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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 25 28
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +4
Contract jobs citing C# 1,260 1,846 2,828
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.21% 7.10% 7.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.59% 17.60% 17.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 1,492 2,350
10th Percentile £400 £400 £424
25th Percentile £500 £513 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £640 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% +8.70%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £750
90th Percentile £825 £850 £825
England median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £36.70 £45.35
25th Percentile £40.82 £47.07 £47.37
Median hourly rate £43.84 £50.42 £49.28
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +2.31% +10.75%
75th Percentile £46.86 £51.06 £53.08
90th Percentile - £58.83 £55.97
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £54.25
% change year-on-year - +19.82% +20.56%

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 6,433 10,486 16,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.81% 40.30% 41.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,915 7,864 12,496
10th Percentile £377 £413 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £703
90th Percentile £838 £825 £800
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 78 109
10th Percentile £23.80 £26.10 £30.45
25th Percentile £40.79 £46.84 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.50 £58.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% +17.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63.52 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.75
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.64
% change year-on-year - +23.43% +19.14%

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 20 May 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 20 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
Central London -9 172 £600 -7.69% 86
East London +9 26 £435 +8.75% 126
West London +26 15 £575 +27.78% 16
South London -4 6 £430 -25.22% 11
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 (1.83%) CMS
2 18 (1.43%) IIS
2 18 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.48%) Apache
6 4 (0.32%) Luigi
7 3 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.16%) Confluence
9 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.079%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.079%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.079%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.079%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.079%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.079%) Jadu
9 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.079%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.079%) Umbraco
Applications
1 46 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.03%) Chatbot
3 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.32%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.079%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (1.98%) Endur
2 19 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.95%) ION Anvil
4 8 (0.63%) ION MarketView
5 5 (0.40%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.16%) SAP GTS
8 1 (0.079%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.079%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 527 (41.83%) Azure
2 267 (21.19%) Azure DevOps
3 146 (11.59%) AWS
4 117 (9.29%) Azure Service Bus
5 84 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 69 (5.48%) Entra ID
7 60 (4.76%) Power Platform
8 56 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
9 54 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
10 50 (3.97%) Serverless
11 49 (3.89%) Azure Logic Apps
12 42 (3.33%) GCP
13 40 (3.17%) Azure Functions
14 39 (3.10%) Azure API Management
15 34 (2.70%) PowerApps
16 32 (2.54%) Power Automate
17 27 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
18 23 (1.83%) PaaS
19 21 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
20 20 (1.59%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.75%) Internet
2 7 (0.56%) DNS
2 7 (0.56%) FTP
2 7 (0.56%) HTTP
2 7 (0.56%) Kerberos
3 6 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 6 (0.48%) VPN
4 5 (0.40%) Wireless
5 4 (0.32%) Firewall
5 4 (0.32%) SSH
6 3 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.16%) BIG-IP
7 2 (0.16%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.16%) DHCP
7 2 (0.16%) Network Security
7 2 (0.16%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.079%) Intranet
8 1 (0.079%) VLAN
8 1 (0.079%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 382 (30.32%) SQL Server
2 56 (4.44%) NoSQL
2 56 (4.44%) Relational Database
3 52 (4.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 48 (3.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 35 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 31 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (2.22%) Power BI
8 27 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
9 26 (2.06%) Oracle Database
10 22 (1.75%) Redis
11 19 (1.51%) MongoDB
12 16 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
13 15 (1.19%) KDB
14 12 (0.95%) Big Data
14 12 (0.95%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.79%) Kdb+
16 9 (0.71%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.56%) MySQL
17 7 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 130 (10.32%) Git
2 68 (5.40%) Selenium
2 68 (5.40%) SpecFlow
3 54 (4.29%) TeamCity
4 48 (3.81%) Visual Studio
5 43 (3.41%) JIRA
6 41 (3.25%) Jenkins
7 28 (2.22%) WebDriver
8 25 (1.98%) GitLab
9 23 (1.83%) Cucumber
10 21 (1.67%) NUnit
10 21 (1.67%) Postman
11 17 (1.35%) Cypress.io
11 17 (1.35%) Moq
12 15 (1.19%) Appium
13 14 (1.11%) webpack
14 12 (0.95%) Artifactory
14 12 (0.95%) REST Assured
14 12 (0.95%) SoapUI
14 12 (0.95%) TestNG
General
1 381 (30.24%) Finance
2 240 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 229 (18.17%) Front Office
4 211 (16.75%) Banking
5 100 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
6 99 (7.86%) Back Office
7 85 (6.75%) Investment Banking
8 81 (6.43%) Public Sector
9 25 (1.98%) Financial Institution
