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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 525 536
Rank change year-on-year -84 +11 +99
Contract jobs citing WinForms 47 18 48
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.092% 0.059% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.47% 0.26% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 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 9,952 6,930 9,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.52% 22.85% 21.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,529 4,704 6,345
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -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 277 138 279
10th Percentile £30.00 £29.20 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £38.16 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.86 £81.01 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -6.72%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -112 43 £475 +16.56% 15
UK excluding London -88 25 £675 +47.54% 14
London -68 20 £408 - 6
South East -46 16 £675 +47.54% 7
Work from Home - 5 £458 - 11
East of England - 3 - - 1
North West - 3 - -
North of England - 3 - - 2
Scotland - 2 £388 - 2
South West - 1 - - 1

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 12 (25.53%) IIS
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.40%) Azure
2 9 (19.15%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.13%) GitHub
4 1 (2.13%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.28%) Internet
2 3 (6.38%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (38.30%) SQL Server
2 13 (27.66%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.26%) MS Access
3 2 (4.26%) Power BI
3 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.13%) ClickHouse
4 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (23.40%) Visual Studio
2 9 (19.15%) Git
2 9 (19.15%) GitLab
3 3 (6.38%) ClearCase
3 3 (6.38%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (6.38%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (4.26%) REST Assured
5 1 (2.13%) Rational Robot
5 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 10 (21.28%) Banking
2 3 (6.38%) Finance
2 3 (6.38%) Front Office
3 2 (4.26%) Financial Institution
3 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.26%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (65.96%) Developer
2 19 (40.43%) C# Developer
3 14 (29.79%) Software Engineer
4 10 (21.28%) Software Developer
5 8 (17.02%) .NET Developer
5 8 (17.02%) Applications Developer
6 7 (14.89%) C# Application Developer
7 6 (12.77%) C# .NET Developer
8 5 (10.64%) C# Software Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) C++ Software Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) Linux Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 3 (6.38%) WinForms Developer
10 2 (4.26%) .NET Software Engineer
10 2 (4.26%) C# Software Developer
10 2 (4.26%) Senior
10 2 (4.26%) Senior Developer
10 2 (4.26%) Senior Software Developer
10 2 (4.26%) WPF Developer
11 1 (2.13%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (80.85%) .NET
2 33 (70.21%) WPF
3 16 (34.04%) .NET Framework
4 5 (10.64%) XML
5 4 (8.51%) WCF
6 3 (6.38%) ASP.NET
6 3 (6.38%) JSON
6 3 (6.38%) XSLT
7 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (4.26%) Entity Framework
7 2 (4.26%) HTML
7 2 (4.26%) REST
7 2 (4.26%) RESTful
7 2 (4.26%) Web Services
8 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
8 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
8 1 (2.13%) Apache FOP
8 1 (2.13%) COM
8 1 (2.13%) React
8 1 (2.13%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.26%) IoT
2 2 (4.26%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.13%) Derivative
3 1 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (2.13%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (57.45%) Windows
2 3 (6.38%) Linux
3 1 (2.13%) Unix
3 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.17%) Software Engineering
2 13 (27.66%) Unit Testing
3 12 (25.53%) Agile
4 11 (23.40%) DevOps
5 10 (21.28%) Data Analysis
5 10 (21.28%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (19.15%) Scrum
7 7 (14.89%) CI/CD
7 7 (14.89%) SDLC
8 6 (12.77%) Test Automation
9 5 (10.64%) OO
9 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.51%) Integration Testing
10 4 (8.51%) Kanban
10 4 (8.51%) Microservices
10 4 (8.51%) Multithreading
10 4 (8.51%) TDD
11 3 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (6.38%) Requirements Analysis
11 3 (6.38%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 41 (87.23%) C#
2 22 (46.81%) SQL
3 14 (29.79%) PL/SQL
3 14 (29.79%) T-SQL
4 13 (27.66%) VB
5 12 (25.53%) VBA
6 10 (21.28%) C++
7 6 (12.77%) C
8 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
9 3 (6.38%) VB6
10 2 (4.26%) VB.NET
10 2 (4.26%) XPath
11 1 (2.13%) Java
11 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
11 1 (2.13%) Python
11 1 (2.13%) Shell Script
11 1 (2.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (29.79%) Security Cleared
2 13 (27.66%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.40%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (44.68%) Oracle
2 12 (25.53%) Citrix
3 2 (4.26%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft