Senior C# Developer Contracts

Senior C# Developer
UK

The median Senior C# Developer daily rate in the UK is £710, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 536 624
Rank change year-on-year +49 +88 +108
Contract jobs requiring a Senior C# Developer 33 46 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 72
10th Percentile £450 £484 £500
25th Percentile £606 £545 £570
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% - -
75th Percentile £816 £734 £800
90th Percentile £838 £775 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £475 £544
% change year-on-year +11.05% -12.64% -3.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Senior C# Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior C# Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior C# Developer in the UK

Senior C# Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior C# Developer.

Daily rate trend for Senior C# Developer in the UK

Senior C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior C# Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior C# Developer in the UK

Senior C# Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior C# Developer.

Hourly rate trend for Senior C# Developer in the UK

Senior C# Developer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior C# Developer 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
England +44 32 £700 +7.69% 42
London +29 30 £720 +6.67% 16
Work from Home +34 18 £763 +8.93% 26
UK excluding London +60 2 £528 +11.05% 34
South West +45 1 £655 - 1
North of England - 1 £400 - 13
North West - 1 £400 - 7

Senior C# Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior C# Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior C# Developer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) C#
2 24 (72.73%) .NET
3 19 (57.58%) Finance
4 18 (54.55%) Azure
5 13 (39.39%) SQL
6 11 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 10 (30.30%) ASP.NET
7 10 (30.30%) Software Engineering
7 10 (30.30%) .NET Framework
7 10 (30.30%) .NET Core
8 9 (27.27%) React
9 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
9 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (24.24%) AngularJS
9 8 (24.24%) JavaScript
9 8 (24.24%) OO
10 7 (21.21%) HTML
10 7 (21.21%) CSS
10 7 (21.21%) Agile
10 7 (21.21%) Front Office
10 7 (21.21%) DevOps
10 7 (21.21%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (18.18%) Vue
11 6 (18.18%) Mentoring
11 6 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
11 6 (18.18%) Analytics
11 6 (18.18%) Entity Framework
11 6 (18.18%) Banking
11 6 (18.18%) C++
11 6 (18.18%) Microsoft

Senior C# Developer Skill Set
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 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (9.09%) AWS
3 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
1 2 (6.06%) HTTP
1 2 (6.06%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 3 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (9.09%) Redis
3 2 (6.06%) ClickHouse
3 2 (6.06%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Git
2 3 (9.09%) Bitbucket
2 3 (9.09%) TeamCity
3 1 (3.03%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.03%) NUnit
3 1 (3.03%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 19 (57.58%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Front Office
4 6 (18.18%) Banking
5 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Billing
6 2 (6.06%) Electronics
6 2 (6.06%) Financial Institution
6 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.06%) Marketing
6 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (72.73%) .NET
2 10 (30.30%) .NET Core
2 10 (30.30%) .NET Framework
2 10 (30.30%) ASP.NET
3 9 (27.27%) React
4 8 (24.24%) AngularJS
5 7 (21.21%) ASP.NET Core
5 7 (21.21%) CSS
5 7 (21.21%) HTML
6 6 (18.18%) Entity Framework
6 6 (18.18%) Vue
7 5 (15.15%) Node.js
7 5 (15.15%) RESTful
7 5 (15.15%) Web Services
8 4 (12.12%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (12.12%) Kafka
9 3 (9.09%) WCF
10 2 (6.06%) OAuth
10 2 (6.06%) OpenID
10 2 (6.06%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (15.15%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.06%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.03%) Fixed Income
5 1 (3.03%) Hedge funds
5 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.03%) Reinsurance
5 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Android
2 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Software Engineering
2 8 (24.24%) OO
2 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.21%) Agile
3 7 (21.21%) DevOps
4 6 (18.18%) Analytics
4 6 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 5 (15.15%) Containerisation
5 5 (15.15%) OOP
5 5 (15.15%) SOLID
6 4 (12.12%) BDD
6 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
6 4 (12.12%) Microservices
6 4 (12.12%) Scrum
6 4 (12.12%) TDD
6 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Web Development
7 3 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
7 3 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (100.00%) C#
2 13 (39.39%) SQL
3 8 (24.24%) JavaScript
4 6 (18.18%) C++
5 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
6 3 (9.09%) PL/SQL
6 3 (9.09%) RPG
6 3 (9.09%) RPG IV
6 3 (9.09%) TypeScript
7 2 (6.06%) Python
8 1 (3.03%) Bicep
8 1 (3.03%) F#
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 3 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 2 (6.06%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) Murex
4 1 (3.03%) Solace
4 1 (3.03%) TIBCO