C# Contracts

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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 39 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing C# 2,068 2,912 5,319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.76% 5.21% 6.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.81% 15.28% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,458 2,196 4,130
10th Percentile £363 £389 £385
25th Percentile £450 £463 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.11%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +12.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 98 74
10th Percentile £46.25 £45.88 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.41 £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 £65.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

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 13,079 19,060 31,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.13% 34.10% 36.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,244 13,741 23,261
10th Percentile £350 £385 £388
25th Percentile £425 £458 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £680 £663
90th Percentile £763 £788 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - +14.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 526 429 491
10th Percentile £31.75 £30.60 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.42 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.25 £62.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +21.36% +16.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.00
90th Percentile £76.88 £78.24 £70.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 6 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
England -2 1,879 £575 -4.17% 1,553
London +2 1,251 £625 -3.85% 460
Work from Home +8 893 £575 +4.55% 1,054
UK excluding London -2 652 £475 - 1,191
North of England +7 167 £475 - 336
South East -7 150 £513 -2.38% 215
South West -15 98 £450 -13.88% 136
North West -6 97 £475 -9.52% 203
Midlands -9 87 £489 +15.06% 266
East of England +4 81 £475 - 104
Scotland +3 50 £423 -11.05% 90
West Midlands -16 50 £525 +5.00% 164
Yorkshire +1 44 £463 -2.63% 84
East Midlands -4 39 £425 +12.58% 101
North East +21 26 £415 -7.78% 54
Wales +4 14 £394 -12.50% 34
Northern Ireland +2 6 £575 +43.75% 27

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 35 (1.69%) CMS
2 34 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.21%) IIS
4 21 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (0.77%) Apache
6 15 (0.73%) Apache Spark
7 14 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.44%) Confluence
9 8 (0.39%) Umbraco
10 7 (0.34%) SAS
11 4 (0.19%) Luigi
12 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.15%) Jadu
12 3 (0.15%) nginx
13 2 (0.097%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.097%) Kentico
13 2 (0.097%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.048%) Ethereum
14 1 (0.048%) Hyperledger
14 1 (0.048%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 121 (5.85%) Chatbot
2 52 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.097%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.097%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.048%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.048%) Blender
6 1 (0.048%) InDesign
6 1 (0.048%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.048%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.048%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 54 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (1.21%) 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 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.097%) Shopify
10 1 (0.048%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.048%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.048%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 863 (41.73%) Azure
2 396 (19.15%) Azure DevOps
3 214 (10.35%) AWS
4 140 (6.77%) Azure Service Bus
5 125 (6.04%) Power Platform
6 103 (4.98%) Dynamics 365
7 102 (4.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 99 (4.79%) Entra ID
9 85 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
10 83 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
11 75 (3.63%) Serverless
12 69 (3.34%) PowerApps
13 64 (3.09%) Power Automate
