WinForms Job Trends in England

Windows Forms (WinForms)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring WinForms skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 687 614 650
Rank change year-on-year -73 +36 +29
Permanent jobs citing WinForms 54 27 100
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.055% 0.063% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.51% 0.35% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 48 23 62
10th Percentile £40,875 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,156 £39,375 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,625 £77,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% +20.00% -9.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

WinForms falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 10,673 7,634 14,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.95% 17.78% 20.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,933 5,045 10,133
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

WinForms
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WinForms relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

WinForms job vacancy trend in England

WinForms
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WinForms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WinForms

WinForms
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WinForms in England over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for WinForms in England

WinForms
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the England region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -20 26 £51,500 -15.92% 8
East of England - 9 £47,500 - 6
London -49 7 £62,500 -27.54% 33
North of England -66 6 £57,500 -17.86% 10
Yorkshire -41 5 £57,500 -17.86% 4
Midlands -35 4 £50,000 +11.11% 2
West Midlands -27 2 £54,500 +21.11% 1
South West -74 2 - - 2
East Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 1
North West -27 1 - - 4
WinForms
UK

WinForms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.85%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 37 (68.52%) Azure
2 12 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (20.37%) AWS
4 5 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (3.70%) iPaaS
7 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.26%) Firewall
1 5 (9.26%) VLAN
1 5 (9.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 13 (24.07%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (24.07%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (24.07%) MongoDB
3 6 (11.11%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.70%) SQLite
5 1 (1.85%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.85%) Power BI
5 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Git
2 7 (12.96%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (31.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.67%) Retail
3 8 (14.81%) Finance
4 5 (9.26%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Banking
6 2 (3.70%) Games
6 2 (3.70%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.70%) Law
7 1 (1.85%) Advertising
7 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (77.78%) Developer
2 36 (66.67%) .NET Developer
3 9 (16.67%) C# Developer
4 7 (12.96%) C# .NET Developer
4 7 (12.96%) Software Developer
4 7 (12.96%) Software Engineer
5 6 (11.11%) Senior
6 5 (9.26%) .NET Applications Developer
6 5 (9.26%) .NET Web Applications Developer
6 5 (9.26%) Applications Developer
6 5 (9.26%) Blazor Developer
6 5 (9.26%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 5 (9.26%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (9.26%) IT Support
6 5 (9.26%) VB.NET Developer
6 5 (9.26%) Web Applications Developer
6 5 (9.26%) WinForms Developer
7 3 (5.56%) .NET Software Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Senior Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (98.15%) .NET
2 23 (42.59%) WPF
3 22 (40.74%) .NET Core
4 20 (37.04%) .NET Framework
5 19 (35.19%) React
6 15 (27.78%) Entity Framework
7 13 (24.07%) ASP.NET
7 13 (24.07%) ASP.NET Core
7 13 (24.07%) ASP.NET Web API
7 13 (24.07%) Node.js
8 12 (22.22%) Blazor
9 11 (20.37%) AngularJS
9 11 (20.37%) Vue
10 6 (11.11%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 5 (9.26%) RESTful
12 3 (5.56%) Swagger
13 2 (3.70%) OLE
13 2 (3.70%) WCF
14 1 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
14 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (9.26%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.41%) Legacy Code
4 3 (5.56%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.70%) Tandem
6 1 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.85%) EPoS
6 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.85%) Robotics
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (42.59%) Windows
2 5 (9.26%) Windows 10
2 5 (9.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (55.56%) Agile
2 19 (35.19%) Full-Stack Development
2 19 (35.19%) Microservices
3 18 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (31.48%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (29.63%) TDD
5 16 (29.63%) Web Application Development
6 15 (27.78%) MVVM
6 15 (27.78%) Scrum
7 12 (22.22%) DevOps
8 11 (20.37%) BDD
8 11 (20.37%) Kanban
8 11 (20.37%) Software Engineering
9 10 (18.52%) OO
10 9 (16.67%) AI
10 9 (16.67%) CI/CD
10 9 (16.67%) Migration
11 8 (14.81%) Clean Code
11 8 (14.81%) Code Quality
11 8 (14.81%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 52 (96.30%) C#
2 32 (59.26%) SQL
3 17 (31.48%) TypeScript
4 14 (25.93%) JavaScript
5 13 (24.07%) VB.NET
6 9 (16.67%) T-SQL
7 3 (5.56%) VB
8 2 (3.70%) Delphi
8 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.85%) C++
9 1 (1.85%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.26%) Active Directory
1 5 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 27 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) DevExpress
2 5 (9.26%) VMware
3 4 (7.41%) Telerik
4 3 (5.56%) SAP
5 2 (3.70%) Oracle
6 1 (1.85%) Sage
6 1 (1.85%) SYSPRO