C# Contracts in the UK excluding London

C#
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 48 40
Rank change year-on-year -8 -8 +2
Contract jobs citing C# 646 977 1,598
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.19% 4.24% 5.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.49% 14.71% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 666 1,115
10th Percentile £313 £350 £363
25th Percentile £388 £401 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +12.12%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £619 £675 £604
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 69
10th Percentile £46.25 £46.85 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £55.63 £47.02
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 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% +22.22%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,787 6,642 8,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.62% 28.80% 28.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,220 4,692 6,120
10th Percentile £313 £341 £335
25th Percentile £400 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.04% +15.29%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £676 £644
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 331 338
10th Percentile £37.89 £22.50 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £28.38
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +24.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £67.59
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.10
% change year-on-year - +24.75% +16.95%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England +7 168 £475 - 362
South East -8 150 £506 -3.57% 244
North West 0 103 £475 -7.32% 208
South West -16 95 £450 -14.29% 163
Midlands -6 84 £490 +15.18% 280
East of England 0 80 £475 +4.11% 88
Scotland -2 52 £419 -11.84% 93
West Midlands -5 48 £525 +5.00% 169
Yorkshire +2 38 £450 -5.26% 107
East Midlands -5 36 £430 +13.16% 110
North East +21 27 £415 -7.78% 50
Wales +2 13 £394 -12.50% 49
Northern Ireland +5 5 £575 +43.75% 21
C#
UK

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.39%) Apache
3 9 (1.39%) CMS
4 7 (1.08%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.77%) Confluence
5 5 (0.77%) IIS
6 2 (0.31%) Jadu
6 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.15%) Site Server
7 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 108 (16.72%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.15%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.24%) Maximo
3 4 (0.62%) LabWindows
4 2 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 219 (33.90%) Azure
2 99 (15.33%) Azure DevOps
3 54 (8.36%) AWS
4 49 (7.59%) Power Platform
5 33 (5.11%) Azure Logic Apps
6 29 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (4.18%) Power Automate
8 26 (4.02%) Azure Monitor
8 26 (4.02%) Serverless
9 23 (3.56%) Azure Storage
10 22 (3.41%) Entra ID
11 20 (3.10%) PowerApps
12 19 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (2.48%) PaaS
14 15 (2.32%) Azure Functions
15 12 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 12 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (1.70%) SaaS
17 10 (1.55%) Azure AKS
18 9 (1.39%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 37 (5.73%) Modbus
1 37 (5.73%) RS-485
2 36 (5.57%) RS-422
3 27 (4.18%) DHCP
3 27 (4.18%) DNS
4 25 (3.87%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.25%) Firewall
6 14 (2.17%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.77%) FTP
7 5 (0.77%) HTTP
7 5 (0.77%) Intranet
7 5 (0.77%) RS-232
8 3 (0.46%) Internet
8 3 (0.46%) Network Security
8 3 (0.46%) RTSP
8 3 (0.46%) VPN
8 3 (0.46%) Wireless
9 2 (0.31%) MQTT
9 2 (0.31%) SAN
10 1 (0.15%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (17.03%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.25%) Power BI
3 18 (2.79%) MySQL
3 18 (2.79%) Relational Database
4 15 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.70%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.93%) Redis
11 5 (0.77%) Big Data
11 5 (0.77%) GIS
11 5 (0.77%) SQLite
12 4 (0.62%) Biml
12 4 (0.62%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 76 (11.76%) Git
2 64 (9.91%) Visual Studio
3 30 (4.64%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.56%) JIRA
4 23 (3.56%) Selenium
5 13 (2.01%) Eclipse
6 11 (1.70%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.24%) NUnit
7 8 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.24%) WebDriver
8 7 (1.08%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (1.08%) SpecFlow
8 7 (1.08%) Subversion
9 6 (0.93%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.93%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.93%) Postman
10 5 (0.77%) Mercurial
10 5 (0.77%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.77%) webpack
General
1 124 (19.20%) Social Skills
2 42 (6.50%) Electronics
3 36 (5.57%) Public Sector
4 33 (5.11%) Finance
5 28 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (2.17%) Military
7 12 (1.86%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.93%) Aviation
10 6 (0.93%) Banking
10 6 (0.93%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.77%) Law
