WinForms Contract Job Trends in the South East

Windows Forms (WinForms)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring WinForms skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 155 -
Rank change year-on-year -46 - -
Contract jobs citing WinForms 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.093% 0.034% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.58% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile - £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 -
75th Percentile - £525 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £408 £390 £600
% change year-on-year +4.49% -35.00% +23.71%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 860 505 788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.91% 16.94% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 605 324 445
10th Percentile £330 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £412 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% +2.50% -7.83%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £684 £663 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £540
% change year-on-year -2.33% -0.46% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 35
10th Percentile £40.00 £28.36 £41.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £44.43 £56.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +1.46% -5.23%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £71.81 £79.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%

WinForms
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

WinForms job vacancy trend in the South East

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WinForms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WinForms

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WinForms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WinForms

WinForms
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
West Sussex - 3 £500 - 1
Surrey - 2 £500 - 2
WinForms
England

WinForms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (60.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) SDLC
1 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared