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This section looks at the demand for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank127165
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.279 %0.097 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£263
% change on same period last year+28.61 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£34.29
% change on same period last year+2.08 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads7161032
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.945 %1.028 %
Daily rates quoted189249
Average minimum daily rate£295£322
Average daily rate£320£336
% change on same period last year-4.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted5895
Average minimum hourly rate£36.14£36.08
Average hourly rate£37.88£37.28
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.63£38.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
WPF South EastWPF
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WPF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WPF across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire WPF Demand Trend

WPF
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WPF 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 WPF.

13 (100.00 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
22 (66.67 %)QA
31 (33.33 %)WCF
31 (33.33 %)C#
31 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (33.33 %)WinForms
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server
31 (33.33 %)ASP.NET

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WPF 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 WPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)WCF
21 (33.33 %)AJAX
21 (33.33 %)WinForms
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Tester
21 (33.33 %)WinForms Developer
21 (33.33 %)Developer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C#
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (66.67 %)QA