C# Contracts in England

C#
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for C# skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited C# over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 33 30
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +9
Contract jobs citing C# 1,880 2,763 4,535
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.17% 5.73% 6.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.33% 16.40% 17.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,341 2,086 3,534
10th Percentile £380 £400 £381
25th Percentile £456 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 105 72
10th Percentile £46.25 £46.85 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.50 £46.93
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.75 £70.30 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year - +21.50% +18.89%

All Programming Languages
England

C# is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,846 16,845 25,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.81% 34.96% 36.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,871 12,314 19,084
10th Percentile £350 £385 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £772
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 408 456
10th Percentile £37.59 £26.11 £20.13
25th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year - +22.43% +20.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.36 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year - +24.13% +18.47%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for C# in England

C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# in England.

Daily rate trend for C# in England

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# in England

C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# in England.

Hourly rate trend for C# in England

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in England

C#
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London 0 1,259 £625 -2.34% 552
North of England +2 169 £475 - 349
South East -9 148 £506 -3.57% 249
North West -2 103 £475 -9.52% 204
South West -20 95 £450 -14.29% 157
Midlands -5 83 £490 +15.29% 292
East of England 0 81 £475 +4.11% 88
West Midlands +2 47 £525 +5.00% 177
Yorkshire -2 39 £470 -1.05% 102
East Midlands -5 36 £430 +13.16% 114
North East +20 27 £415 -7.78% 47
C#
UK

