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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 540 517
Rank change year-on-year -90 -23 +81
Contract jobs citing WinForms 65 13 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.039% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.55% 0.15% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 12 36
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £404 £404 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £408 £530
Median % change year-on-year +13.50% -23.11% +6.00%
75th Percentile £529 £414 £600
90th Percentile £613 £526 £653
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £483 £475
% change year-on-year -4.15% +1.58% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £46.80 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile £78.50 - -
90th Percentile £79.00 - -
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 11,832 8,601 9,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.68% 25.97% 24.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,764 5,716 6,059
10th Percentile £380 £357 £355
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 188 181
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.18 £25.60
25th Percentile £50.00 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.72 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.15% -21.97% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.60 £74.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.67% -15.38% +10.11%

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 11 October 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 11 October 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 11 October 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 -81 50 £445 +9.20% 42
London -62 34 £408 +0.12% 20
UK excluding London -72 25 £463 -4.15% 24
Work from Home -46 16 £475 -9.52% 21
Scotland - 9 £463 - 2
East of England - 7 £77 - 8
North West -46 4 - - 4
South East -62 4 £675 +62.65% 4
North of England -71 4 - - 6
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 17 (26.15%) IIS
2 7 (10.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 14 (21.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (35.38%) Azure
2 19 (29.23%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.54%) GitHub
3 1 (1.54%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.85%) Internet
2 4 (6.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (49.23%) SQL Server
2 14 (21.54%) Oracle Database
3 8 (12.31%) MS Access
4 7 (10.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.08%) ClickHouse
5 2 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (24.62%) Visual Studio
2 13 (20.00%) Git
3 10 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
4 7 (10.77%) Jenkins
4 7 (10.77%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (6.15%) ClearCase
5 4 (6.15%) GitLab
5 4 (6.15%) REST Assured
6 2 (3.08%) Rational Robot
6 2 (3.08%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 18 (27.69%) Banking
2 8 (12.31%) Finance
3 7 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.77%) Investment Banking
4 5 (7.69%) Front Office
4 5 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 50 (76.92%) Developer
2 26 (40.00%) C# Developer
3 21 (32.31%) .NET Developer
4 14 (21.54%) Software Engineer
5 11 (16.92%) Software Developer
6 10 (15.38%) C# .NET Developer
7 8 (12.31%) Applications Developer
8 7 (10.77%) Senior
8 7 (10.77%) Senior Developer
9 6 (9.23%) C# Software Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Lead
10 5 (7.69%) Lead Developer
10 5 (7.69%) Lead Software Developer
10 5 (7.69%) Senior C# Developer
11 4 (6.15%) .NET Software Developer
11 4 (6.15%) C++ Software Engineer
11 4 (6.15%) Linux Engineer
11 4 (6.15%) Principal Engineer
11 4 (6.15%) Principal Software Engineer
12 3 (4.62%) C# Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (83.08%) .NET
2 43 (66.15%) WPF
3 16 (24.62%) .NET Framework
4 12 (18.46%) ASP.NET
4 12 (18.46%) XML
5 9 (13.85%) XSLT
6 8 (12.31%) HTML
6 8 (12.31%) JSON
7 7 (10.77%) ASP.NET Web API
7 7 (10.77%) WCF
8 5 (7.69%) Apache FOP
9 4 (6.15%) .NET Core
9 4 (6.15%) RESTful
9 4 (6.15%) Web Services
10 3 (4.62%) Entity Framework
11 2 (3.08%) AngularJS
11 2 (3.08%) COM
11 2 (3.08%) Kafka
11 2 (3.08%) React
11 2 (3.08%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (9.23%) Replication
2 3 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.08%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 29 (44.62%) Windows
2 4 (6.15%) Linux
3 1 (1.54%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.31%) DevOps
2 20 (30.77%) Software Engineering
3 15 (23.08%) Agile
4 12 (18.46%) CI/CD
5 11 (16.92%) OO
5 11 (16.92%) Scrum
5 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
6 9 (13.85%) Data Analysis
6 9 (13.85%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (12.31%) Kanban
7 8 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (10.77%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (10.77%) ETL
8 7 (10.77%) Integration Testing
8 7 (10.77%) Microservices
8 7 (10.77%) OOD
8 7 (10.77%) Unit Testing
9 6 (9.23%) Continuous Delivery
9 6 (9.23%) Multithreading
9 6 (9.23%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 58 (89.23%) C#
2 35 (53.85%) SQL
3 25 (38.46%) PL/SQL
4 20 (30.77%) T-SQL
5 17 (26.15%) VBA
6 13 (20.00%) VB
7 12 (18.46%) C++
7 12 (18.46%) JavaScript
8 8 (12.31%) VB.NET
9 7 (10.77%) XPath
10 5 (7.69%) VBScript
11 4 (6.15%) VB6
12 2 (3.08%) TypeScript
13 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
13 1 (1.54%) XAML
Qualifications
1 13 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.92%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (6.15%) Degree
5 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (58.46%) Oracle
2 13 (20.00%) Citrix
3 3 (4.62%) Microsoft