WPF Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring WPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WPF 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.49% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - -
75th Percentile £728 - -
90th Percentile £730 - -
South East median daily rate £710 £500 £400
% change year-on-year +42.00% +25.00% -33.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 178 98 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 10.83% 13.37% 9.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 61 77
10th Percentile £363 £376 £325
25th Percentile £474 £453 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -2.10% -2.33%
75th Percentile £667 £588 £638
90th Percentile £725 £651 £643
South East median daily rate £523 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +4.40% +0.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 11
10th Percentile £40.00 £52.36 £35.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £55.59 £58.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £59.13 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.66% -5.40% -2.34%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £53.50 £62.63 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.63 £61.60
% change year-on-year -4.56% -6.45% -2.61%

WPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WPF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

WPF job vacancy trend in Hampshire

WPF
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WPF

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WPF

WPF
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Southampton - 3 £720 -
Romsey - 1 - -
WPF
South East

WPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) GitLab
2 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) GUI Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior C# Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) WinForms Developer
3 1 (12.50%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) WinForms
2 2 (25.00%) REST
2 2 (25.00%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (75.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker