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 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 59 54 41
Rank change year-on-year -5 -13 +2
Contract jobs citing C# 642 895 1,563
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.08% 3.93% 5.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.00% 14.04% 17.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 608 1,089
10th Percentile £313 £350 £363
25th Percentile £388 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +11.45%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £619 £675 £619
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 86 66
10th Percentile £46.25 £48.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £57.14 £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 median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

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 4,940 6,376 8,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.72% 27.99% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,306 4,469 6,152
10th Percentile £319 £350 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.94%
75th Percentile £583 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 323 321
10th Percentile £37.55 £26.48 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.19 £51.25 £32.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.00 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year -0.80% +20.77% +17.21%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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
North of England +3 166 £475 - 314
South East -12 147 £500 -4.76% 237
North West -4 97 £475 -9.52% 185
South West -18 94 £450 -14.29% 136
Midlands -8 87 £489 +15.06% 267
East of England 0 79 £475 - 105
Scotland -1 51 £423 -11.05% 81
West Midlands -11 50 £525 +5.00% 165
Yorkshire +7 43 £475 - 87
East Midlands -4 39 £425 +11.84% 100
North East +24 26 £415 +7.10% 46
Wales +4 14 £394 -12.50% 33
Northern Ireland +1 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 20 (3.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.40%) Apache
3 9 (1.40%) CMS
4 7 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.09%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.78%) IIS
6 4 (0.62%) Confluence
7 2 (0.31%) Jadu
7 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.16%) Site Server
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 108 (16.82%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.25%) Maximo
3 4 (0.62%) LabWindows
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 221 (34.42%) Azure
2 96 (14.95%) Azure DevOps
3 54 (8.41%) AWS
4 46 (7.17%) Power Platform
5 34 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
7 28 (4.36%) Entra ID
8 26 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
9 25 (3.89%) Power Automate
10 24 (3.74%) Azure Storage
10 24 (3.74%) Serverless
11 21 (3.27%) PowerApps
12 17 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (2.34%) PaaS
14 13 (2.02%) Azure Functions
15 10 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 9 (1.40%) SaaS
17 8 (1.25%) Azure AKS
17 8 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
17 8 (1.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.61%) Modbus
1 36 (5.61%) RS-485
2 35 (5.45%) RS-422
3 30 (4.67%) DHCP
3 30 (4.67%) DNS
4 25 (3.89%) TCP/IP
5 24 (3.74%) Firewall
6 14 (2.18%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.78%) FTP
7 5 (0.78%) HTTP
7 5 (0.78%) RS-232
8 4 (0.62%) Internet
8 4 (0.62%) Intranet
8 4 (0.62%) Network Security
9 3 (0.47%) RTSP
9 3 (0.47%) VPN
10 2 (0.31%) MQTT
10 2 (0.31%) SAN
10 2 (0.31%) Wireless
11 1 (0.16%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (17.45%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.27%) Power BI
3 17 (2.65%) MySQL
4 16 (2.49%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
7 9 (1.40%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.09%) Big Data
10 6 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.78%) GIS
11 5 (0.78%) SQLite
12 4 (0.62%) Biml
12 4 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.62%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.62%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.62%) Redis
Development Applications
1 78 (12.15%) Git
2 64 (9.97%) Visual Studio
3 29 (4.52%) Jenkins
4 22 (3.43%) JIRA
4 22 (3.43%) Selenium
5 13 (2.02%) Eclipse
6 10 (1.56%) TeamCity
7 9 (1.40%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.25%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 8 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (1.09%) NUnit
9 7 (1.09%) Subversion
10 6 (0.93%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
10 6 (0.93%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.78%) Mercurial
11 5 (0.78%) Postman
11 5 (0.78%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.78%) webpack
General
1 128 (19.94%) Social Skills
2 41 (6.39%) Electronics
3 37 (5.76%) Public Sector
4 29 (4.52%) Finance
5 28 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (1.87%) Manufacturing
6 12 (1.87%) Military
7 11 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (0.93%) Aviation
9 6 (0.93%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.78%) Law
