C#
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for C# skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C# over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 34 33
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing C# 2,105 3,294 5,402
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.85% 5.55% 6.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.41% 15.86% 16.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,508 2,469 4,163
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £440 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +6.98% +13.16%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 117 86
10th Percentile £46.25 £45.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.50 £44.29
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.66
Median % change year-on-year - +25.82% +14.81%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.38 £71.70 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.03
% change year-on-year - +22.58% +17.84%

All Programming Languages
UK

C# is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,825 20,772 32,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.54% 34.98% 36.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,114 14,977 23,466
10th Percentile £350 £398 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £783 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 486 467 512
10th Percentile £31.63 £26.20 £19.56
25th Percentile £46.25 £49.84 £35.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.59 £77.00 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £60.70 £49.50
% change year-on-year +2.97% +22.63% +16.47%

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024. 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 -2 1,915 £575 -4.17% 1,674
London 0 1,283 £625 -3.85% 524
Work from Home +2 911 £569 +3.41% 1,208
UK excluding London -6 651 £475 - 1,253
North of England +6 173 £463 -2.63% 312
South East -10 152 £500 -4.76% 259
North West -5 99 £488 +2.63% 194
South West -10 97 £450 -14.29% 152
Midlands -6 85 £489 +15.06% 287
East of England +6 82 £465 +1.92% 102
West Midlands -6 48 £525 +5.00% 176
Yorkshire +14 46 £425 -10.53% 85
Scotland -21 46 £413 -13.16% 98
East Midlands -3 37 £422 +11.05% 111
North East +25 28 £415 -10.27% 37
Wales -1 12 £394 -7.35% 42
Northern Ireland +9 5 £575 +43.75% 20

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 39 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.66%) CMS
3 25 (1.19%) IIS
4 18 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.57%) Apache
6 12 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.57%) Confluence
7 8 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.33%) SAS
9 6 (0.29%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.19%) Luigi
11 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.14%) Jadu
11 3 (0.14%) nginx
12 2 (0.095%) Kentico
12 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.048%) SharePoint 2010
13 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 122 (5.80%) Chatbot
2 60 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.095%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.048%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.048%) Blender
7 1 (0.048%) InDesign
7 1 (0.048%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.048%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 42 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.05%) Endur
3 12 (0.57%) ION Anvil
4 10 (0.48%) Maximo
5 8 (0.38%) ION MarketView
6 4 (0.19%) LabWindows
6 4 (0.19%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.095%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.095%) Shopify
9 1 (0.048%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.048%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.048%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 828 (39.33%) Azure
2 386 (18.34%) Azure DevOps
3 217 (10.31%) AWS
4 137 (6.51%) Azure Service Bus
5 126 (5.99%) Power Platform
6 97 (4.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 92 (4.37%) Azure Logic Apps
8 89 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
9 88 (4.18%) Entra ID
9 88 (4.18%) Serverless
10 82 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
11 64 (3.04%) Azure Functions
12 60 (2.85%) Power Automate
13 56 (2.66%) PowerApps
14 54 (2.57%) Azure API Management
14 54 (2.57%) GCP
