WPF Contracts in England

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WPF over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 534 508
Rank change year-on-year +73 -26 -52
Contract jobs citing WPF 87 122 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.24% 0.42%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.16% 1.06% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 95 237
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £550 £406 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £675 £725
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% +11.54%
75th Percentile £775 £800 £775
90th Percentile £825 £888 £806
UK median daily rate £700 £675 £700
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 14
10th Percentile - £40.24 £47.75
25th Percentile - £43.90 £48.50
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £49.50
90th Percentile - £62.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £50.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

WPF is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,524 11,522 19,207
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.30% 23.07% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,360 8,533 14,422
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -0.44% +13.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £788 £763
UK median daily rate £529 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 138 212
10th Percentile £22.12 £28.73 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.01 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +8.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.23
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.65% +10.56%

WPF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WPF in England

WPF
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WPF in England.

Daily rate trend for WPF in England

WPF
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WPF in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WPF in England

WPF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WPF in England.

Hourly rate trend for WPF in England

WPF
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
London +102 82 £700 -3.45% 18
East of England +8 3 £550 - 7
South West +21 1 £300 -17.81% 5
South East +10 1 £400 -33.33% 12
WPF
UK

WPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (10.34%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.20%) Azure
2 2 (2.30%) AWS
2 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.30%) npm
2 2 (2.30%) OpenShift
2 2 (2.30%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.34%) Internet
2 1 (1.15%) MQTT
2 1 (1.15%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.54%) Relational Database
2 16 (18.39%) SQL Server
3 10 (11.49%) Oracle Database
4 4 (4.60%) MongoDB
4 4 (4.60%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.15%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 13 (14.94%) TeamCity
2 9 (10.34%) JIRA
3 4 (4.60%) Git
3 4 (4.60%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.45%) Cypress.io
4 3 (3.45%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.30%) Ant
5 2 (2.30%) Babel
5 2 (2.30%) webpack
6 1 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 41 (47.13%) Banking
2 32 (36.78%) Front Office
3 30 (34.48%) Finance
4 23 (26.44%) Social Skills
5 22 (25.29%) Investment Banking
6 11 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Back Office
8 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 76 (87.36%) Developer
2 51 (58.62%) C# Developer
3 24 (27.59%) WPF Developer
4 18 (20.69%) C# WPF Developer
5 14 (16.09%) React Developer
6 13 (14.94%) .NET Developer
7 10 (11.49%) Front Office Developer
7 10 (11.49%) Senior
7 10 (11.49%) Senior Developer
8 8 (9.20%) C# WCF Developer
8 8 (9.20%) WCF Developer
9 6 (6.90%) UI Developer
10 5 (5.75%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 5 (5.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (5.75%) Senior React Developer
10 5 (5.75%) Software Engineer
11 4 (4.60%) C# Developer - Investment Banking
11 4 (4.60%) Full Stack Developer
11 4 (4.60%) Full-Stack C# Developer
11 4 (4.60%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (40.23%) .NET
2 21 (24.14%) React
3 15 (17.24%) WCF
4 14 (16.09%) .NET Framework
5 13 (14.94%) WinForms
6 12 (13.79%) CSS
7 11 (12.64%) Redux
8 9 (10.34%) Reactive Extensions
9 6 (6.90%) ASP.NET
10 5 (5.75%) .NET Core
11 4 (4.60%) Web Services
12 3 (3.45%) Blazor
12 3 (3.45%) HTML
13 2 (2.30%) CSS3
13 2 (2.30%) Electron
13 2 (2.30%) Material-UI
13 2 (2.30%) MFC
13 2 (2.30%) Middleware
13 2 (2.30%) MobX
13 2 (2.30%) Semantic UI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (24.14%) Fixed Income
2 12 (13.79%) Equities
3 6 (6.90%) Derivative
4 4 (4.60%) Equity Derivative
4 4 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.30%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.30%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.15%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.15%) Synthetic Equity
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.39%) Windows
2 3 (3.45%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.69%) Agile
1 18 (20.69%) Electronic Trading
2 15 (17.24%) Front End Development
3 14 (16.09%) Full Stack Development
3 14 (16.09%) Microservices
4 13 (14.94%) Continuous Integration
5 11 (12.64%) Design Patterns
5 11 (12.64%) TDD
6 10 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (10.34%) Business Analysis
7 9 (10.34%) Data Analysis
7 9 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (10.34%) Economics
7 9 (10.34%) Software Engineering
7 9 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (9.20%) Investment Management
9 7 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (6.90%) CI/CD
10 6 (6.90%) User Experience
11 5 (5.75%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 82 (94.25%) C#
2 56 (64.37%) SQL
3 15 (17.24%) T-SQL
4 11 (12.64%) JavaScript
4 11 (12.64%) PL/SQL
4 11 (12.64%) TypeScript
5 10 (11.49%) VB
5 10 (11.49%) VBA
6 8 (9.20%) Java
7 6 (6.90%) Python
8 4 (4.60%) C++
9 3 (3.45%) Kotlin
10 2 (2.30%) C++/CLI
10 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
10 2 (2.30%) VB.NET
11 1 (1.15%) C
11 1 (1.15%) XAML
Qualifications
1 3 (3.45%) Degree
2 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
2 1 (1.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.34%) QA
2 1 (1.15%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (16.09%) Oracle
2 9 (10.34%) Citrix