WCF Contracts in Bristol
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 20 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 Bristol 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 38 31 48
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +17
Contract jobs citing WCF 11 33 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 2.083% 3.933% 0.645%
As % of the Application Development category 10.19% 16.75% 4.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 21 1
Average daily rate £265 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.46% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
All Application Development
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 108 197 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 20.45% 23.48% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 136 35
Average daily rate £309 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.92% +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £405 £373
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 7
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WCF
South West

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol WCF Daily Rate Trend

WCF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol WCF Hourly Rate Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 19 (95.00%) .NET
2 16 (80.00%) C#
3 12 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 12 (60.00%) MVC
4 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET
4 11 (55.00%) XML
5 8 (40.00%) Web Services
6 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
6 7 (35.00%) jQuery
7 6 (30.00%) CSS
7 6 (30.00%) Scrum
8 5 (25.00%) SQL
8 5 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (20.00%) HTML5
9 4 (20.00%) HTML
9 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
9 4 (20.00%) UML
9 4 (20.00%) OO
9 4 (20.00%) LINQ
9 4 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (20.00%) Workflow
10 3 (15.00%) Finance
10 3 (15.00%) TDD
10 3 (15.00%) WPF
10 3 (15.00%) WinForms
10 3 (15.00%) ESB
10 3 (15.00%) XSLT
10 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
10 3 (15.00%) Oracle

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 19 (95.00%) .NET
2 11 (55.00%) ASP.NET
2 11 (55.00%) XML
3 8 (40.00%) Web Services
4 7 (35.00%) jQuery
5 6 (30.00%) CSS
6 4 (20.00%) HTML
6 4 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (20.00%) HTML5
6 4 (20.00%) LINQ
7 3 (15.00%) WPF
7 3 (15.00%) XSLT
7 3 (15.00%) WinForms
8 2 (10.00%) Ajax
8 2 (10.00%) XHTML
8 2 (10.00%) Middleware
8 2 (10.00%) ASP
8 2 (10.00%) WF
8 2 (10.00%) Silverlight
8 2 (10.00%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (15.00%) ESB
2 2 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (10.00%) CMS
2 2 (10.00%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (5.000%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (5.000%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (10.00%) SpecFlow
2 2 (10.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.00%) Subversion
2 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Developer
2 9 (45.00%) .NET Developer
3 4 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 4 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (15.00%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
6 1 (5.000%) VB.NET Developer
6 1 (5.000%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.000%) BizTalk Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) MVC
2 6 (30.00%) Scrum
3 4 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (20.00%) UML
3 4 (20.00%) OO
3 4 (20.00%) Workflow
4 3 (15.00%) BDD
4 3 (15.00%) TDD
5 2 (10.00%) Web Development
5 2 (10.00%) Automation Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) SOA
5 2 (10.00%) Multithreading
6 1 (5.000%) Unit Testing
6 1 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (5.000%) RUP
6 1 (5.000%) ERP
6 1 (5.000%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) C#
2 5 (25.00%) SQL
3 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (15.00%) VB.NET
5 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
6 1 (5.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
3 2 (10.00%) Infragistics
3 2 (10.00%) Telerik
3 2 (10.00%) Ektron
ASP.NET Developer
Bristol, South West
ASP.NET Web Developer - Bristol - 6 Months - £200 - £300 pdMy client is looking for an experienced asp.net developer for an initial 6 month contract based in Bristol.
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
.Net Developer - ASP.Net, Winforms, C# or VB.Net, Oracle
Bristol, South West
They appreciate this is hard to find and therefore willing to flex if someone is more experienced in one as the team are mixed, however the opportunity to...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 16 May 2013
.Net Developer - ASP.Net, Winforms, C# or VB.Net, Oracle
Bristol, Avon
Net Developers (Winforms, C# or VB.Net) required by leading finance organisation based in the heart of Bristol... Net Winforms C# or VB.Net (most apps now in...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Senior Ektron Developer
Bristol, Avon
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate: * Ektron CMS development (8.5+) * Strong C# (3.5 / 4.0) and ASP.net development skills * Solid SQL Server experience (2008 +) * WCF /...
Experis IT
Posted: 14 May 2013
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