10 5 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.62%) Automotive
11 4 (0.62%) Banking
11 4 (0.62%) Marketing
11 4 (0.62%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.47%) Games
12 3 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 367 (57.17%) Developer
2 147 (22.90%) Software Developer
3 93 (14.49%) Software Engineer
4 91 (14.17%) .NET Developer
5 44 (6.85%) C# Developer
6 42 (6.54%) C++ Software Engineer
6 42 (6.54%) Senior
7 28 (4.36%) Full Stack Developer
8 27 (4.21%) Lead
9 26 (4.05%) C# Software Engineer
10 24 (3.74%) Senior Developer
11 20 (3.12%) Active Directory Support
12 17 (2.65%) Architect
12 17 (2.65%) Test Engineer
13 16 (2.49%) Applications Developer
14 15 (2.34%) C# .NET Developer
14 15 (2.34%) Tester
15 14 (2.18%) Azure Developer
15 14 (2.18%) Azure Specialist
15 14 (2.18%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (42.52%) .NET
2 164 (25.55%) HTML
3 68 (10.59%) .NET Framework
4 62 (9.66%) ASP.NET
5 54 (8.41%) CSS
6 52 (8.10%) .NET Core
6 52 (8.10%) AngularJS
7 49 (7.63%) React
8 39 (6.07%) Web Services
9 37 (5.76%) RESTful
10 31 (4.83%) XML
11 29 (4.52%) Entity Framework
12 26 (4.05%) REST
13 25 (3.89%) JSON
14 24 (3.74%) ARM Templates
15 23 (3.58%) Blazor
16 22 (3.43%) Node.js
17 18 (2.80%) SOAP
18 17 (2.65%) ASP.NET MVC
19 14 (2.18%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.10%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (3.12%) PKI
3 14 (2.18%) Mobile App
4 13 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (2.02%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.87%) Algorithms
6 11 (1.71%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.40%) CCTV
8 7 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.93%) IoT
10 5 (0.78%) Client/Server
10 5 (0.78%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.62%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.62%) Social Media
12 3 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 85 (13.24%) Windows
2 70 (10.90%) Linux
3 31 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 20 (3.12%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (3.12%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.25%) Unix
6 7 (1.09%) Android
6 7 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (37.07%) Software Engineering
2 223 (34.74%) Agile
3 194 (30.22%) DevOps
4 120 (18.69%) Code Quality
5 119 (18.54%) Artificial Intelligence
6 108 (16.82%) Conversational UI
7 86 (13.40%) CI/CD
8 74 (11.53%) TDD
9 68 (10.59%) Continuous Integration
10 66 (10.28%) Test Automation
11 63 (9.81%) Full Stack Development
11 63 (9.81%) Unit Testing
12 62 (9.66%) Problem-Solving
13 52 (8.10%) Scrum
14 49 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (7.48%) Software Testing
16 46 (7.17%) MVC
17 45 (7.01%) Infrastructure as Code
17 45 (7.01%) Microservices
18 44 (6.85%) OO
Programming Languages
1 235 (36.60%) JavaScript
2 229 (35.67%) SQL
3 171 (26.64%) Python
4 92 (14.33%) C++
5 62 (9.66%) Java
6 57 (8.88%) C
7 51 (7.94%) PowerShell
8 30 (4.67%) TypeScript
9 29 (4.52%) Bicep
10 25 (3.89%) VB
10 25 (3.89%) VBScript
11 14 (2.18%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.56%) PHP
12 10 (1.56%) VB.NET
13 9 (1.40%) Bash
14 7 (1.09%) VBA
15 6 (0.93%) Perl
15 6 (0.93%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.78%) X++
17 4 (0.62%) F#
Qualifications
1 165 (25.70%) Degree
2 108 (16.82%) Security Cleared
3 74 (11.53%) SC Cleared
4 50 (7.79%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 17 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.78%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.62%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.62%) PhD
10 3 (0.47%) HNC
10 3 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.31%) HND
11 2 (0.31%) ISEB
11 2 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.30%) QA
2 9 (1.40%) NIST
3 8 (1.25%) ISO 9001
3 8 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.47%) GDPR
4 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.16%) GRC
6 1 (0.16%) HL7
System Software
1 26 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (3.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 17 (2.65%) Docker
5 13 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.09%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.78%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.47%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (6.23%) Kubernetes
2 30 (4.67%) SCCM
3 21 (3.27%) WSUS
4 20 (3.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (3.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (3.12%) SCOM
5 14 (2.18%) Ansible
5 14 (2.18%) Terraform
6 7 (1.09%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.16%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 113 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 108 (16.82%) PayPal
3 21 (3.27%) Oracle
4 13 (2.02%) VMware
5 11 (1.71%) Xamarin
6 9 (1.40%) Informatica
6 9 (1.40%) SAP
7 7 (1.09%) Veeam
8 6 (0.93%) AVEVA
9 5 (0.78%) Talend
10 4 (0.62%) Infragistics
11 3 (0.47%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.47%) IBM
11 3 (0.47%) Nintex
11 3 (0.47%) NVIDIA
11 3 (0.47%) OutSystems
11 3 (0.47%) Pega
12 2 (0.31%) Adobe
12 2 (0.31%) Atmel
12 2 (0.31%) Sitecore