11 5 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.62%) Automotive
12 4 (0.62%) Marketing
12 4 (0.62%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.46%) Games
13 3 (0.46%) Legal
Job Titles
1 366 (56.66%) Developer
2 145 (22.45%) Software Developer
3 92 (14.24%) .NET Developer
4 89 (13.78%) Software Engineer
5 46 (7.12%) C# Developer
6 43 (6.66%) C++ Software Engineer
7 42 (6.50%) Senior
8 30 (4.64%) Lead
9 28 (4.33%) Full Stack Developer
10 25 (3.87%) C# Software Engineer
11 24 (3.72%) Senior Developer
12 20 (3.10%) Architect
13 18 (2.79%) Test Engineer
14 17 (2.63%) Active Directory Support
14 17 (2.63%) Applications Developer
14 17 (2.63%) Tester
15 16 (2.48%) Azure Developer
15 16 (2.48%) C# .NET Developer
16 14 (2.17%) Azure Specialist
16 14 (2.17%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 272 (42.11%) .NET
2 163 (25.23%) HTML
3 63 (9.75%) .NET Framework
4 62 (9.60%) ASP.NET
5 53 (8.20%) AngularJS
6 51 (7.89%) .NET Core
6 51 (7.89%) CSS
7 47 (7.28%) React
8 36 (5.57%) Web Services
9 35 (5.42%) XML
10 34 (5.26%) RESTful
11 32 (4.95%) REST
12 29 (4.49%) JSON
13 27 (4.18%) Entity Framework
14 24 (3.72%) Blazor
15 22 (3.41%) ARM Templates
15 22 (3.41%) Node.js
16 20 (3.10%) SOAP
17 18 (2.79%) ASP.NET MVC
18 14 (2.17%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (2.63%) PKI
2 17 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (2.01%) Mobile App
4 12 (1.86%) Algorithms
4 12 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (1.55%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.39%) CCTV
7 7 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (0.93%) IoT
9 5 (0.77%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.62%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.62%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.62%) Social Media
11 3 (0.46%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 83 (12.85%) Windows
2 66 (10.22%) Linux
3 28 (4.33%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.24%) Unix
6 7 (1.08%) Android
6 7 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (36.69%) Software Engineering
2 220 (34.06%) Agile
3 199 (30.80%) DevOps
4 120 (18.58%) Code Quality
5 119 (18.42%) Artificial Intelligence
6 108 (16.72%) Conversational UI
7 85 (13.16%) CI/CD
8 78 (12.07%) TDD
9 70 (10.84%) Continuous Integration
10 68 (10.53%) Test Automation
11 66 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
12 64 (9.91%) Full Stack Development
12 64 (9.91%) Unit Testing
13 56 (8.67%) Scrum
14 50 (7.74%) OO
14 50 (7.74%) Software Testing
15 49 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 48 (7.43%) MVC
17 46 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
18 45 (6.97%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 242 (37.46%) SQL
2 235 (36.38%) JavaScript
3 172 (26.63%) Python
4 95 (14.71%) C++
5 63 (9.75%) Java
6 59 (9.13%) C
7 48 (7.43%) PowerShell
8 34 (5.26%) TypeScript
9 26 (4.02%) Bicep
10 22 (3.41%) VB
10 22 (3.41%) VBScript
11 12 (1.86%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.70%) PHP
13 10 (1.55%) VB.NET
14 8 (1.24%) Bash
15 7 (1.08%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.08%) VBA
16 5 (0.77%) Ruby
16 5 (0.77%) X++
17 4 (0.62%) F#
Qualifications
1 163 (25.23%) Degree
2 108 (16.72%) Security Cleared
3 75 (11.61%) SC Cleared
4 46 (7.12%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 10 (1.55%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.77%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.62%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.62%) PhD
9 3 (0.46%) HNC
9 3 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.31%) HND
10 2 (0.31%) ISEB
10 2 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.42%) QA
2 9 (1.39%) NIST
3 8 (1.24%) ISO 9001
3 8 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.46%) GDPR
5 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.15%) HL7
7 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (3.25%) Active Directory
1 21 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
2 17 (2.63%) Docker
2 17 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.08%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.77%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.46%) VirtualBox
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (5.73%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.18%) SCCM
3 18 (2.79%) WSUS
4 17 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (2.63%) SCOM
5 15 (2.32%) Ansible
5 15 (2.32%) Terraform
6 7 (1.08%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.15%) Grafana
9 1 (0.15%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 113 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 108 (16.72%) PayPal
3 21 (3.25%) Oracle
4 13 (2.01%) VMware
5 10 (1.55%) Xamarin
6 9 (1.39%) Informatica
6 9 (1.39%) SAP
7 7 (1.08%) Veeam
8 6 (0.93%) AVEVA
9 5 (0.77%) Talend
10 4 (0.62%) Infragistics
11 3 (0.46%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.46%) IBM
11 3 (0.46%) Nintex
11 3 (0.46%) NVIDIA
11 3 (0.46%) OutSystems
11 3 (0.46%) Pega
11 3 (0.46%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.31%) Atmel
12 2 (0.31%) Sitecore