C# Contracts with Work from Home Options

C#
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 29 32 30
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +19
Contract jobs citing C# 908 1,460 2,814
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.17% 5.89% 6.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.16% 15.87% 16.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 1,115 2,197
10th Percentile £363 £375 £368
25th Percentile £458 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £625
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 42 32
10th Percentile - £40.50 -
25th Percentile £20.77 £52.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £47.59
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +36.60% +5.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £55.38
90th Percentile £65.75 - £62.06
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £52.56
% change year-on-year - +23.68% +16.79%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,001 9,198 16,914
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.96% 37.12% 38.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,630 6,765 12,586
10th Percentile £355 £390 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 193 190
10th Percentile £32.50 £27.83 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.36 £60.70 £50.10
% change year-on-year +2.73% +21.16% +17.03%

C#
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing C# as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

C# trend for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C#.

C# daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C# over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

C# daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing C#.

C# hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing C# over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

C# hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

C#
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (2.09%) CMS
2 17 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.88%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.77%) SAS
6 6 (0.66%) Confluence
7 4 (0.44%) IIS
7 4 (0.44%) Luigi
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.22%) Apache
9 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.22%) Kentico
9 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 121 (13.33%) Chatbot
2 24 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.11%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.11%) Blender
5 1 (0.11%) InDesign
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 20 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.21%) Endur
3 6 (0.66%) Maximo
4 2 (0.22%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.22%) SAP GTS
4 2 (0.22%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 379 (41.74%) Azure
2 163 (17.95%) Azure DevOps
3 72 (7.93%) AWS
4 63 (6.94%) Azure Logic Apps
4 63 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 61 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
6 57 (6.28%) Azure Service Bus
7 43 (4.74%) Entra ID
8 41 (4.52%) Azure API Management
8 41 (4.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 37 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
10 36 (3.96%) Serverless
11 33 (3.63%) PowerApps
12 30 (3.30%) Azure Functions
12 30 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
13 29 (3.19%) Power Automate
14 25 (2.75%) Azure Storage
15 22 (2.42%) PaaS
16 20 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
17 12 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.09%) DNS
1 19 (2.09%) Firewall
2 18 (1.98%) DHCP
3 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.33%) Internet
5 2 (0.22%) HTTP
5 2 (0.22%) Modbus
5 2 (0.22%) RTSP
5 2 (0.22%) VPN
6 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.11%) FTP
6 1 (0.11%) MQTT
6 1 (0.11%) Network Security
6 1 (0.11%) RS-232
6 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (22.58%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.96%) Relational Database
3 35 (3.85%) Power BI
4 30 (3.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 29 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (2.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (2.20%) NoSQL
9 19 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (1.10%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.88%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.88%) MySQL
13 7 (0.77%) Redis
14 6 (0.66%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.55%) GIS
15 5 (0.55%) KDB
15 5 (0.55%) Kdb+
15 5 (0.55%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.44%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 72 (7.93%) Git
2 42 (4.63%) Visual Studio
3 31 (3.41%) JIRA
3 31 (3.41%) Selenium
4 27 (2.97%) SpecFlow
5 16 (1.76%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.76%) WebDriver
6 15 (1.65%) Cypress.io
6 15 (1.65%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (1.43%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.32%) Postman
9 10 (1.10%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.99%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 8 (0.88%) GitLab
12 7 (0.77%) JMeter
12 7 (0.77%) Moq
12 7 (0.77%) Subversion
13 6 (0.66%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.66%) webpack
14 5 (0.55%) REST Assured
General
1 227 (25.00%) Finance
2 166 (18.28%) Social Skills
3 125 (13.77%) Front Office
4 103 (11.34%) Banking
5 57 (6.28%) Public Sector
6 53 (5.84%) Back Office