15 53 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
16 47 (2.23%) PaaS
17 39 (1.85%) Azure Storage
18 38 (1.81%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 39 (1.85%) Modbus
2 38 (1.81%) RS-422
2 38 (1.81%) RS-485
3 34 (1.62%) DNS
4 28 (1.33%) DHCP
4 28 (1.33%) TCP/IP
5 24 (1.14%) Firewall
6 23 (1.09%) Internet
7 16 (0.76%) HTTP
8 14 (0.67%) FTP
9 11 (0.52%) Ethernet
9 11 (0.52%) VPN
9 11 (0.52%) Wireless
10 7 (0.33%) Intranet
10 7 (0.33%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.29%) Network Security
12 5 (0.24%) RS-232
13 4 (0.19%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.19%) SSH
14 3 (0.14%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 513 (24.37%) SQL Server
2 79 (3.75%) Relational Database
3 70 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 68 (3.23%) NoSQL
5 60 (2.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 54 (2.57%) Power BI
7 50 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 47 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
9 41 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
10 31 (1.47%) Oracle Database
11 29 (1.38%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.14%) Redis
13 23 (1.09%) MySQL
14 18 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
15 17 (0.81%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.76%) Big Data
17 15 (0.71%) KDB
18 13 (0.62%) DynamoDB
19 10 (0.48%) Kdb+
20 7 (0.33%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 216 (10.26%) Git
2 105 (4.99%) Visual Studio
3 101 (4.80%) Selenium
4 86 (4.09%) SpecFlow
5 81 (3.85%) Jenkins
5 81 (3.85%) JIRA
6 75 (3.56%) TeamCity
7 37 (1.76%) WebDriver
8 36 (1.71%) Cucumber
8 36 (1.71%) NUnit
9 34 (1.62%) GitLab
10 31 (1.47%) Postman
11 24 (1.14%) Cypress.io
12 21 (1.00%) JUnit
12 21 (1.00%) Moq
13 20 (0.95%) TestNG
14 19 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
14 19 (0.90%) Subversion
14 19 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
14 19 (0.90%) webpack
General
1 455 (21.62%) Finance
2 395 (18.76%) Social Skills
3 237 (11.26%) Front Office
4 236 (11.21%) Banking
5 144 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 130 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
7 101 (4.80%) Back Office
8 92 (4.37%) Investment Banking
9 54 (2.57%) Electronics
10 27 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (1.14%) Local Government
11 24 (1.14%) Manufacturing
12 23 (1.09%) Financial Institution
12 23 (1.09%) Marketing
13 18 (0.86%) Retail
14 17 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (0.76%) Games
15 16 (0.76%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.67%) Law
17 12 (0.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 1,227 (58.29%) Developer
2 406 (19.29%) C# Developer
3 357 (16.96%) .NET Developer
4 317 (15.06%) Senior
5 240 (11.40%) Software Developer
6 215 (10.21%) Software Engineer
7 193 (9.17%) Senior Developer
8 146 (6.94%) Full Stack Developer
9 135 (6.41%) Lead
10 122 (5.80%) C# .NET Developer
11 97 (4.61%) Azure Developer
12 95 (4.51%) Analyst
13 67 (3.18%) Angular Developer
13 67 (3.18%) Architect
14 62 (2.95%) C# Software Engineer
15 60 (2.85%) .NET Software Engineer
16 57 (2.71%) Full-Stack C# Developer
17 53 (2.52%) Senior Software Developer
18 51 (2.42%) DevOps Engineer
19 50 (2.38%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,130 (53.68%) .NET
2 292 (13.87%) .NET Core
3 283 (13.44%) HTML
4 258 (12.26%) .NET Framework
5 245 (11.64%) React
6 234 (11.12%) AngularJS
7 230 (10.93%) ASP.NET
8 161 (7.65%) XML
9 158 (7.51%) CSS
10 129 (6.13%) REST
11 88 (4.18%) WPF
12 85 (4.04%) Web Services
13 72 (3.42%) ASP.NET Core
13 72 (3.42%) Entity Framework
14 68 (3.23%) JSON
14 68 (3.23%) RESTful
15 60 (2.85%) WCF
16 54 (2.57%) ASP.NET Web API
17 53 (2.52%) Node.js
18 52 (2.47%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 117 (5.56%) Derivative
2 103 (4.89%) Hedge funds
3 87 (4.13%) Fixed Income
4 78 (3.71%) Product Ownership
5 69 (3.28%) Equities
6 67 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
6 67 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
7 47 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
8 45 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 38 (1.81%) Algorithms
10 26 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 25 (1.19%) Cloud Native
12 21 (1.00%) Equity Derivative
12 21 (1.00%) PKI
13 20 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
