WPF Contracts

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for WPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WPF over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 550 578
Rank change year-on-year +69 +28 -52
Contract jobs citing WPF 94 132 270
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.24% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.04% 1.03% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 104 216
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £515 £409 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £736
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -15.11% +13.27%
75th Percentile £765 £800 £800
90th Percentile £800 £888 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £420 £438
% change year-on-year +13.10% -4.00% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £40.24 -
25th Percentile - £43.90 £48.50
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £49.50
90th Percentile - £62.00 £55.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £50.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

WPF is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,058 12,870 23,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.04% 22.96% 26.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,281 9,398 17,328
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £669
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 147 222
10th Percentile £21.89 £30.45 £25.05
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £66.25 £75.00 £67.36
90th Percentile £74.46 £80.55 £76.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.43 £65.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year -25.49% +17.65% +22.78%

WPF
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WPF in the UK

WPF
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WPF.

Daily rate trend for WPF in the UK

WPF
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WPF over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WPF in the UK

WPF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WPF.

Hourly rate trend for WPF in the UK

WPF
Top 8 Contract 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 1 June 2024. 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 +51 82 £700 +12.00% 85
London +84 78 £700 -3.45% 21
Work from Home +94 31 £613 +6.52% 48
UK excluding London +17 10 £475 +13.10% 67
Scotland +39 4 £475 +11.76% 2
East of England +5 3 £550 +37.50% 3
Wales - 2 - - 1
South East +2 1 £400 -33.33% 13

WPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (12.77%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (12.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.96%) Azure
2 7 (7.45%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.13%) npm
3 2 (2.13%) OpenShift
3 2 (2.13%) Yarn
4 1 (1.06%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.77%) Internet
2 1 (1.06%) MQTT
2 1 (1.06%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (21.28%) SQL Server
2 16 (17.02%) Relational Database
3 12 (12.77%) Oracle Database
4 4 (4.26%) MongoDB
4 4 (4.26%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.06%) MySQL
5 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (10.64%) Git
2 8 (8.51%) TeamCity
2 8 (8.51%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.26%) JIRA
4 3 (3.19%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.13%) Ant
5 2 (2.13%) Babel
5 2 (2.13%) webpack
6 1 (1.06%) Appium
6 1 (1.06%) GitLab
6 1 (1.06%) Selenium
6 1 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (36.17%) Banking
2 29 (30.85%) Front Office
3 28 (29.79%) Finance
4 20 (21.28%) Social Skills
5 16 (17.02%) Investment Banking
6 6 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.13%) Back Office
8 1 (1.06%) French Language
8 1 (1.06%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.06%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 82 (87.23%) Developer
2 54 (57.45%) C# Developer
3 29 (30.85%) WPF Developer
4 23 (24.47%) C# WPF Developer
5 16 (17.02%) React Developer
6 13 (13.83%) .NET Developer
7 11 (11.70%) C# WCF Developer
7 11 (11.70%) Senior
7 11 (11.70%) WCF Developer
8 10 (10.64%) Senior Developer
9 9 (9.57%) Front Office Developer
10 7 (7.45%) Full Stack Developer
10 7 (7.45%) Full-Stack C# Developer
11 6 (6.38%) Software Engineer
12 5 (5.32%) Senior React Developer
12 5 (5.32%) Test Automation Engineer
12 5 (5.32%) Test Engineer
12 5 (5.32%) UI Developer
13 4 (4.26%) Electronic Trading Developer
13 4 (4.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (45.74%) .NET
2 23 (24.47%) WinForms
3 20 (21.28%) React
4 18 (19.15%) WCF
5 17 (18.09%) .NET Framework
6 8 (8.51%) CSS
7 7 (7.45%) ASP.NET
8 6 (6.38%) Redux
9 5 (5.32%) .NET Core
9 5 (5.32%) Playwright
9 5 (5.32%) REST
9 5 (5.32%) SOAP
10 4 (4.26%) Electron
10 4 (4.26%) HTML
10 4 (4.26%) Reactive Extensions
10 4 (4.26%) Web Services
11 3 (3.19%) CSS3
11 3 (3.19%) HTML5
12 2 (2.13%) Entity Framework
12 2 (2.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.21%) Fixed Income
2 11 (11.70%) Equities
3 9 (9.57%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (5.32%) Derivative
5 3 (3.19%) Equity Derivative
6 2 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.13%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.06%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (26.60%) Windows
2 3 (3.19%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.21%) Agile
2 16 (17.02%) Electronic Trading
3 14 (14.89%) Microservices
4 13 (13.83%) Continuous Integration
4 13 (13.83%) Full Stack Development
5 12 (12.77%) Data Analysis
5 12 (12.77%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (10.64%) DevOps
6 10 (10.64%) Front End Development
6 10 (10.64%) SDLC
7 9 (9.57%) Business Analysis
7 9 (9.57%) Software Engineering
7 9 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (8.51%) Investment Management
9 7 (7.45%) Design Patterns
9 7 (7.45%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (7.45%) Test Automation
10 6 (6.38%) CI/CD
10 6 (6.38%) TDD
11 5 (5.32%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 87 (92.55%) C#
2 56 (59.57%) SQL
3 18 (19.15%) T-SQL
4 17 (18.09%) VB
5 13 (13.83%) PL/SQL
6 12 (12.77%) VBA
7 10 (10.64%) Python
8 9 (9.57%) JavaScript
9 7 (7.45%) Java
10 6 (6.38%) C++
10 6 (6.38%) Kotlin
10 6 (6.38%) TypeScript
11 5 (5.32%) VB6
12 2 (2.13%) C++/CLI
12 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
12 2 (2.13%) VB.NET
13 1 (1.06%) C
13 1 (1.06%) XAML
Qualifications
1 5 (5.32%) Degree
2 2 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.06%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.06%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.09%) QA
2 1 (1.06%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (2.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (23.40%) Oracle
2 12 (12.77%) Citrix
3 5 (5.32%) Infragistics
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft