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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 37 29
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +21
Contract jobs citing C# 882 1,324 2,823
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.01% 5.55% 6.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.50% 15.19% 16.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 598 1,008 2,212
10th Percentile £363 £375 £380
25th Percentile £457 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £514
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +7.06% +14.17%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £638
90th Percentile £791 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 36 25
10th Percentile - £42.50 -
25th Percentile £20.77 £54.06 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +39.28% +3.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £55.75
90th Percentile £65.75 - £63.90
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +13.04% +27.78%

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 5,040 8,719 16,856
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.35% 36.53% 38.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,630 6,429 12,573
10th Percentile £350 £384 £381
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £638
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 190 183
10th Percentile £30.00 £27.07 £20.25
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 £62.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.38
% change year-on-year - +21.65% +14.80%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 20 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.15%) CMS
3 13 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.91%) Umbraco
5 7 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.79%) SAS
6 6 (0.68%) Confluence
7 4 (0.45%) Luigi
8 3 (0.34%) Apache
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.23%) IIS
9 2 (0.23%) Kentico
9 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.11%) Moodle
Applications
1 121 (13.72%) Chatbot
2 21 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.11%) Blender
7 1 (0.11%) InDesign
7 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 25 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.25%) Endur
3 6 (0.68%) Maximo
4 2 (0.23%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.23%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 385 (43.65%) Azure
2 155 (17.57%) Azure DevOps
3 71 (8.05%) AWS
4 64 (7.26%) Dynamics 365
5 61 (6.92%) Power Platform
6 59 (6.69%) Azure Logic Apps
7 51 (5.78%) Azure Service Bus
8 45 (5.10%) Entra ID
9 42 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 36 (4.08%) Azure API Management
10 36 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
11 35 (3.97%) PowerApps
12 34 (3.85%) Serverless
13 33 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
14 29 (3.29%) Power Automate
15 28 (3.17%) Azure Functions
16 27 (3.06%) Azure Storage
17 17 (1.93%) PaaS
18 15 (1.70%) Azure Data Factory
19 13 (1.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.49%) Firewall
2 21 (2.38%) DHCP
2 21 (2.38%) DNS
3 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.34%) Internet
5 2 (0.23%) HTTP
5 2 (0.23%) Modbus
5 2 (0.23%) RTSP
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
6 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (24.15%) SQL Server
2 37 (4.20%) Relational Database
3 34 (3.85%) Power BI
4 28 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 26 (2.95%) Azure SQL Database
7 24 (2.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 20 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.93%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.25%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.02%) MySQL
12 8 (0.91%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.91%) Redis
13 5 (0.57%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.57%) GIS
13 5 (0.57%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.57%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.45%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.45%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 71 (8.05%) Git
2 38 (4.31%) Visual Studio
3 32 (3.63%) Selenium
4 31 (3.51%) JIRA
5 26 (2.95%) SpecFlow
6 16 (1.81%) WebDriver
7 15 (1.70%) Jenkins
8 13 (1.47%) Cypress.io
8 13 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (1.47%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.25%) Postman
10 9 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 8 (0.91%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.91%) GitLab
11 8 (0.91%) Visual Studio Team System
12 7 (0.79%) JMeter
13 6 (0.68%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.68%) Subversion
13 6 (0.68%) webpack
14 5 (0.57%) SoapUI
General
1 215 (24.38%) Finance
2 175 (19.84%) Social Skills
3 107 (12.13%) Front Office
4 81 (9.18%) Banking
5 56 (6.35%) Public Sector
6 46 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
7 41 (4.65%) Back Office
8 18 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 17 (1.93%) Investment Banking
10 10 (1.13%) Law
11 9 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.68%) Marketing
13 6 (0.68%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.57%) Electronics