14 56 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
15 55 (2.66%) Azure Functions
16 52 (2.51%) GCP
17 47 (2.27%) Azure API Management
18 46 (2.22%) PaaS
19 38 (1.84%) Azure Storage
20 33 (1.60%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.79%) RS-485
2 36 (1.74%) Modbus
3 35 (1.69%) DNS
3 35 (1.69%) RS-422
4 32 (1.55%) DHCP
5 29 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 28 (1.35%) Firewall
7 27 (1.31%) Internet
8 14 (0.68%) Ethernet
9 12 (0.58%) FTP
10 10 (0.48%) HTTP
11 7 (0.34%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.29%) VPN
12 6 (0.29%) Wireless
13 5 (0.24%) Intranet
13 5 (0.24%) Network Security
13 5 (0.24%) RS-232
14 3 (0.15%) RTSP
14 3 (0.15%) SSH
15 2 (0.097%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 537 (25.97%) SQL Server
2 74 (3.58%) Relational Database
3 71 (3.43%) NoSQL
4 62 (3.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 59 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 59 (2.85%) Power BI
6 55 (2.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 52 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
8 40 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
9 35 (1.69%) Oracle Database
10 34 (1.64%) MongoDB
11 31 (1.50%) Redis
12 28 (1.35%) MySQL
13 18 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
14 16 (0.77%) Big Data
15 14 (0.68%) Data Lake
16 11 (0.53%) KDB
17 10 (0.48%) DynamoDB
18 8 (0.39%) RDBMS
19 7 (0.34%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 224 (10.83%) Git
2 124 (6.00%) Visual Studio
3 99 (4.79%) Selenium
4 85 (4.11%) SpecFlow
5 73 (3.53%) Jenkins
6 69 (3.34%) JIRA
7 64 (3.09%) TeamCity
8 39 (1.89%) WebDriver
9 35 (1.69%) GitLab
10 33 (1.60%) Cucumber
11 29 (1.40%) Postman
12 26 (1.26%) Cypress.io
12 26 (1.26%) NUnit
13 21 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
14 19 (0.92%) Moq
14 19 (0.92%) webpack
15 18 (0.87%) Appium
15 18 (0.87%) Subversion
16 17 (0.82%) JUnit
17 16 (0.77%) Artifactory
General
1 413 (19.97%) Social Skills
2 412 (19.92%) Finance
3 211 (10.20%) Front Office
4 208 (10.06%) Banking
5 141 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 129 (6.24%) Analytical Skills
7 89 (4.30%) Back Office
8 82 (3.97%) Investment Banking
9 48 (2.32%) Electronics
10 25 (1.21%) Financial Institution
10 25 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (1.02%) Local Government
11 21 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 19 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (0.92%) Marketing
13 18 (0.87%) Retail
14 15 (0.73%) Games
15 13 (0.63%) Telecoms
16 12 (0.58%) Military
17 10 (0.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 1,216 (58.80%) Developer
2 382 (18.47%) C# Developer
3 333 (16.10%) .NET Developer
4 313 (15.14%) Senior
5 237 (11.46%) Software Developer
6 224 (10.83%) Software Engineer
7 195 (9.43%) Senior Developer
8 162 (7.83%) Full Stack Developer
9 139 (6.72%) Lead
10 108 (5.22%) C# .NET Developer
11 90 (4.35%) Azure Developer
12 85 (4.11%) Analyst
13 68 (3.29%) Angular Developer
13 68 (3.29%) C# Software Engineer
14 67 (3.24%) Architect
15 60 (2.90%) Full-Stack C# Developer
16 59 (2.85%) React Developer
17 55 (2.66%) .NET Software Engineer
17 55 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
18 51 (2.47%) Full Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,136 (54.93%) .NET
2 302 (14.60%) HTML
3 288 (13.93%) .NET Core
4 284 (13.73%) .NET Framework
5 253 (12.23%) React
6 228 (11.03%) AngularJS
7 218 (10.54%) ASP.NET
8 167 (8.08%) CSS
9 165 (7.98%) XML
10 116 (5.61%) REST
11 94 (4.55%) Web Services
12 88 (4.26%) WPF
13 83 (4.01%) Entity Framework
14 73 (3.53%) RESTful
15 68 (3.29%) WCF
16 65 (3.14%) ASP.NET Core
17 55 (2.66%) JSON
18 54 (2.61%) ASP.NET Web API
18 54 (2.61%) Blazor
18 54 (2.61%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 98 (4.74%) Derivative
2 85 (4.11%) Hedge funds
3 83 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 80 (3.87%) Fixed Income
5 77 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
6 72 (3.48%) Greenfield Project
7 59 (2.85%) Equities
8 44 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
9 42 (2.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 32 (1.55%) Algorithms
10 32 (1.55%) Mobile App
11 26 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.06%) PKI
