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 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 66 | 36 | 33 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -30 | -3 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing C# | 1,031 | 2,099 | 3,651 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.54% | 4.75% | 5.84% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.44% | 16.28% | 16.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 768 | 1,500 | 2,739 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £363 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £450 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £575 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.70% | - | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £693 | £700 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £800 | £825 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | - | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 71 | 141 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.95 | £40.82 | £48.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.81 | £57.50 | £60.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.25 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.46% | - | +30.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | - | £68.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.23 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | +28.03% |
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 | 9,875 | 12,895 | 22,341 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 33.95% | 29.21% | 35.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,629 | 9,117 | 16,115 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £350 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £757 | £750 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £479 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.74% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 244 | 480 | 501 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.30 | £30.63 | £26.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.88 | £46.23 | £49.68 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.00 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -4.00% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.56 | £67.38 | £69.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £73.82 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £64.00 | £61.60 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.90% | -1.44% | +25.63% |
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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 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 |
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| England | -22 | 914 | £550 | -6.38% | 2,507 |
| London | -16 | 630 | £619 | -1.00% | 1,083 |
| Work from Home | -24 | 397 | £525 | -8.70% | 1,371 |
| UK excluding London | -53 | 296 | £450 | -5.26% | 1,657 |
| South East | +16 | 100 | £475 | -5.00% | 491 |
| Midlands | -5 | 53 | £463 | -5.13% | 245 |
| North of England | -81 | 42 | £425 | -5.56% | 413 |
| Scotland | +2 | 37 | £468 | +10.00% | 101 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 36 | £475 | -11.63% | 136 |
| South West | -21 | 31 | £430 | -9.47% | 164 |
| East of England | -13 | 22 | £490 | +8.89% | 190 |
| North West | -57 | 22 | £413 | -13.16% | 223 |
| Yorkshire | -18 | 16 | £475 | +11.76% | 131 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 12 | £495 | +18.35% | 102 |
| Wales | +3 | 8 | £272 | -30.82% | 59 |
| Northern Ireland | +1 | 7 | £325 | -43.48% | 27 |
| North East | -25 | 4 | £370 | -12.94% | 62 |
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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