C# Contract Job Trends in Dorset

C#
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring C# skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 18 37
Rank change year-on-year +1 +19 -27
Contract jobs citing C# 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 2.88% 0.76% 0.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.34% 2.86% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £391
25th Percentile £363 £313 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £469
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -30.67% -10.71%
75th Percentile £388 £338 £514
90th Percentile - - £532
South West median daily rate £430 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -18.10% +0.96% -0.29%

All Programming Languages
Dorset

C# falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 29 35 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 27.88% 26.52% 26.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 39
10th Percentile £270 £184 £352
25th Percentile £363 £363 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £449 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.98% -14.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £700 £569
90th Percentile - - £675
South West median daily rate £475 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -11.63% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57.50 -
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £69.62
Median % change year-on-year - -13.82% +34.76%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £70.14
90th Percentile - - £70.44
South West median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for C# in Dorset

C#
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing C#.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing C#

C#
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing C#.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing C#

C#
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Poole - 1 - - 2
C#
South West

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Functions
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Service Bus
1 2 (66.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Artifactory
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Developer
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior C++ Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) ARM Templates
2 2 (66.67%) JSON
2 2 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) API Design
1 2 (66.67%) API Development
1 2 (66.67%) API Management
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Android Development
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker