C# Contracts

C#
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 39 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing C# 2,047 2,934 5,294
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.75% 5.23% 6.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.82% 15.34% 16.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,442 2,216 4,112
10th Percentile £363 £393 £385
25th Percentile £448 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.11%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +11.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 100 74
10th Percentile £46.25 £46.13 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.47 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

All Programming Languages
UK

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,939 19,124 31,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.05% 34.12% 36.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,176 13,793 23,095
10th Percentile £350 £388 £388
25th Percentile £425 £461 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £660
90th Percentile £763 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 522 433 488
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.60 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +20.77% +17.21%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.56
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.95 £71.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for C# in the UK

C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for C# in the UK

C#
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for C# in the UK

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in the UK

C#
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England -2 1,857 £575 -4.17% 1,584
London +3 1,238 £625 -3.85% 504
Work from Home +8 892 £575 +4.55% 1,022
UK excluding London -5 642 £475 - 1,170
North of England +3 166 £475 - 317
South East -12 147 £500 -4.76% 229
North West -4 97 £475 -9.52% 185
South West -18 94 £450 -14.29% 137
Midlands -8 87 £489 +15.06% 269
East of England 0 79 £475 - 102
Scotland -1 51 £423 -11.05% 81
West Midlands -11 50 £525 +5.00% 165
Yorkshire +7 43 £475 - 89
East Midlands -4 39 £425 +11.84% 102
North East +24 26 £415 +7.10% 47
Wales +4 14 £394 -12.50% 32
Northern Ireland +1 5 £575 +43.75% 22

