WCF Contracts in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 29 38 25
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -13
Contract jobs citing WCF 14 18 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.189% 2.899% 4.678%
As % of the Application Development category 14.14% 10.91% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 20
Average daily rate £325 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +7.14%
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 £38.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
Search 10 WCF jobs in Birmingham
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 99 165 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 22.55% 26.57% 26.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 77
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WCF
West Midlands

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham WCF Daily Rate Histogram

WCF
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WCF across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham WCF Hourly Rate Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 32 (78.05%) C#
2 31 (75.61%) .NET
3 27 (65.85%) SQL Server
4 22 (53.66%) ASP.NET
5 18 (43.90%) Visual Studio
6 15 (36.59%) JavaScript
6 15 (36.59%) SQL
6 15 (36.59%) Windows
7 14 (34.15%) Web Services
8 10 (24.39%) HTML
8 10 (24.39%) .NET Framework
8 10 (24.39%) jQuery
9 9 (21.95%) SQL Server 2008
10 8 (19.51%) WPF
10 8 (19.51%) Windows Mobile
10 8 (19.51%) Mobile App
10 8 (19.51%) CSS
10 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
11 7 (17.07%) MVC
11 7 (17.07%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (17.07%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (14.63%) Unit Testing
12 6 (14.63%) Silverlight
12 6 (14.63%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 6 (14.63%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (14.63%) XML
12 6 (14.63%) UML
13 5 (12.20%) IIS
13 5 (12.20%) Ajax
13 5 (12.20%) Moq

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 31 (75.61%) .NET
2 22 (53.66%) ASP.NET
3 14 (34.15%) Web Services
4 10 (24.39%) HTML
4 10 (24.39%) .NET Framework
4 10 (24.39%) jQuery
5 8 (19.51%) WPF
5 8 (19.51%) CSS
6 6 (14.63%) Silverlight
6 6 (14.63%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 6 (14.63%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (14.63%) XML
7 5 (12.20%) Ajax
8 4 (9.756%) Managed Extensibility Framework
9 1 (2.439%) ADO.NET
9 1 (2.439%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (2.439%) soapUI
9 1 (2.439%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (2.439%) .NET Compact Framework
9 1 (2.439%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) IIS
2 4 (9.756%) ArcGIS
3 2 (4.878%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (4.878%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.439%) SharePoint Foundation
4 1 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (2.439%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (7.317%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.878%) InfoPath
3 1 (2.439%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.878%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (65.85%) SQL Server
2 9 (21.95%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (9.756%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (43.90%) Visual Studio
2 7 (17.07%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (12.20%) Moq
4 4 (9.756%) MSTest
5 1 (2.439%) NUnit
5 1 (2.439%) CruiseControl
5 1 (2.439%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.439%) MSBuild
5 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 2 (4.878%) Finance
2 1 (2.439%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.439%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.439%) Retail
2 1 (2.439%) Billing
Job Titles
1 34 (82.93%) Developer
2 17 (41.46%) .NET Developer
3 13 (31.71%) C# Developer
4 8 (19.51%) Mobile Developer
4 8 (19.51%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (17.07%) ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (17.07%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 4 (9.756%) Software Programmer
6 4 (9.756%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (9.756%) C# Programmer
6 4 (9.756%) Software Engineer
6 4 (9.756%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (9.756%) Software Developer
6 4 (9.756%) Project Manager
6 4 (9.756%) Senior Manager
6 4 (9.756%) Programmer
7 2 (4.878%) Silverlight Developer
7 2 (4.878%) C# Software Developer
7 2 (4.878%) C# Software Engineer
7 2 (4.878%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.51%) Mobile App
2 4 (9.756%) RIA
2 4 (9.756%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.439%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.439%) Pocket PC
3 1 (2.439%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Windows
2 8 (19.51%) Windows Mobile
3 4 (9.756%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.439%) UNIX
4 1 (2.439%) Linux
4 1 (2.439%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Vista
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) MVC
1 7 (17.07%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (14.63%) Unit Testing
2 6 (14.63%) UML
3 4 (9.756%) Logistics
3 4 (9.756%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (9.756%) Change Management
4 3 (7.317%) TDD
4 3 (7.317%) BDD
5 2 (4.878%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (4.878%) CRM
6 1 (2.439%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.439%) SOA
6 1 (2.439%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (2.439%) OO
6 1 (2.439%) RUP
6 1 (2.439%) Scrum
6 1 (2.439%) Unified Process
6 1 (2.439%) Software Testing
6 1 (2.439%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (78.05%) C#
2 15 (36.59%) JavaScript
2 15 (36.59%) SQL
3 3 (7.317%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.439%) Java
4 1 (2.439%) Delphi
4 1 (2.439%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.439%) Perl
4 1 (2.439%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) DV Cleared
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.317%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.439%) ISEB
3 1 (2.439%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.756%) ESRI
3 3 (7.317%) Oracle
ASP.Net C# Developer - 3 months+ - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands
C# (ASP.Net) Developer required to assist in the development of a greenfield eCommerce website Essentials: - C# - ASP.Net - WCF - SQL Server This is an excellent opportunity with...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
C# ASP.NET WCF Developer - 6 Month contract - Birmingham
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will need; C# ASP.NET WCF SQL Server In addition to the above key skills you will also need JQuery, JavaScript and any exposure to transactional websites...
Executive Resource Group
Rate: From £300 to £315 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Find IT Jobs| About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Friday 24 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.