C# Contracts in London

C#
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 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 24 27 28
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing C# 1,238 1,753 2,804
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.07% 6.89% 7.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.98% 17.22% 17.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 1,424 2,335
10th Percentile £400 £400 £417
25th Percentile £500 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £750
90th Percentile £825 £850 £830
England median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 3
10th Percentile - £36.70 £44.90
25th Percentile £40.82 £47.07 £46.25
Median hourly rate £43.84 £50.42 £49.99
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +0.87% -8.70%
75th Percentile £46.86 £51.06 £54.68
90th Percentile - £58.83 £56.61
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

All Programming Languages
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 London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,524 10,182 16,088
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.26% 40.03% 41.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,973 7,675 12,404
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £713
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £543 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% +2.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 74 102
10th Percentile £23.80 £25.75 £31.03
25th Percentile £33.07 £39.31 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £60.00 £49.24
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +21.85% +3.67%
75th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £88.50 £76.88
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +20.00%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for C# in London

C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for C# in London

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for C# in London

C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for C# in London

C#
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region 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
Central London -7 171 £600 -7.69% 83
East London +10 26 £435 - 4
West London +28 17 £575 +27.78% 9
South London -3 6 £430 -21.82% 8
C#
England

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 23 (1.86%) CMS
2 19 (1.53%) IIS
3 17 (1.37%) SharePoint
4 10 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.48%) Apache
7 4 (0.32%) Luigi
8 3 (0.24%) nginx
9 2 (0.16%) Confluence
10 1 (0.081%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.081%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.081%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.081%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.081%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.081%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.081%) Jadu
10 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.081%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.081%) Umbraco
Applications
1 46 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.05%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.081%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (1.94%) Endur
2 22 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.97%) ION Anvil
4 8 (0.65%) ION MarketView
5 5 (0.40%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.081%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.081%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 537 (43.38%) Azure
2 266 (21.49%) Azure DevOps
3 140 (11.31%) AWS
4 120 (9.69%) Azure Service Bus
5 83 (6.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 70 (5.65%) Entra ID
7 61 (4.93%) Power Platform
8 58 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
9 51 (4.12%) Azure Monitor
10 48 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
11 44 (3.55%) Serverless
12 41 (3.31%) GCP
13 39 (3.15%) Azure API Management
14 37 (2.99%) PowerApps
15 35 (2.83%) Azure Functions
16 32 (2.58%) Power Automate
17 25 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (1.86%) PaaS
19 21 (1.70%) Azure App Service
19 21 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.78%) Internet
2 7 (0.57%) FTP
2 7 (0.57%) Kerberos
3 5 (0.40%) DNS
3 5 (0.40%) HTTP
4 4 (0.32%) Firewall
4 4 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.32%) VPN
4 4 (0.32%) Wireless
5 3 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (0.24%) SSH
6 2 (0.16%) BIG-IP
6 2 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.16%) DHCP
6 2 (0.16%) Network Security
6 2 (0.16%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.081%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.081%) VLAN
7 1 (0.081%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 387 (31.26%) SQL Server
2 59 (4.77%) NoSQL
3 53 (4.28%) Relational Database
4 49 (3.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 46 (3.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 39 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 32 (2.58%) Oracle Database
7 32 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (2.26%) Power BI
9 27 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
10 26 (2.10%) Redis
11 20 (1.62%) MongoDB
12 15 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (0.89%) KDB
14 10 (0.81%) Big Data
14 10 (0.81%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.73%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.57%) MySQL
16 7 (0.57%) RDBMS
17 6 (0.48%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 126 (10.18%) Git
2 72 (5.82%) SpecFlow
3 71 (5.74%) Selenium
4 51 (4.12%) TeamCity
5 48 (3.88%) Visual Studio
6 40 (3.23%) Jenkins
6 40 (3.23%) JIRA
7 28 (2.26%) WebDriver
8 24 (1.94%) GitLab
9 22 (1.78%) Cucumber
10 21 (1.70%) Postman
11 19 (1.53%) NUnit
12 17 (1.37%) Moq
13 16 (1.29%) Cypress.io
14 15 (1.21%) Appium
15 14 (1.13%) webpack
16 12 (0.97%) Artifactory
16 12 (0.97%) REST Assured
16 12 (0.97%) SoapUI
17 11 (0.89%) TestNG
General
1 367 (29.64%) Finance
2 238 (19.22%) Social Skills
3 213 (17.21%) Front Office
4 197 (15.91%) Banking
5 95 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (7.11%) Back Office
7 80 (6.46%) Investment Banking
8 78 (6.30%) Public Sector
9 23 (1.86%) Financial Institution
