Universal Windows Platform Contracts

Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Universal Windows Platform skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Universal Windows Platform over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 704 848
Rank change year-on-year +107 +144 -166
Contract jobs citing Universal Windows Platform 1 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.013% 0.006%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.011% 0.058% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £600 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +61.29%
75th Percentile - £688 £638
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £625 £625
% change year-on-year - - +78.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Universal Windows Platform 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 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 8,934 13,853 24,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.53% 23.28% 27.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,198 10,101 17,675
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 153 241
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.60 £22.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.83 £80.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -24.00% +27.55% +8.89%

Universal Windows Platform
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Universal Windows Platform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Universal Windows Platform in the UK

Universal Windows Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Universal Windows Platform.

Daily rate trend for Universal Windows Platform in the UK

Universal Windows Platform
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Universal Windows Platform within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +125 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -
London - 1 - -

Universal Windows Platform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree