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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 423 460
Rank change year-on-year -35 +37 0
Contract jobs citing WPF 54 105 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.32% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.86% 1.42% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 85 102
10th Percentile - £363 £400
25th Percentile £385 £385 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £588 £600
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% -2.08% -20.00%
75th Percentile £476 £755 £750
90th Percentile £688 £850 £800
UK median daily rate £408 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -29.13% -4.17% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £45.59
25th Percentile - - £47.07
Median hourly rate - - £51.20
75th Percentile - - £53.67
90th Percentile - - £54.17
UK median hourly rate - - £51.20
% change year-on-year - - +4.48%

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 6,247 7,369 9,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.48% 22.37% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,237 4,862 6,744
10th Percentile £350 £356 £380
25th Percentile £413 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 177 164
10th Percentile £31.39 £27.45 £36.84
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +2.04% -3.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.46 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.34% +2.67% -4.00%

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
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 18 September 2025.

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
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 18 September 2025. 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 -26 51 £395 -33.89% 25
East Midlands - 1 £385 - 2
Midlands - 1 £385 - 5
South West - 1 £550 - 5
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 (16.67%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (53.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Eikon
1 1 (1.85%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.96%) Azure
2 5 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (1.85%) DHCP
2 1 (1.85%) DNS
2 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (53.70%) Oracle Database
2 17 (31.48%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.85%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) JIRA
1 2 (3.70%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (1.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.85%) JetBrains Rider
2 1 (1.85%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (55.56%) Finance
2 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Banking
4 7 (12.96%) Front Office
5 2 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.70%) Publishing
6 1 (1.85%) Back Office
6 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.85%) Law
6 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (98.15%) Developer
2 46 (85.19%) C# Developer
3 33 (61.11%) C# WPF Developer
3 33 (61.11%) WPF Developer
4 30 (55.56%) .NET Developer
5 26 (48.15%) C# .NET Developer
6 9 (16.67%) C# WCF Developer
6 9 (16.67%) WCF Developer
7 6 (11.11%) C# Developer - Commodities
8 5 (9.26%) C# Software Developer
8 5 (9.26%) Front Office Developer
8 5 (9.26%) Software Developer
9 3 (5.56%) Applications Developer
9 3 (5.56%) Automation Developer
9 3 (5.56%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
10 1 (1.85%) .NET Applications Developer
10 1 (1.85%) C# Application Developer
10 1 (1.85%) C# Software Engineer
10 1 (1.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 1 (1.85%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (100.00%) .NET
2 32 (59.26%) .NET Framework
3 11 (20.37%) WCF
3 11 (20.37%) WinForms
4 5 (9.26%) AngularJS
5 3 (5.56%) Blazor
6 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (3.70%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.85%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.85%) Bootstrap
7 1 (1.85%) Express.js
7 1 (1.85%) jQuery
7 1 (1.85%) Kafka
7 1 (1.85%) Middleware
7 1 (1.85%) React
7 1 (1.85%) SOAP
7 1 (1.85%) Web Services
7 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Derivative
2 2 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.70%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.85%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 38 (70.37%) Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (22.22%) Data Analysis
1 12 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (14.81%) DevOps
3 7 (12.96%) Microservices
4 6 (11.11%) Agile
5 5 (9.26%) Business Analysis
5 5 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (9.26%) TDD
6 4 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (5.56%) BDD
7 3 (5.56%) CI/CD
7 3 (5.56%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.56%) MVVM
7 3 (5.56%) Test Automation
7 3 (5.56%) Unit Testing
8 2 (3.70%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (3.70%) Full-Stack Development
8 2 (3.70%) Investment Management
8 2 (3.70%) Mathematics
8 2 (3.70%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 54 (100.00%) C#
2 39 (72.22%) SQL
3 30 (55.56%) PL/SQL
3 30 (55.56%) VB
3 30 (55.56%) VBA
4 20 (37.04%) VB.NET
5 12 (22.22%) T-SQL
6 3 (5.56%) Python
7 2 (3.70%) Haskell
8 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (5.56%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.85%) Docker
1 1 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 33 (61.11%) Oracle
2 11 (20.37%) Citrix
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.56%) UiPath
5 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.85%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.85%) Reuters
5 1 (1.85%) VMware