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.76%) CMS
3 22 (1.17%) IIS
4 18 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.80%) Apache
6 14 (0.74%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.43%) Confluence
7 8 (0.43%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.21%) Luigi
9 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.16%) Jadu
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.053%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.053%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.053%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.053%) Site Server
11 1 (0.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 110 (5.85%) Chatbot
2 54 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.053%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.053%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.053%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 28 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (1.22%) Endur
3 12 (0.64%) ION Anvil
4 8 (0.43%) ION MarketView
5 5 (0.27%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 4 (0.21%) LabWindows
6 4 (0.21%) Maximo
6 4 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.11%) SAP GTS
9 1 (0.053%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.053%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.053%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.053%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 738 (39.26%) Azure
2 360 (19.15%) Azure DevOps
3 205 (10.90%) AWS
4 128 (6.81%) Azure Service Bus
5 110 (5.85%) Power Platform
6 93 (4.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 89 (4.73%) Entra ID
8 84 (4.47%) Azure Logic Apps
9 79 (4.20%) Azure Monitor
10 77 (4.10%) Serverless
11 76 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
12 61 (3.24%) Power Automate
13 58 (3.09%) Azure Functions
14 57 (3.03%) PowerApps
15 51 (2.71%) Azure API Management
16 50 (2.66%) GCP
16 50 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
17 40 (2.13%) PaaS
18 36 (1.91%) Azure Storage
19 35 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.97%) Modbus
1 37 (1.97%) RS-485
2 36 (1.91%) RS-422
3 35 (1.86%) DNS
4 31 (1.65%) TCP/IP
5 29 (1.54%) DHCP
6 25 (1.33%) Firewall
7 24 (1.28%) Internet
8 14 (0.74%) Ethernet
9 12 (0.64%) FTP
9 12 (0.64%) HTTP
10 10 (0.53%) VPN
11 7 (0.37%) Kerberos
11 7 (0.37%) Wireless
12 6 (0.32%) Intranet
13 5 (0.27%) Network Security
13 5 (0.27%) RS-232
14 4 (0.21%) SSH
15 3 (0.16%) Cisco Firepower
15 3 (0.16%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 477 (25.37%) SQL Server
2 68 (3.62%) Relational Database
3 67 (3.56%) NoSQL
4 65 (3.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 55 (2.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 49 (2.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 49 (2.61%) Power BI
7 45 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
8 38 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
9 26 (1.38%) MongoDB
9 26 (1.38%) Redis
10 25 (1.33%) Oracle Database
11 23 (1.22%) MySQL
12 18 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
13 17 (0.90%) Big Data
14 15 (0.80%) KDB
15 13 (0.69%) Data Lake
15 13 (0.69%) DynamoDB
16 10 (0.53%) Kdb+
17 7 (0.37%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 201 (10.69%) Git
2 106 (5.64%) Visual Studio
3 82 (4.36%) Selenium
4 75 (3.99%) SpecFlow
5 69 (3.67%) Jenkins
6 64 (3.40%) JIRA
7 63 (3.35%) TeamCity
8 30 (1.60%) GitLab
8 30 (1.60%) WebDriver
9 28 (1.49%) Postman
10 27 (1.44%) NUnit
11 25 (1.33%) Cucumber
12 22 (1.17%) Cypress.io
13 19 (1.01%) Moq
13 19 (1.01%) webpack
14 18 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
15 17 (0.90%) Appium
16 16 (0.85%) Artifactory
16 16 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
16 16 (0.85%) Subversion
General
1 419 (22.29%) Finance
2 365 (19.41%) Social Skills
3 232 (12.34%) Front Office
4 220 (11.70%) Banking
5 124 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 118 (6.28%) Public Sector
7 101 (5.37%) Back Office
8 86 (4.57%) Investment Banking
9 49 (2.61%) Electronics
10 24 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 22 (1.17%) Local Government
12 21 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.06%) Marketing
14 19 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (0.96%) Retail
16 14 (0.74%) Military
17 13 (0.69%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.59%) Law
19 10 (0.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1,103 (58.67%) Developer
2 361 (19.20%) C# Developer
3 298 (15.85%) .NET Developer
4 295 (15.69%) Senior
5 224 (11.91%) Software Developer
6 207 (11.01%) Software Engineer
7 180 (9.57%) Senior Developer
8 137 (7.29%) Full Stack Developer
9 123 (6.54%) Lead
10 103 (5.48%) C# .NET Developer
11 92 (4.89%) Analyst
12 83 (4.41%) Azure Developer
13 63 (3.35%) Angular Developer
14 60 (3.19%) C# Software Engineer
15 58 (3.09%) Architect
16 56 (2.98%) .NET Software Engineer
17 52 (2.77%) Senior Software Developer
18 50 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
18 50 (2.66%) Full-Stack C# Developer
19 49 (2.61%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,005 (53.46%) .NET
2 263 (13.99%) .NET Core
3 257 (13.67%) HTML
4 232 (12.34%) .NET Framework
5 216 (11.49%) React
6 201 (10.69%) AngularJS
7 195 (10.37%) ASP.NET
8 163 (8.67%) XML
9 138 (7.34%) CSS
10 110 (5.85%) REST
11 89 (4.73%) Web Services
12 80 (4.26%) WPF
13 67 (3.56%) RESTful
14 65 (3.46%) Entity Framework
15 60 (3.19%) ASP.NET Core
16 59 (3.14%) JSON
17 57 (3.03%) WCF
18 51 (2.71%) Node.js
19 48 (2.55%) Kafka
20 47 (2.50%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.06%) Derivative
2 100 (5.32%) Hedge funds
3 84 (4.47%) Fixed Income
4 78 (4.15%) Product Ownership
5 68 (3.62%) Equities
6 64 (3.40%) Greenfield Project
7 63 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
8 44 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
9 43 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 34 (1.81%) Algorithms
11 23 (1.22%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.06%) Cloud Native
13 20 (1.06%) Equity Derivative
13 20 (1.06%) PKI
14 19 (1.01%) Market Risk
15 17 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (0.85%) Data Structures
17 15 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
18 13 (0.69%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 156 (8.30%) Windows
2 126 (6.70%) Linux
3 47 (2.50%) Windows Server
4 39 (2.07%) Unix
5 17 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (0.59%) Android
7 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.37%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 632 (33.62%) Agile
2 616 (32.77%) DevOps
3 484 (25.74%) Software Engineering
4 293 (15.59%) CI/CD
5 243 (12.93%) TDD
6 225 (11.97%) Full Stack Development
7 210 (11.17%) Scrum
8 203 (10.80%) Test Automation
9 176 (9.36%) Problem-Solving
10 175 (9.31%) OO
11 167 (8.88%) Microservices
12 149 (7.93%) Continuous Integration
13 140 (7.45%) Artificial Intelligence
14 139 (7.39%) Code Quality
15 120 (6.38%) Unit Testing
16 119 (6.33%) MVC
17 117 (6.22%) Design Patterns
18 110 (5.85%) Conversational UI
19 107 (5.69%) SDLC
20 106 (5.64%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 718 (38.19%) SQL
2 485 (25.80%) JavaScript
3 368 (19.57%) Python
4 265 (14.10%) Java
5 237 (12.61%) PowerShell
6 165 (8.78%) C++
7 148 (7.87%) TypeScript
8 123 (6.54%) Bicep
9 76 (4.04%) T-SQL
10 75 (3.99%) C
11 62 (3.30%) PL/SQL
12 44 (2.34%) VBA
13 38 (2.02%) VB
14 35 (1.86%) VB.NET
15 21 (1.12%) VBScript
16 18 (0.96%) Bash
17 17 (0.90%) PHP
18 13 (0.69%) Go
19 12 (0.64%) F#
19 12 (0.64%) Perl
Qualifications
1 275 (14.63%) Degree
2 173 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 130 (6.91%) SC Cleared
4 62 (3.30%) DV Cleared
5 43 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (1.81%) Master's Degree
7 17 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (0.53%) Azure Certification
8 10 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (0.48%) PhD
10 8 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (0.37%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.16%) CHECK Team Leader
13 3 (0.16%) CREST Certified
13 3 (0.16%) GIAC
13 3 (0.16%) HNC
13 3 (0.16%) ISEB
13 3 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (7.07%) QA
2 34 (1.81%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.28%) WCAG
4 17 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 16 (0.85%) MiFID
6 14 (0.74%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.74%) NIST
7 9 (0.48%) GDPR
7 9 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.43%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.32%) EMIR
9 6 (0.32%) SLA
10 5 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
11 4 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.21%) SEPA
12 3 (0.16%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 1 (0.053%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.053%) HL7
13 1 (0.053%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 131 (6.97%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.56%) Docker
3 21 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.48%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.43%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.21%) NFS
10 3 (0.16%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.11%) vSphere
12 1 (0.053%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 91 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 67 (3.56%) Terraform
3 43 (2.29%) Ansible
4 27 (1.44%) SCCM
5 18 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (0.96%) WSUS
6 17 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (0.90%) SCOM
7 12 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.48%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.21%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.16%) Puppet
12 2 (0.11%) Grafana
12 2 (0.11%) Kibana
12 2 (0.11%) logstash
12 2 (0.11%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.11%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.053%) VxRail
Vendors
1 398 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 128 (6.81%) Oracle
3 110 (5.85%) PayPal
4 27 (1.44%) Citrix
5 26 (1.38%) SAP
6 22 (1.17%) OpenLink
6 22 (1.17%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.01%) Databricks
8 15 (0.80%) VMware
9 13 (0.69%) ION Trading
10 12 (0.64%) Xamarin
11 11 (0.59%) Informatica
12 10 (0.53%) TIBCO
13 9 (0.48%) Altiris
13 9 (0.48%) AVEVA
13 9 (0.48%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.48%) Google
14 8 (0.43%) IBM
15 7 (0.37%) MuleSoft
15 7 (0.37%) Okta