WCF Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 84 119 104
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -15
Contract jobs citing WCF 38 17 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.549% 0.530% 0.889%
As % of the Application Development category 6.972% 3.052% 3.621%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 10
Average daily rate £375 £313 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -0.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £163 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £425 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 545 557 718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 22.22% 17.36% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 251 300
Average daily rate £388 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.42% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 11 64
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WCF
South East

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WCF across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire WCF Jobs Demand Trend

WCF
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WCF across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire WCF Daily Rate Trend

WCF
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WCF across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire WCF Daily Rate Histogram

WCF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +21 17 £350 +80.64%
Newbury 0 2 - -
Slough - 1 - -
WCF
South East

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WCF also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WCF.

1 92 (91.09%) C#
2 89 (88.12%) .NET
3 62 (61.39%) SQL Server
4 55 (54.46%) ASP.NET
5 53 (52.48%) MVC
6 38 (37.62%) SQL
7 37 (36.63%) Web Services
8 35 (34.65%) TDD
9 34 (33.66%) jQuery
9 34 (33.66%) Visual Studio
10 33 (32.67%) Scrum
11 30 (29.70%) Windows
12 29 (28.71%) SOA
12 29 (28.71%) Agile Software Development
12 29 (28.71%) BDD
13 28 (27.72%) ASP.NET MVC
13 28 (27.72%) XML
14 27 (26.73%) Telecoms
14 27 (26.73%) Banking
15 25 (24.75%) CSS
15 25 (24.75%) Windows Azure
15 25 (24.75%) SpecFlow
16 22 (21.78%) Finance
17 21 (20.79%) BizTalk Server
17 21 (20.79%) SQL Server 2008
18 20 (19.80%) HTML
18 20 (19.80%) WF
19 19 (18.81%) Middleware
20 17 (16.83%) .NET Framework
21 16 (15.84%) JIRA

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WCF also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WCF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 89 (88.12%) .NET
2 55 (54.46%) ASP.NET
3 37 (36.63%) Web Services
4 34 (33.66%) jQuery
5 28 (27.72%) ASP.NET MVC
5 28 (27.72%) XML
6 25 (24.75%) CSS
7 20 (19.80%) HTML
7 20 (19.80%) WF
8 19 (18.81%) Middleware
9 17 (16.83%) .NET Framework
10 14 (13.86%) HTML5
11 11 (10.89%) Ajax
11 11 (10.89%) AppFabric
12 8 (7.921%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 8 (7.921%) REST
13 7 (6.931%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 7 (6.931%) LINQ
14 6 (5.941%) ADO.NET
14 6 (5.941%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 25 (24.75%) Windows Azure
2 21 (20.79%) BizTalk Server
3 16 (15.84%) ESB
4 13 (12.87%) IIS
5 7 (6.931%) SharePoint
6 4 (3.960%) MSMQ
6 4 (3.960%) CMS
7 2 (1.980%) Umbraco
7 2 (1.980%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.990%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.990%) Kentico
8 1 (0.990%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 8 (7.921%) MS Excel
2 6 (5.941%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.950%) MS Project
4 4 (3.960%) MS Office
5 1 (0.990%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.990%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (4.950%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (4.950%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.990%) HTTP
1 1 (0.990%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (61.39%) SQL Server
2 21 (20.79%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (7.921%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (6.931%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (4.950%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.980%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.990%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.990%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (33.66%) Visual Studio
2 25 (24.75%) SpecFlow
3 16 (15.84%) JIRA
3 16 (15.84%) Team Foundation Server
4 11 (10.89%) Jenkins
5 6 (5.941%) Subversion
6 4 (3.960%) Selenium
7 2 (1.980%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.990%) MSBuild
General
1 27 (26.73%) Telecoms
1 27 (26.73%) Banking
2 22 (21.78%) Finance
3 8 (7.921%) Games
4 7 (6.931%) Retail
5 1 (0.990%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 79 (78.22%) Developer
2 37 (36.63%) .NET Developer
3 23 (22.77%) C# Developer
4 14 (13.86%) Programmer
5 13 (12.87%) C# .NET Developer
6 11 (10.89%) Applications Developer
7 9 (8.911%) Consultant
8 8 (7.921%) C# Application Developer
8 8 (7.921%) C# Programmer
9 7 (6.931%) Development Engineer
9 7 (6.931%) BizTalk Developer
9 7 (6.931%) Software Development Engineer
9 7 (6.931%) Software Engineer
10 6 (5.941%) Senior Developer
10 6 (5.941%) .NET Programmer
10 6 (5.941%) ASP.NET Developer
11 5 (4.950%) Agile .NET Developer
11 5 (4.950%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
11 5 (4.950%) CRM Consultant
11 5 (4.950%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.941%) N-Tier
2 5 (4.950%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (2.970%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.980%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.980%) Kinect
4 2 (1.980%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.990%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (0.990%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.990%) Ergonomics
5 1 (0.990%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 30 (29.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (52.48%) MVC
2 35 (34.65%) TDD
3 33 (32.67%) Scrum
4 29 (28.71%) SOA
4 29 (28.71%) Agile Software Development
4 29 (28.71%) BDD
5 14 (13.86%) Workflow
6 13 (12.87%) UML
7 9 (8.911%) Automation Testing
7 9 (8.911%) Automated Testing
8 8 (7.921%) Kanban
9 7 (6.931%) Project Management
10 6 (5.941%) Web Development
10 6 (5.941%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (5.941%) Software Architecture
11 5 (4.950%) Test Automation
11 5 (4.950%) Game Development
11 5 (4.950%) Use Case
11 5 (4.950%) CRM
11 5 (4.950%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 92 (91.09%) C#
2 38 (37.62%) SQL
3 12 (11.88%) JavaScript
4 8 (7.921%) C++
5 3 (2.970%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.980%) Python
6 2 (1.980%) C
7 1 (0.990%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.990%) VB6
7 1 (0.990%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (11.88%) SC Cleared
1 12 (11.88%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.960%) Degree
3 2 (1.980%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.990%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.960%) SLA
2 1 (0.990%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.950%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.980%) Oracle
3 1 (0.990%) Sitecore
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