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 35 (1.71%) CMS
2 34 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.17%) IIS
4 21 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.73%) Apache
5 15 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.73%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.44%) Confluence
7 8 (0.39%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.34%) SAS
9 4 (0.20%) Luigi
10 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.15%) Jadu
10 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.098%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.098%) Kentico
11 2 (0.098%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.049%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.049%) Site Server
12 1 (0.049%) WebLogic
Applications
1 121 (5.91%) Chatbot
2 54 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.098%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.049%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.049%) Blender
7 1 (0.049%) InDesign
7 1 (0.049%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.049%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.049%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 45 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (1.17%) Endur
3 12 (0.59%) ION Anvil
4 10 (0.49%) Maximo
5 8 (0.39%) ION MarketView
6 5 (0.24%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 4 (0.20%) LabWindows
7 4 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.098%) Shopify
10 1 (0.049%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.049%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.049%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.049%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 851 (41.57%) Azure
2 388 (18.95%) Azure DevOps
3 212 (10.36%) AWS
4 138 (6.74%) Azure Service Bus
5 123 (6.01%) Power Platform
6 100 (4.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 99 (4.84%) Entra ID
8 93 (4.54%) Dynamics 365
9 86 (4.20%) Azure Logic Apps
10 82 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
11 73 (3.57%) Serverless
12 66 (3.22%) PowerApps
13 63 (3.08%) Power Automate
14 56 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
15 52 (2.54%) Azure Functions
16 51 (2.49%) GCP
17 47 (2.30%) Azure API Management
18 45 (2.20%) PaaS
19 38 (1.86%) Azure Storage
20 33 (1.61%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.76%) Modbus
1 36 (1.76%) RS-485
2 35 (1.71%) DNS
2 35 (1.71%) RS-422
3 32 (1.56%) DHCP
4 29 (1.42%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.37%) Firewall
6 26 (1.27%) Internet
7 14 (0.68%) Ethernet
8 12 (0.59%) FTP
9 10 (0.49%) HTTP
10 7 (0.34%) Kerberos
10 7 (0.34%) VPN
11 6 (0.29%) Network Security
11 6 (0.29%) Wireless
12 5 (0.24%) RS-232
13 4 (0.20%) Intranet
14 3 (0.15%) Cisco Firepower
14 3 (0.15%) RTSP
14 3 (0.15%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 521 (25.45%) SQL Server
2 75 (3.66%) Relational Database
3 69 (3.37%) NoSQL
4 60 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 59 (2.88%) Power BI
6 56 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 53 (2.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 49 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
9 41 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
10 32 (1.56%) Oracle Database
11 31 (1.51%) MongoDB
11 31 (1.51%) Redis
12 27 (1.32%) MySQL
13 19 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
14 17 (0.83%) Big Data
15 14 (0.68%) Data Lake
16 11 (0.54%) KDB
17 10 (0.49%) DynamoDB
18 8 (0.39%) RDBMS
19 7 (0.34%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 223 (10.89%) Git
2 116 (5.67%) Visual Studio
3 99 (4.84%) Selenium
4 84 (4.10%) SpecFlow
5 74 (3.62%) Jenkins
6 69 (3.37%) JIRA
7 65 (3.18%) TeamCity
8 39 (1.91%) WebDriver
9 32 (1.56%) Cucumber
9 32 (1.56%) GitLab
10 29 (1.42%) Postman
11 27 (1.32%) Cypress.io
12 26 (1.27%) NUnit
13 22 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
14 19 (0.93%) Moq
14 19 (0.93%) webpack
15 18 (0.88%) Appium
15 18 (0.88%) Subversion
16 17 (0.83%) JUnit
17 16 (0.78%) Artifactory
General
1 410 (20.03%) Finance
2 402 (19.64%) Social Skills
3 217 (10.60%) Front Office
4 208 (10.16%) Banking
5 140 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 128 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
7 89 (4.35%) Back Office
8 82 (4.01%) Investment Banking
9 47 (2.30%) Electronics
10 24 (1.17%) Financial Institution
11 22 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (1.03%) Local Government
13 20 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 18 (0.88%) Marketing
15 17 (0.83%) Retail
16 14 (0.68%) Games
17 12 (0.59%) Military
17 12 (0.59%) Telecoms
18 10 (0.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 1,202 (58.72%) Developer
2 384 (18.76%) C# Developer
3 330 (16.12%) .NET Developer
4 305 (14.90%) Senior
5 238 (11.63%) Software Developer
6 219 (10.70%) Software Engineer
7 187 (9.14%) Senior Developer
8 158 (7.72%) Full Stack Developer
9 136 (6.64%) Lead
10 108 (5.28%) C# .NET Developer
11 90 (4.40%) Analyst
11 90 (4.40%) Azure Developer
12 69 (3.37%) Angular Developer
13 67 (3.27%) C# Software Engineer
14 66 (3.22%) Architect
15 61 (2.98%) Full-Stack C# Developer
16 56 (2.74%) .NET Software Engineer
16 56 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
