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 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 37 36 34
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing C# 2,076 3,112 5,387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.88% 5.43% 6.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.31% 15.70% 16.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,475 2,348 4,173
10th Percentile £363 £400 £383
25th Percentile £450 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +11.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 106 77
10th Percentile £46.25 £45.63 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.41 £46.67
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £52.56
Median % change year-on-year - +23.68% +16.79%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.38 £70.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £54.25
% change year-on-year - +19.82% +20.56%

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 12,728 19,825 31,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.92% 34.62% 36.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,055 14,305 23,279
10th Percentile £350 £390 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £655
90th Percentile £765 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -2.50% +1.01% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 493 443 502
10th Percentile £32.25 £26.09 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.36 £60.70 £50.10
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% +21.16% +17.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.38
90th Percentile £78.60 £78.00 £72.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +24.82%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 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
England -1 1,882 £575 -4.17% 2,001
London 0 1,260 £625 -2.34% 713
Work from Home +3 908 £575 +4.55% 1,457
UK excluding London -7 642 £475 - 1,523
North of England +2 167 £475 - 402
South East -11 148 £506 -3.57% 384
North West -3 102 £475 -9.52% 220
South West -19 94 £450 -13.46% 156
Midlands -9 85 £489 +15.06% 309
East of England 0 80 £475 +4.11% 110
Scotland -7 51 £419 -11.84% 103
West Midlands -2 49 £525 +5.00% 197
Yorkshire +2 39 £470 -1.05% 127
East Midlands 0 38 £425 +11.84% 111
North East +25 26 £415 -0.90% 59
Wales -1 13 £394 -12.50% 60
Northern Ireland +2 5 £575 +43.75% 23

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 37 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.69%) CMS
3 25 (1.20%) IIS
4 18 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (0.72%) Apache
6 14 (0.67%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.48%) Confluence
8 8 (0.39%) Umbraco
9 7 (0.34%) SAS
10 4 (0.19%) Luigi
11 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.14%) Jadu
11 3 (0.14%) nginx
12 2 (0.096%) Kentico
12 2 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.048%) EPiServer
13 1 (0.048%) Moodle
13 1 (0.048%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 121 (5.83%) Chatbot
2 54 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.096%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.048%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.048%) Blender
7 1 (0.048%) InDesign
7 1 (0.048%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.048%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 42 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (1.20%) Endur
3 12 (0.58%) ION Anvil
4 10 (0.48%) Maximo
5 8 (0.39%) ION MarketView
6 5 (0.24%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 4 (0.19%) LabWindows
7 4 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.096%) SAP GTS
9 2 (0.096%) Shopify
10 1 (0.048%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.048%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.048%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.048%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 843 (40.61%) Azure
2 393 (18.93%) Azure DevOps
3 221 (10.65%) AWS
4 141 (6.79%) Azure Service Bus
5 125 (6.02%) Power Platform
6 102 (4.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 92 (4.43%) Dynamics 365
7 92 (4.43%) Entra ID
