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 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Mar 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 65 | 39 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -26 | -8 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing C# | 1,083 | 2,100 | 3,962 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.55% | 4.73% | 6.10% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.43% | 16.17% | 16.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 783 | 1,516 | 2,925 |
| 10th Percentile | £385 | £369 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £450 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £575 | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.43% | -2.13% | +11.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £681 | £700 | £738 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £800 | £825 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 79 | 142 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.25 | £40.82 | £46.48 |
| 25th Percentile | £47.50 | £56.88 | £60.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.25 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.46% | - | +32.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.69 | £65.63 | £70.23 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.38 | £72.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | +32.65% |
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 | 10,380 | 12,991 | 23,521 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.04% | 29.26% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,756 | 9,171 | 16,865 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £422 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £560 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -6.25% | +1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £678 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £495 | £505 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.36% | -1.98% | +6.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 239 | 506 | 483 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.25 | £30.94 | £28.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £35.00 | £46.25 | £50.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -7.69% | +30.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £68.94 | £69.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £76.53 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £63.00 | £62.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.61% | -4.62% | +33.36% |
C#
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C#.
C#
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.
C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C#.
C#
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.
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 6 March 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 |
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| England | -22 | 975 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,281 |
| London | -17 | 660 | £600 | -4.00% | 447 |
| Work from Home | -21 | 422 | £525 | -8.70% | 875 |
| UK excluding London | -42 | 321 | £475 | - | 908 |
| South East | +20 | 114 | £475 | -12.84% | 211 |
| Midlands | -12 | 65 | £500 | +11.11% | 162 |
| North of England | -58 | 55 | £463 | +2.78% | 281 |
| West Midlands | -8 | 40 | £562 | +21.41% | 98 |
| Scotland | -9 | 34 | £459 | +1.94% | 40 |
| East of England | -11 | 27 | £490 | +14.29% | 103 |
| South West | -40 | 24 | £493 | -5.06% | 89 |
| North West | -52 | 24 | £425 | -15.00% | 176 |
| Yorkshire | -15 | 23 | £525 | +23.53% | 66 |
| East Midlands | -5 | 19 | £490 | +16.95% | 64 |
| North East | -24 | 8 | £360 | -24.21% | 42 |
| Northern Ireland | -2 | 6 | £325 | -43.48% | 7 |
| Wales | -10 | 5 | £347 | -11.78% | 32 |
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:
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