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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 512 540
Rank change year-on-year -71 +28 +121
Contract jobs citing WinForms 42 17 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.058% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.44% 0.26% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 17 38
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £408 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.88% -22.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £688 £430 £600
90th Percentile - £480 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £458 £438
% change year-on-year +47.54% +4.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - -
Median hourly rate £46.80 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 9,453 6,606 8,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.63% 22.65% 20.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,244 4,525 6,199
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £418 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £623 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 111 246
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.25 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.00 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.20 £82.10 £74.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 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 20 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 20 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 -89 40 £460 +15.36% 33
UK excluding London -68 22 £675 +47.54% 21
London -52 19 £408 +4.49% 12
South East -50 16 £675 +47.54% 9
Work from Home -37 7 £388 -24.57% 13
North of England - 3 - - 4
North West - 3 - - 2
East of England - 2 - - 5
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 16 (38.10%) IIS
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.19%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (28.57%) Internet
2 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (42.86%) Oracle Database
2 17 (40.48%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.76%) Power BI
4 1 (2.38%) MS Access
4 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (21.43%) GitLab
1 9 (21.43%) Visual Studio
2 7 (16.67%) Git
3 4 (9.52%) Jenkins
4 3 (7.14%) ClearCase
5 2 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (2.38%) Rational Robot
6 1 (2.38%) REST Assured
6 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 11 (26.19%) Banking
2 4 (9.52%) Finance
2 4 (9.52%) Financial Institution
3 3 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.38%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 30 (71.43%) Developer
2 20 (47.62%) C# Developer
3 11 (26.19%) Software Engineer
4 10 (23.81%) Applications Developer
5 9 (21.43%) C# Application Developer
6 8 (19.05%) Software Developer
7 7 (16.67%) .NET Developer
8 6 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
9 3 (7.14%) C# Software Engineer
9 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 2 (4.76%) .NET Software Engineer
10 2 (4.76%) Senior
10 2 (4.76%) Senior Developer
10 2 (4.76%) Senior Software Developer
11 1 (2.38%) C# VB.NET Developer
11 1 (2.38%) C++ Software Engineer
11 1 (2.38%) Full-Stack C# Developer
11 1 (2.38%) Linux Engineer
11 1 (2.38%) VB.NET Developer
11 1 (2.38%) WinForms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (78.57%) .NET
2 30 (71.43%) WPF
3 18 (42.86%) .NET Framework
4 4 (9.52%) XML
5 3 (7.14%) WCF
6 2 (4.76%) JSON
6 2 (4.76%) REST
6 2 (4.76%) XSLT
7 1 (2.38%) Apache FOP
7 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (2.38%) COM
7 1 (2.38%) Entity Framework
7 1 (2.38%) HTML
7 1 (2.38%) React
7 1 (2.38%) RESTful
7 1 (2.38%) Web Services
7 1 (2.38%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.76%) IoT
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Derivative
3 1 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.38%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (2.38%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (64.29%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Linux
3 1 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Agile
1 12 (28.57%) Data Analysis
1 12 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
1 12 (28.57%) Software Engineering
1 12 (28.57%) Unit Testing
2 10 (23.81%) DevOps
2 10 (23.81%) SDLC
3 7 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 6 (14.29%) OO
4 6 (14.29%) Scrum
5 5 (11.90%) Test Automation
6 4 (9.52%) OOP
6 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.52%) TDD
7 3 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (7.14%) Change Control
7 3 (7.14%) Integration Testing
7 3 (7.14%) Microservices
7 3 (7.14%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (7.14%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 36 (85.71%) C#
2 22 (52.38%) SQL
3 16 (38.10%) PL/SQL
3 16 (38.10%) T-SQL
4 15 (35.71%) VB
5 13 (30.95%) VBA
6 8 (19.05%) C++
7 6 (14.29%) C
8 5 (11.90%) JavaScript
9 3 (7.14%) VB6
10 1 (2.38%) Java
10 1 (2.38%) Python
10 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
10 1 (2.38%) VB.NET
10 1 (2.38%) VBScript
10 1 (2.38%) XPath
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 12 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (38.10%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (50.00%) Oracle
2 16 (38.10%) Citrix
3 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.76%) SAP