14 19 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (0.90%) Market Risk
15 15 (0.71%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
16 13 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 162 (7.70%) Windows
2 130 (6.18%) Linux
3 45 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 39 (1.85%) Unix
5 15 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (0.57%) Android
7 7 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 7 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.048%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (32.21%) Agile
2 673 (31.97%) DevOps
3 511 (24.28%) Software Engineering
4 320 (15.20%) CI/CD
5 257 (12.21%) Full Stack Development
6 254 (12.07%) TDD
7 234 (11.12%) Test Automation
8 228 (10.83%) Scrum
9 209 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
10 193 (9.17%) OO
11 182 (8.65%) Microservices
12 161 (7.65%) Continuous Integration
13 160 (7.60%) Code Quality
14 156 (7.41%) Artificial Intelligence
15 140 (6.65%) MVC
16 128 (6.08%) Design Patterns
17 126 (5.99%) Unit Testing
18 122 (5.80%) Conversational UI
18 122 (5.80%) SDLC
19 113 (5.37%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 782 (37.15%) SQL
2 537 (25.51%) JavaScript
3 417 (19.81%) Python
4 294 (13.97%) Java
5 249 (11.83%) PowerShell
6 170 (8.08%) C++
7 163 (7.74%) TypeScript
8 119 (5.65%) Bicep
9 84 (3.99%) T-SQL
10 77 (3.66%) C
11 69 (3.28%) PL/SQL
12 51 (2.42%) VB.NET
12 51 (2.42%) VBA
13 49 (2.33%) VB
14 22 (1.05%) VBScript
15 21 (1.00%) PHP
16 19 (0.90%) Bash
17 17 (0.81%) Go
17 17 (0.81%) Ruby
18 15 (0.71%) R
Qualifications
1 291 (13.82%) Degree
2 211 (10.02%) Security Cleared
3 151 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 71 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 49 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (1.57%) Master's Degree
7 16 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (0.62%) ISTQB
9 12 (0.57%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (0.33%) PhD
12 5 (0.24%) CHECK Team Leader
12 5 (0.24%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.24%) GIAC
12 5 (0.24%) ISEB
12 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.24%) OSCP
13 3 (0.14%) HNC
13 3 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (7.13%) QA
2 39 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.24%) WCAG
4 18 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 16 (0.76%) Data Quality
5 16 (0.76%) NIST
6 14 (0.67%) MiFID
7 9 (0.43%) GDPR
7 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.38%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.33%) CDISC
10 6 (0.29%) SLA
11 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.19%) Dodd-Frank
11 4 (0.19%) EMIR
11 4 (0.19%) SEPA
12 3 (0.14%) Good Clinical Practice
12 3 (0.14%) GxP
12 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 2 (0.095%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 130 (6.18%) Active Directory
2 63 (2.99%) Docker
3 21 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.38%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.19%) NFS
10 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.095%) vSphere
12 1 (0.048%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 83 (3.94%) Terraform
2 82 (3.90%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.09%) Ansible
4 26 (1.24%) SCCM
5 18 (0.86%) SCOM
6 17 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (0.81%) WSUS
7 16 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.43%) BladeLogic
9 9 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (0.33%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.19%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.14%) Grafana
12 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.14%) Puppet
13 2 (0.095%) Cisco CUCM
13 2 (0.095%) logstash
13 2 (0.095%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.095%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 417 (19.81%) Microsoft
2 134 (6.37%) Oracle
3 121 (5.75%) PayPal
4 31 (1.47%) SAP
5 30 (1.43%) Citrix
6 25 (1.19%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.00%) OpenLink
8 16 (0.76%) Databricks
9 15 (0.71%) VMware
10 14 (0.67%) AVEVA
11 13 (0.62%) ION Trading
12 12 (0.57%) TIBCO
12 12 (0.57%) Xamarin
13 11 (0.52%) Informatica
14 10 (0.48%) Google
15 9 (0.43%) Altiris
15 9 (0.43%) Dynatrace
16 8 (0.38%) IBM
16 8 (0.38%) UiPath
17 7 (0.33%) Okta