WinForms Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Windows Forms (WinForms)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WinForms skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 530 553
Rank change year-on-year -78 +23 -4
Permanent jobs citing WinForms 49 24 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.059% 0.070% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.68% 0.51% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 41 24 55
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,652 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £72,625 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,196 4,665 10,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.62% 13.63% 19.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,588 2,806 6,448
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £86,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £67,500 £69,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +7.31% -3.70%

WinForms
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

WinForms job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WinForms
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WinForms.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WinForms

WinForms
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WinForms in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for WinForms in the UK excluding London

WinForms
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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 -16 29 £51,500 -14.17% 9
East of England - 9 £47,500 - 7
North of England -64 6 £57,500 -17.86% 13
Yorkshire -44 5 £57,500 -17.86% 10
Midlands -47 3 £50,000 +11.11% 4
South West -81 2 - - 1
East Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
North West -28 1 - - 2
West Midlands -39 1 £50,000 +11.11% 4
WinForms
UK

WinForms
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (10.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 30 (61.22%) Azure
2 11 (22.45%) AWS
3 9 (18.37%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.12%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) Firewall
1 8 (16.33%) VLAN
1 8 (16.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (61.22%) SQL Server
2 11 (22.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (22.45%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (22.45%) MongoDB
3 6 (12.24%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.08%) SQLite
5 1 (2.04%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (2.04%) Power BI
5 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Git
1 6 (12.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.20%) Manufacturing
2 5 (10.20%) Retail
3 4 (8.16%) Games
3 4 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Advertising
5 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Finance
5 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (69.39%) Developer
2 29 (59.18%) .NET Developer
3 8 (16.33%) IT Support
4 7 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 7 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) C# Developer
6 5 (10.20%) .NET Applications Developer
6 5 (10.20%) .NET Web Applications Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Applications Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Blazor Developer
6 5 (10.20%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (10.20%) VB.NET Developer
6 5 (10.20%) Web Applications Developer
7 4 (8.16%) IT Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (8.16%) IT Technician
7 4 (8.16%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (97.96%) .NET
2 21 (42.86%) WPF
3 18 (36.73%) .NET Core
4 17 (34.69%) .NET Framework
4 17 (34.69%) React
5 15 (30.61%) Entity Framework
6 11 (22.45%) AngularJS
6 11 (22.45%) ASP.NET
6 11 (22.45%) ASP.NET Core
6 11 (22.45%) ASP.NET Web API
6 11 (22.45%) Node.js
6 11 (22.45%) Vue
7 10 (20.41%) Blazor
8 9 (18.37%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 1 (2.04%) Kafka
9 1 (2.04%) OLE
9 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (2.04%) Terraform
9 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (10.20%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (8.16%) Legacy Code
3 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.16%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.12%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.04%) Robotics
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (44.90%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Windows 10
2 6 (12.24%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (51.02%) Agile
2 18 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (34.69%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (34.69%) Full-Stack Development
3 17 (34.69%) Microservices
4 16 (32.65%) TDD
4 16 (32.65%) Web Application Development
5 15 (30.61%) MVVM
5 15 (30.61%) Scrum
6 11 (22.45%) BDD
6 11 (22.45%) Kanban
7 9 (18.37%) AI
7 9 (18.37%) DevOps
7 9 (18.37%) Migration
7 9 (18.37%) Software Engineering
8 8 (16.33%) OO
8 8 (16.33%) Server Management
9 6 (12.24%) Clean Code
9 6 (12.24%) Concurrent Programming
9 6 (12.24%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 47 (95.92%) C#
2 28 (57.14%) SQL
3 17 (34.69%) TypeScript
4 12 (24.49%) JavaScript
5 10 (20.41%) VB.NET
6 9 (18.37%) T-SQL
7 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.04%) C++
8 1 (2.04%) Delphi
8 1 (2.04%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) QA
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) Active Directory
1 8 (16.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 26 (53.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.33%) VMware
3 5 (10.20%) DevExpress
4 4 (8.16%) Telerik
5 2 (4.08%) Oracle
6 1 (2.04%) Sage
6 1 (2.04%) SYSPRO