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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 54 48
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 -19
Contract jobs citing C# 43 20 27
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 3.18% 2.62% 3.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.84% 10.05% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 9 7
10th Percentile - £261 £333
25th Percentile £463 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £463
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -10.81% -15.91%
75th Percentile £519 £488 £538
90th Percentile - £559 £581
South West median daily rate £500 £400 £513
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.95% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 9
10th Percentile - £69.00 -
25th Percentile - £75.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £90.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +38.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile - £95.00 -
90th Percentile - - £69.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £90.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -27.78% +38.46% -7.14%

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 335 199 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 24.78% 26.08% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 113 114
10th Percentile £399 £313 £354
25th Percentile £453 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.89% -3.20% +6.95%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £623 £638
South West median daily rate £538 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +4.88% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 45 70
10th Percentile £55.00 £61.55 £62.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £65.31
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 -
90th Percentile - £75.00 £74.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -2.26% -5.00% +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 16 October 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#
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 (2.33%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) Anthropic Claude
2 3 (6.98%) Amazon Bedrock
2 3 (6.98%) AWS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure
3 1 (2.33%) Azure API Management
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.30%) Ethernet
1 4 (9.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.33%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) GitLab
2 4 (9.30%) Eclipse
2 4 (9.30%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 4 (9.30%) Military
2 2 (4.65%) Banking
2 2 (4.65%) Finance
2 2 (4.65%) Front Office
2 2 (4.65%) Investment Banking
2 2 (4.65%) Law
3 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (51.16%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 22 (51.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 16 (37.21%) Software Engineer
3 14 (32.56%) C++ Software Engineer
4 9 (20.93%) C# Software Engineer
5 5 (11.63%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (9.30%) Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Java Developer
7 2 (4.65%) React Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior React Developer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior UI Developer
7 2 (4.65%) UI Developer
8 1 (2.33%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.33%) Azure Developer
8 1 (2.33%) Integration Developer
8 1 (2.33%) Lead
8 1 (2.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (34.88%) .NET
2 5 (11.63%) Web Services
3 4 (9.30%) .NET Framework
3 4 (9.30%) ASP.NET
3 4 (9.30%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (9.30%) Model Context Protocol
3 4 (9.30%) Node.js
3 4 (9.30%) Semantic Kernel
4 2 (4.65%) React
4 2 (4.65%) Redux
5 1 (2.33%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.33%) JSON
5 1 (2.33%) OAuth
5 1 (2.33%) OpenID
5 1 (2.33%) RESTful
5 1 (2.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (51.16%) AI Agents
2 13 (30.23%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (27.91%) Autonomous Agent
4 8 (18.60%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.65%) Equities
5 2 (4.65%) Fixed Income
5 2 (4.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Linux
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (39.53%) Software Engineering
2 12 (27.91%) CI/CD
2 12 (27.91%) Generative AI
3 7 (16.28%) AI
4 4 (9.30%) Agile
4 4 (9.30%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (9.30%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (9.30%) Digital Twin
4 4 (9.30%) Human-in-the-Loop
4 4 (9.30%) Synthetic Environment
4 4 (9.30%) TDD
4 4 (9.30%) Unit Testing
4 4 (9.30%) Validation
4 4 (9.30%) Verification and Validation
4 4 (9.30%) Virtual Environments
4 4 (9.30%) Visualisation
4 4 (9.30%) Workflow
5 3 (6.98%) Prompt Engineering
5 3 (6.98%) Roadmaps
5 3 (6.98%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 17 (39.53%) C++
2 10 (23.26%) Java
3 7 (16.28%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.65%) SQL
4 2 (4.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (2.33%) SAP