 (1.33%) NUnit
15 14 (1.25%) IntelliJ
16 13 (1.16%) Appium
17 12 (1.07%) PyCharm
18 11 (0.98%) Cypress.io
General
1 355 (31.58%) Finance
2 311 (27.67%) Social Skills
3 151 (13.43%) Banking
4 99 (8.81%) Public Sector
5 87 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
6 75 (6.67%) Front Office
7 74 (6.58%) Investment Banking
8 27 (2.40%) Manufacturing
9 25 (2.22%) Military
10 24 (2.14%) Financial Institution
11 23 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
11 23 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (1.78%) Marketing
14 16 (1.42%) Back Office
15 12 (1.07%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.98%) Legal
17 10 (0.89%) Telecoms
18 9 (0.80%) Retail
19 8 (0.71%) Games
Job Titles
1 626 (55.69%) Developer
2 192 (17.08%) Senior
3 184 (16.37%) C# Developer
4 159 (14.15%) .NET Developer
5 121 (10.77%) Software Engineer
6 103 (9.16%) Senior Developer
7 67 (5.96%) C# .NET Developer
8 57 (5.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 53 (4.72%) Lead
10 46 (4.09%) Architect
11 40 (3.56%) Azure Developer
12 39 (3.47%) C++ Software Engineer
12 39 (3.47%) Tester
13 37 (3.29%) Angular Developer
13 37 (3.29%) C# Software Engineer
14 36 (3.20%) Python Developer
14 36 (3.20%) Senior C# Developer
15 34 (3.02%) Senior .NET Developer
16 33 (2.94%) Analyst
17 32 (2.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 619 (55.07%) .NET
2 175 (15.57%) .NET Framework
3 128 (11.39%) React
4 123 (10.94%) REST
5 122 (10.85%) AngularJS
6 118 (10.50%) .NET Core
7 110 (9.79%) RESTful
8 106 (9.43%) HTML
9 90 (8.01%) CSS
10 78 (6.94%) ASP.NET
11 72 (6.41%) Web Services
12 61 (5.43%) Entity Framework
12 61 (5.43%) XML
13 58 (5.16%) Kafka
13 58 (5.16%) WPF
14 55 (4.89%) JSON
15 54 (4.80%) Playwright
16 52 (4.63%) Node.js
17 44 (3.91%) Vue
18 36 (3.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.07%) Cloud Native
2 56 (4.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 45 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (3.38%) Derivative
5 38 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (3.38%) Hedge funds
6 35 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (2.76%) Algorithms
8 25 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
9 24 (2.14%) Fixed Income
9 24 (2.14%) Mobile App
10 19 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 19 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.60%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.60%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.51%) Low-Code
13 16 (1.42%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 143 (12.72%) Windows
2 124 (11.03%) Linux
3 30 (2.67%) Unix
4 21 (1.87%) Android
5 16 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 10 (0.89%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.18%) VMS
10 1 (0.089%) CentOS
10 1 (0.089%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.089%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.089%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (38.79%) Agile
2 406 (36.12%) DevOps
3 393 (34.96%) CI/CD
4 232 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
5 225 (20.02%) Software Engineering
6 184 (16.37%) Microservices
7 182 (16.19%) Test Automation
8 129 (11.48%) Full-Stack Development
9 121 (10.77%) Scrum
10 108 (9.61%) TDD
11 102 (9.07%) Clean Code
12 89 (7.92%) SDLC
13 82 (7.30%) AI
13 82 (7.30%) Unit Testing
14 79 (7.03%) Containerisation
14 79 (7.03%) Infrastructure as Code
15 78 (6.94%) Migration
16 75 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
17 69 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 69 (6.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 417 (37.10%) SQL
2 334 (29.72%) JavaScript
3 276 (24.56%) Python
4 196 (17.44%) Java
5 152 (13.52%) C++
6 86 (7.65%) TypeScript
7 80 (7.12%) PowerShell
8 46 (4.09%) T-SQL
9 45 (4.00%) PL/SQL
10 36 (3.20%) VB
11 31 (2.76%) VB.NET
11 31 (2.76%) VBA
12 24 (2.14%) PHP
13 22 (1.96%) Bicep
14 20 (1.78%) Rust
15 14 (1.25%) C
16 13 (1.16%) Bash
17 11 (0.98%) Groovy
18 10 (0.89%) Go
19 8 (0.71%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 128 (11.39%) Security Cleared
2 103 (9.16%) SC Cleared
3 76 (6.76%) Degree
4 37 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.51%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.42%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.98%) ISTQB
9 10 (0.89%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.27%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.089%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.089%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.089%) HND
12 1 (0.089%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (8.36%) QA
2 25 (2.22%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.51%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.07%) MiFID
5 11 (0.98%) EMIR
6 8 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.62%) GDPR
8 6 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (0.44%) HL7
10 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.27%) SLA
11 3 (0.27%) WCAG
12 2 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.18%) NCSC
12 2 (0.18%) PMO
13 1 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.089%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.089%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.089%) NIST
13 1 (0.089%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 137 (12.19%) Docker
2 29 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.089%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.089%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 139 (12.37%) Kubernetes
2 104 (9.25%) Terraform
3 39 (3.47%) Ansible
4 7 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.53%) Grafana
6 5 (0.44%) Puppet
6 5 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.27%) SCCM
7 3 (0.27%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 2 (0.18%) Argo
9 1 (0.089%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.089%) BladeLogic
9 1 (0.089%) Istio
9 1 (0.089%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.089%) Oracle Identity Management
9 1 (0.089%) Podman
9 1 (0.089%) Rancher
9 1 (0.089%) Rsyslog
9 1 (0.089%) SCOM
Vendors
1 267 (23.75%) Microsoft
2 125 (11.12%) Oracle
3 24 (2.14%) Databricks
4 22 (1.96%) OpenAI
4 22 (1.96%) SAP
5 18 (1.60%) Citrix
6 17 (1.51%) UiPath
7 15 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.25%) Sitecore
9 11 (0.98%) Red Hat
10 10 (0.89%) Lotus
11 8 (0.71%) Bloomberg
11 8 (0.71%) Brio
11 8 (0.71%) GoldenSource
12 7 (0.62%) Concur
12 7 (0.62%) Google
13 6 (0.53%) Conga
13 6 (0.53%) OpenLink
13 6 (0.53%) Xamarin
14 5 (0.44%) OpenText