8 90 (4.34%) Azure Logic Apps
9 84 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
10 82 (3.95%) Serverless
11 63 (3.03%) Power Automate
12 61 (2.94%) PowerApps
13 60 (2.89%) Azure Functions
14 52 (2.50%) Azure API Management
14 52 (2.50%) GCP
15 51 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
16 47 (2.26%) PaaS
17 37 (1.78%) Azure Storage
18 35 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.73%) Modbus
1 36 (1.73%) RS-485
2 35 (1.69%) DNS
2 35 (1.69%) RS-422
3 31 (1.49%) TCP/IP
4 29 (1.40%) DHCP
5 25 (1.20%) Firewall
5 25 (1.20%) Internet
6 14 (0.67%) Ethernet
7 12 (0.58%) FTP
7 12 (0.58%) HTTP
8 10 (0.48%) VPN
9 8 (0.39%) Wireless
10 7 (0.34%) Kerberos
11 6 (0.29%) Intranet
12 5 (0.24%) Network Security
12 5 (0.24%) RS-232
13 4 (0.19%) SSH
14 3 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
14 3 (0.14%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 518 (24.95%) SQL Server
2 80 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 71 (3.42%) NoSQL
4 66 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 60 (2.89%) Power BI
6 59 (2.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 55 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 49 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
9 42 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
10 30 (1.45%) MongoDB
11 28 (1.35%) Redis
12 27 (1.30%) MySQL
13 26 (1.25%) Oracle Database
14 18 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
15 17 (0.82%) Big Data
16 15 (0.72%) KDB
17 14 (0.67%) Data Lake
17 14 (0.67%) DynamoDB
18 10 (0.48%) Kdb+
19 8 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 225 (10.84%) Git
2 117 (5.64%) Visual Studio
3 97 (4.67%) Selenium
4 80 (3.85%) SpecFlow
5 76 (3.66%) Jenkins
6 73 (3.52%) JIRA
7 68 (3.28%) TeamCity
8 39 (1.88%) WebDriver
9 34 (1.64%) Cucumber
10 33 (1.59%) GitLab
11 30 (1.45%) Postman
12 29 (1.40%) NUnit
13 26 (1.25%) Cypress.io
14 23 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
15 19 (0.92%) Moq
15 19 (0.92%) Subversion
15 19 (0.92%) webpack
16 18 (0.87%) Appium
17 17 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
17 17 (0.82%) TestNG
General
1 428 (20.62%) Finance
2 400 (19.27%) Social Skills
3 233 (11.22%) Front Office
4 224 (10.79%) Banking
5 143 (6.89%) Public Sector
6 133 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
7 100 (4.82%) Back Office
8 87 (4.19%) Investment Banking
9 48 (2.31%) Electronics
10 26 (1.25%) Financial Institution
11 24 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (1.06%) Local Government
12 22 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.01%) Manufacturing
14 20 (0.96%) Marketing
15 18 (0.87%) Retail
16 14 (0.67%) Games
17 13 (0.63%) Military
17 13 (0.63%) Telecoms
18 11 (0.53%) Law
Job Titles
1 1,212 (58.38%) Developer
2 389 (18.74%) C# Developer
3 335 (16.14%) .NET Developer
4 316 (15.22%) Senior
5 240 (11.56%) Software Developer
6 212 (10.21%) Software Engineer
7 192 (9.25%) Senior Developer
8 157 (7.56%) Full Stack Developer
9 134 (6.45%) Lead
10 111 (5.35%) C# .NET Developer
11 96 (4.62%) Analyst
12 95 (4.58%) Azure Developer
13 68 (3.28%) Angular Developer
13 68 (3.28%) Architect
14 65 (3.13%) C# Software Engineer
15 60 (2.89%) Full-Stack C# Developer
16 55 (2.65%) .NET Software Engineer
17 53 (2.55%) Azure Engineer
17 53 (2.55%) React Developer
17 53 (2.55%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,113 (53.61%) .NET
2 290 (13.97%) HTML
3 281 (13.54%) .NET Core
4 261 (12.57%) .NET Framework
5 245 (11.80%) React
6 226 (10.89%) AngularJS
7 213 (10.26%) ASP.NET
8 166 (8.00%) XML
9 159 (7.66%) CSS
10 120 (5.78%) REST
11 94 (4.53%) Web Services
12 91 (4.38%) WPF
13 75 (3.61%) Entity Framework
14 69 (3.32%) ASP.NET Core
15 68 (3.28%) RESTful
16 63 (3.03%) WCF
17 61 (2.94%) JSON
18 57 (2.75%) Node.js
19 53 (2.55%) ASP.NET Web API
20 52 (2.50%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 112 (5.39%) Derivative
2 100 (4.82%) Hedge funds
3 86 (4.14%) Product Ownership
4 83 (4.00%) Fixed Income
5 68 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
5 68 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 67 (3.23%) Equities
7 44 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
