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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 398 411
Rank change year-on-year -99 +13 +64
Contract jobs citing WPF 42 90 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.33% 0.38%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.60% 1.51% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 72 110
10th Percentile £385 - £385
25th Percentile £404 £385 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £493 £625
Median % change year-on-year -15.74% -21.20% -7.41%
75th Percentile £519 £700 £750
90th Percentile £683 £825 £803
UK median daily rate £415 £500 £625
% change year-on-year -17.00% -20.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £45.59
25th Percentile - - £47.07
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £51.20
75th Percentile - - £53.67
90th Percentile - - £54.17
UK median hourly rate £75.00 - £51.20
% change year-on-year - - -6.64%

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 7,019 5,943 7,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.07% 22.12% 21.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,690 3,796 5,638
10th Percentile £356 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £634 £663 £670
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 77 173
10th Percentile £33.00 £26.25 £28.75
25th Percentile £46.00 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +14.55% -16.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.05 £74.61 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.60% +13.64% -15.38%

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 January 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 January 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 -49 36 £408 -29.13% 11
South West -6 2 £550 -10.93% 4
South East -20 2 £718 +59.44% 14
East of England -14 1 - - 9
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 9 (21.43%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (38.10%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) Azure
2 5 (11.90%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) 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 22 (52.38%) SQL Server
2 17 (40.48%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Git
2 4 (9.52%) JIRA
3 1 (2.38%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (45.24%) Finance
2 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 9 (21.43%) Banking
4 6 (14.29%) Front Office
5 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.14%) Financial Institution
6 3 (7.14%) Publishing
7 2 (4.76%) Back Office
8 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (90.48%) Developer
2 21 (50.00%) C# Developer
3 19 (45.24%) .NET Developer
4 13 (30.95%) C# WPF Developer
4 13 (30.95%) WPF Developer
5 9 (21.43%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (14.29%) Applications 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%) C# Developer - Commodities
8 4 (9.52%) Front Office Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Senior Developer
8 4 (9.52%) Software Developer
9 3 (7.14%) C# Application Developer
9 3 (7.14%) C# Software Developer
9 3 (7.14%) Senior .NET Developer
9 3 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (95.24%) .NET
2 25 (59.52%) .NET Framework
3 15 (35.71%) WinForms
4 10 (23.81%) WCF
5 7 (16.67%) .NET Core
5 7 (16.67%) AngularJS
6 6 (14.29%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (11.90%) RESTful
8 3 (7.14%) ASP.NET
8 3 (7.14%) Bootstrap
8 3 (7.14%) Express.js
8 3 (7.14%) Middleware
8 3 (7.14%) React
8 3 (7.14%) REST
8 3 (7.14%) SOAP
8 3 (7.14%) Web Services
9 2 (4.76%) CSS
9 2 (4.76%) Entity Framework
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%) Derivative
4 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.38%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (76.19%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) DevOps
2 10 (23.81%) Agile
2 10 (23.81%) CI/CD
3 9 (21.43%) Data Analysis
3 9 (21.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (21.43%) MVC
4 7 (16.67%) Microservices
5 6 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (14.29%) OOP
6 5 (11.90%) Design Patterns
6 5 (11.90%) OO
6 5 (11.90%) Scrum
6 5 (11.90%) Software Engineering
7 4 (9.52%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (9.52%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.52%) Robotic Process Automation
7 4 (9.52%) SDLC
7 4 (9.52%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 42 (100.00%) C#
2 30 (71.43%) SQL
3 18 (42.86%) PL/SQL
4 16 (38.10%) VB
4 16 (38.10%) VBA
5 14 (33.33%) T-SQL
6 7 (16.67%) VB.NET
7 3 (7.14%) C++
8 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) 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
2 1 (2.38%) Docker
Vendors
1 19 (45.24%) Oracle
2 13 (30.95%) Citrix
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
4 4 (9.52%) UiPath
5 3 (7.14%) Atlassian
5 3 (7.14%) VMware