10 20 (1.62%) Local Government
11 13 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.05%) Retail
12 12 (0.97%) Marketing
13 10 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.57%) Games
14 7 (0.57%) Legal
15 5 (0.40%) Law
15 5 (0.40%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.40%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.32%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 732 (59.13%) Developer
2 308 (24.88%) C# Developer
3 248 (20.03%) Senior
4 213 (17.21%) .NET Developer
5 157 (12.68%) Senior Developer
6 124 (10.02%) Software Engineer
7 108 (8.72%) Full Stack Developer
8 95 (7.67%) Lead
9 86 (6.95%) C# .NET Developer
10 84 (6.79%) Software Developer
11 75 (6.06%) Analyst
12 63 (5.09%) Azure Developer
13 55 (4.44%) Angular Developer
14 49 (3.96%) .NET Software Engineer
14 49 (3.96%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 47 (3.80%) Backend Developer
16 46 (3.72%) Senior Software Developer
17 44 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
18 42 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
18 42 (3.39%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 747 (60.34%) .NET
2 215 (17.37%) .NET Core
3 180 (14.54%) React
4 177 (14.30%) .NET Framework
5 157 (12.68%) AngularJS
6 132 (10.66%) ASP.NET
7 128 (10.34%) XML
8 108 (8.72%) HTML
9 88 (7.11%) CSS
10 76 (6.14%) REST
11 72 (5.82%) WPF
12 53 (4.28%) WCF
13 49 (3.96%) ASP.NET Core
14 47 (3.80%) Web Services
15 42 (3.39%) Kafka
16 41 (3.31%) Redux
17 40 (3.23%) Entity Framework
18 34 (2.75%) RabbitMQ
19 32 (2.58%) RESTful
19 32 (2.58%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.24%) Derivative
2 88 (7.11%) Hedge funds
3 80 (6.46%) Fixed Income
4 63 (5.09%) Product Ownership
5 60 (4.85%) Equities
5 60 (4.85%) Greenfield Project
6 41 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 38 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (1.37%) Algorithms
8 17 (1.37%) Equity Derivative
8 17 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.21%) Cloud Native
10 14 (1.13%) Market Risk
10 14 (1.13%) Mobile App
11 11 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (0.81%) Management Information System
13 9 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
13 9 (0.73%) Reinsurance
14 8 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 80 (6.46%) Windows
2 55 (4.44%) Linux
3 27 (2.18%) Unix
4 16 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.24%) Android
6 1 (0.081%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.081%) VMS
6 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (34.41%) DevOps
2 416 (33.60%) Agile
3 262 (21.16%) Software Engineering
4 207 (16.72%) CI/CD
5 165 (13.33%) Full Stack Development
6 162 (13.09%) TDD
7 153 (12.36%) Scrum
8 138 (11.15%) Test Automation
9 120 (9.69%) Microservices
9 120 (9.69%) OO
10 107 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
11 88 (7.11%) SDLC
12 86 (6.95%) Design Patterns
13 83 (6.70%) Asset Management
14 80 (6.46%) Continuous Integration
15 74 (5.98%) Mentoring
16 72 (5.82%) Analytics
16 72 (5.82%) API Management
16 72 (5.82%) B2C
17 68 (5.49%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 479 (38.69%) SQL
2 262 (21.16%) JavaScript
3 192 (15.51%) Java
4 187 (15.11%) PowerShell
5 184 (14.86%) Python
6 126 (10.18%) TypeScript
7 95 (7.67%) Bicep
8 72 (5.82%) C++
9 69 (5.57%) T-SQL
10 59 (4.77%) PL/SQL
11 42 (3.39%) VBA
12 28 (2.26%) VB.NET
13 24 (1.94%) VB
14 16 (1.29%) C
15 10 (0.81%) Bash
15 10 (0.81%) Go
16 8 (0.65%) PHP
16 8 (0.65%) R
17 7 (0.57%) Perl
17 7 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 118 (9.53%) Degree
2 52 (4.20%) Security Cleared
3 44 (3.55%) SC Cleared
4 27 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.86%) Master's Degree
6 14 (1.13%) DV Cleared
7 8 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
8 5 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.32%) PhD
10 3 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.24%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.16%) CCNP
11 2 (0.16%) CHECK Team Leader
11 2 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.16%) CREST Certified
11 2 (0.16%) GIAC
11 2 (0.16%) ISEB
11 2 (0.16%) OSCP
12 1 (0.081%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (8.00%) QA
2 28 (2.26%) Accessibility
3 23 (1.86%) WCAG
4 17 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 16 (1.29%) MiFID
6 12 (0.97%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.48%) EMIR
7 6 (0.48%) SLA
8 5 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
8 5 (0.40%) GDPR
9 4 (0.32%) NIST
9 4 (0.32%) SEPA
10 3 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.081%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.081%) ISO 15022
12 1 (0.081%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 110 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.88%) Docker
3 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.24%) NFS
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.081%) Firmware
5 1 (0.081%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.081%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (4.77%) Kubernetes
2 51 (4.12%) Terraform
3 24 (1.94%) Ansible
4 9 (0.73%) BladeLogic
4 9 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
4 9 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.16%) Grafana
5 2 (0.16%) Kibana
5 2 (0.16%) logstash
5 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.16%) Puppet
5 2 (0.16%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.081%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.081%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.081%) Forefront Identity Manager
6 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.081%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.081%) VxRail
Vendors
1 276 (22.29%) Microsoft
2 115 (9.29%) Oracle
3 31 (2.50%) Citrix
4 23 (1.86%) OpenLink
5 17 (1.37%) Databricks
6 15 (1.21%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.05%) ION Trading
7 13 (1.05%) PayPal
8 12 (0.97%) SAP
9 10 (0.81%) TIBCO
10 9 (0.73%) Altiris
10 9 (0.73%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.65%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.57%) AVEVA
12 7 (0.57%) Google
12 7 (0.57%) Okta
13 6 (0.48%) Cadence
13 6 (0.48%) iManage
13 6 (0.48%) Optimizely
14 5 (0.40%) Splunk