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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 525 540
Rank change year-on-year -69 +15 +115
Contract jobs citing WinForms 60 18 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.055% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.58% 0.24% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 17 44
10th Percentile £404 - -
25th Percentile £408 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £408 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.56% -22.38% +9.09%
75th Percentile £530 £423 £613
90th Percentile £688 £480 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £438
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £42.03 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 - -

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 10,319 7,380 9,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.49% 22.60% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,765 4,983 6,312
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £655
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 160 278
10th Percentile £30.00 £29.23 £22.68
25th Percentile £50.00 £38.89 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% +3.18% -14.06%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £72.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +3.17% +8.06% -2.83%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WinForms over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WinForms in the UK

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WinForms over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for WinForms in the UK

WinForms
Top 10 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 12 July 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 -80 47 £475 +16.56% 16
UK excluding London -70 30 £500 - 15
London -47 24 £408 +0.06% 7
South East -53 16 £675 +47.54% 5
Work from Home - 10 £524 - 9
Scotland - 7 £463 - 2
North West -44 3 - - 1
North of England -76 3 - - 3
East of England - 3 - - 2
South West - 1 - - 1

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 19 (31.67%) IIS
2 7 (11.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 16 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (26.67%) Azure
2 14 (23.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.67%) GitHub
4 1 (1.67%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.33%) Internet
2 3 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (45.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (25.00%) Oracle Database
3 8 (13.33%) MS Access
4 7 (11.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.33%) ClickHouse
5 2 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (26.67%) Visual Studio
2 14 (23.33%) Git
3 9 (15.00%) GitLab
4 8 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (11.67%) Jenkins
6 3 (5.00%) ClearCase
6 3 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (5.00%) REST Assured
7 1 (1.67%) Rational Robot
7 1 (1.67%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 12 (20.00%) Banking
2 4 (6.67%) Finance
2 4 (6.67%) Front Office
3 3 (5.00%) Financial Institution
3 3 (5.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (5.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (73.33%) Developer
2 23 (38.33%) C# Developer
3 15 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 14 (23.33%) Software Engineer
5 12 (20.00%) .NET Developer
5 12 (20.00%) Applications Developer
6 8 (13.33%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (11.67%) C# Application Developer
8 5 (8.33%) C# Software Engineer
8 5 (8.33%) Lead
8 5 (8.33%) Lead Developer
8 5 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
9 3 (5.00%) .NET Software Developer
9 3 (5.00%) C# Software Developer
9 3 (5.00%) C++ Software Engineer
9 3 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
9 3 (5.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 3 (5.00%) Senior
9 3 (5.00%) Senior Developer
9 3 (5.00%) WinForms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (78.33%) .NET
2 35 (58.33%) WPF
3 18 (30.00%) .NET Framework
4 11 (18.33%) XML
5 9 (15.00%) ASP.NET
5 9 (15.00%) JSON
5 9 (15.00%) WCF
6 8 (13.33%) HTML
6 8 (13.33%) XSLT
7 7 (11.67%) ASP.NET Web API
8 5 (8.33%) Apache FOP
9 3 (5.00%) RESTful
9 3 (5.00%) Web Services
10 2 (3.33%) AngularJS
10 2 (3.33%) Entity Framework
10 2 (3.33%) REST
11 1 (1.67%) .NET Core
11 1 (1.67%) COM
11 1 (1.67%) React
11 1 (1.67%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Replication
2 3 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.33%) IoT
3 2 (3.33%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.67%) Derivative
4 1 (1.67%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.67%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (1.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 34 (56.67%) Windows
2 3 (5.00%) Linux
3 1 (1.67%) Unix
3 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.67%) Software Engineering
2 17 (28.33%) DevOps
3 14 (23.33%) Unit Testing
4 13 (21.67%) Agile
5 11 (18.33%) Data Analysis
5 11 (18.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (16.67%) Scrum
7 8 (13.33%) CI/CD
8 7 (11.67%) SDLC
9 6 (10.00%) OO
9 6 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (10.00%) Test Automation
10 5 (8.33%) Multithreading
11 4 (6.67%) AI
11 4 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (6.67%) Integration Testing
11 4 (6.67%) Kanban
11 4 (6.67%) Microservices
11 4 (6.67%) TDD
12 3 (5.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 50 (83.33%) C#
2 30 (50.00%) SQL
3 22 (36.67%) T-SQL
4 21 (35.00%) PL/SQL
5 19 (31.67%) VBA
6 14 (23.33%) VB
7 10 (16.67%) C++
8 8 (13.33%) VB.NET
9 7 (11.67%) XPath
10 6 (10.00%) C
10 6 (10.00%) JavaScript
11 5 (8.33%) VBScript
12 3 (5.00%) VB6
13 1 (1.67%) Java
13 1 (1.67%) PowerShell
13 1 (1.67%) Python
13 1 (1.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 18 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (55.00%) Oracle
2 14 (23.33%) Citrix
3 3 (5.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.33%) SAP