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This section looks at the demand for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) skills within the Cambridge 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank41-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.239 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£280-
Average daily rate£340-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£350
% change on same period last year+14.69 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£38.75
% change on same period last year-9.67 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads134138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.179 %0.140 %
Daily rates quoted2529
Average minimum daily rate£301£271
Average daily rate£340£278
% change on same period last year+22.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£284
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted149
Average minimum hourly rate£24.48£32.07
Average hourly rate£29.08£32.57
% change on same period last year-10.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.68£33.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
WPF CambridgeshireWPF
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WPF across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge WPF Hourly Rate Trend

WPF
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

112 (100.00 %)C#
112 (100.00 %).NET
112 (100.00 %)Windows
211 (91.67 %)SQL Server
310 (83.33 %)WinForms
49 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
63 (25.00 %)Degree
72 (16.67 %)WCF
72 (16.67 %)Silverlight
72 (16.67 %)Windows XP
72 (16.67 %)AJAX
81 (8.333 %)Speech Recognition
81 (8.333 %)XAML
81 (8.333 %)OpenGL
81 (8.333 %)DirectX
81 (8.333 %)C++
81 (8.333 %)Java
81 (8.333 %).NET Framework

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (100.00 %).NET
210 (83.33 %)WinForms
33 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (16.67 %)AJAX
42 (16.67 %)WCF
42 (16.67 %)Silverlight
51 (8.333 %).NET Framework
51 (8.333 %)OpenGL
51 (8.333 %)DirectX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (91.67 %)SQL Server
29 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)Developer
29 (75.00 %)C# Developer
36 (50.00 %)WinForms Developer
44 (33.33 %).NET Developer
52 (16.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
52 (16.67 %)Software Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Speech Recognition
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (16.67 %)Windows XP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (100.00 %)C#
21 (8.333 %)C++
21 (8.333 %)Java
21 (8.333 %)XAML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (25.00 %)Degree
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