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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 44 36
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -6
Contract jobs citing C# 41 28 37
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.03% 4.01% 3.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.13% 14.74% 14.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 10
10th Percentile - £334 £335
25th Percentile £488 £355 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £403 £456
Median % change year-on-year +24.22% -11.78% -12.26%
75th Percentile £517 £446 £556
90th Percentile £833 £447 £599
South West median daily rate £500 £375 £506
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.93% -1.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £77.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +19.23% -0.84%
75th Percentile - £95.00 £81.50
90th Percentile - - £85.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £77.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.13% +19.23% -0.76%

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 338 190 256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 24.98% 27.18% 27.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 109 128
10th Percentile £348 £320 £339
25th Percentile £413 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £494
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -13.92% +9.72%
75th Percentile £585 £500 £575
90th Percentile £638 £590 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £528
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.95% +2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 38 80
10th Percentile £58.25 £64.25 £65.00
25th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £68.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.81 £74.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.98 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £67.00 £68.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -1.47% -2.86% +7.69%

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#
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for C# in Bristol

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 21 August 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Amazon Bedrock
1 2 (4.88%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) Anthropic Claude
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) Azure API Management
2 1 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (2.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) Ethernet
1 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.44%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (19.51%) GitLab
2 6 (14.63%) Eclipse
2 6 (14.63%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 6 (14.63%) Military
2 2 (4.88%) Banking
2 2 (4.88%) Finance
2 2 (4.88%) Front Office
2 2 (4.88%) Investment Banking
2 2 (4.88%) Law
2 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (63.41%) Software Engineer
2 19 (46.34%) C++ Software Engineer
3 14 (34.15%) C# Software Engineer
4 9 (21.95%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 9 (21.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 7 (17.07%) Applications Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Developer
7 4 (9.76%) Lead
8 3 (7.32%) Lead Software Engineer
9 2 (4.88%) C++ Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Java Developer
9 2 (4.88%) React Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Senior
9 2 (4.88%) Senior Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Senior Java Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Senior React Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Senior UI Developer
9 2 (4.88%) UI Developer
10 1 (2.44%) Integration Developer
10 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (21.95%) .NET
2 7 (17.07%) Web Services
3 6 (14.63%) Node.js
4 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (4.88%) Model Context Protocol
4 2 (4.88%) React
4 2 (4.88%) Redux
4 2 (4.88%) Semantic Kernel
5 1 (2.44%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.44%) JSON
5 1 (2.44%) OAuth
5 1 (2.44%) OLE
5 1 (2.44%) OpenID
5 1 (2.44%) RESTful
5 1 (2.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Algorithms
2 9 (21.95%) AI Agents
3 7 (17.07%) Autonomous Agent
4 5 (12.20%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.88%) Equities
5 2 (4.88%) Fixed Income
5 2 (4.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.95%) Linux
2 6 (14.63%) Windows
3 3 (7.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (68.29%) Software Engineering
2 20 (48.78%) CI/CD
3 7 (17.07%) Generative AI
3 7 (17.07%) Virtual Environments
4 6 (14.63%) Agile
4 6 (14.63%) Continuous Delivery
4 6 (14.63%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (14.63%) Digital Twin
4 6 (14.63%) Synthetic Environment
4 6 (14.63%) TDD
4 6 (14.63%) Unit Testing
4 6 (14.63%) Validation
4 6 (14.63%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (14.63%) Visualisation
5 4 (9.76%) AI
6 3 (7.32%) Containerisation
6 3 (7.32%) DevSecOps
6 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 24 (58.54%) C++
2 13 (31.71%) Java
3 9 (21.95%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.32%) Python
5 2 (4.88%) SQL
5 2 (4.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) MuleSoft
2 1 (2.44%) SAP