C# Contracts in the UK excluding London

C#
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 57 50 40
Rank change year-on-year -7 -10 +2
Contract jobs citing C# 642 959 1,609
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.17% 4.15% 5.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.40% 14.46% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 654 1,124
10th Percentile £313 £350 £363
25th Percentile £388 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +11.45%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £619 £675 £609
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 92 68
10th Percentile £46.25 £47.83 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £55.94 £46.93
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £54.25
Median % change year-on-year - +19.82% +20.56%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.13 £70.30 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £52.56
% change year-on-year - +23.68% +16.79%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,791 6,633 8,801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.64% 28.68% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,228 4,683 6,147
10th Percentile £313 £350 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +1.01% +15.79%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £575
90th Percentile £650 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 329 332
10th Percentile £37.93 £23.08 £17.03
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £29.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +24.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £68.68
UK median hourly rate £62.36 £60.70 £50.10
% change year-on-year +2.73% +21.16% +17.03%

C#
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing C# in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C# in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing C# in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing C# in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for C# in the UK excluding London

C#
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
North of England +2 167 £475 - 401
South East -11 148 £506 -3.57% 383
North West -3 102 £475 -9.52% 220
South West -19 94 £450 -13.46% 155
Midlands -9 85 £489 +15.06% 310
East of England 0 80 £475 +4.11% 109
Scotland -7 51 £419 -11.84% 102
West Midlands -2 49 £525 +5.00% 197
Yorkshire +2 39 £470 -1.05% 126
East Midlands 0 38 £425 +11.84% 112
North East +25 26 £415 -0.90% 59
Wales -1 13 £394 -12.50% 60
Northern Ireland +2 5 £575 +43.75% 23
C#
UK

