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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 508 540
Rank change year-on-year -90 +32 +105
Contract jobs citing WinForms 45 18 48
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.089% 0.060% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.45% 0.26% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 17 40
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £404 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £408 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.56% -18.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £688 £411 £600
90th Percentile - £450 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £458 £438
% change year-on-year +47.54% +4.57% -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 9,895 6,827 9,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.54% 22.86% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,500 4,658 6,376
10th Percentile £363 £356 £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 £650
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 283 126 277
10th Percentile £30.10 £29.16 £22.30
25th Percentile £51.88 £39.84 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +10.29% -21.54%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.18 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +4.00% +12.36% -14.42%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -76 43 £475 +16.56% 16
UK excluding London -87 24 £675 +47.54% 17
London -68 20 £408 - 5
South East -48 16 £675 +47.54% 7
Work from Home - 4 £388 - 11
East of England - 3 - - 1
North West - 3 - -
North of England - 3 - - 2
South West - 1 - - 3
Scotland - 1 £388 - 3

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 11 (24.44%) IIS
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (24.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) Azure
2 7 (15.56%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.22%) Internet
2 3 (6.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (35.56%) SQL Server
2 13 (28.89%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.44%) Power BI
4 1 (2.22%) ClickHouse
4 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.22%) MS Access
4 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (24.44%) Visual Studio
2 9 (20.00%) GitLab
3 7 (15.56%) Git
4 3 (6.67%) ClearCase
4 3 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (4.44%) REST Assured
5 2 (4.44%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
6 1 (2.22%) Rational Robot
6 1 (2.22%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 10 (22.22%) Banking
2 3 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (4.44%) Financial Institution
3 2 (4.44%) Front Office
3 2 (4.44%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (64.44%) Developer
2 18 (40.00%) C# Developer
3 14 (31.11%) Software Engineer
4 8 (17.78%) Applications Developer
4 8 (17.78%) Software Developer
5 7 (15.56%) .NET Developer
5 7 (15.56%) C# Application Developer
6 5 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) .NET Software Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Senior
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Software Developer
8 2 (4.44%) WinForms Developer
8 2 (4.44%) WPF Developer
9 1 (2.22%) Principal Software Engineer
9 1 (2.22%) VB.NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (80.00%) .NET
2 32 (71.11%) WPF
3 15 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 4 (8.89%) XML
5 3 (6.67%) WCF
6 2 (4.44%) JSON
6 2 (4.44%) REST
6 2 (4.44%) RESTful
6 2 (4.44%) Web Services
6 2 (4.44%) XSLT
7 1 (2.22%) AngularJS
7 1 (2.22%) Apache FOP
7 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (2.22%) COM
7 1 (2.22%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.22%) HTML
7 1 (2.22%) React
7 1 (2.22%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.44%) IoT
2 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.22%) Derivative
2 1 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.22%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (2.22%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 26 (57.78%) Windows
2 3 (6.67%) Linux
3 1 (2.22%) Unix
3 1 (2.22%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) Software Engineering
2 13 (28.89%) Unit Testing
3 11 (24.44%) Agile
4 10 (22.22%) Data Analysis
4 10 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (20.00%) DevOps
6 8 (17.78%) Scrum
7 7 (15.56%) CI/CD
7 7 (15.56%) SDLC
8 6 (13.33%) Test Automation
9 5 (11.11%) OO
9 5 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.89%) Integration Testing
10 4 (8.89%) Microservices
10 4 (8.89%) Multithreading
10 4 (8.89%) TDD
11 3 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (6.67%) Kanban
11 3 (6.67%) Requirements Analysis
11 3 (6.67%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 39 (86.67%) C#
2 21 (46.67%) SQL
3 13 (28.89%) PL/SQL
3 13 (28.89%) T-SQL
3 13 (28.89%) VB
4 11 (24.44%) VBA
5 10 (22.22%) C++
6 6 (13.33%) C
7 5 (11.11%) JavaScript
8 3 (6.67%) VB6
9 1 (2.22%) Java
9 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.22%) Python
9 1 (2.22%) Shell Script
9 1 (2.22%) VB.NET
9 1 (2.22%) VBScript
9 1 (2.22%) XPath
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
2 12 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (24.44%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (42.22%) Oracle
2 12 (26.67%) Citrix
3 2 (4.44%) SAP
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft