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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 284 285
Rank change year-on-year -65 +1 +90
Contract jobs citing WPF 35 73 111
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.24% 0.53% 0.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.90% 2.01% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 58 86
10th Percentile £385 - £393
25th Percentile £404 £385 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £481 £638
Median % change year-on-year -15.32% -24.51% -15.00%
75th Percentile £492 £700 £788
90th Percentile £611 £825 £838
England median daily rate £415 £485 £625
% change year-on-year -14.43% -22.40% -7.41%

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 3,895 3,632 4,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.30% 26.15% 24.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,630 2,359 3,476
10th Percentile £363 £381 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £667 £700 £688
90th Percentile £769 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 21 30
10th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £29.60
25th Percentile £41.56 £38.50 £35.79
Median hourly rate £54.50 £52.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +7.69% -25.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £69.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £80.00 £76.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 -11 1 £500 -31.03% 8
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 10 (28.57%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (5.71%) DHCP
2 2 (5.71%) DNS
2 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 17 (48.57%) Oracle Database
3 2 (5.71%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Git
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 17 (48.57%) Finance
2 9 (25.71%) Banking
3 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
4 5 (14.29%) Front Office
5 3 (8.57%) Publishing
6 2 (5.71%) Financial Institution
6 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 34 (97.14%) Developer
2 21 (60.00%) C# Developer
3 17 (48.57%) .NET Developer
4 12 (34.29%) C# WPF Developer
4 12 (34.29%) WPF Developer
5 8 (22.86%) C# .NET Developer
6 7 (20.00%) Applications Developer
7 6 (17.14%) C# WCF Developer
7 6 (17.14%) WCF Developer
8 4 (11.43%) Automation Developer
8 4 (11.43%) C# Application Developer
8 4 (11.43%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
9 3 (8.57%) C# Developer - Commodities
9 3 (8.57%) Front Office Developer
9 3 (8.57%) Senior
9 3 (8.57%) Senior .NET Developer
9 3 (8.57%) Senior Developer
10 2 (5.71%) C# Software Developer
10 2 (5.71%) Full-Stack Developer
10 2 (5.71%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (68.57%) .NET Framework
3 16 (45.71%) WinForms
4 9 (25.71%) WCF
5 6 (17.14%) .NET Core
6 5 (14.29%) RESTful
7 4 (11.43%) AngularJS
7 4 (11.43%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (8.57%) React
9 2 (5.71%) Bootstrap
9 2 (5.71%) Express.js
9 2 (5.71%) Middleware
9 2 (5.71%) REST
9 2 (5.71%) SOAP
9 2 (5.71%) Web Services
10 1 (2.86%) ASP.NET
10 1 (2.86%) Entity Framework
10 1 (2.86%) jQuery
10 1 (2.86%) Kafka
10 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Credit Risk
1 5 (14.29%) Market Risk
2 3 (8.57%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.86%) Derivative
4 1 (2.86%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (2.86%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Data Analysis
1 10 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 9 (25.71%) DevOps
3 8 (22.86%) Agile
4 7 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 7 (20.00%) MVC
5 5 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (14.29%) Microservices
5 5 (14.29%) OOP
6 4 (11.43%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (11.43%) Design Patterns
6 4 (11.43%) Risk Management
6 4 (11.43%) Robotic Process Automation
7 3 (8.57%) API Development
7 3 (8.57%) Business Case
7 3 (8.57%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.57%) Scrum
7 3 (8.57%) SDLC
7 3 (8.57%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) C#
2 27 (77.14%) SQL
3 17 (48.57%) PL/SQL
4 16 (45.71%) VB
4 16 (45.71%) VBA
5 13 (37.14%) T-SQL
6 6 (17.14%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.86%) Java
7 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.86%) Python
7 1 (2.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
1 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (31.43%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) EMIR
2 1 (2.86%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (2.86%) Docker
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) Oracle
2 14 (40.00%) Citrix
3 4 (11.43%) UiPath
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.71%) Atlassian
5 2 (5.71%) VMware