C# Contracts with Work from Home Options

C#
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 32 30
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +19
Contract jobs citing C# 912 1,467 2,771
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.16% 5.95% 6.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.23% 15.99% 16.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 624 1,112 2,159
10th Percentile £363 £375 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +11.48%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £625
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 47 34
10th Percentile - £43.00 -
25th Percentile £20.77 £57.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +33.33% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £57.06
90th Percentile £65.75 £75.25 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year - +21.50% +18.89%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,002 9,174 16,719
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.80% 37.22% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,628 6,731 12,427
10th Percentile £356 £390 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 195 194
10th Percentile £33.13 £32.45 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £63.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +26.00% +11.73%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year - +24.13% +18.47%

C#
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C# trend for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C#.

C# daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C# over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

C# daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C#.

C# hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C# over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

C# hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (2.08%) CMS
2 17 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.88%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.77%) SAS
6 6 (0.66%) Confluence
7 4 (0.44%) IIS
7 4 (0.44%) Luigi
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.22%) Apache
9 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.22%) Kentico
9 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 121 (13.27%) Chatbot
2 25 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.11%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.11%) Blender
5 1 (0.11%) InDesign
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.21%) Endur
3 6 (0.66%) Maximo
4 2 (0.22%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
4 2 (0.22%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 382 (41.89%) Azure
2 165 (18.09%) Azure DevOps
3 72 (7.89%) AWS
4 64 (7.02%) Power Platform
5 63 (6.91%) Azure Logic Apps
6 62 (6.80%) Dynamics 365
7 57 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
8 43 (4.71%) Entra ID
9 41 (4.50%) Azure API Management
9 41 (4.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 38 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
11 36 (3.95%) Serverless
12 34 (3.73%) PowerApps
13 30 (3.29%) Azure Functions
13 30 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
13 30 (3.29%) Power Automate
14 25 (2.74%) Azure Storage
15 22 (2.41%) PaaS
16 20 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.08%) DNS
1 19 (2.08%) Firewall
2 18 (1.97%) DHCP
3 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.33%) Internet
5 2 (0.22%) HTTP
5 2 (0.22%) Modbus
5 2 (0.22%) RTSP
5 2 (0.22%) VPN
6 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.11%) FTP
6 1 (0.11%) MQTT
6 1 (0.11%) Network Security
6 1 (0.11%) RS-232
6 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (22.59%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.95%) Relational Database
3 35 (3.84%) Power BI
4 31 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 29 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (2.19%) NoSQL
8 20 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.21%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.99%) MySQL
11 8 (0.88%) Data Lake
11 8 (0.88%) Redis
12 6 (0.66%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.55%) GIS
13 5 (0.55%) KDB
13 5 (0.55%) Kdb+
13 5 (0.55%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 73 (8.00%) Git
2 42 (4.61%) Visual Studio
3 32 (3.51%) Selenium
4 31 (3.40%) JIRA
5 28 (3.07%) SpecFlow
6 17 (1.86%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.75%) WebDriver
8 15 (1.64%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 14 (1.54%) TeamCity
10 12 (1.32%) Postman
11 10 (1.10%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 8 (0.88%) GitLab
14 7 (0.77%) JMeter
14 7 (0.77%) Moq
14 7 (0.77%) Subversion
15 6 (0.66%) Artifactory
15 6 (0.66%) webpack
16 5 (0.55%) REST Assured
General
1 226 (24.78%) Finance
2 165 (18.09%) Social Skills
3 126 (13.82%) Front Office
4 103 (11.29%) Banking
5 59 (6.47%) Public Sector
6 53 (5.81%) Back Office
7 44 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (2.52%) Investment Banking
9 17 (1.86%) Financial Institution
10 9 (0.99%) Law
10 9 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.66%) Marketing
12 6 (0.66%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.55%) Electronics