14 5 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.45%) Games
15 4 (0.45%) Legal
15 4 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 569 (64.51%) Developer
2 173 (19.61%) C# Developer
3 171 (19.39%) Software Developer
4 124 (14.06%) Senior
5 111 (12.59%) .NET Developer
6 85 (9.64%) Senior Developer
7 83 (9.41%) Full Stack Developer
8 69 (7.82%) Lead
9 54 (6.12%) Azure Developer
10 46 (5.22%) Analyst
11 39 (4.42%) C# .NET Developer
12 36 (4.08%) Software Engineer
13 33 (3.74%) Angular Developer
14 31 (3.51%) Full-Stack C# Developer
15 29 (3.29%) Senior C# Developer
16 28 (3.17%) Architect
17 23 (2.61%) React Developer
18 21 (2.38%) Front Office Developer
19 20 (2.27%) Applications Developer
19 20 (2.27%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 422 (47.85%) .NET
2 183 (20.75%) HTML
3 101 (11.45%) .NET Framework
4 91 (10.32%) AngularJS
5 86 (9.75%) ASP.NET
6 81 (9.18%) .NET Core
7 75 (8.50%) XML
8 74 (8.39%) React
9 58 (6.58%) CSS
10 53 (6.01%) REST
11 38 (4.31%) Entity Framework
11 38 (4.31%) Web Services
12 29 (3.29%) ARM Templates
13 28 (3.17%) RESTful
14 27 (3.06%) WPF
15 24 (2.72%) ASP.NET Core
15 24 (2.72%) jQuery
16 23 (2.61%) JSON
16 23 (2.61%) WCF
17 22 (2.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.78%) Derivative
2 38 (4.31%) Hedge funds
3 37 (4.20%) Greenfield Project
4 34 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.29%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.49%) PKI
7 21 (2.38%) Fixed Income
8 20 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (2.27%) Equities
9 19 (2.15%) Mobile App
10 14 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
11 12 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.36%) Equity Derivative
12 11 (1.25%) Algorithms
13 9 (1.02%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.79%) Client/Server
15 7 (0.79%) Reinsurance
16 6 (0.68%) Cloud Native
16 6 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 68 (7.71%) Windows
2 43 (4.88%) Linux
3 33 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.02%) Unix
6 7 (0.79%) Android
7 5 (0.57%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (26.76%) DevOps
2 229 (25.96%) Software Engineering
3 211 (23.92%) Agile
4 136 (15.42%) Code Quality
5 132 (14.97%) Artificial Intelligence
6 121 (13.72%) Conversational UI
7 113 (12.81%) CI/CD
8 106 (12.02%) Full Stack Development
9 78 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
10 76 (8.62%) Test Automation
11 75 (8.50%) MVC
12 70 (7.94%) OO
13 67 (7.60%) Scrum
14 60 (6.80%) Mentoring
14 60 (6.80%) TDD
15 55 (6.24%) Design Patterns
15 55 (6.24%) Microservices
16 53 (6.01%) Analytics
17 52 (5.90%) Unit Testing
18 43 (4.88%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 375 (42.52%) SQL
2 265 (30.05%) JavaScript
3 227 (25.74%) Python
4 95 (10.77%) PowerShell
5 79 (8.96%) Java
6 62 (7.03%) Bicep
7 51 (5.78%) TypeScript
8 46 (5.22%) C++
9 32 (3.63%) VB
10 27 (3.06%) T-SQL
11 23 (2.61%) VBScript
12 18 (2.04%) VB.NET
12 18 (2.04%) VBA
13 10 (1.13%) PL/SQL
13 10 (1.13%) R
14 9 (1.02%) C
14 9 (1.02%) F#
15 7 (0.79%) Perl
16 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 208 (23.58%) Degree
2 77 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 57 (6.46%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.40%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 19 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.57%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.34%) HNC
11 3 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.34%) PhD
12 2 (0.23%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.11%) 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 65 (7.37%) QA
2 16 (1.81%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.13%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.13%) WCAG
4 7 (0.79%) CDISC
4 7 (0.79%) GDPR
5 6 (0.68%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.45%) SEPA
7 3 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
7 3 (0.34%) GxP
7 3 (0.34%) MiFID
8 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.23%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 59 (6.69%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.61%) Docker
2 23 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.11%) VirtualBox
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.08%) Terraform
3 22 (2.49%) SCOM
4 20 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 20 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (2.27%) SCCM
4 20 (2.27%) WSUS
5 5 (0.57%) Ansible
6 4 (0.45%) BladeLogic
6 4 (0.45%) ITRS Geneos
7 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.23%) Kibana
8 2 (0.23%) logstash
8 2 (0.23%) 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
1 188 (21.32%) Microsoft
2 121 (13.72%) PayPal
3 35 (3.97%) Oracle
4 16 (1.81%) Xamarin
5 12 (1.36%) SAP
6 11 (1.25%) OpenLink
7 10 (1.13%) AVEVA
8 9 (1.02%) Databricks
9 6 (0.68%) Informatica
9 6 (0.68%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.57%) Citrix
10 5 (0.57%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.45%) Adobe
11 4 (0.45%) Altiris
11 4 (0.45%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.45%) Google
12 3 (0.34%) OutSystems
12 3 (0.34%) Sitecore
13 2 (0.23%) NVIDIA
13 2 (0.23%) Optimizely