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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 509 554
Rank change year-on-year -66 +45 +127
Contract jobs citing WinForms 41 18 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.061% 0.086%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.44% 0.27% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 18 32
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £404 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £399 £550
Median % change year-on-year +18.50% -27.50% +20.22%
75th Percentile £641 £428 £625
90th Percentile £688 £473 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £458 £400
% change year-on-year +47.54% +14.38% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £39.16 - -
25th Percentile £42.03 - -
Median hourly rate £46.80 - -
75th Percentile £60.90 - -
90th Percentile £69.36 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.80 - -

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 9,393 6,673 8,885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.91% 22.78% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,213 4,570 6,171
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 114 238
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.22 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £40.08
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.84
Median % change year-on-year - +38.77% -27.94%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.70 £82.70 £74.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 4 May 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 4 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for WinForms in the UK

WinForms
Top 9 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 4 May 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 -83 40 £475 +21.79% 21
London -44 21 £408 +4.49% 9
UK excluding London -80 20 £675 +47.54% 15
South East -41 16 £675 +47.54% 7
Work from Home -26 6 £388 -24.57% 9
North West - 2 - - 1
North of England - 2 - - 4
East of England - 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £388 -

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 15 (36.59%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (29.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (9.76%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (29.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (46.34%) SQL Server
2 17 (41.46%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (21.95%) Git
1 9 (21.95%) GitLab
2 7 (17.07%) Visual Studio
3 3 (7.32%) Jenkins
4 2 (4.88%) ClearCase
5 1 (2.44%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (2.44%) Rational Robot
5 1 (2.44%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 11 (26.83%) Banking
2 7 (17.07%) Finance
2 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Financial Institution
4 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 31 (75.61%) Developer
2 18 (43.90%) C# Developer
3 9 (21.95%) .NET Developer
3 9 (21.95%) Applications Developer
3 9 (21.95%) Software Engineer
4 8 (19.51%) C# Application Developer
5 7 (17.07%) Software Developer
6 4 (9.76%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (7.32%) Senior
7 3 (7.32%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Senior .NET Developer
8 2 (4.88%) WPF Developer
9 1 (2.44%) .NET Software Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) C# Software Developer
9 1 (2.44%) C# Software Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Full-Stack Developer
9 1 (2.44%) Senior Software Developer
9 1 (2.44%) Windows Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) WinForms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (78.05%) .NET
2 31 (75.61%) WPF
3 21 (51.22%) .NET Framework
4 4 (9.76%) .NET Core
4 4 (9.76%) RESTful
5 3 (7.32%) REST
5 3 (7.32%) WCF
6 2 (4.88%) XML
7 1 (2.44%) COM
7 1 (2.44%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.44%) JSON
7 1 (2.44%) React
7 1 (2.44%) XSD
7 1 (2.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Credit Risk
1 4 (9.76%) Market Risk
2 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) IoT
4 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.44%) Derivative
4 1 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (2.44%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 28 (68.29%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Data Analysis
1 12 (29.27%) Disaster Recovery
1 12 (29.27%) SDLC
1 12 (29.27%) Unit Testing
2 10 (24.39%) Agile
2 10 (24.39%) DevOps
2 10 (24.39%) Software Engineering
3 9 (21.95%) CI/CD
4 7 (17.07%) OOP
5 6 (14.63%) OO
6 5 (12.20%) Design Patterns
6 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.20%) Scrum
7 4 (9.76%) MVC
7 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
8 3 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (7.32%) Change Control
8 3 (7.32%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (7.32%) TDD
8 3 (7.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 35 (85.37%) C#
2 22 (53.66%) SQL
3 15 (36.59%) PL/SQL
3 15 (36.59%) T-SQL
4 14 (34.15%) VB
5 12 (29.27%) VBA
6 6 (14.63%) C
6 6 (14.63%) C++
7 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
8 2 (4.88%) VB6
9 1 (2.44%) Java
9 1 (2.44%) Python
9 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) SC Cleared
1 10 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (39.02%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Oracle
2 15 (36.59%) Citrix
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.88%) SAP