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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 34 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +7
Contract jobs citing C# 2,098 3,200 5,339
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 4.88% 5.53% 6.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.48% 15.85% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,496 2,398 4,126
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £450 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £700 £713 £688
90th Percentile £800 £816 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 114 79
10th Percentile £46.25 £45.38 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £52.50 £46.67
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile - £67.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £70.91 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year - +17.65% +22.78%

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 12,732 20,185 31,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.61% 34.87% 36.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,059 14,540 23,074
10th Percentile £350 £394 £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 £653
90th Percentile £763 £783 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.35% +2.46% +14.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 488 464 511
10th Percentile £32.25 £26.16 £19.52
25th Percentile £46.36 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.43 £61.84 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +22.45% +16.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.88 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +19.05%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -2 1,899 £575 -2.54% 1,560
London 0 1,277 £625 -0.79% 493
Work from Home +2 920 £575 +4.55% 1,213
UK excluding London -6 646 £475 - 1,181
North of England +9 169 £475 - 322
South East -10 151 £500 -4.76% 213
North West 0 102 £475 -4.04% 185
South West -19 96 £450 -14.29% 151
Midlands -10 82 £490 +15.29% 260
East of England +4 80 £475 +5.56% 94
Scotland -10 51 £425 -10.53% 96
West Midlands -9 47 £525 +5.00% 155
Yorkshire +4 40 £413 -13.16% 103
East Midlands 0 35 £430 +13.16% 105
North East +24 27 £415 -7.78% 36
Wales -4 13 £394 -10.00% 45
Northern Ireland +4 5 £575 +43.75% 22

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 38 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.67%) CMS
3 24 (1.14%) IIS
4 18 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (0.71%) Apache
7 14 (0.67%) Apache Spark
8 10 (0.48%) Confluence
9 8 (0.38%) Umbraco
10 7 (0.33%) SAS
11 4 (0.19%) Luigi
12 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.14%) Jadu
12 3 (0.14%) nginx
13 2 (0.095%) Kentico
13 2 (0.095%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.048%) SharePoint 2010
14 1 (0.048%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 121 (5.77%) Chatbot
2 57 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.095%) 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 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.05%) Endur
3 12 (0.57%) ION Anvil
4 10 (0.48%) Maximo
5 8 (0.38%) 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 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.095%) SAP GTS
9 2 (0.095%) 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
1 844 (40.23%) Azure
2 397 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
3 221 (10.53%) AWS
4 138 (6.58%) Azure Service Bus
5 126 (6.01%) Power Platform
6 100 (4.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 91 (4.34%) Dynamics 365
8 90 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
8 90 (4.29%) Entra ID
9 87 (4.15%) Serverless
10 82 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
11 63 (3.00%) Azure Functions
12 62 (2.96%) Power Automate
13 61 (2.91%) PowerApps
14 55 (2.62%) GCP
15 51 (2.43%) Azure API Management
15 51 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
16 46 (2.19%) PaaS
17 36 (1.72%) Azure Storage
18 35 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.76%) Modbus
1 37 (1.76%) RS-485
2 36 (1.72%) RS-422
3 34 (1.62%) DNS
4 31 (1.48%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.33%) DHCP
6 24 (1.14%) Firewall
6 24 (1.14%) Internet
7 14 (0.67%) Ethernet
7 14 (0.67%) FTP
8 13 (0.62%) HTTP
9 10 (0.48%) VPN
10 9 (0.43%) Wireless
11 7 (0.33%) Kerberos
12 6 (0.29%) Intranet
13 5 (0.24%) Network Security
13 5 (0.24%) RS-232
14 4 (0.19%) SSH
15 3 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
15 3 (0.14%) RTSP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 517 (24.64%) SQL Server
2 84 (4.00%) Relational Database
3 68 (3.24%) NoSQL
4 67 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 59 (2.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 57 (2.72%) Power BI
7 52 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 49 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
9 42 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
10 32 (1.53%) MongoDB
11 29 (1.38%) Oracle Database
12 28 (1.33%) Redis
13 26 (1.24%) MySQL
14 18 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
15 17 (0.81%) Big Data
16 16 (0.76%) Data Lake
17 15 (0.71%) KDB
18 14 (0.67%) DynamoDB
19 10 (0.48%) Kdb+
20 8 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 227 (10.82%) Git
2 118 (5.62%) Visual Studio
3 97 (4.62%) Selenium
4 82 (3.91%) SpecFlow
5 79 (3.77%) JIRA
6 78 (3.72%) Jenkins
7 73 (3.48%) TeamCity
8 39 (1.86%) WebDriver
9 36 (1.72%) Cucumber
10 33 (1.57%) GitLab
11 32 (1.53%) NUnit
12 31 (1.48%) Postman
13 25 (1.19%) Cypress.io
14 20 (0.95%) Moq
14 20 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
15 19 (0.91%) Appium
15 19 (0.91%) Subversion
15 19 (0.91%) webpack
16 18 (0.86%) Octopus Deploy
17 17 (0.81%) TestNG
General
1 441 (21.02%) Finance
2 405 (19.30%) Social Skills
3 242 (11.53%) Front Office
4 227 (10.82%) Banking
5 144 (6.86%) Public Sector
6 136 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
7 101 (4.81%) Back Office
8 87 (4.15%) Investment Banking
9 51 (2.43%) Electronics
10 26 (1.24%) Financial Institution
11 25 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (1.10%) Local Government
12 23 (1.10%) Manufacturing
