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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 54 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 -28 -10
Contract jobs citing C# 14 9 54
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.66% 1.42% 5.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.09% 4.84% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 32
10th Percentile - £335 £325
25th Percentile £375 £378 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -10.14%
75th Percentile £488 £520 £682
90th Percentile £518 £562 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £518 £538
% change year-on-year -3.38% -3.72% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile - - £69.25
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £95.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +6.87%

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 230 186 252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 27.25% 29.25% 26.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 76 171
10th Percentile £299 £351 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £648 £686 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 46 38
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £55.88
25th Percentile - £62.00 £63.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile - £68.56 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.88 £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.14% +1.15% -

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 11 January 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 (7.14%) CMS
1 1 (7.14%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
1 1 (7.14%) HTTP
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) MongoDB
1 2 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 2 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Git
1 2 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (7.14%) Artifactory
2 1 (7.14%) Eclipse
2 1 (7.14%) SonarQube
2 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
1 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Military
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Backend Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Power BI Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) React
3 3 (21.43%) Node.js
4 2 (14.29%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (14.29%) RESTful
4 2 (14.29%) XML
5 1 (7.14%) Ajax
5 1 (7.14%) JSON
5 1 (7.14%) OAuth
5 1 (7.14%) OAuth2
5 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 2 (14.29%) FPGA
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (14.29%) Verilog
2 2 (14.29%) VHDL
3 1 (7.14%) Industrial Internet of Things
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Clean Code
4 2 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 2 (14.29%) Design Patterns
4 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.14%) SBOM
5 1 (7.14%) TDD
5 1 (7.14%) Validation
5 1 (7.14%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C++
2 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (35.71%) Python
3 4 (28.57%) Java
3 4 (28.57%) TypeScript
4 2 (14.29%) C
4 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (7.14%) SAPscript
5 1 (7.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Docker
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Grafana
2 1 (7.14%) Prometheus
2 1 (7.14%) Rancher
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Cognos
3 1 (7.14%) Sitecore
3 1 (7.14%) VMware