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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 406 451
Rank change year-on-year -136 +45 +89
Contract jobs citing WPF 43 69 105
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.28% 0.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.54% 1.25% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 66 88
10th Percentile - - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £390 £688
Median % change year-on-year +18.59% -43.27% +1.85%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £788
90th Percentile £713 £744 £838
UK median daily rate £463 £390 £700
% change year-on-year +18.59% -44.29% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £66.00 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile £74.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - -

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 7,910 5,507 7,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.86% 22.52% 20.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,296 3,799 5,406
10th Percentile £360 £363 £343
25th Percentile £420 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -1.47% -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £675
90th Percentile £738 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 88 170
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.85 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.20 £37.21
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.97
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% +34.47% -26.21%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.80 £83.27 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.97
% change year-on-year +4.00% +30.30% -26.21%

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 30 March 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
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 30 March 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 -78 32 £415 +6.41% 10
South East -48 6 £693 +38.50% 15
East of England -28 2 - - 5
South West -27 1 - - 7
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 11 (25.58%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (25.58%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.60%) Azure
2 5 (11.63%) AWS
3 3 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) Internet
2 2 (4.65%) DHCP
2 2 (4.65%) DNS
2 2 (4.65%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (4.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (46.51%) SQL Server
2 11 (25.58%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.33%) Power BI
4 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Git
1 6 (13.95%) JIRA
2 4 (9.30%) GitLab
3 2 (4.65%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (4.65%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 14 (32.56%) Finance
2 10 (23.26%) Banking
3 7 (16.28%) Social Skills
4 6 (13.95%) Front Office
5 3 (6.98%) Back Office
5 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.98%) Publishing
6 2 (4.65%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 32 (74.42%) Developer
2 17 (39.53%) C# Developer
3 12 (27.91%) Applications Developer
4 10 (23.26%) .NET Developer
5 9 (20.93%) Software Engineer
6 8 (18.60%) C# Application Developer
7 6 (13.95%) Senior
8 5 (11.63%) Senior Developer
9 4 (9.30%) Automation Developer
9 4 (9.30%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
9 4 (9.30%) Software Developer
10 3 (6.98%) C# .NET Developer
10 3 (6.98%) C# WCF Developer
10 3 (6.98%) C# WPF Developer
10 3 (6.98%) Senior .NET Developer
10 3 (6.98%) WCF Developer
10 3 (6.98%) WPF Developer
11 2 (4.65%) C# Software Engineer
11 2 (4.65%) C++ Software Engineer
11 2 (4.65%) Front Office Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (74.42%) .NET
2 21 (48.84%) WinForms
3 20 (46.51%) .NET Framework
4 7 (16.28%) WCF
5 5 (11.63%) .NET Core
5 5 (11.63%) AngularJS
5 5 (11.63%) RESTful
6 4 (9.30%) REST
7 3 (6.98%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (6.98%) Playwright
7 3 (6.98%) React
8 2 (4.65%) Blazor
8 2 (4.65%) Bootstrap
8 2 (4.65%) Express.js
8 2 (4.65%) Middleware
8 2 (4.65%) SOAP
8 2 (4.65%) Web Services
8 2 (4.65%) WebSockets
9 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET
9 1 (2.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Credit Risk
1 5 (11.63%) Market Risk
2 3 (6.98%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.98%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.33%) Derivative
3 1 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.33%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.33%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.33%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) PKI
3 1 (2.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 28 (65.12%) Windows
2 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) DevOps
2 12 (27.91%) Agile
2 12 (27.91%) CI/CD
2 12 (27.91%) Software Engineering
3 11 (25.58%) Data Analysis
3 11 (25.58%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (16.28%) MVC
5 6 (13.95%) Test Automation
6 5 (11.63%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (11.63%) SDLC
7 4 (9.30%) Design Patterns
7 4 (9.30%) OOP
7 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (9.30%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.30%) Robotic Process Automation
7 4 (9.30%) Scrum
7 4 (9.30%) TDD
8 3 (6.98%) OO
8 3 (6.98%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 43 (100.00%) C#
2 26 (60.47%) SQL
3 13 (30.23%) T-SQL
4 11 (25.58%) PL/SQL
4 11 (25.58%) VB
4 11 (25.58%) VBA
5 4 (9.30%) C++
6 3 (6.98%) Python
6 3 (6.98%) TypeScript
7 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
8 1 (2.33%) C
8 1 (2.33%) Java
8 1 (2.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) EMIR
2 1 (2.33%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.65%) Docker
1 2 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Citrix
2 13 (30.23%) Oracle
3 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
4 4 (9.30%) UiPath
5 2 (4.65%) Atlassian
5 2 (4.65%) VMware
6 1 (2.33%) NVIDIA
6 1 (2.33%) OpenText
6 1 (2.33%) SAP
6 1 (2.33%) Serena