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 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 405 439
Rank change year-on-year -119 +34 +74
Contract jobs citing WPF 42 84 118
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.33% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.56% 1.45% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 66 93
10th Percentile £385 - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.81% -38.46% -3.70%
75th Percentile £492 £638 £788
90th Percentile £675 £736 £838
UK median daily rate £415 £400 £675
% change year-on-year +3.75% -40.74% +1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £66.00 - £45.59
25th Percentile £67.50 - £47.07
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £51.20
75th Percentile £72.50 - £53.67
90th Percentile £74.00 - £54.17
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - £51.20
% change year-on-year - - +2.40%

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 7,566 5,809 7,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.88% 22.50% 20.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,080 3,770 5,493
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £526 £534
% change year-on-year -2.57% -1.50% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 74 189
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.80 £23.75
25th Percentile £51.00 £51.56 £43.88
Median hourly rate £63.00 £62.50 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +14.55% -16.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.40 £76.37 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £54.56
% change year-on-year +2.40% +14.55% -16.06%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -69 34 £408 +4.49% 12
South West -22 2 £550 -10.93% 2
East of England -26 2 - - 5
South East -29 2 £718 +51.05% 14
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 12 (28.57%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (38.10%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) Azure
2 4 (9.52%) AWS
3 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.95%) Internet
2 3 (7.14%) DHCP
2 3 (7.14%) DNS
2 3 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.76%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 17 (40.48%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.76%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.38%) Power BI
4 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Git
2 5 (11.90%) JIRA
3 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 15 (35.71%) Finance
2 10 (23.81%) Banking
3 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 5 (11.90%) Front Office
4 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.14%) Publishing
6 2 (4.76%) Back Office
6 2 (4.76%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (88.10%) Developer
2 22 (52.38%) C# Developer
3 15 (35.71%) .NET Developer
4 10 (23.81%) Applications Developer
4 10 (23.81%) C# WPF Developer
4 10 (23.81%) WPF Developer
5 7 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (14.29%) C# Application Developer
6 6 (14.29%) C# WCF Developer
6 6 (14.29%) WCF Developer
7 5 (11.90%) Senior
8 4 (9.52%) Automation Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Senior Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Software Engineer
9 3 (7.14%) C# Developer - Commodities
9 3 (7.14%) Front Office Developer
9 3 (7.14%) Full-Stack C# Developer
9 3 (7.14%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (95.24%) .NET
2 26 (61.90%) .NET Framework
3 19 (45.24%) WinForms
4 11 (26.19%) WCF
5 7 (16.67%) .NET Core
5 7 (16.67%) AngularJS
6 5 (11.90%) ASP.NET Web API
6 5 (11.90%) RESTful
7 4 (9.52%) React
7 4 (9.52%) REST
8 3 (7.14%) Bootstrap
8 3 (7.14%) Express.js
8 3 (7.14%) Middleware
8 3 (7.14%) SOAP
8 3 (7.14%) Web Services
9 2 (4.76%) ASP.NET
9 2 (4.76%) Blazor
9 2 (4.76%) CSS
9 2 (4.76%) HTML
9 2 (4.76%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Credit Risk
1 5 (11.90%) Market Risk
2 4 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.38%) Derivative
4 1 (2.38%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.38%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 33 (78.57%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Agile
1 12 (28.57%) Data Analysis
1 12 (28.57%) DevOps
1 12 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 9 (21.43%) CI/CD
3 8 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
3 8 (19.05%) MVC
4 6 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 5 (11.90%) Design Patterns
5 5 (11.90%) Microservices
5 5 (11.90%) OOP
5 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (11.90%) Scrum
5 5 (11.90%) SDLC
5 5 (11.90%) TDD
6 4 (9.52%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (9.52%) OO
6 4 (9.52%) Robotic Process Automation
6 4 (9.52%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (100.00%) C#
2 31 (73.81%) SQL
3 18 (42.86%) PL/SQL
4 17 (40.48%) T-SQL
5 16 (38.10%) VB
5 16 (38.10%) VBA
6 4 (9.52%) VB.NET
7 3 (7.14%) C++
7 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 2 (4.76%) Python
9 1 (2.38%) C
9 1 (2.38%) Java
9 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.95%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) EMIR
2 1 (2.38%) MiFID
2 1 (2.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Oracle
2 16 (38.10%) Citrix
3 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.52%) UiPath
4 3 (7.14%) Atlassian
4 3 (7.14%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) OpenText
5 1 (2.38%) SAP
5 1 (2.38%) Serena