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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 413 456
Rank change year-on-year -123 +43 +80
Contract jobs citing WPF 51 66 89
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.27% 0.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.64% 1.20% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 62 83
10th Percentile - - £367
25th Percentile £404 £385 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £400 £700
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% -42.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £688 £694 £788
90th Percentile £725 £750 £838
UK median daily rate £492 £400 £700
% change year-on-year +23.00% -42.86% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £40.12 - -
25th Percentile £44.41 - -
Median hourly rate £55.90 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £72.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £55.90 - -

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 7,945 5,482 7,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 19.84% 22.40% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,312 3,805 5,342
10th Percentile £358 £370 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 99 207
10th Percentile £32.50 £30.01 £21.54
25th Percentile £52.25 £51.25 £40.16
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £82.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -91 34 £415 +6.41% 8
South East -52 11 £675 +35.00% 12
North West -36 2 - - 7
North of England -65 2 - - 9
East of England - 2 - - 4
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 13 (25.49%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.61%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) AWS
2 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (25.49%) Internet
2 2 (3.92%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (1.96%) DHCP
3 1 (1.96%) DNS
3 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (39.22%) SQL Server
2 15 (29.41%) Oracle Database
3 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.96%) Power BI
4 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (17.65%) GitLab
2 7 (13.73%) Git
3 6 (11.76%) JIRA
4 3 (5.88%) Visual Studio
5 2 (3.92%) ClearCase
5 2 (3.92%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (1.96%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.96%) Rational Robot
6 1 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 14 (27.45%) Finance
2 10 (19.61%) Banking
3 7 (13.73%) Front Office
4 6 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Back Office
6 3 (5.88%) Publishing
7 2 (3.92%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (70.59%) Developer
2 20 (39.22%) C# Developer
3 12 (23.53%) Applications Developer
3 12 (23.53%) Software Engineer
4 9 (17.65%) .NET Developer
5 8 (15.69%) C# Application Developer
6 7 (13.73%) Senior
7 6 (11.76%) Senior Developer
8 5 (9.80%) Software Developer
9 4 (7.84%) Automation Developer
9 4 (7.84%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
10 3 (5.88%) C# .NET Developer
10 3 (5.88%) Front Office Developer
10 3 (5.88%) Senior .NET Developer
10 3 (5.88%) Senior Software Developer
10 3 (5.88%) WPF Developer
11 2 (3.92%) C# Software Developer
11 2 (3.92%) C# Software Engineer
11 2 (3.92%) C++ Software Engineer
11 2 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (68.63%) .NET
2 30 (58.82%) WinForms
3 22 (43.14%) .NET Framework
4 5 (9.80%) .NET Core
4 5 (9.80%) RESTful
4 5 (9.80%) WCF
5 4 (7.84%) REST
6 3 (5.88%) AngularJS
6 3 (5.88%) Playwright
7 2 (3.92%) React
7 2 (3.92%) WebSockets
7 2 (3.92%) XML
8 1 (1.96%) Blazor
8 1 (1.96%) COM
8 1 (1.96%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.96%) Middleware
8 1 (1.96%) SOAP
8 1 (1.96%) Web Services
8 1 (1.96%) XSD
8 1 (1.96%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Credit Risk
1 5 (9.80%) Market Risk
2 3 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Derivative
4 1 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.96%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.96%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.96%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.96%) PKI
4 1 (1.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 29 (56.86%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Unix
2 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) DevOps
2 16 (31.37%) Software Engineering
3 13 (25.49%) Agile
3 13 (25.49%) Data Analysis
3 13 (25.49%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 8 (15.69%) Unit Testing
6 7 (13.73%) Test Automation
7 5 (9.80%) Design Patterns
7 5 (9.80%) MVC
7 5 (9.80%) SDLC
7 5 (9.80%) TDD
8 4 (7.84%) Architectural Patterns
8 4 (7.84%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (7.84%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (7.84%) OOP
8 4 (7.84%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.84%) Robotic Process Automation
9 3 (5.88%) API Development
9 3 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 51 (100.00%) C#
2 29 (56.86%) SQL
3 15 (29.41%) VB
4 14 (27.45%) T-SQL
5 13 (25.49%) PL/SQL
5 13 (25.49%) VBA
6 4 (7.84%) C++
6 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
7 3 (5.88%) Python
7 3 (5.88%) TypeScript
8 2 (3.92%) VB6
9 1 (1.96%) C
9 1 (1.96%) Java
9 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.96%) Degree
3 1 (1.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (27.45%) QA
2 1 (1.96%) EMIR
2 1 (1.96%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Docker
2 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.96%) Firmware
2 1 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (33.33%) Citrix
1 17 (33.33%) Oracle
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) UiPath
3 1 (1.96%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.96%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.96%) OpenText
3 1 (1.96%) SAP
3 1 (1.96%) Serena
3 1 (1.96%) VMware