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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 547 518
Rank change year-on-year -75 -29 +100
Contract jobs citing WinForms 64 14 55
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.043% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.54% 0.17% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 13 43
10th Percentile £404 - -
25th Percentile £423 £404 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £408 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.50% -14.21% -16.30%
75th Percentile £550 £411 £591
90th Percentile £688 £515 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £483 £438
% change year-on-year -1.55% +10.29% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £39.64 - -
Median hourly rate £50.90 - -
75th Percentile £70.63 - -
90th Percentile £77.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.90 - -

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 11,774 8,333 9,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.79% 25.48% 24.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,743 5,603 6,381
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £434 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £633 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 182 190
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.80 £25.60
25th Percentile £46.66 £40.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £61.80
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% -15.05% -1.12%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £74.75 £74.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.64% -15.38% +9.22%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -75 49 £460 +12.88% 47
London -51 32 £408 +0.12% 21
UK excluding London -76 26 £475 -1.55% 30
South East -62 11 £675 +62.65% 10
Scotland - 9 £463 - 2
Work from Home -50 8 £529 +0.76% 14
North West -53 3 - - 3
North of England -69 3 - - 9
East of England - 2 - - 5
South West - 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 19 (29.69%) IIS
2 7 (10.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 16 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.44%) Azure
2 13 (20.31%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.56%) GitHub
3 1 (1.56%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.19%) Internet
2 4 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (51.56%) SQL Server
2 15 (23.44%) Oracle Database
3 8 (12.50%) MS Access
4 7 (10.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.13%) ClickHouse
5 2 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Git
2 10 (15.63%) Visual Studio
3 9 (14.06%) GitLab
3 9 (14.06%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (10.94%) Jenkins
5 4 (6.25%) REST Assured
6 3 (4.69%) ClearCase
7 2 (3.13%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (1.56%) Rational Robot
8 1 (1.56%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 14 (21.88%) Banking
2 5 (7.81%) Finance
2 5 (7.81%) Front Office
2 5 (7.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.25%) Financial Institution
3 4 (6.25%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (75.00%) Developer
2 24 (37.50%) C# Developer
3 19 (29.69%) .NET Developer
4 14 (21.88%) Software Engineer
5 10 (15.63%) Software Developer
6 9 (14.06%) Applications Developer
6 9 (14.06%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (7.81%) C# Software Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) Lead
7 5 (7.81%) Lead Developer
7 5 (7.81%) Lead Software Developer
8 4 (6.25%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Linux Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Senior
8 4 (6.25%) Senior Developer
9 3 (4.69%) .NET Software Developer
9 3 (4.69%) C# Software Developer
9 3 (4.69%) WinForms Developer
10 2 (3.13%) Lead .NET Developer
10 2 (3.13%) Senior C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (75.00%) .NET
2 40 (62.50%) WPF
3 17 (26.56%) .NET Framework
4 12 (18.75%) ASP.NET
5 11 (17.19%) XML
6 9 (14.06%) JSON
7 8 (12.50%) HTML
7 8 (12.50%) XSLT
8 7 (10.94%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (10.94%) WCF
9 5 (7.81%) Apache FOP
10 4 (6.25%) .NET Core
10 4 (6.25%) RESTful
10 4 (6.25%) Web Services
11 2 (3.13%) AngularJS
11 2 (3.13%) Entity Framework
11 2 (3.13%) Kafka
11 2 (3.13%) React
11 2 (3.13%) REST
12 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Replication
2 3 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.13%) IoT
3 2 (3.13%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 29 (45.31%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Software Engineering
2 16 (25.00%) DevOps
3 12 (18.75%) Unit Testing
4 11 (17.19%) Data Analysis
4 11 (17.19%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (14.06%) Agile
6 8 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 6 (9.38%) ETL
7 6 (9.38%) Multithreading
7 6 (9.38%) OO
7 6 (9.38%) Scrum
8 5 (7.81%) AI
8 5 (7.81%) Test Automation
9 4 (6.25%) Design Patterns
9 4 (6.25%) Generative AI
9 4 (6.25%) OOP
9 4 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (6.25%) SOLID
9 4 (6.25%) TDD
10 3 (4.69%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 56 (87.50%) C#
2 32 (50.00%) SQL
3 26 (40.63%) PL/SQL
4 22 (34.38%) T-SQL
5 19 (29.69%) VBA
6 14 (21.88%) VB
7 10 (15.63%) JavaScript
8 8 (12.50%) VB.NET
9 7 (10.94%) C++
9 7 (10.94%) XPath
10 5 (7.81%) VBScript
11 3 (4.69%) VB6
12 2 (3.13%) TypeScript
13 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
13 1 (1.56%) XAML
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (6.25%) Degree
5 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.19%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (56.25%) Oracle
2 15 (23.44%) Citrix
3 3 (4.69%) Microsoft