WPF Contracts in England

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring WPF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WPF over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 427 466 520
Rank change year-on-year +39 +54 +20
Contract jobs citing WPF 67 88 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.16% 1.11% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 78 94
10th Percentile - £363 £400
25th Percentile £385 £550 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £603 £784 £781
90th Percentile £750 £825 £888
UK median daily rate £400 £700 £638
% change year-on-year -42.86% +9.80% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £39.02
25th Percentile - - £40.85
Median hourly rate - - £45.30
75th Percentile - - £48.35
90th Percentile - - £49.34
UK median hourly rate - - £45.30
% change year-on-year - - -7.56%

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 5,763 7,893 10,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.47% 21.26% 22.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,978 5,495 7,923
10th Percentile £356 £350 £385
25th Percentile £413 £432 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £800 £798
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 266 138
10th Percentile £30.45 £23.80 £30.53
25th Percentile £48.13 £43.00 £50.31
Median hourly rate £60.00 £58.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -10.54% +23.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.81 £74.47 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +25.30%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WPF in England.

Daily rate trend for WPF in England

WPF
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WPF in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WPF in England

WPF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WPF in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 July 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 63 £390 -44.29% 77
Midlands - 2 £393 - 13
South East +53 1 £500 +25.00% 37
North of England +11 1 £400 - 36
Yorkshire - 1 £400 - 6
East Midlands - 1 £385 - 4
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 14 (20.90%) IIS
2 1 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 32 (47.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Eikon
1 1 (1.49%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.42%) Azure
2 8 (11.94%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.48%) npm
3 3 (4.48%) Yarn
4 2 (2.99%) GitHub
5 1 (1.49%) AWS
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.49%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.91%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (47.76%) Oracle Database
2 24 (35.82%) SQL Server
3 5 (7.46%) MongoDB
4 3 (4.48%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.49%) MySQL
6 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Jenkins
1 4 (5.97%) JIRA
1 4 (5.97%) TeamCity
2 3 (4.48%) Ant
2 3 (4.48%) Babel
2 3 (4.48%) Git
2 3 (4.48%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.48%) webpack
3 1 (1.49%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.49%) JetBrains Rider
3 1 (1.49%) NUnit
3 1 (1.49%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 39 (58.21%) Finance
2 15 (22.39%) Banking
3 11 (16.42%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.45%) Front Office
5 4 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.48%) Publishing
7 2 (2.99%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.49%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (97.01%) Developer
2 52 (77.61%) C# Developer
3 40 (59.70%) WPF Developer
4 39 (58.21%) C# WPF Developer
5 32 (47.76%) .NET Developer
6 28 (41.79%) C# .NET Developer
7 12 (17.91%) C# WCF Developer
7 12 (17.91%) WCF Developer
8 4 (5.97%) Applications Developer
8 4 (5.97%) Automation Developer
8 4 (5.97%) React Developer
9 3 (4.48%) C# Developer - Commodities
9 3 (4.48%) Front Office Developer
9 3 (4.48%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 3 (4.48%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
9 3 (4.48%) Senior
10 2 (2.99%) C# GUI Developer
10 2 (2.99%) C# Software Developer
10 2 (2.99%) GUI Developer
10 2 (2.99%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (94.03%) .NET
2 37 (55.22%) .NET Framework
3 15 (22.39%) WCF
4 14 (20.90%) WinForms
5 5 (7.46%) React
6 4 (5.97%) AngularJS
6 4 (5.97%) Blazor
6 4 (5.97%) HTML
6 4 (5.97%) HTML5
6 4 (5.97%) Web Services
7 3 (4.48%) CSS
7 3 (4.48%) CSS3
7 3 (4.48%) Material-UI
7 3 (4.48%) Redux
7 3 (4.48%) RESTful
7 3 (4.48%) Semantic UI
8 2 (2.99%) .NET Core
8 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET
8 2 (2.99%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (2.99%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Derivative
1 4 (5.97%) Market Risk
2 2 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.49%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (64.18%) Windows
2 3 (4.48%) Linux
3 1 (1.49%) Android
3 1 (1.49%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.37%) Data Analysis
2 16 (23.88%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (17.91%) DevOps
4 11 (16.42%) Agile
5 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (11.94%) TDD
5 8 (11.94%) Unit Testing
6 7 (10.45%) CI/CD
6 7 (10.45%) Computer Science
6 7 (10.45%) Microservices
7 6 (8.96%) BDD
7 6 (8.96%) Mathematics
8 5 (7.46%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (7.46%) Software Engineering
9 4 (5.97%) Continuous Delivery
9 4 (5.97%) Economics
9 4 (5.97%) OOP
9 4 (5.97%) Risk Analysis
9 4 (5.97%) Risk Management
9 4 (5.97%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 66 (98.51%) C#
2 47 (70.15%) SQL
3 33 (49.25%) PL/SQL
3 33 (49.25%) VBA
4 32 (47.76%) VB
5 19 (28.36%) VB.NET
6 17 (25.37%) T-SQL
7 5 (7.46%) JavaScript
8 4 (5.97%) Haskell
9 3 (4.48%) Python
9 3 (4.48%) TypeScript
10 2 (2.99%) Java
11 1 (1.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (1.49%) MCAD
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (26.87%) QA
2 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.49%) HL7
Vendors
1 37 (55.22%) Oracle
2 15 (22.39%) Citrix
3 4 (5.97%) UiPath
4 3 (4.48%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.49%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.49%) Murex
5 1 (1.49%) Reuters