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This section looks at the demand for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank59-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.500 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£369£331
% change on same period last year+11.50 %
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£35.30£35.14
% change on same period last year+0.44 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads200248
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.267 %0.247 %
Daily rates quoted5473
Average minimum daily rate£294£303
Average daily rate£332£339
% change on same period last year-2.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted3440
Average minimum hourly rate£35.44£32.25
Average hourly rate£37.33£38.47
% change on same period last year-2.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.22£44.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
WCF South WestWCF
South West

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.

WCF
Demand Trend

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

Bristol WCF Demand Trend

WCF
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %)C#
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (75.00 %)Multithreading
23 (75.00 %)TDD
23 (75.00 %)ASP
23 (75.00 %)COM+
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)XSLT
23 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)UML
23 (75.00 %)MSMQ
32 (50.00 %)WinForms
41 (25.00 %)Multimedia
41 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
14 (100.00 %).NET
23 (75.00 %)ASP
23 (75.00 %)COM+
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)XSLT
32 (50.00 %)WinForms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server
14 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Multimedia
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %).NET Developer
22 (50.00 %)C# Developer
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
22 (50.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)SQL Developer
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Multithreading
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)UML
13 (75.00 %)TDD
21 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)SQL
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)MSMQ