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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 309 299
Rank change year-on-year -88 -10 +97
Contract jobs citing WPF 27 62 87
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.46% 0.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.60% 1.76% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 58 80
10th Percentile - - £363
25th Percentile £404 £385 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £395 £688
Median % change year-on-year +12.66% -42.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £656 £638 £775
90th Percentile £705 £750 £826
England median daily rate £475 £400 £675
% change year-on-year +18.75% -40.74% +8.00%

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 4,522 3,527 4,751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 22.77% 26.08% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,998 2,452 3,469
10th Percentile £384 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £430 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £718
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 26
10th Percentile £24.63 £31.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.06 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £42.25 £48.22 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% +20.55% -40.74%
75th Percentile £70.69 £62.81 £58.76
90th Percentile £91.88 £81.88 £71.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -10.31%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -17 2 £698 -3.79% 4
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 (40.74%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
1 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (62.96%) SQL Server
2 11 (40.74%) Oracle Database
3 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.70%) Power BI
4 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) REST Assured
General
1 11 (40.74%) Banking
2 10 (37.04%) Finance
3 6 (22.22%) Front Office
4 3 (11.11%) Back Office
4 3 (11.11%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (92.59%) Developer
2 19 (70.37%) C# Developer
3 8 (29.63%) Applications Developer
4 7 (25.93%) .NET Developer
5 6 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
5 6 (22.22%) C# Application Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Senior
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Software Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Developer in Test
7 2 (7.41%) Front Office Developer
7 2 (7.41%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (3.70%) .NET Software Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Automation Developer
8 1 (3.70%) C# Developer - Commodities
8 1 (3.70%) C# WPF Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack C# Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior C# .NET Developer
8 1 (3.70%) WPF Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (81.48%) .NET
2 18 (66.67%) WinForms
3 13 (48.15%) .NET Framework
4 3 (11.11%) Playwright
4 3 (11.11%) RESTful
4 3 (11.11%) Web Services
5 2 (7.41%) React
6 1 (3.70%) OpenFin
6 1 (3.70%) REST
6 1 (3.70%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.70%) Derivative
1 1 (3.70%) Equity Derivative
1 1 (3.70%) Hedge funds
1 1 (3.70%) N-Tier
1 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Data Analysis
1 11 (40.74%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (14.81%) Agile
2 4 (14.81%) AI
2 4 (14.81%) Generative AI
2 4 (14.81%) OO
2 4 (14.81%) OOP
3 3 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 3 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 3 (11.11%) DevOps
3 3 (11.11%) ETL
3 3 (11.11%) SDET
3 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 3 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 2 (7.41%) API Testing
4 2 (7.41%) Low Latency
4 2 (7.41%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.70%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (3.70%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 26 (96.30%) C#
2 18 (66.67%) SQL
3 13 (48.15%) PL/SQL
4 12 (44.44%) T-SQL
5 11 (40.74%) VB
5 11 (40.74%) VBA
6 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
7 4 (14.81%) TypeScript
8 1 (3.70%) C
8 1 (3.70%) Java
8 1 (3.70%) Python
8 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (44.44%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Oracle
2 15 (55.56%) Citrix
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) UiPath