C# Contracts with Work from Home Options

C#
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 35 30
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +19
Contract jobs citing C# 895 1,400 2,798
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.11% 5.70% 6.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.94% 15.54% 16.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 1,069 2,190
10th Percentile £363 £375 £375
25th Percentile £457 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £631
90th Percentile £796 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +12.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 40 28
10th Percentile - £44.50 -
25th Percentile £20.77 £54.06 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £57.81
90th Percentile £65.75 - £63.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,990 9,007 16,794
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.04% 36.70% 38.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,630 6,629 12,516
10th Percentile £351 £388 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 191 179
10th Percentile £27.75 £35.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +26.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £62.20
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +16.71%

C#
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C# trend for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C#.

C# daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C# over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

C# daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C#.

C# hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C# over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

C# hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (2.12%) CMS
2 18 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.89%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.78%) SAS
6 5 (0.56%) Confluence
7 4 (0.45%) Luigi
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.34%) IIS
9 2 (0.22%) Apache
9 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.22%) Kentico
9 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
Applications
1 121 (13.52%) Chatbot
2 24 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.11%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.11%) Blender
5 1 (0.11%) InDesign
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.23%) Endur
3 6 (0.67%) Maximo
4 2 (0.22%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.22%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 376 (42.01%) Azure
2 158 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
3 70 (7.82%) AWS
4 60 (6.70%) Dynamics 365
4 60 (6.70%) Power Platform
5 59 (6.59%) Azure Logic Apps
6 54 (6.03%) Azure Service Bus
7 44 (4.92%) Entra ID
8 40 (4.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 36 (4.02%) Azure API Management
9 36 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
10 33 (3.69%) PowerApps
11 32 (3.58%) Serverless
12 31 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
13 29 (3.24%) Power Automate
14 26 (2.91%) Azure Functions
14 26 (2.91%) Azure Storage
15 19 (2.12%) PaaS
16 17 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (1.23%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.23%) Firewall
2 19 (2.12%) DHCP
2 19 (2.12%) DNS
3 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.34%) Internet
5 2 (0.22%) HTTP
5 2 (0.22%) Modbus
5 2 (0.22%) RTSP
6 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.11%) FTP
6 1 (0.11%) MQTT
6 1 (0.11%) Network Security
6 1 (0.11%) RS-232
6 1 (0.11%) VLAN
6 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (22.68%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.91%) Power BI
2 35 (3.91%) Relational Database
3 27 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 27 (3.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 26 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (1.90%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.12%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.89%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.89%) MySQL
11 7 (0.78%) Redis
12 6 (0.67%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.56%) GIS
13 5 (0.56%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.45%) KDB
14 4 (0.45%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 71 (7.93%) Git
2 38 (4.25%) Visual Studio
3 31 (3.46%) JIRA
3 31 (3.46%) Selenium
4 28 (3.13%) SpecFlow
5 16 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.79%) WebDriver
6 14 (1.56%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.56%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (1.45%) TeamCity
8 11 (1.23%) Postman
9 9 (1.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.89%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.89%) GitLab
11 7 (0.78%) JMeter
11 7 (0.78%) Moq
12 6 (0.67%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.67%) Subversion
12 6 (0.67%) webpack
13 5 (0.56%) REST Assured
General
1 221 (24.69%) Finance
2 166 (18.55%) Social Skills
3 119 (13.30%) Front Office
4 95 (10.61%) Banking
5 56 (6.26%) Public Sector
6 49 (5.47%) Back Office
7 46 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (2.35%) Investment Banking
9 18 (2.01%) Financial Institution
10 9 (1.01%) Law
