WCF Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 43 61 70
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +9
Contract jobs citing WCF 20 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.762% 0.250% 0.206%
As % of the Application Development category 12.35% 0.870% 0.758%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
Average daily rate £306 - -
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 13 WCF jobs in Cheshire
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 162 230 264
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.38% 28.79% 27.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 123 176
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £270 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WCF
North West

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire WCF Hourly Rate Trend

WCF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington - 3 - -
Chester -3 2 £300 -
WCF
North West

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 27 (100.00%) C#
1 27 (100.00%) .NET
1 27 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 20 (74.07%) SQL Server
3 19 (70.37%) JavaScript
4 18 (66.67%) HTML
4 18 (66.67%) .NET Framework
5 17 (62.96%) SQL Server 2008
6 16 (59.26%) MVC
7 15 (55.56%) CSS
7 15 (55.56%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 13 (48.15%) Visual Studio
8 13 (48.15%) SQL Server 2005
9 12 (44.44%) jQuery
9 12 (44.44%) SQL
9 12 (44.44%) XML
10 11 (40.74%) Windows
11 10 (37.04%) IIS
12 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
12 9 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
13 8 (29.63%) Web Services
13 8 (29.63%) JSON
14 6 (22.22%) Java
14 6 (22.22%) CRM
14 6 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
14 6 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (18.52%) HTML5
15 5 (18.52%) MVVM
15 5 (18.52%) LINQ to SQL

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 27 (100.00%) .NET
1 27 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 18 (66.67%) HTML
2 18 (66.67%) .NET Framework
3 15 (55.56%) CSS
3 15 (55.56%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 12 (44.44%) jQuery
4 12 (44.44%) XML
5 8 (29.63%) Web Services
5 8 (29.63%) JSON
6 6 (22.22%) ASP.NET MVC
7 5 (18.52%) HTML5
7 5 (18.52%) LINQ to SQL
7 5 (18.52%) Ajax
7 5 (18.52%) WPF
7 5 (18.52%) LINQ
7 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
7 5 (18.52%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 5 (18.52%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 10 (37.04%) IIS
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (11.11%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (74.07%) SQL Server
2 17 (62.96%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (48.15%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (18.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (11.11%) SQLite
5 3 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (3.704%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (48.15%) Visual Studio
2 6 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (18.52%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (3.704%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (11.11%) Banking
1 3 (11.11%) Retail
2 2 (7.407%) Finance
3 1 (3.704%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (85.19%) Developer
2 14 (51.85%) .NET Developer
3 7 (25.93%) Senior .NET Developer
3 7 (25.93%) Senior Developer
4 6 (22.22%) CRM Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Web Developer
5 4 (14.81%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 3 (11.11%) .NET Applications Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Software Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Applications Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Lead Developer
6 3 (11.11%) Web Applications Developer
6 3 (11.11%) .NET Web Developer
7 2 (7.407%) Software Developer
7 2 (7.407%) Lead .NET Developer
8 1 (3.704%) .NET Software Developer
8 1 (3.704%) C++/C# Developer
8 1 (3.704%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.704%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) N-Tier
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) MVC
2 9 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (22.22%) CRM
4 5 (18.52%) MVVM
4 5 (18.52%) SOA
5 4 (14.81%) Data Analysis
5 4 (14.81%) TDD
5 4 (14.81%) Web Application Development
6 3 (11.11%) Feature Driven Development
6 3 (11.11%) Web Development
6 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (11.11%) Scrum
6 3 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 3 (11.11%) Data Management
7 1 (3.704%) OO
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) C#
2 19 (70.37%) JavaScript
3 12 (44.44%) SQL
4 6 (22.22%) Java
5 5 (18.52%) C++
6 4 (14.81%) C
6 4 (14.81%) XPath
7 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) MCPD
1 5 (18.52%) MCTS
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (18.52%) MCAD
1 5 (18.52%) MCSD
2 4 (14.81%) PhD
3 3 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) IBM
2 3 (11.11%) SAP
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (7.407%) Razor Risk
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Cheshire
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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