13 5 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.44%) Games
14 4 (0.44%) Legal
15 3 (0.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 584 (64.04%) Developer
2 182 (19.96%) C# Developer
3 171 (18.75%) Software Developer
4 123 (13.49%) Senior
5 120 (13.16%) .NET Developer
6 81 (8.88%) Full Stack Developer
7 80 (8.77%) Senior Developer
8 68 (7.46%) Lead
9 61 (6.69%) Azure Developer
10 48 (5.26%) Analyst
11 44 (4.82%) C# .NET Developer
12 34 (3.73%) Angular Developer
12 34 (3.73%) Software Engineer
13 32 (3.51%) Full-Stack C# Developer
14 30 (3.29%) Architect
15 27 (2.96%) Front Office Developer
15 27 (2.96%) Senior C# Developer
16 23 (2.52%) Applications Developer
16 23 (2.52%) React Developer
17 22 (2.41%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 422 (46.27%) .NET
2 179 (19.63%) HTML
3 96 (10.53%) .NET Framework
4 93 (10.20%) AngularJS
5 81 (8.88%) ASP.NET
6 79 (8.66%) .NET Core
7 76 (8.33%) XML
8 72 (7.89%) React
9 58 (6.36%) REST
10 57 (6.25%) CSS
11 39 (4.28%) Web Services
12 37 (4.06%) Entity Framework
13 30 (3.29%) WPF
14 28 (3.07%) ARM Templates
15 25 (2.74%) RESTful
16 24 (2.63%) ASP.NET Core
16 24 (2.63%) jQuery
16 24 (2.63%) JSON
17 22 (2.41%) Node.js
18 21 (2.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.68%) Derivative
2 52 (5.70%) Hedge funds
3 33 (3.62%) Greenfield Project
4 31 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 28 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (2.41%) Fixed Income
7 21 (2.30%) Equities
8 19 (2.08%) PKI
9 18 (1.97%) Mobile App
10 17 (1.86%) Equity Derivative
11 13 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
12 12 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.99%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.88%) Cloud Native
14 8 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 6 (0.66%) Client/Server
15 6 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (0.66%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.91%) Windows
2 43 (4.71%) Linux
3 30 (3.29%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (1.10%) Unix
6 6 (0.66%) Android
7 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (26.97%) DevOps
2 228 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 215 (23.57%) Agile
4 136 (14.91%) Code Quality
5 130 (14.25%) Artificial Intelligence
6 121 (13.27%) Conversational UI
7 117 (12.83%) CI/CD
8 107 (11.73%) Full Stack Development
9 87 (9.54%) Test Automation
10 80 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
11 70 (7.68%) MVC
11 70 (7.68%) OO
11 70 (7.68%) Scrum
12 65 (7.13%) Mentoring
13 61 (6.69%) TDD
14 59 (6.47%) Microservices
15 57 (6.25%) Design Patterns
16 51 (5.59%) Analytics
17 48 (5.26%) Unit Testing
18 47 (5.15%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 400 (43.86%) SQL
2 265 (29.06%) JavaScript
3 252 (27.63%) Python
4 96 (10.53%) PowerShell
5 89 (9.76%) Java
6 61 (6.69%) Bicep
7 58 (6.36%) TypeScript
8 48 (5.26%) C++
9 27 (2.96%) VB
10 25 (2.74%) T-SQL
11 19 (2.08%) VBScript
12 16 (1.75%) VBA
13 14 (1.54%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.43%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.21%) F#
16 10 (1.10%) C
17 9 (0.99%) R
18 8 (0.88%) Perl
19 6 (0.66%) PHP
19 6 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 205 (22.48%) Degree
2 81 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 59 (6.47%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.18%) DV Cleared
5 18 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 13 (1.43%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.66%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.55%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.55%) PhD
11 3 (0.33%) HNC
12 2 (0.22%) ISEB
13 1 (0.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.24%) QA
2 17 (1.86%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.10%) WCAG
4 9 (0.99%) GDPR
5 8 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.77%) CDISC
7 6 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.44%) SEPA
9 3 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
9 3 (0.33%) GxP
9 3 (0.33%) MiFID
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
11 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 55 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.74%) Docker
3 20 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 38 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.84%) Terraform
3 19 (2.08%) SCOM
4 17 (1.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.86%) SCCM
4 17 (1.86%) WSUS
5 6 (0.66%) Ansible
6 4 (0.44%) BladeLogic
6 4 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.22%) Grafana
8 2 (0.22%) Kibana
8 2 (0.22%) logstash
8 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 188 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 121 (13.27%) PayPal
3 37 (4.06%) Oracle
4 14 (1.54%) SAP
5 13 (1.43%) Xamarin
6 11 (1.21%) OpenLink
7 10 (1.10%) AVEVA
8 9 (0.99%) Databricks
9 8 (0.88%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.66%) Informatica
11 5 (0.55%) Citrix
11 5 (0.55%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.44%) Adobe
12 4 (0.44%) Altiris
12 4 (0.44%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.44%) Google
13 3 (0.33%) OutSystems
13 3 (0.33%) Sitecore
14 2 (0.22%) NVIDIA
14 2 (0.22%) Triple Point