Junior C# Developer Contract Job Trends

Junior C# Developer
UK

The median Junior C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 521 592
Rank change year-on-year -102 +71 -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior C# Developer 3 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.011% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - - £327
25th Percentile £313 £211 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £223 £333
Median % change year-on-year +46.07% -33.08% -
75th Percentile £338 £311 £336
90th Percentile - £357 £339
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,662 27,424 41,343
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.92% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,771 17,715 27,123
10th Percentile £313 £296 £270
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.40%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £721 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £487
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.46% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 874 2,496
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.36 £12.96
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.06 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.71% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £75.79 £77.50 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -19.90%

Junior C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior C# Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Junior C# Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior C# Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior C# Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior C# Developer job vacancies in the UK

Junior C# Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior C# Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior C# Developer job vacancies in the UK

Junior C# Developer
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior C# Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 March 2026. 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
London -58 3 £325 +46.07% 5
England -91 3 £325 +46.07% 5

Junior C# Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, Junior C# Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Junior C# Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development

Junior C# Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft