WPF Contract Job Trends

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring WPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 455 483
Rank change year-on-year -131 +28 +67
Contract jobs citing WPF 49 65 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.51% 1.00% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 59 85
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £400 £700
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -42.86% +5.66%
75th Percentile £688 £719 £775
90th Percentile £729 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +68.75% -15.79% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £39.64 - -
Median hourly rate £55.90 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile £75.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.90 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

WPF 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 9,534 6,517 8,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.62% 22.78% 20.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,271 4,467 6,194
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 104 249
10th Percentile £30.71 £27.43 £21.25
25th Percentile £51.25 £38.89 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.60 £81.35 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

WPF
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WPF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

WPF job vacancy trend in the UK

WPF
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WPF

WPF
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WPF over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WPF in the UK

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WPF

WPF
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WPF over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for WPF in the UK

WPF
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 WPF within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 -130 45 £638 +59.38% 50
London -100 25 £420 +6.33% 13
UK excluding London -87 22 £675 +68.75% 39
South East -57 12 £675 +35.00% 11
Work from Home -47 5 £440 -26.40% 23
North West -36 3 - - 6
North of England -73 3 - - 8
East of England - 3 - - 11
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Scotland - 1 £388 - 1

WPF
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 (24.49%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (24.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.45%) Azure
2 7 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
4 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.49%) Internet
2 2 (4.08%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (32.65%) SQL Server
2 15 (30.61%) Oracle Database
3 3 (6.12%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.08%) MySQL
4 2 (4.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (20.41%) GitLab
2 4 (8.16%) Git
2 4 (8.16%) Visual Studio
3 3 (6.12%) ClearCase
3 3 (6.12%) JIRA
3 3 (6.12%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (2.04%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.04%) Rational Robot
4 1 (2.04%) REST Assured
4 1 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 10 (20.41%) Finance
2 9 (18.37%) Banking
3 6 (12.24%) Front Office
4 3 (6.12%) Back Office
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Publishing
6 1 (2.04%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (65.31%) Developer
2 23 (46.94%) C# Developer
3 14 (28.57%) Software Engineer
4 10 (20.41%) Applications Developer
5 8 (16.33%) C# Application Developer
6 6 (12.24%) Senior
6 6 (12.24%) Software Developer
7 5 (10.20%) .NET Developer
7 5 (10.20%) Senior Developer
8 4 (8.16%) C# .NET Developer
8 4 (8.16%) Senior Software Developer
9 3 (6.12%) C# Software Engineer
9 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) .NET Software Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) C# Software Developer
10 2 (4.08%) C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) Developer in Test
10 2 (4.08%) Full-Stack C# Developer
10 2 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 2 (4.08%) GUI Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (61.22%) WinForms
2 29 (59.18%) .NET
3 17 (34.69%) .NET Framework
4 3 (6.12%) Playwright
4 3 (6.12%) REST
4 3 (6.12%) WCF
4 3 (6.12%) XML
5 2 (4.08%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.08%) React
5 2 (4.08%) RESTful
5 2 (4.08%) WebSockets
6 1 (2.04%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.04%) Blazor
6 1 (2.04%) COM
6 1 (2.04%) Entity Framework
6 1 (2.04%) Web Services
6 1 (2.04%) XSD
6 1 (2.04%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.08%) Distributed Applications
2 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.04%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.04%) Derivative
2 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.04%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.04%) Hedge funds
2 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (2.04%) Market Risk
2 1 (2.04%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.04%) PKI
2 1 (2.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 21 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) Software Engineering
2 14 (28.57%) DevOps
3 12 (24.49%) Data Analysis
3 12 (24.49%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (22.45%) Agile
5 10 (20.41%) Test Automation
6 9 (18.37%) Unit Testing
7 8 (16.33%) CI/CD
8 6 (12.24%) SDLC
8 6 (12.24%) TDD
9 4 (8.16%) Microservices
9 4 (8.16%) SOLID
10 3 (6.12%) Architectural Patterns
10 3 (6.12%) Asset Management
10 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Development
10 3 (6.12%) Integration Testing
10 3 (6.12%) OO
10 3 (6.12%) Scrum
10 3 (6.12%) SDET
10 3 (6.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 49 (100.00%) C#
2 25 (51.02%) SQL
3 15 (30.61%) VB
4 12 (24.49%) PL/SQL
4 12 (24.49%) T-SQL
4 12 (24.49%) VBA
5 6 (12.24%) JavaScript
6 5 (10.20%) C++
7 3 (6.12%) Java
7 3 (6.12%) Python
7 3 (6.12%) TypeScript
7 3 (6.12%) VB6
8 1 (2.04%) C
8 1 (2.04%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.37%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (30.61%) QA
2 1 (2.04%) EMIR
2 1 (2.04%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (34.69%) Oracle
2 14 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.08%) SAP
4 1 (2.04%) NVIDIA
4 1 (2.04%) OpenText
4 1 (2.04%) Serena
4 1 (2.04%) UiPath