10 9 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.67%) Marketing
12 6 (0.67%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.56%) Electronics
13 5 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.45%) Games
14 4 (0.45%) Legal
15 3 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 576 (64.36%) Developer
2 180 (20.11%) C# Developer
3 172 (19.22%) Software Developer
4 123 (13.74%) Senior
5 115 (12.85%) .NET Developer
6 83 (9.27%) Full Stack Developer
7 79 (8.83%) Senior Developer
8 68 (7.60%) Lead
9 58 (6.48%) Azure Developer
10 49 (5.47%) Analyst
11 42 (4.69%) C# .NET Developer
12 35 (3.91%) Angular Developer
13 34 (3.80%) Software Engineer
14 32 (3.58%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 27 (3.02%) Architect
15 27 (3.02%) Senior C# Developer
16 25 (2.79%) Front Office Developer
17 24 (2.68%) React Developer
18 22 (2.46%) Applications Developer
18 22 (2.46%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 414 (46.26%) .NET
2 179 (20.00%) HTML
3 95 (10.61%) .NET Framework
4 94 (10.50%) AngularJS
5 81 (9.05%) .NET Core
5 81 (9.05%) ASP.NET
6 73 (8.16%) React
6 73 (8.16%) XML
7 57 (6.37%) CSS
8 54 (6.03%) REST
9 38 (4.25%) Web Services
10 37 (4.13%) Entity Framework
11 30 (3.35%) WPF
12 26 (2.91%) ARM Templates
13 25 (2.79%) ASP.NET Core
13 25 (2.79%) RESTful
14 23 (2.57%) jQuery
15 22 (2.46%) JSON
15 22 (2.46%) Node.js
16 21 (2.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.26%) Derivative
2 48 (5.36%) Hedge funds
3 34 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
4 29 (3.24%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.46%) Fixed Income
6 21 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (2.23%) Equities
7 20 (2.23%) PKI
8 19 (2.12%) Mobile App
9 16 (1.79%) Equity Derivative
10 13 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
11 12 (1.34%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.01%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (0.78%) Cloud Native
15 6 (0.67%) Client/Server
15 6 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
16 5 (0.56%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 64 (7.15%) Windows
2 44 (4.92%) Linux
3 31 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.01%) Unix
6 6 (0.67%) Android
7 5 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (26.59%) DevOps
2 228 (25.47%) Software Engineering
3 211 (23.58%) Agile
4 135 (15.08%) Code Quality
5 130 (14.53%) Artificial Intelligence
6 121 (13.52%) Conversational UI
7 112 (12.51%) CI/CD
8 109 (12.18%) Full Stack Development
9 80 (8.94%) Test Automation
10 79 (8.83%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (7.60%) MVC
12 67 (7.49%) OO
12 67 (7.49%) Scrum
13 65 (7.26%) Mentoring
14 59 (6.59%) Microservices
14 59 (6.59%) TDD
15 55 (6.15%) Design Patterns
16 50 (5.59%) Analytics
17 47 (5.25%) Unit Testing
18 46 (5.14%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 389 (43.46%) SQL
2 263 (29.39%) JavaScript
3 243 (27.15%) Python
4 93 (10.39%) PowerShell
5 86 (9.61%) Java
6 61 (6.82%) Bicep
7 56 (6.26%) TypeScript
8 47 (5.25%) C++
9 28 (3.13%) VB
10 25 (2.79%) T-SQL
11 21 (2.35%) VBScript
12 16 (1.79%) VBA
13 14 (1.56%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.45%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.23%) F#
16 10 (1.12%) C
17 9 (1.01%) R
18 8 (0.89%) Perl
19 6 (0.67%) Shell Script
20 5 (0.56%) X++
Qualifications
1 205 (22.91%) Degree
2 80 (8.94%) Security Cleared
3 58 (6.48%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.35%) DV Cleared
5 18 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (1.34%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.67%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.45%) PhD
9 3 (0.34%) HNC
9 3 (0.34%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.11%) ISEB
10 1 (0.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.15%) QA
2 16 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.12%) WCAG
4 9 (1.01%) GDPR
5 8 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.78%) CDISC
7 6 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.45%) SEPA
9 3 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
9 3 (0.34%) GxP
9 3 (0.34%) MiFID
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 56 (6.26%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.46%) Docker
3 21 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.80%) Terraform
3 20 (2.23%) SCOM
4 18 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 18 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (2.01%) SCCM
4 18 (2.01%) WSUS
5 5 (0.56%) Ansible
6 4 (0.45%) BladeLogic
6 4 (0.45%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.22%) Kibana
8 2 (0.22%) logstash
8 2 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 181 (20.22%) Microsoft
2 121 (13.52%) PayPal
3 35 (3.91%) Oracle
4 14 (1.56%) Xamarin
5 12 (1.34%) SAP
6 11 (1.23%) OpenLink
7 10 (1.12%) AVEVA
8 9 (1.01%) Databricks
9 6 (0.67%) Informatica
9 6 (0.67%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.56%) Citrix
10 5 (0.56%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.45%) Adobe
11 4 (0.45%) Altiris
11 4 (0.45%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.45%) Google
12 3 (0.34%) OutSystems
12 3 (0.34%) Sitecore
13 2 (0.22%) Infragistics
13 2 (0.22%) Triple Point