Hybrid/Remote WinForms Contract Job Trends

Windows Forms (WinForms)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring WinForms skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 308 388
Rank change year-on-year -12 +80 +164
Contract jobs citing WinForms 2 15 14
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.12% 0.076%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.075% 0.50% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 13
10th Percentile £501 £454 £365
25th Percentile £503 £463 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £535 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +9.74% -32.76%
75th Percentile £528 £620 £650
90th Percentile £534 £649 £700
UK median daily rate £408 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -23.11% +6.00% -20.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,681 3,027 4,628
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.74% 24.98% 25.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,791 2,009 3,380
10th Percentile £350 £325 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £534
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -0.75% -2.91%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £810 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.34% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 23 50
10th Percentile £31.05 £21.40 £40.65
25th Percentile £38.00 £26.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £56.00 £45.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -30.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £76.00
90th Percentile - £75.00 £85.53
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% +18.18% -15.38%

WinForms
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WinForms and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

WinForms job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WinForms.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WinForms

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WinForms.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WinForms

WinForms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
1 1 (50.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
1 1 (50.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On