13 21 (1.02%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.97%) Cloud Native
15 19 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
16 17 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
17 16 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
18 15 (0.73%) Equity Derivative
19 14 (0.68%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 177 (8.56%) Windows
2 135 (6.53%) Linux
3 50 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 36 (1.74%) Unix
5 20 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (0.77%) Android
7 9 (0.44%) 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 (32.74%) DevOps
2 676 (32.69%) Agile
3 513 (24.81%) Software Engineering
4 323 (15.62%) CI/CD
5 259 (12.52%) Full Stack Development
6 243 (11.75%) TDD
7 231 (11.17%) Test Automation
8 225 (10.88%) Scrum
9 204 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
10 187 (9.04%) OO
11 182 (8.80%) Microservices
12 164 (7.93%) Code Quality
13 161 (7.79%) Artificial Intelligence
14 155 (7.50%) Continuous Integration
15 141 (6.82%) MVC
16 135 (6.53%) Unit Testing
17 127 (6.14%) SDLC
18 125 (6.04%) Design Patterns
19 121 (5.85%) Conversational UI
20 104 (5.03%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 761 (36.80%) SQL
2 543 (26.26%) JavaScript
3 376 (18.18%) Python
4 267 (12.91%) Java
5 252 (12.19%) PowerShell
6 174 (8.41%) TypeScript
7 169 (8.17%) C++
8 129 (6.24%) Bicep
9 96 (4.64%) T-SQL
10 74 (3.58%) C
11 69 (3.34%) PL/SQL
12 61 (2.95%) VB
13 53 (2.56%) VBA
14 48 (2.32%) VB.NET
15 27 (1.31%) VBScript
16 19 (0.92%) Bash
17 18 (0.87%) PHP
18 17 (0.82%) R
19 14 (0.68%) F#
19 14 (0.68%) Go
Qualifications
1 297 (14.36%) Degree
2 199 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 142 (6.87%) SC Cleared
4 74 (3.58%) DV Cleared
5 47 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 20 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 15 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (0.39%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.39%) PhD
11 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.19%) ISEB
13 3 (0.15%) HNC
13 3 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.097%) CCNP
14 2 (0.097%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.097%) GIAC
14 2 (0.097%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (7.79%) QA
2 37 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.31%) WCAG
4 18 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 16 (0.77%) Data Quality
5 16 (0.77%) MiFID
6 13 (0.63%) NIST
7 9 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.39%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.34%) CDISC
9 7 (0.34%) GDPR
10 6 (0.29%) EMIR
10 6 (0.29%) SLA
11 5 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
12 4 (0.19%) SEPA
13 3 (0.15%) Good Clinical Practice
13 3 (0.15%) GxP
13 3 (0.15%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.097%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 138 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 68 (3.29%) Docker
3 25 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.15%) NFS
8 3 (0.15%) VirtualBox
9 2 (0.097%) vSphere
10 1 (0.048%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 109 (5.27%) Kubernetes
2 84 (4.06%) Terraform
3 45 (2.18%) Ansible
4 30 (1.45%) SCCM
5 22 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (1.06%) SCOM
6 21 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (1.02%) WSUS
7 15 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.44%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.34%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.19%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.15%) Puppet
12 2 (0.097%) Grafana
12 2 (0.097%) Kibana
12 2 (0.097%) logstash
12 2 (0.097%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.097%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 442 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 143 (6.91%) Oracle
3 121 (5.85%) PayPal
4 32 (1.55%) Citrix
5 27 (1.31%) SAP
6 24 (1.16%) OpenLink
7 19 (0.92%) Xamarin
8 16 (0.77%) Databricks
8 16 (0.77%) VMware
9 14 (0.68%) AVEVA
10 13 (0.63%) ION Trading
10 13 (0.63%) Salesforce
11 11 (0.53%) Informatica
12 10 (0.48%) TIBCO
13 9 (0.44%) Altiris
13 9 (0.44%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.44%) Google
14 8 (0.39%) IBM
14 8 (0.39%) MuleSoft
15 7 (0.34%) Okta