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.40%) Apache
2 9 (1.40%) CMS
3 7 (1.09%) Umbraco
4 5 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.78%) Confluence
4 5 (0.78%) IIS
5 2 (0.31%) Jadu
5 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.16%) Site Server
6 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 108 (16.82%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.25%) Maximo
3 4 (0.62%) LabWindows
4 1 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 218 (33.96%) Azure
2 97 (15.11%) Azure DevOps
3 54 (8.41%) AWS
4 47 (7.32%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.98%) Azure Logic Apps
6 29 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.05%) Serverless
8 25 (3.89%) Azure Monitor
8 25 (3.89%) Power Automate
9 22 (3.43%) Azure Storage
9 22 (3.43%) Entra ID
10 19 (2.96%) PowerApps
11 18 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (2.49%) PaaS
13 15 (2.34%) Azure Functions
14 12 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (1.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 11 (1.71%) SaaS
16 9 (1.40%) Azure AKS
16 9 (1.40%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.61%) Modbus
1 36 (5.61%) RS-485
2 35 (5.45%) RS-422
3 27 (4.21%) DHCP
3 27 (4.21%) DNS
4 25 (3.89%) TCP/IP
5 21 (3.27%) Firewall
6 14 (2.18%) Ethernet
7 5 (0.78%) FTP
7 5 (0.78%) HTTP
7 5 (0.78%) Intranet
7 5 (0.78%) RS-232
8 3 (0.47%) Internet
8 3 (0.47%) Network Security
8 3 (0.47%) RTSP
8 3 (0.47%) VPN
8 3 (0.47%) Wireless
9 2 (0.31%) MQTT
9 2 (0.31%) SAN
10 1 (0.16%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (16.98%) SQL Server
2 21 (3.27%) Power BI
3 18 (2.80%) Relational Database
4 17 (2.65%) MySQL
5 15 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (1.40%) MongoDB
9 8 (1.25%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.78%) Big Data
11 5 (0.78%) GIS
11 5 (0.78%) Redis
11 5 (0.78%) SQLite
12 4 (0.62%) Biml
12 4 (0.62%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 75 (11.68%) Git
2 64 (9.97%) Visual Studio
3 29 (4.52%) Jenkins
4 23 (3.58%) Selenium
5 22 (3.43%) JIRA
6 13 (2.02%) Eclipse
7 10 (1.56%) TeamCity
8 9 (1.40%) WebDriver
9 8 (1.25%) NUnit
9 8 (1.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 8 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (1.09%) Subversion
11 6 (0.93%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.93%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (0.93%) Postman
11 6 (0.93%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.78%) Mercurial
12 5 (0.78%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.78%) webpack
General
1 124 (19.31%) Social Skills
2 41 (6.39%) Electronics
3 35 (5.45%) Public Sector
4 33 (5.14%) Finance
5 28 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (2.02%) Military
7 12 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.93%) Aviation
10 6 (0.93%) Banking
10 6 (0.93%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.78%) Law
11 5 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.62%) Automotive
12 4 (0.62%) Marketing
12 4 (0.62%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.47%) Games
13 3 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 363 (56.54%) Developer
2 145 (22.59%) Software Developer
3 91 (14.17%) .NET Developer
4 89 (13.86%) Software Engineer
5 44 (6.85%) C# Developer
6 42 (6.54%) C++ Software Engineer
6 42 (6.54%) Senior
7 29 (4.52%) Lead
8 28 (4.36%) Full Stack Developer
9 25 (3.89%) C# Software Engineer
10 24 (3.74%) Senior Developer
11 20 (3.12%) Architect
12 18 (2.80%) Test Engineer
13 17 (2.65%) Active Directory Support
14 16 (2.49%) Applications Developer
14 16 (2.49%) Azure Developer
14 16 (2.49%) Tester
15 15 (2.34%) C# .NET Developer
16 14 (2.18%) Azure Specialist
16 14 (2.18%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (42.21%) .NET
2 163 (25.39%) HTML
3 63 (9.81%) .NET Framework
4 61 (9.50%) ASP.NET
5 51 (7.94%) AngularJS
5 51 (7.94%) CSS
6 50 (7.79%) .NET Core
7 47 (7.32%) React
8 36 (5.61%) Web Services
9 34 (5.30%) RESTful
9 34 (5.30%) XML
10 31 (4.83%) REST
11 28 (4.36%) JSON
12 26 (4.05%) Entity Framework
13 24 (3.74%) Blazor
14 22 (3.43%) Node.js
15 21 (3.27%) ARM Templates
16 19 (2.96%) SOAP
17 18 (2.80%) ASP.NET MVC
18 14 (2.18%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.63%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (2.65%) PKI
2 17 (2.65%) Product Ownership
3 13 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (2.02%) Mobile App
4 12 (1.87%) Algorithms
4 12 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (1.56%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.40%) CCTV
7 7 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (0.93%) IoT
9 5 (0.78%) Client/Server
9 5 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.62%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.62%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.62%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.62%) Social Media
11 3 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 82 (12.77%) Windows
2 65 (10.12%) Linux
3 28 (4.36%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.25%) Unix
6 7 (1.09%) Android
6 7 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.93%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (36.92%) Software Engineering
2 218 (33.96%) Agile
3 196 (30.53%) DevOps
4 120 (18.69%) Code Quality
5 119 (18.54%) Artificial Intelligence
6 108 (16.82%) Conversational UI
7 84 (13.08%) CI/CD
8 76 (11.84%) TDD
9 68 (10.59%) Continuous Integration
9 68 (10.59%) Test Automation
10 64 (9.97%) Full Stack Development
10 64 (9.97%) Problem-Solving
11 63 (9.81%) Unit Testing
12 55 (8.57%) Scrum
13 49 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 49 (7.63%) OO
13 49 (7.63%) Software Testing
14 48 (7.48%) MVC
15 45 (7.01%) Infrastructure as Code
16 44 (6.85%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 239 (37.23%) SQL
2 231 (35.98%) JavaScript
3 172 (26.79%) Python
4 94 (14.64%) C++
5 62 (9.66%) Java
6 58 (9.03%) C
7 47 (7.32%) PowerShell
8 31 (4.83%) TypeScript
9 26 (4.05%) Bicep
10 22 (3.43%) VB
10 22 (3.43%) VBScript
11 12 (1.87%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.56%) PHP
13 9 (1.40%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.09%) Bash
14 7 (1.09%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.09%) VBA
15 5 (0.78%) X++
16 4 (0.62%) F#
16 4 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 163 (25.39%) Degree
2 106 (16.51%) Security Cleared
3 73 (11.37%) SC Cleared
4 46 (7.17%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 10 (1.56%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.78%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.62%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.62%) PhD
9 3 (0.47%) HNC
9 3 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.31%) HND
10 2 (0.31%) ISEB
10 2 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.45%) QA
2 9 (1.40%) NIST
3 8 (1.25%) ISO 9001
3 8 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.47%) GDPR
5 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.31%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.16%) HL7
7 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (3.27%) Active Directory
1 21 (3.27%) Virtual Machines
2 17 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (2.49%) Docker
4 13 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.09%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.78%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.47%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.21%) SCCM
3 18 (2.80%) WSUS
4 17 (2.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (2.65%) SCOM
5 14 (2.18%) Ansible
5 14 (2.18%) Terraform
6 7 (1.09%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.16%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 113 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 108 (16.82%) PayPal
3 20 (3.12%) Oracle
4 13 (2.02%) VMware
5 10 (1.56%) Xamarin
6 9 (1.40%) Informatica
6 9 (1.40%) SAP
7 7 (1.09%) Veeam
8 6 (0.93%) AVEVA
9 5 (0.78%) Talend
10 4 (0.62%) Infragistics
11 3 (0.47%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.47%) IBM
11 3 (0.47%) Nintex
11 3 (0.47%) NVIDIA
11 3 (0.47%) OutSystems
11 3 (0.47%) Pega
12 2 (0.31%) Atmel
12 2 (0.31%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.31%) Sitecore