13 22 (1.05%) Marketing
13 22 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (0.81%) Retail
15 15 (0.71%) Games
15 15 (0.71%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.67%) Military
17 12 (0.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 1,226 (58.44%) Developer
2 399 (19.02%) C# Developer
3 351 (16.73%) .NET Developer
4 317 (15.11%) Senior
5 238 (11.34%) Software Developer
6 218 (10.39%) Software Engineer
7 191 (9.10%) Senior Developer
8 159 (7.58%) Full Stack Developer
9 135 (6.43%) Lead
10 118 (5.62%) C# .NET Developer
11 100 (4.77%) Analyst
12 96 (4.58%) Azure Developer
13 68 (3.24%) Angular Developer
13 68 (3.24%) Architect
14 66 (3.15%) C# Software Engineer
15 59 (2.81%) .NET Software Engineer
15 59 (2.81%) Full-Stack C# Developer
16 53 (2.53%) Full Stack .NET Developer
16 53 (2.53%) Senior Software Developer
17 52 (2.48%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,129 (53.81%) .NET
2 286 (13.63%) .NET Core
3 285 (13.58%) HTML
4 261 (12.44%) .NET Framework
5 249 (11.87%) React
6 235 (11.20%) AngularJS
7 221 (10.53%) ASP.NET
8 168 (8.01%) XML
9 159 (7.58%) CSS
10 125 (5.96%) REST
11 94 (4.48%) Web Services
11 94 (4.48%) WPF
12 74 (3.53%) Entity Framework
13 72 (3.43%) ASP.NET Core
14 69 (3.29%) RESTful
15 66 (3.15%) JSON
16 62 (2.96%) WCF
17 58 (2.76%) Node.js
18 54 (2.57%) ASP.NET Web API
19 52 (2.48%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 116 (5.53%) Derivative
2 102 (4.86%) Hedge funds
3 86 (4.10%) Fixed Income
4 85 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 69 (3.29%) Equities
6 68 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
6 68 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
7 45 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
8 44 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 39 (1.86%) Algorithms
10 31 (1.48%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.00%) Cloud Native
13 20 (0.95%) Equity Derivative
13 20 (0.95%) PKI
14 19 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (0.91%) Market Risk
15 18 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
15 18 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
16 17 (0.81%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 170 (8.10%) Windows
2 135 (6.43%) Linux
3 46 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 39 (1.86%) Unix
5 16 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (0.67%) Android
7 9 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.048%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 685 (32.65%) Agile
2 680 (32.41%) DevOps
3 514 (24.50%) Software Engineering
4 321 (15.30%) CI/CD
5 264 (12.58%) Full Stack Development
6 254 (12.11%) TDD
7 237 (11.30%) Test Automation
8 225 (10.72%) Scrum
9 214 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
10 194 (9.25%) OO
11 179 (8.53%) Microservices
12 164 (7.82%) Continuous Integration
13 159 (7.58%) Code Quality
14 156 (7.44%) Artificial Intelligence
15 136 (6.48%) MVC
16 135 (6.43%) Unit Testing
17 129 (6.15%) Design Patterns
18 126 (6.01%) SDLC
19 121 (5.77%) Conversational UI
20 111 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 788 (37.56%) SQL
2 538 (25.64%) JavaScript
3 409 (19.49%) Python
4 288 (13.73%) Java
5 252 (12.01%) PowerShell
6 174 (8.29%) C++
7 172 (8.20%) TypeScript
8 128 (6.10%) Bicep
9 82 (3.91%) T-SQL
10 76 (3.62%) C
11 68 (3.24%) PL/SQL
12 53 (2.53%) VB
13 51 (2.43%) VBA
14 46 (2.19%) VB.NET
15 22 (1.05%) VBScript
16 19 (0.91%) Bash
16 19 (0.91%) PHP
17 15 (0.71%) Go
17 15 (0.71%) R
18 14 (0.67%) F#
Qualifications
1 293 (13.97%) Degree
2 204 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 147 (7.01%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.29%) DV Cleared
5 47 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (1.72%) Master's Degree
7 16 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 11 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.48%) ISTQB
10 9 (0.43%) PhD
11 8 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
12 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.24%) ISEB
14 4 (0.19%) CHECK Team Leader
14 4 (0.19%) CREST Certified
14 4 (0.19%) GIAC
14 4 (0.19%) OSCP
15 3 (0.14%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (7.72%) QA
2 39 (1.86%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.24%) WCAG
4 18 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 16 (0.76%) Data Quality
6 15 (0.71%) MiFID
6 15 (0.71%) NIST
7 9 (0.43%) GDPR
7 9 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.38%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.33%) CDISC
10 6 (0.29%) SLA
11 5 (0.24%) Dodd-Frank
11 5 (0.24%) EMIR
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
1 132 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 70 (3.34%) Docker
3 21 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 8 (0.38%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.19%) NFS
10 3 (0.14%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.095%) vSphere
12 1 (0.048%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 91 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 85 (4.05%) Terraform
3 44 (2.10%) Ansible
4 26 (1.24%) SCCM
5 18 (0.86%) SCOM
6 17 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (0.81%) WSUS
7 15 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.43%) BladeLogic
8 9 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
9 7 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.24%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.14%) Grafana
11 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.14%) Puppet
12 2 (0.095%) Kibana
12 2 (0.095%) logstash
12 2 (0.095%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 430 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 140 (6.67%) Oracle
3 121 (5.77%) PayPal
4 31 (1.48%) SAP
5 29 (1.38%) Citrix
6 24 (1.14%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.00%) OpenLink
8 20 (0.95%) Databricks
9 16 (0.76%) Xamarin
10 15 (0.71%) VMware
11 14 (0.67%) AVEVA
12 13 (0.62%) ION Trading
13 11 (0.52%) Google
13 11 (0.52%) Informatica
13 11 (0.52%) TIBCO
14 9 (0.43%) Altiris
14 9 (0.43%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.43%) IBM
15 7 (0.33%) MuleSoft
15 7 (0.33%) Veeam