8 42 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 35 (1.69%) Algorithms
10 31 (1.49%) Mobile App
11 24 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.01%) Cloud Native
13 20 (0.96%) PKI
14 19 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
14 19 (0.92%) Equity Derivative
14 19 (0.92%) Market Risk
15 18 (0.87%) Data Structures
15 18 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 169 (8.14%) Windows
2 132 (6.36%) Linux
3 47 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 39 (1.88%) Unix
5 17 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (0.67%) Android
7 9 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 677 (32.61%) DevOps
2 673 (32.42%) Agile
3 506 (24.37%) Software Engineering
4 316 (15.22%) CI/CD
5 256 (12.33%) Full Stack Development
6 248 (11.95%) TDD
7 236 (11.37%) Test Automation
8 221 (10.65%) Scrum
9 207 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
10 188 (9.06%) OO
11 180 (8.67%) Microservices
12 157 (7.56%) Artificial Intelligence
12 157 (7.56%) Code Quality
12 157 (7.56%) Continuous Integration
13 137 (6.60%) MVC
14 130 (6.26%) Unit Testing
15 124 (5.97%) Design Patterns
16 121 (5.83%) Conversational UI
16 121 (5.83%) SDLC
17 106 (5.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 785 (37.81%) SQL
2 533 (25.67%) JavaScript
3 401 (19.32%) Python
4 281 (13.54%) Java
5 252 (12.14%) PowerShell
6 172 (8.29%) C++
7 169 (8.14%) TypeScript
8 130 (6.26%) Bicep
9 82 (3.95%) T-SQL
10 74 (3.56%) C
11 67 (3.23%) PL/SQL
12 51 (2.46%) VB
13 48 (2.31%) VBA
14 39 (1.88%) VB.NET
15 23 (1.11%) VBScript
16 18 (0.87%) Bash
16 18 (0.87%) PHP
17 16 (0.77%) R
18 14 (0.67%) F#
19 13 (0.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 295 (14.21%) Degree
2 201 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 145 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.32%) DV Cleared
5 47 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 17 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 16 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 10 (0.48%) ISTQB
11 9 (0.43%) PhD
12 8 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
13 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.24%) ISEB
15 3 (0.14%) CHECK Team Leader
15 3 (0.14%) CREST Certified
15 3 (0.14%) GIAC
15 3 (0.14%) HNC
15 3 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.14%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (7.71%) QA
2 39 (1.88%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.30%) WCAG
4 18 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 16 (0.77%) Data Quality
5 16 (0.77%) MiFID
6 14 (0.67%) NIST
7 9 (0.43%) GDPR
7 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.19%) SEPA
13 3 (0.14%) Good Clinical Practice
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 134 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 68 (3.28%) Docker
3 22 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.39%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.19%) NFS
10 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.096%) vSphere
12 1 (0.048%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 94 (4.53%) Kubernetes
2 79 (3.81%) Terraform
3 43 (2.07%) Ansible
4 27 (1.30%) SCCM
5 19 (0.92%) SCOM
6 18 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (0.87%) WSUS
7 14 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.43%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.19%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.14%) Puppet
12 2 (0.096%) Grafana
12 2 (0.096%) Kibana
12 2 (0.096%) logstash
12 2 (0.096%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.096%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.048%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 436 (21.00%) Microsoft
2 139 (6.70%) Oracle
3 121 (5.83%) PayPal
4 29 (1.40%) SAP
5 28 (1.35%) Citrix
6 24 (1.16%) OpenLink
7 23 (1.11%) Salesforce
8 20 (0.96%) Databricks
9 17 (0.82%) Xamarin
10 15 (0.72%) VMware
11 14 (0.67%) AVEVA
12 13 (0.63%) ION Trading
13 11 (0.53%) Informatica
14 10 (0.48%) TIBCO
15 9 (0.43%) Altiris
15 9 (0.43%) Dynatrace
15 9 (0.43%) Google
16 8 (0.39%) IBM
17 7 (0.34%) MuleSoft
17 7 (0.34%) Veeam