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 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 504 565
Rank change year-on-year -87 +61 +133
Contract jobs citing WinForms 28 23 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.076% 0.058%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.30% 0.34% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 18 18
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile £404 £385 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £390 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -35.00% +26.32%
75th Percentile £496 £506 £625
90th Percentile £500 £644 £633
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £650 £455
% change year-on-year -23.08% +42.86% -4.21%
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 9,240 6,844 9,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.80% 22.76% 20.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,186 4,506 6,319
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 94 221
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £39.75 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £72.73 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.88 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 8 March 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
Top 7 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 8 March 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 -77 26 £408 +4.49% 16
London -43 20 £408 +4.49% 5
UK excluding London -80 7 £500 -23.08% 13
Work from Home -31 6 £444 -26.65% 8
South East -39 5 £500 - 7
Scotland - 1 £388 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 2

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 (50.00%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) AWS
2 4 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (39.29%) Internet
2 1 (3.57%) HTTP
2 1 (3.57%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (64.29%) SQL Server
2 14 (50.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (7.14%) Power BI
4 1 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Git
2 6 (21.43%) Visual Studio
3 3 (10.71%) Jenkins
4 1 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (39.29%) Banking
2 7 (25.00%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Financial Institution
4 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 26 (92.86%) Developer
2 16 (57.14%) C# Developer
3 8 (28.57%) .NET Developer
3 8 (28.57%) Applications Developer
4 7 (25.00%) C# Application Developer
5 5 (17.86%) Software Developer
6 4 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
6 4 (14.29%) C# WCF Developer
6 4 (14.29%) C# WPF Developer
6 4 (14.29%) WCF Developer
6 4 (14.29%) WPF Developer
7 2 (7.14%) Senior
7 2 (7.14%) Senior .NET Developer
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.57%) .NET Software Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) C# Software Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Consultant
8 1 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
8 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (96.43%) .NET
2 19 (67.86%) .NET Framework
2 19 (67.86%) WPF
3 6 (21.43%) WCF
4 4 (14.29%) .NET Core
4 4 (14.29%) RESTful
5 2 (7.14%) REST
6 1 (3.57%) LDAP
6 1 (3.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Credit Risk
1 4 (14.29%) Market Risk
2 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.57%) Derivative
3 1 (3.57%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (3.57%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) SDLC
2 11 (39.29%) Data Analysis
2 11 (39.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (28.57%) Agile
3 8 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 7 (25.00%) DevOps
4 7 (25.00%) OOP
5 6 (21.43%) OO
6 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (17.86%) Scrum
7 4 (14.29%) Design Patterns
7 4 (14.29%) MVC
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.71%) API Development
8 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (10.71%) Change Control
8 3 (10.71%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (10.71%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
9 2 (7.14%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) C#
2 19 (67.86%) SQL
3 14 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 14 (50.00%) T-SQL
4 11 (39.29%) VB
4 11 (39.29%) VBA
5 6 (21.43%) C
5 6 (21.43%) C++
6 1 (3.57%) Java
6 1 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.57%) Python
6 1 (3.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (53.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Oracle
2 14 (50.00%) Citrix
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.14%) SAP