WPF Contract Job Trends in London

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring WPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 316 292
Rank change year-on-year -108 -24 +53
Contract jobs citing WPF 30 51 97
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.38% 0.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.56% 1.30% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 48 82
10th Percentile £404 - £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £395 £593
Median % change year-on-year +12.66% -33.33% -5.20%
75th Percentile £550 £412 £754
90th Percentile £709 £688 £850
England median daily rate £445 £395 £588
% change year-on-year +12.66% -32.77% -6.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,350 3,926 4,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.31% 29.29% 30.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,558 2,714 3,432
10th Percentile £400 £368 £385
25th Percentile £450 £430 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £656 £688 £713
90th Percentile £763 £813 £850
England median daily rate £530 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +2.12% -5.64% -0.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 32 20
10th Percentile £26.78 £31.77 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.00 £34.17 £33.54
Median hourly rate £43.50 £51.97 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +15.49% -29.69%
75th Percentile £61.50 £62.81 £61.70
90th Percentile £81.25 £85.95 £75.50
England median hourly rate £67.50 £54.35 £62.50
% change year-on-year +24.20% -13.04% -

WPF
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WPF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

WPF job vacancy trend in London

WPF
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WPF

WPF
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WPF in London over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WPF in London

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WPF

WPF
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -23 2 £698 +71.17% 2
WPF
England

WPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (36.67%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Azure
1 2 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (76.67%) SQL Server
2 11 (36.67%) Oracle Database
3 2 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) REST Assured
2 1 (3.33%) Git
2 1 (3.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (43.33%) Banking
2 9 (30.00%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Financial Institution
3 4 (13.33%) Front Office
4 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 29 (96.67%) Developer
2 18 (60.00%) C# Developer
3 13 (43.33%) .NET Developer
4 6 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Senior
5 4 (13.33%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Applications Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Developer in Test
6 2 (6.67%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior C# .NET Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior C# Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Automation Developer
7 1 (3.33%) C# Pricing Developer
7 1 (3.33%) C# WPF Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Desktop Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Pricing Developer
7 1 (3.33%) SQL Developer
7 1 (3.33%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (90.00%) .NET
2 25 (83.33%) WinForms
3 12 (40.00%) .NET Framework
4 4 (13.33%) RESTful
4 4 (13.33%) Web Services
5 3 (10.00%) .NET Core
5 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (10.00%) React
6 2 (6.67%) Kafka
6 2 (6.67%) Playwright
7 1 (3.33%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (3.33%) OpenFin
7 1 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Data Analysis
1 11 (36.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (26.67%) ETL
3 5 (16.67%) AI
3 5 (16.67%) Generative AI
3 5 (16.67%) OO
3 5 (16.67%) OOP
4 4 (13.33%) Agile
4 4 (13.33%) Software Testing
5 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.00%) DevOps
5 3 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (6.67%) API Testing
6 2 (6.67%) Asset Management
6 2 (6.67%) Mathematics
6 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.67%) SDET
6 2 (6.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (6.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 29 (96.67%) C#
2 21 (70.00%) SQL
3 18 (60.00%) PL/SQL
4 12 (40.00%) T-SQL
5 11 (36.67%) JavaScript
5 11 (36.67%) VB
5 11 (36.67%) VBA
6 5 (16.67%) TypeScript
7 2 (6.67%) C++
8 1 (3.33%) XAML
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (36.67%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Citrix
1 16 (53.33%) Oracle
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.33%) UiPath