C# Contract Job Trends in Bristol

C#
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring C# skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 47 25
Rank change year-on-year -10 -22 -13
Contract jobs citing C# 20 10 56
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.83% 1.92% 5.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.27% 6.02% 23.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 29
10th Percentile - £319 £300
25th Percentile £375 £348 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £370 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -17.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £425 £386 £675
90th Percentile - £472 £720
South West median daily rate £500 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 5
10th Percentile £40.25 - £66.25
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £71.25
90th Percentile - - £75.30
South West median hourly rate £65.00 - £68.75
% change year-on-year - - +4.96%

All Programming Languages
Bristol

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 in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 319 166 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 29.13% 31.92% 22.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 79 137
10th Percentile £330 £325 £300
25th Percentile £403 £375 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £550
90th Percentile £588 £675 £675
South West median daily rate £512 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.57% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 46 53
10th Percentile £60.00 £59.38 £52.50
25th Percentile £62.50 £62.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C# relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

C# job vacancy trend in Bristol

C#
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing C#.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing C#

C#
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing C#.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing C#

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in Bristol

C#
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) CMS
1 1 (5.00%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) GCP
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (10.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (20.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.00%) Git
General
1 4 (20.00%) Military
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Developer
5 2 (10.00%) C# Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Python Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Backend Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Power BI Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) Node.js
2 4 (20.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) Web Services
3 2 (10.00%) React
4 1 (5.00%) Ajax
4 1 (5.00%) JSON
4 1 (5.00%) OAuth
4 1 (5.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (45.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (30.00%) Agile
4 5 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 4 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (20.00%) Digital Twin
5 4 (20.00%) Synthetic Environment
5 4 (20.00%) TDD
5 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 4 (20.00%) Validation
5 4 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (10.00%) Clean Code
6 2 (10.00%) Design Patterns
6 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 2 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
7 1 (5.00%) Dashboard Development
7 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis
7 1 (5.00%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) C++
2 8 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (25.00%) Java
3 5 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (10.00%) SQL
4 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (5.00%) SAPscript
5 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Cognos
2 1 (5.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) Sitecore