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 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 598 475 487
Rank change year-on-year -123 +12 +52
Contract jobs citing WPF 58 68 97
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.58% 0.98% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 62 85
10th Percentile £404 - £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £700
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -42.86% +9.80%
75th Percentile £688 £620 £775
90th Percentile £730 £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 7 0 0
10th Percentile £37.25 - -
25th Percentile £42.03 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.00 - -
90th Percentile £76.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

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 9,952 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%

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 27 June 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 27 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for WPF in the UK

WPF
Top 11 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 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 -150 53 £625 +56.25% 32
UK excluding London -84 31 £675 +68.75% 27
London -109 25 £445 +12.66% 9
South East -49 12 £675 +35.00% 7
East of England - 6 - - 3
South West - 5 £444 - 10
Work from Home -62 4 £388 -16.22% 17
North of England -67 3 - - 6
North West - 3 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 3 - -
Scotland - 2 £388 -

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 10 (17.24%) IIS
2 5 (8.62%) Confluence
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (34.48%) Azure
2 16 (27.59%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.90%) AWS
4 3 (5.17%) GitHub
5 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.24%) Internet
2 2 (3.45%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (31.03%) SQL Server
2 13 (22.41%) Oracle Database
3 5 (8.62%) Geospatial Data
4 4 (6.90%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.45%) MySQL
5 2 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (20.69%) Git
2 10 (17.24%) GitLab
3 7 (12.07%) JIRA
3 7 (12.07%) Visual Studio
4 5 (8.62%) MSI
5 4 (6.90%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (5.17%) ClearCase
7 2 (3.45%) REST Assured
8 1 (1.72%) Bitbucket
8 1 (1.72%) Rational Robot
8 1 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (1.72%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 11 (18.97%) Finance
2 10 (17.24%) Banking
3 7 (12.07%) Front Office
4 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.17%) Back Office
5 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (5.17%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (68.97%) Developer
2 26 (44.83%) C# Developer
3 15 (25.86%) Software Engineer
4 10 (17.24%) .NET Developer
5 9 (15.52%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (13.79%) Applications Developer
6 8 (13.79%) Senior
7 7 (12.07%) Senior Developer
7 7 (12.07%) Software Developer
8 6 (10.34%) C# Application Developer
9 4 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
9 4 (6.90%) WPF Developer
10 3 (5.17%) C# Software Developer
10 3 (5.17%) C# Software Engineer
10 3 (5.17%) C# WPF Developer
10 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 3 (5.17%) WinForms Developer
11 2 (3.45%) .NET Software Developer
11 2 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
11 2 (3.45%) GUI Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (63.79%) .NET
2 33 (56.90%) WinForms
3 22 (37.93%) .NET Framework
4 9 (15.52%) RESTful
5 8 (13.79%) .NET Core
5 8 (13.79%) REST
6 6 (10.34%) COM
7 5 (8.62%) ATL
7 5 (8.62%) CSS
7 5 (8.62%) CSS3
7 5 (8.62%) GeoJSON
7 5 (8.62%) HTML
7 5 (8.62%) HTML5
7 5 (8.62%) MFC
7 5 (8.62%) WCF
8 4 (6.90%) Entity Framework
8 4 (6.90%) Web Services
9 3 (5.17%) Playwright
9 3 (5.17%) React
9 3 (5.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.62%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.45%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.72%) Derivative
5 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.72%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.72%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.72%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.72%) PKI
5 1 (1.72%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (44.83%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (39.66%) DevOps
2 22 (37.93%) Software Engineering
3 18 (31.03%) Agile
4 14 (24.14%) CI/CD
4 14 (24.14%) Test Automation
5 11 (18.97%) Unit Testing
6 10 (17.24%) Data Analysis
6 10 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (17.24%) Microservices
7 9 (15.52%) SOLID
8 8 (13.79%) Design Patterns
9 7 (12.07%) AI
9 7 (12.07%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (12.07%) Scrum
10 6 (10.34%) DevSecOps
10 6 (10.34%) Integration Testing
10 6 (10.34%) OO
10 6 (10.34%) OOP
10 6 (10.34%) SDLC
10 6 (10.34%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 57 (98.28%) C#
2 24 (41.38%) SQL
3 13 (22.41%) VB
4 12 (20.69%) JavaScript
4 12 (20.69%) PL/SQL
5 11 (18.97%) T-SQL
6 10 (17.24%) VBA
7 9 (15.52%) TypeScript
8 8 (13.79%) Python
9 5 (8.62%) Bicep
9 5 (8.62%) C++
10 3 (5.17%) Java
10 3 (5.17%) VB6
11 2 (3.45%) XAML
12 1 (1.72%) C
12 1 (1.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 14 (24.14%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.62%) Degree
4 2 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.41%) QA
2 5 (8.62%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.62%) NCSC
2 5 (8.62%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (31.03%) Oracle
2 13 (22.41%) Citrix
3 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.45%) SAP
5 1 (1.72%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.72%) OpenText
5 1 (1.72%) Serena
5 1 (1.72%) UiPath