C# Contracts in the South East

C#
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 70 59 52
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 -1
Contract jobs citing C# 148 209 345
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.71% 3.71% 4.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.15% 13.55% 17.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 155 243
10th Percentile £380 £398 £375
25th Percentile £411 £425 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +6.06% +16.47%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £543
90th Percentile £625 £713 £600
England median daily rate £575 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 13
10th Percentile - £24.85 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £42.63 -
Median hourly rate £58.91 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +57.14% -21.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £64.38 £48.58
90th Percentile £76.00 £76.75 £58.05
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £54.25
% change year-on-year - +19.82% +20.56%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,218 1,542 2,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.29% 27.35% 26.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1,091 1,315
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £412 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £612 £594
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 85 81
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +57.14% -16.17%
75th Percentile £67.14 £67.50 £54.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.64
% change year-on-year - +23.43% +19.14%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for C# in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# in the South East.

Daily rate trend for C# in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for C# in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C# within the South East region 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
Thames Valley +9 73 £550 - 89
Berkshire +6 58 £588 +38.24% 35
Hampshire -31 29 £413 -17.50% 54
Surrey +15 18 £600 +18.23% 55
Buckinghamshire +7 14 £450 -25.00% 23
East Sussex +7 10 £380 -41.54% 17
West Sussex +6 10 £550 -28.80% 9
Kent +1 5 £325 -35.00% 19
Home Counties - 2 £475 -
Oxfordshire +5 1 £550 +100.00% 31
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (11.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.70%) Confluence
3 3 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.35%) Apache
4 2 (1.35%) Jadu
5 1 (0.68%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.68%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (2.70%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (51.35%) Azure
2 31 (20.95%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (16.89%) Azure Monitor
4 20 (13.51%) Entra ID
5 17 (11.49%) Azure Storage
5 17 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (10.81%) AWS
7 14 (9.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 12 (8.11%) PaaS
9 9 (6.08%) Power Platform
10 8 (5.41%) Azure API Management
10 8 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (5.41%) Serverless
11 7 (4.73%) Azure Functions
11 7 (4.73%) Power Automate
12 6 (4.05%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (3.38%) PowerApps
13 5 (3.38%) SaaS
14 4 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.49%) DHCP
1 17 (11.49%) DNS
1 17 (11.49%) Firewall
2 4 (2.70%) RS-232
2 4 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.03%) Network Security
3 3 (2.03%) VPN
4 2 (1.35%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (21.62%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (4.05%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.70%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.70%) MySQL
3 4 (2.70%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.35%) CouchDB
5 2 (1.35%) Power BI
6 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.68%) Redis
6 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (18.24%) Git
2 25 (16.89%) Visual Studio
3 19 (12.84%) Jenkins
4 8 (5.41%) JIRA
5 4 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (2.70%) Subversion
6 3 (2.03%) Bitbucket
6 3 (2.03%) JMeter
6 3 (2.03%) Postman
6 3 (2.03%) Selenium
6 3 (2.03%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.35%) Appium
7 2 (1.35%) GitLab
7 2 (1.35%) NUnit
7 2 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.68%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.68%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.68%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.68%) Xcode
General
1 34 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.49%) Public Sector
3 13 (8.78%) Finance
4 12 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.03%) Electronics
6 1 (0.68%) Back Office
6 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.68%) Marketing
6 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (54.73%) Developer
2 19 (12.84%) .NET Developer
3 17 (11.49%) Active Directory Support
3 17 (11.49%) Software Developer
4 14 (9.46%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (9.46%) Azure Specialist
4 14 (9.46%) C# Developer
4 14 (9.46%) Software Engineer
4 14 (9.46%) Support Specialist
5 13 (8.78%) Senior
6 11 (7.43%) Full Stack Developer
7 9 (6.08%) Lead
8 8 (5.41%) Architect
9 7 (4.73%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.05%) C++ Developer
10 6 (4.05%) Integration Developer
11 5 (3.38%) Azure Developer
11 5 (3.38%) C# Software Engineer
11 5 (3.38%) Tester
12 4 (2.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (50.68%) .NET
2 26 (17.57%) ASP.NET
3 22 (14.86%) AngularJS
4 21 (14.19%) ARM Templates
5 15 (10.14%) XML
6 14 (9.46%) HTML
7 13 (8.78%) .NET Core
7 13 (8.78%) CSS
8 12 (8.11%) JSON
9 11 (7.43%) .NET Framework
9 11 (7.43%) RESTful
10 9 (6.08%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (4.73%) Blazor
11 7 (4.73%) REST
11 7 (4.73%) SOAP
12 6 (4.05%) Entity Framework
13 5 (3.38%) React
13 5 (3.38%) Web Services
14 4 (2.70%) ADO
14 4 (2.70%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.16%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (11.49%) PKI
3 9 (6.08%) CCTV
3 9 (6.08%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.03%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.35%) Animation
6 2 (1.35%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.35%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.35%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.35%) IoT
6 2 (1.35%) Mixed Reality
7 1 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 41 (27.70%) Windows
2 39 (26.35%) Linux
3 20 (13.51%) Windows Server
4 17 (11.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (11.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (2.70%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (2.70%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.03%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (39.86%) Agile
2 55 (37.16%) DevOps
3 37 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (23.65%) CI/CD
5 31 (20.95%) Software Engineering
6 22 (14.86%) Scrum
7 21 (14.19%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (13.51%) Full Stack Development
8 20 (13.51%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 18 (12.16%) Data Protection
9 18 (12.16%) OO
10 17 (11.49%) Analytics
10 17 (11.49%) Identity Management
10 17 (11.49%) ITIL
10 17 (11.49%) Log Analytics
10 17 (11.49%) Microservices
10 17 (11.49%) Privileged Identity Management
10 17 (11.49%) RBAC
10 17 (11.49%) Release Management
10 17 (11.49%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (25.68%) PowerShell
2 35 (23.65%) SQL
3 25 (16.89%) JavaScript
4 24 (16.22%) C++
5 18 (12.16%) Bicep
6 17 (11.49%) VB
6 17 (11.49%) VBScript
7 15 (10.14%) Python
8 10 (6.76%) Java
9 9 (6.08%) T-SQL
10 7 (4.73%) Bash
11 6 (4.05%) C
11 6 (4.05%) PHP
12 4 (2.70%) F#
12 4 (2.70%) Perl
12 4 (2.70%) PL/SQL
12 4 (2.70%) X++
13 3 (2.03%) Ruby
14 2 (1.35%) GLSL
14 2 (1.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 48 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 41 (27.70%) SC Cleared
3 29 (19.59%) Degree
4 19 (12.84%) DV Cleared
5 17 (11.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.70%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.08%) QA
2 8 (5.41%) ISO 9001
2 8 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (14.19%) Virtual Machines
2 20 (13.51%) Active Directory
3 17 (11.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (4.05%) Docker
5 5 (3.38%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (2.03%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 25 (16.89%) Kubernetes
2 17 (11.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 17 (11.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (11.49%) SCCM
2 17 (11.49%) SCOM
2 17 (11.49%) WSUS
3 14 (9.46%) Ansible
4 3 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.35%) Terraform
6 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.68%) Puppet
Vendors
1 43 (29.05%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.73%) Oracle
3 5 (3.38%) VMware
4 4 (2.70%) Informatica
5 2 (1.35%) Atmel
6 1 (0.68%) Compaq
6 1 (0.68%) Google
6 1 (0.68%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.68%) SAP