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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -27
Contract jobs citing C# 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 4.30% - 1.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.81% - 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £398
25th Percentile £363 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £525
75th Percentile £388 - £553
90th Percentile - - £559
South West median daily rate £400 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +4.76%

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 27 26 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 29.03% 24.07% 25.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 42
10th Percentile £263 £400 £363
25th Percentile £339 £460 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £650 £538
Median % change year-on-year -22.69% +20.93% +2.38%
75th Percentile £550 £700 £661
90th Percentile £563 £730 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57.50 -
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £69.62
Median % change year-on-year - -13.82% +25.55%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £69.88
90th Percentile - - £70.34
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C# relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

C# job vacancy trend 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 26 October 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 & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Functions
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 2 (50.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Artifactory
1 2 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (25.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) NUnit
2 1 (25.00%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Developer
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior C++ Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (50.00%) ARM Templates
2 2 (50.00%) JSON
2 2 (50.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Compact Framework
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) Entity Framework
3 1 (25.00%) OAuth
3 1 (25.00%) OAuth2
3 1 (25.00%) OpenID
3 1 (25.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) API Development
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Android Development
2 2 (50.00%) API Design
2 2 (50.00%) API Management
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) OOP
3 1 (25.00%) OWASP
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Xamarin