WinForms Contract Job Trends

Windows Forms (WinForms)
UK

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 580 491 564
Rank change year-on-year -89 +73 +137
Contract jobs citing WinForms 21 36 21
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.12% 0.047%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% 0.52% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 12
10th Percentile - - £366
25th Percentile £404 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £538 £455
Median % change year-on-year -24.19% +18.13% -9.00%
75th Percentile £472 £602 £666
90th Percentile £496 £629 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate - £650 £410
% change year-on-year - +58.54% -13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,679 6,971 9,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.16% 22.37% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,777 4,439 6,565
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +0.66% -7.13%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 87 192
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.34 £25.78
25th Percentile £50.19 £38.88 £45.88
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.95 £77.70 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

WinForms
Job Vacancy Trend

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

WinForms job vacancy trend in the UK

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

WinForms
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England -79 20 £408 -29.13% 21
London -39 19 £408 -20.49% 4
Work from Home -35 5 £500 -17.36% 11
UK excluding London -82 1 - - 22
East of England - 1 - - 5

WinForms
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (66.67%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
2 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) Internet
2 1 (4.76%) HTTP
2 1 (4.76%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 14 (66.67%) Oracle Database
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Git
2 3 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (42.86%) Banking
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 19 (90.48%) Developer
2 15 (71.43%) C# Developer
3 7 (33.33%) .NET Developer
4 6 (28.57%) C# WCF Developer
4 6 (28.57%) C# WPF Developer
4 6 (28.57%) WCF Developer
4 6 (28.57%) WPF Developer
5 5 (23.81%) Applications Developer
5 5 (23.81%) C# Application Developer
6 3 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Senior
7 2 (9.52%) Senior .NET Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Developer
8 1 (4.76%) .NET Software Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) C# Software Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Consultant
8 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack C# Developer
8 1 (4.76%) LDAP Consultant
8 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (95.24%) .NET
2 19 (90.48%) .NET Framework
3 17 (80.95%) WPF
4 6 (28.57%) WCF
5 4 (19.05%) .NET Core
5 4 (19.05%) RESTful
6 2 (9.52%) REST
7 1 (4.76%) LDAP
7 1 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Credit Risk
1 4 (19.05%) Market Risk
2 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Derivative
3 1 (4.76%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (4.76%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 20 (95.24%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Data Analysis
1 11 (52.38%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (38.10%) CI/CD
3 7 (33.33%) DevOps
3 7 (33.33%) OOP
3 7 (33.33%) SDLC
4 6 (28.57%) OO
5 5 (23.81%) Agile
6 4 (19.05%) Design Patterns
6 4 (19.05%) MVC
6 4 (19.05%) Risk Management
7 3 (14.29%) API Development
7 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (14.29%) Change Control
7 3 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (9.52%) Continuous Deployment
8 2 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (9.52%) Integration Testing
8 2 (9.52%) Microservices
8 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (95.24%) C#
2 17 (80.95%) SQL
3 14 (66.67%) PL/SQL
3 14 (66.67%) T-SQL
4 11 (52.38%) VB
4 11 (52.38%) VBA
5 1 (4.76%) C++
5 1 (4.76%) Java
5 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.76%) Python
5 1 (4.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (71.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Oracle
2 14 (66.67%) Citrix
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft