MFC Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring MFC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 601 - 593
Rank change year-on-year - - +175
Contract jobs citing MFC 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.020%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.024% - 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £350
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - £48.32
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £51.89
75th Percentile £48.75 - £59.03
90th Percentile - - £63.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 - £51.89
% change year-on-year - - -20.48%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

MFC 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,255 7,492 9,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.49% 21.89% 22.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,473 4,760 6,939
10th Percentile £351 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 101 175
10th Percentile £30.75 £21.25 £31.55
25th Percentile £43.00 £36.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +14.68% -16.15%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.87 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.25 £65.00 £52.20
% change year-on-year -1.15% +24.53% -19.70%

MFC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

MFC job vacancy trend in the UK

MFC
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MFC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MFC

MFC
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MFC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MFC

MFC
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MFC within the UK over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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
South East - 2 - -
England - 2 - - 1
UK excluding London - 2 - - 1

MFC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ada
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++