7 46 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (2.53%) Investment Banking
9 18 (1.98%) Financial Institution
10 9 (0.99%) Law
10 9 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 7 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.66%) Marketing
12 6 (0.66%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.55%) Electronics
13 5 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.44%) Games
14 4 (0.44%) Legal
15 3 (0.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 581 (63.99%) Developer
2 180 (19.82%) C# Developer
3 171 (18.83%) Software Developer
4 123 (13.55%) Senior
5 118 (13.00%) .NET Developer
6 82 (9.03%) Full Stack Developer
7 80 (8.81%) Senior Developer
8 66 (7.27%) Lead
9 60 (6.61%) Azure Developer
10 48 (5.29%) Analyst
11 43 (4.74%) C# .NET Developer
12 34 (3.74%) Angular Developer
12 34 (3.74%) Software Engineer
13 32 (3.52%) Full-Stack C# Developer
14 30 (3.30%) Architect
15 27 (2.97%) Senior C# Developer
16 26 (2.86%) Front Office Developer
17 23 (2.53%) Applications Developer
17 23 (2.53%) React Developer
18 22 (2.42%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 420 (46.26%) .NET
2 179 (19.71%) HTML
3 97 (10.68%) .NET Framework
4 93 (10.24%) AngularJS
5 80 (8.81%) ASP.NET
6 79 (8.70%) .NET Core
7 76 (8.37%) XML
8 72 (7.93%) React
9 58 (6.39%) REST
10 57 (6.28%) CSS
11 39 (4.30%) Web Services
12 37 (4.07%) Entity Framework
13 30 (3.30%) WPF
14 27 (2.97%) ARM Templates
15 25 (2.75%) RESTful
16 24 (2.64%) ASP.NET Core
16 24 (2.64%) jQuery
16 24 (2.64%) JSON
17 22 (2.42%) Node.js
18 21 (2.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.60%) Derivative
2 52 (5.73%) Hedge funds
3 34 (3.74%) Greenfield Project
4 31 (3.41%) Product Ownership
5 28 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (2.42%) Fixed Income
7 21 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (2.31%) Equities
8 19 (2.09%) Mobile App
8 19 (2.09%) PKI
9 16 (1.76%) Equity Derivative
10 13 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
11 12 (1.32%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (0.99%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.88%) Cloud Native
13 8 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.66%) Client/Server
14 6 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (0.66%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.94%) Windows
2 43 (4.74%) Linux
3 30 (3.30%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (1.10%) Unix
6 6 (0.66%) Android
7 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (26.76%) DevOps
2 228 (25.11%) Software Engineering
3 214 (23.57%) Agile
4 135 (14.87%) Code Quality
5 130 (14.32%) Artificial Intelligence
6 121 (13.33%) Conversational UI
7 116 (12.78%) CI/CD
8 108 (11.89%) Full Stack Development
9 86 (9.47%) Test Automation
10 81 (8.92%) Problem-Solving
11 71 (7.82%) OO
12 70 (7.71%) MVC
12 70 (7.71%) Scrum
13 64 (7.05%) Mentoring
14 61 (6.72%) TDD
15 59 (6.50%) Microservices
16 56 (6.17%) Design Patterns
17 50 (5.51%) Analytics
18 48 (5.29%) Unit Testing
19 47 (5.18%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 400 (44.05%) SQL
2 263 (28.96%) JavaScript
3 250 (27.53%) Python
4 95 (10.46%) PowerShell
5 88 (9.69%) Java
6 61 (6.72%) Bicep
7 56 (6.17%) TypeScript
8 48 (5.29%) C++
9 27 (2.97%) VB
10 25 (2.75%) T-SQL
11 19 (2.09%) VBScript
12 16 (1.76%) VBA
13 14 (1.54%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.43%) PL/SQL
15 11 (1.21%) F#
16 10 (1.10%) C
17 9 (0.99%) R
18 8 (0.88%) Perl
19 6 (0.66%) Shell Script
20 5 (0.55%) PHP
Qualifications
1 205 (22.58%) Degree
2 80 (8.81%) Security Cleared
3 58 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.19%) DV Cleared
5 18 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 13 (1.43%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.66%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.55%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.55%) PhD
11 3 (0.33%) HNC
12 2 (0.22%) ISEB
13 1 (0.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.27%) QA
2 17 (1.87%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.10%) WCAG
4 9 (0.99%) GDPR
5 8 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.77%) CDISC
7 6 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.44%) SEPA
9 3 (0.33%) Good Clinical Practice
9 3 (0.33%) GxP
9 3 (0.33%) MiFID
10 2 (0.22%) NIST
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 55 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 24 (2.64%) Docker
3 20 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.11%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 37 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.74%) Terraform
3 19 (2.09%) SCOM
4 17 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.87%) SCCM
4 17 (1.87%) WSUS
5 5 (0.55%) Ansible
6 4 (0.44%) BladeLogic
6 4 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.22%) Kibana
8 2 (0.22%) logstash
8 2 (0.22%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 189 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 121 (13.33%) PayPal
3 37 (4.07%) Oracle
4 14 (1.54%) SAP
4 14 (1.54%) Xamarin
5 11 (1.21%) OpenLink
6 10 (1.10%) AVEVA
7 9 (0.99%) Databricks
8 8 (0.88%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.66%) Informatica
10 5 (0.55%) Citrix
10 5 (0.55%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.44%) Adobe
11 4 (0.44%) Altiris
11 4 (0.44%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.44%) Google
12 3 (0.33%) OutSystems
12 3 (0.33%) Sitecore
13 2 (0.22%) NVIDIA
13 2 (0.22%) Optimizely