10 21 (1.67%) Local Government
11 16 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.19%) Retail
13 14 (1.11%) Marketing
14 10 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.56%) Games
15 7 (0.56%) Legal
16 6 (0.48%) Law
16 6 (0.48%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.40%) Electronics
17 5 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 740 (58.73%) Developer
2 313 (24.84%) C# Developer
3 256 (20.32%) Senior
4 212 (16.83%) .NET Developer
5 158 (12.54%) Senior Developer
6 121 (9.60%) Software Engineer
7 105 (8.33%) Full Stack Developer
8 91 (7.22%) Lead
9 89 (7.06%) Software Developer
10 87 (6.90%) C# .NET Developer
11 81 (6.43%) Analyst
12 65 (5.16%) Azure Developer
13 55 (4.37%) Angular Developer
14 49 (3.89%) Senior Software Developer
15 48 (3.81%) .NET Software Engineer
15 48 (3.81%) Full-Stack C# Developer
16 47 (3.73%) Backend Developer
17 45 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
18 42 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
18 42 (3.33%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 739 (58.65%) .NET
2 215 (17.06%) .NET Core
3 178 (14.13%) React
4 172 (13.65%) .NET Framework
5 156 (12.38%) AngularJS
6 132 (10.48%) ASP.NET
7 129 (10.24%) XML
8 105 (8.33%) HTML
9 85 (6.75%) CSS
10 77 (6.11%) REST
11 76 (6.03%) WPF
12 53 (4.21%) WCF
13 51 (4.05%) ASP.NET Core
14 50 (3.97%) Web Services
15 43 (3.41%) Redux
16 39 (3.10%) Entity Framework
16 39 (3.10%) Kafka
17 32 (2.54%) Middleware
17 32 (2.54%) RabbitMQ
18 31 (2.46%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 112 (8.89%) Derivative
2 99 (7.86%) Hedge funds
3 83 (6.59%) Fixed Income
4 67 (5.32%) Equities
5 62 (4.92%) Product Ownership
6 59 (4.68%) Greenfield Project
7 42 (3.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 39 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
9 22 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 19 (1.51%) Equity Derivative
10 19 (1.51%) Market Risk
11 16 (1.27%) Cloud Native
12 15 (1.19%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
15 10 (0.79%) Management Information System
15 10 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
16 9 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
17 8 (0.63%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 78 (6.19%) Windows
2 58 (4.60%) Linux
3 30 (2.38%) Unix
4 16 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.24%) Android
6 1 (0.079%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.079%) VMS
6 1 (0.079%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (34.05%) DevOps
2 423 (33.57%) Agile
3 261 (20.71%) Software Engineering
4 209 (16.59%) CI/CD
5 164 (13.02%) Full Stack Development
5 164 (13.02%) TDD
6 151 (11.98%) Scrum
7 143 (11.35%) Test Automation
8 122 (9.68%) OO
9 120 (9.52%) Microservices
10 109 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
11 89 (7.06%) Asset Management
12 85 (6.75%) SDLC
13 83 (6.59%) Continuous Integration
13 83 (6.59%) Design Patterns
14 80 (6.35%) Mentoring
15 77 (6.11%) Analytics
16 74 (5.87%) API Management
17 71 (5.63%) B2C
18 70 (5.56%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 502 (39.84%) SQL
2 264 (20.95%) JavaScript
3 208 (16.51%) Python
4 206 (16.35%) Java
5 188 (14.92%) PowerShell
6 119 (9.44%) TypeScript
7 97 (7.70%) Bicep
8 72 (5.71%) C++
9 66 (5.24%) T-SQL
10 57 (4.52%) PL/SQL
11 39 (3.10%) VBA
12 27 (2.14%) VB.NET
13 21 (1.67%) VB
14 15 (1.19%) C
15 11 (0.87%) Bash
15 11 (0.87%) Go
16 8 (0.63%) Perl
16 8 (0.63%) PHP
16 8 (0.63%) R
16 8 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (9.84%) Degree
2 56 (4.44%) Security Cleared
3 47 (3.73%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (1.90%) Master's Degree
6 16 (1.27%) DV Cleared
7 8 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
8 6 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.40%) PhD
10 4 (0.32%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.24%) CHECK Team Leader
11 3 (0.24%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.24%) GIAC
11 3 (0.24%) ISEB
11 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.24%) OSCP
12 2 (0.16%) CCNP
12 2 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.079%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (7.86%) QA
2 29 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 23 (1.83%) WCAG
4 17 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 16 (1.27%) MiFID
6 14 (1.11%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.48%) EMIR
7 6 (0.48%) GDPR
7 6 (0.48%) SLA
8 5 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
8 5 (0.40%) NIST
9 4 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.32%) SEPA
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.079%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.079%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.079%) ISO 15022
11 1 (0.079%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 111 (8.81%) Active Directory
2 49 (3.89%) Docker
3 4 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.32%) NFS
4 2 (0.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.079%) Firmware
5 1 (0.079%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.079%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 48 (3.81%) Terraform
3 25 (1.98%) Ansible
4 9 (0.71%) BladeLogic
4 9 (0.71%) ITRS Geneos
5 8 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.16%) Grafana
6 2 (0.16%) Kibana
6 2 (0.16%) logstash
6 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.16%) Puppet
6 2 (0.16%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.079%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.079%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.079%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.079%) VxRail
Vendors
1 277 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 114 (9.05%) Oracle
3 28 (2.22%) Citrix
4 24 (1.90%) OpenLink
5 20 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.51%) Databricks
7 15 (1.19%) SAP
8 13 (1.03%) ION Trading
8 13 (1.03%) PayPal
9 10 (0.79%) TIBCO
10 9 (0.71%) Altiris
10 9 (0.71%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.56%) AVEVA
11 7 (0.56%) Google
11 7 (0.56%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.56%) Okta
12 6 (0.48%) Cadence
12 6 (0.48%) iManage
12 6 (0.48%) Optimizely
12 6 (0.48%) Virgin Media