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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 38 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 -7 -7
Contract jobs citing C# 40 27 52
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.99% 4.39% 4.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.67% 15.52% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 14
10th Percentile £458 £346 £279
25th Percentile £488 £355 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £403 £405
Median % change year-on-year +27.33% -0.62% -21.55%
75th Percentile £763 £447 £484
90th Percentile £938 £506 £553
South West median daily rate £506 £384 £450
% change year-on-year +31.92% -14.72% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - - £85.00
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -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 375 174 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 28.05% 28.29% 27.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 103 152
10th Percentile £363 £343 £313
25th Percentile £413 £369 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £469
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -9.33% +1.90%
75th Percentile £559 £511 £569
90th Percentile £631 £625 £638
South West median daily rate £506 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.25% -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 29 98
10th Percentile £53.53 £62.40 £54.25
25th Percentile - £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £68.75 £71.74 £77.65
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -4.41% -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 26 June 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 26 June 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 (2.50%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) Amazon Bedrock
1 1 (2.50%) AWS
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) Azure API Management
1 1 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (2.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Ethernet
1 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.50%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (20.00%) GitLab
2 6 (15.00%) Eclipse
2 6 (15.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.50%) Git
General
1 6 (15.00%) Military
2 2 (5.00%) Banking
2 2 (5.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.00%) Front Office
2 2 (5.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (5.00%) Law
2 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 19 (47.50%) C++ Software Engineer
3 14 (35.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Applications Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Developer
5 4 (10.00%) Lead
6 3 (7.50%) Lead Software Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) C# Developer
7 2 (5.00%) C++ Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Java Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Python Developer
7 2 (5.00%) React Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior React Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Senior UI Developer
7 2 (5.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.50%) Web Services
2 6 (15.00%) .NET
2 6 (15.00%) Node.js
3 2 (5.00%) React
3 2 (5.00%) Redux
4 1 (2.50%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.50%) JSON
4 1 (2.50%) OAuth
4 1 (2.50%) OLE
4 1 (2.50%) OpenID
4 1 (2.50%) RESTful
4 1 (2.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (37.50%) Algorithms
2 3 (7.50%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (5.00%) AI Agents
3 2 (5.00%) Autonomous Agent
3 2 (5.00%) Equities
3 2 (5.00%) Fixed Income
3 2 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 9 (22.50%) Linux
2 6 (15.00%) Windows
3 3 (7.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 24 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 7 (17.50%) Virtual Environments
4 6 (15.00%) Agile
4 6 (15.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 6 (15.00%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (15.00%) Digital Twin
4 6 (15.00%) Synthetic Environment
4 6 (15.00%) TDD
4 6 (15.00%) Unit Testing
4 6 (15.00%) Validation
4 6 (15.00%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (15.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (7.50%) AI
5 3 (7.50%) Containerisation
5 3 (7.50%) DevSecOps
5 3 (7.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (7.50%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (5.00%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (70.00%) C++
2 17 (42.50%) Java
3 9 (22.50%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.50%) Python
5 2 (5.00%) SQL
5 2 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (22.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) MuleSoft
2 1 (2.50%) SAP