17 55 (2.69%) React Developer
18 50 (2.44%) Full Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,114 (54.42%) .NET
2 293 (14.31%) HTML
3 281 (13.73%) .NET Core
4 268 (13.09%) .NET Framework
5 247 (12.07%) React
6 226 (11.04%) AngularJS
7 213 (10.41%) ASP.NET
8 164 (8.01%) CSS
9 162 (7.91%) XML
10 113 (5.52%) REST
11 93 (4.54%) Web Services
12 87 (4.25%) WPF
13 79 (3.86%) Entity Framework
14 72 (3.52%) RESTful
15 67 (3.27%) ASP.NET Core
16 65 (3.18%) WCF
17 54 (2.64%) Kafka
18 53 (2.59%) Blazor
18 53 (2.59%) Node.js
19 52 (2.54%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 102 (4.98%) Derivative
2 89 (4.35%) Hedge funds
3 83 (4.05%) Product Ownership
4 80 (3.91%) Fixed Income
5 74 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
6 69 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
7 60 (2.93%) Equities
8 43 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
9 41 (2.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 31 (1.51%) Mobile App
11 30 (1.47%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (1.12%) PKI
13 21 (1.03%) Cloud Native
14 19 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
15 18 (0.88%) Data Structures
16 17 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
16 17 (0.83%) Equity Derivative
17 16 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
18 14 (0.68%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 174 (8.50%) Windows
2 134 (6.55%) Linux
3 50 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 36 (1.76%) Unix
5 20 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (0.68%) Android
7 9 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.049%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (32.73%) Agile
2 668 (32.63%) DevOps
3 508 (24.82%) Software Engineering
4 314 (15.34%) CI/CD
5 256 (12.51%) Full Stack Development
6 244 (11.92%) TDD
7 227 (11.09%) Test Automation
8 219 (10.70%) Scrum
9 201 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
10 179 (8.74%) OO
11 178 (8.70%) Microservices
12 159 (7.77%) Code Quality
13 156 (7.62%) Artificial Intelligence
14 154 (7.52%) Continuous Integration
15 133 (6.50%) MVC
16 128 (6.25%) Unit Testing
17 124 (6.06%) Design Patterns
18 122 (5.96%) SDLC
19 121 (5.91%) Conversational UI
20 105 (5.13%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 750 (36.64%) SQL
2 534 (26.09%) JavaScript
3 376 (18.37%) Python
4 268 (13.09%) Java
5 254 (12.41%) PowerShell
6 174 (8.50%) TypeScript
7 170 (8.30%) C++
8 130 (6.35%) Bicep
9 87 (4.25%) T-SQL
10 74 (3.62%) C
11 68 (3.32%) PL/SQL
12 57 (2.78%) VB
13 51 (2.49%) VBA
14 41 (2.00%) VB.NET
15 27 (1.32%) VBScript
16 19 (0.93%) Bash
17 18 (0.88%) PHP
18 16 (0.78%) R
19 14 (0.68%) F#
20 13 (0.64%) Perl
Qualifications
1 291 (14.22%) Degree
2 198 (9.67%) Security Cleared
3 142 (6.94%) SC Cleared
4 71 (3.47%) DV Cleared
5 46 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 20 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.49%) Azure Certification
10 8 (0.39%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (0.39%) PhD
11 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.20%) ISEB
13 3 (0.15%) HNC
13 3 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.098%) CCNP
14 2 (0.098%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.098%) GIAC
14 2 (0.098%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (7.72%) QA
2 36 (1.76%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.27%) WCAG
4 18 (0.88%) PCI DSS
5 16 (0.78%) Data Quality
5 16 (0.78%) MiFID
6 13 (0.64%) NIST
7 9 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.39%) GDPR
8 8 (0.39%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.34%) CDISC
10 6 (0.29%) EMIR
10 6 (0.29%) SLA
11 5 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.20%) SEPA
13 3 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.15%) Good Clinical Practice
13 3 (0.15%) GxP
13 3 (0.15%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 138 (6.74%) Active Directory
2 68 (3.32%) Docker
3 25 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.15%) NFS
8 3 (0.15%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.098%) vSphere
10 1 (0.049%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 105 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 80 (3.91%) Terraform
3 42 (2.05%) Ansible
4 30 (1.47%) SCCM
5 22 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.07%) SCOM
6 21 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (1.03%) WSUS
7 15 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.44%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.15%) Puppet
12 2 (0.098%) Grafana
12 2 (0.098%) Kibana
12 2 (0.098%) logstash
12 2 (0.098%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.098%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.049%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 430 (21.01%) Microsoft
2 141 (6.89%) Oracle
3 121 (5.91%) PayPal
4 31 (1.51%) Citrix
5 26 (1.27%) SAP
6 23 (1.12%) OpenLink
7 18 (0.88%) Databricks
8 17 (0.83%) Salesforce
8 17 (0.83%) Xamarin
9 15 (0.73%) VMware
10 14 (0.68%) AVEVA
11 13 (0.64%) ION Trading
12 11 (0.54%) Informatica
13 10 (0.49%) TIBCO
14 9 (0.44%) Altiris
14 9 (0.44%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.44%) Google
15 8 (0.39%) IBM
15 8 (0.39%) MuleSoft
16 7 (0.34%) Veeam