WPF Contract Job Trends in the South East

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring WPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 155 195
Rank change year-on-year -32 +40 +17
Contract jobs citing WPF 2 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.041% 0.064% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.25% 0.38% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £430 £560
25th Percentile £709 £438 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £718 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +51.05% -17.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £726 £513 £584
90th Percentile - £520 £644
England median daily rate £415 £400 £650
% change year-on-year +3.75% -38.46% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £45.59
25th Percentile - - £47.07
Median hourly rate - - £51.20
75th Percentile - - £53.67
90th Percentile - - £54.17
England median hourly rate £70.00 - £51.20
% change year-on-year - - +8.15%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 811 525 812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.55% 16.74% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 332 442
10th Percentile £321 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £539 £503
Median % change year-on-year -7.15% +7.16% -6.51%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £625
90th Percentile £676 £669 £678
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 44
10th Percentile £40.00 £55.38 £52.23
25th Percentile £46.25 £60.38 £56.05
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £61.80
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +1.13% -4.92%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.13 £75.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.19 £78.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

WPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

WPF job vacancy trend in the South East

WPF
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

WPF
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 WPF within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
Hampshire - 2 £718 - 1
WPF
England

WPF
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) GUI Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior C# Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) WebSockets
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared