WPF Contract Job Trends in England

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring WPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 422 466
Rank change year-on-year -139 +44 +50
Contract jobs citing WPF 53 67 83
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.64% 1.18% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 63 74
10th Percentile £404 - £363
25th Percentile £406 £385 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £400 £700
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -42.86% +12.00%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £775
90th Percentile £730 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £550 £400 £700
% change year-on-year +37.50% -42.86% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £42.03 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

WPF falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,278 5,701 7,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.07% 22.62% 21.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,466 3,955 5,502
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £514 £538
% change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 118 263
10th Percentile £30.45 £30.95 £23.80
25th Percentile £51.25 £47.19 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £58.88 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.40% +4.67% -13.46%
75th Percentile £74.45 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.63 £81.01 £74.49
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%

WPF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WPF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

WPF job vacancy trend in England

WPF
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WPF

WPF
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WPF in England over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WPF in England

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing WPF

WPF
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WPF in England over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 26 June 2026. 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 -104 25 £445 +11.25% 9
South East -47 12 £675 +35.00% 7
East of England - 6 - - 5
South West - 5 £444 - 11
North of England -64 3 - - 6
North West - 3 - - 3
WPF
UK

WPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (18.87%) IIS
2 5 (9.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (18.87%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (30.19%) Azure
2 15 (28.30%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.77%) GitHub
4 1 (1.89%) AWS
4 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.87%) Internet
2 2 (3.77%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (28.30%) SQL Server
2 13 (24.53%) Oracle Database
3 5 (9.43%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.89%) Power BI
5 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Git
2 10 (18.87%) GitLab
3 7 (13.21%) JIRA
3 7 (13.21%) Visual Studio
4 5 (9.43%) MSI
5 4 (7.55%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (5.66%) ClearCase
7 2 (3.77%) REST Assured
8 1 (1.89%) Bitbucket
8 1 (1.89%) Rational Robot
8 1 (1.89%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 10 (18.87%) Banking
2 9 (16.98%) Finance
3 6 (11.32%) Front Office
4 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.66%) Back Office
5 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.77%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.77%) Social Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (66.04%) Developer
2 21 (39.62%) C# Developer
3 15 (28.30%) Software Engineer
4 8 (15.09%) .NET Developer
4 8 (15.09%) Applications Developer
4 8 (15.09%) Senior
5 7 (13.21%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (13.21%) Senior Developer
6 6 (11.32%) C# Application Developer
6 6 (11.32%) Software Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Senior Software Developer
7 4 (7.55%) WPF Developer
8 3 (5.66%) C# Software Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) C# WPF Developer
8 3 (5.66%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack C# Developer
9 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
9 2 (3.77%) GUI Software Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Lead
9 2 (3.77%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (66.04%) .NET
2 31 (58.49%) WinForms
3 21 (39.62%) .NET Framework
4 9 (16.98%) RESTful
5 8 (15.09%) REST
6 7 (13.21%) .NET Core
7 6 (11.32%) COM
8 5 (9.43%) ATL
8 5 (9.43%) CSS
8 5 (9.43%) CSS3
8 5 (9.43%) GeoJSON
8 5 (9.43%) HTML
8 5 (9.43%) HTML5
8 5 (9.43%) MFC
9 4 (7.55%) WCF
9 4 (7.55%) Web Services
10 3 (5.66%) Entity Framework
10 3 (5.66%) Playwright
10 3 (5.66%) XML
11 2 (3.77%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Cloud Native
2 5 (9.43%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.89%) Derivative
5 1 (1.89%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.89%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.89%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.89%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.89%) PKI
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (49.06%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (41.51%) DevOps
2 21 (39.62%) Software Engineering
3 17 (32.08%) Agile
4 14 (26.42%) CI/CD
5 12 (22.64%) Test Automation
6 11 (20.75%) Unit Testing
7 10 (18.87%) Data Analysis
7 10 (18.87%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (16.98%) Microservices
8 9 (16.98%) SOLID
9 8 (15.09%) Design Patterns
10 7 (13.21%) Full-Stack Development
11 6 (11.32%) AI
11 6 (11.32%) DevSecOps
11 6 (11.32%) Integration Testing
11 6 (11.32%) OO
11 6 (11.32%) OOP
11 6 (11.32%) Scrum
12 5 (9.43%) TDD
12 5 (9.43%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 52 (98.11%) C#
2 23 (43.40%) SQL
3 13 (24.53%) VB
4 12 (22.64%) PL/SQL
5 11 (20.75%) JavaScript
5 11 (20.75%) T-SQL
6 10 (18.87%) VBA
7 9 (16.98%) TypeScript
8 8 (15.09%) Python
9 5 (9.43%) Bicep
9 5 (9.43%) C++
10 3 (5.66%) VB6
11 2 (3.77%) XAML
12 1 (1.89%) C
12 1 (1.89%) Java
12 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 14 (26.42%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) Degree
4 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.77%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (20.75%) QA
2 5 (9.43%) Accessibility
2 5 (9.43%) NCSC
2 5 (9.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (13.21%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Kubernetes
2 5 (9.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (32.08%) Oracle
2 13 (24.53%) Citrix
3 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.89%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.89%) OpenText
4 1 (1.89%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) Serena
4 1 (1.89%) UiPath