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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 64 | 37 | 34 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -27 | -3 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing C# | 1,055 | 2,090 | 3,336 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.60% | 4.80% | 5.59% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 10.59% | 16.27% | 15.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 790 | 1,494 | 2,504 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £363 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £448 | £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 | £447 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.89% | - | +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 | 9,965 | 12,846 | 20,898 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.04% | 29.49% | 35.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,755 | 9,122 | 15,089 |
| 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 | £768 | £762 | £777 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +3.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 245 | 487 | 471 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.49 | £31.70 | £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 | £64.00 | £62.50 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.40% | - | +26.21% |
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 1 May 2025.
C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C#.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 1 May 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 1 May 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 | -21 | 933 | £550 | -4.35% | 2,308 |
| London | -16 | 656 | £625 | - | 772 |
| Work from Home | -21 | 400 | £525 | -8.70% | 1,419 |
| UK excluding London | -53 | 287 | £447 | -5.89% | 1,818 |
| South East | +10 | 102 | £450 | -10.00% | 527 |
| Midlands | -8 | 52 | £463 | -5.52% | 335 |
| North of England | -77 | 41 | £419 | -9.46% | 533 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 34 | £450 | -14.29% | 172 |
| Scotland | -1 | 32 | £475 | +15.15% | 89 |
| South West | -17 | 26 | £430 | -4.44% | 161 |
| North West | -46 | 25 | £413 | -15.38% | 316 |
| East of England | -22 | 20 | £490 | +7.10% | 174 |
| East Midlands | -12 | 13 | £495 | +17.30% | 144 |
| Yorkshire | -25 | 13 | £475 | +11.76% | 137 |
| Wales | +1 | 11 | £375 | -4.76% | 47 |
| Northern Ireland | -6 | 7 | £325 | -43.48% | 18 |
| North East | -23 | 3 | £370 | -10.84% | 89 |
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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