WinForms Contract Job Trends in Preston

Windows Forms (WinForms)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring WinForms skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WinForms 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.11% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - -
Median hourly rate £39.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £43.15 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Preston

WinForms 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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9 14 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 10.00% 20.29% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 1
10th Percentile £500 £393 -
25th Percentile £525 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £461 £650
Median % change year-on-year +29.07% -29.08% +23.81%
75th Percentile £808 £534 -
90th Percentile £950 £709 -
Lancashire median daily rate £628 £518 £625
% change year-on-year +21.26% -17.20% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - £37.63
Median hourly rate £39.50 - £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.77%
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £74.26 £65.50 £46.03
% change year-on-year +13.37% +42.30% +13.40%

WinForms
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

WinForms job vacancy trend in Preston

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing WinForms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing WinForms

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing WinForms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing WinForms

WinForms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle