WCF Contracts in the City of London
 
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 City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 22 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 City of London 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 73 85 107
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +22
Contract jobs citing WCF 169 155 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.629% 1.943% 1.593%
As % of the Application Development category 9.195% 7.568% 5.727%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 123 131
Average daily rate £488 £500 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £338 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
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 £39.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 1838 2048 2689
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.59% 25.67% 27.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1451 1521 2090
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 27 22
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £43.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -42.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.50 £119.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WCF
London

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London WCF Hourly Rate Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 303 (94.39%) C#
2 277 (86.29%) .NET
3 185 (57.63%) SQL Server
4 143 (44.55%) SQL
5 132 (41.12%) WPF
6 122 (38.01%) ASP.NET
7 111 (34.58%) TDD
8 104 (32.40%) MVC
9 99 (30.84%) Banking
10 93 (28.97%) Agile Software Development
11 86 (26.79%) Multithreading
12 81 (25.23%) OO
13 80 (24.92%) Finance
14 78 (24.30%) Microsoft
15 76 (23.68%) Front Office
16 75 (23.36%) Scrum
17 68 (21.18%) .NET Framework
17 68 (21.18%) Web Services
18 67 (20.87%) ASP.NET MVC
19 56 (17.45%) XML
20 55 (17.13%) SQL Server 2008
21 53 (16.51%) JavaScript
22 51 (15.89%) MS Excel
23 47 (14.64%) Investment Banking
24 46 (14.33%) Windows
25 45 (14.02%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
26 42 (13.08%) Visual Studio
26 42 (13.08%) Derivative
27 40 (12.46%) Oracle
28 37 (11.53%) jQuery

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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
1 277 (86.29%) .NET
2 132 (41.12%) WPF
3 122 (38.01%) ASP.NET
4 68 (21.18%) .NET Framework
4 68 (21.18%) Web Services
5 67 (20.87%) ASP.NET MVC
6 56 (17.45%) XML
7 45 (14.02%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 37 (11.53%) jQuery
9 35 (10.90%) CSS
10 34 (10.59%) LINQ
11 32 (9.969%) HTML
12 26 (8.100%) NHibernate
13 23 (7.165%) WF
14 21 (6.542%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 21 (6.542%) WinForms
15 20 (6.231%) WebSphere
15 20 (6.231%) .NET Remoting
16 18 (5.607%) Lucene
16 18 (5.607%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 20 (6.231%) WebSphere MQ
2 18 (5.607%) MSMQ
2 18 (5.607%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.361%) Windows Azure
4 12 (3.738%) IIS
4 12 (3.738%) SharePoint 2010
5 6 (1.869%) CMS
5 6 (1.869%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (1.246%) Oracle Coherence
7 3 (0.935%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.623%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.623%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.623%) Rendezvous
8 2 (0.623%) FileNet
8 2 (0.623%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.623%) ESB
9 1 (0.312%) ActiveMQ
9 1 (0.312%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.312%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.312%) EPiServer CMS
Applications
1 51 (15.89%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.623%) PowerPivot
2 2 (0.623%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.246%) RMDS
2 3 (0.935%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.361%) HTTP
2 4 (1.246%) Internet
3 1 (0.312%) SAN
3 1 (0.312%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (57.63%) SQL Server
2 55 (17.13%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (7.477%) SQL Server 2005
4 21 (6.542%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 18 (5.607%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 15 (4.673%) MySQL
7 7 (2.181%) Oracle 8/8i
7 7 (2.181%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (2.181%) SQL Server 2000
8 6 (1.869%) Oracle 10g
9 4 (1.246%) Big Data
9 4 (1.246%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (0.935%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.935%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.623%) PerformancePoint
11 2 (0.623%) TOAD
11 2 (0.623%) SQLPlus
11 2 (0.623%) GIS
11 2 (0.623%) OLAP
11 2 (0.623%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 42 (13.08%) Visual Studio
2 26 (8.100%) Rhino Mocks
3 22 (6.854%) Team Foundation Server
4 19 (5.919%) Subversion
5 15 (4.673%) Selenium
6 12 (3.738%) NUnit
7 9 (2.804%) MSTest
8 7 (2.181%) CruiseControl
9 5 (1.558%) JIRA
10 4 (1.246%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
10 4 (1.246%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.935%) Git (software)
12 2 (0.623%) TortoiseSVN
12 2 (0.623%) Visual Studio Team System
12 2 (0.623%) MSBuild
13 1 (0.312%) ReSharper
13 1 (0.312%) SilkTest
13 1 (0.312%) Jenkins
13 1 (0.312%) QUnit
13 1 (0.312%) Jasmine
General
1 99 (30.84%) Banking
2 80 (24.92%) Finance
3 76 (23.68%) Front Office
4 47 (14.64%) Investment Banking
5 21 (6.542%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.804%) Back Office
6 9 (2.804%) Financial Institution
7 6 (1.869%) Retail
8 1 (0.312%) Publishing
8 1 (0.312%) Games
Job Titles
1 271 (84.42%) Developer
2 156 (48.60%) C# Developer
3 101 (31.46%) .NET Developer
4 38 (11.84%) C# .NET Developer
5 32 (9.969%) Senior Developer
6 19 (5.919%) Software Developer
7 17 (5.296%) ASP.NET Developer
7 17 (5.296%) C# Software Developer
7 17 (5.296%) Architect
8 15 (4.673%) Senior C# Developer
9 14 (4.361%) Senior .NET Developer
10 12 (3.738%) Web Developer
11 11 (3.427%) WPF Developer
12 10 (3.115%) SharePoint Developer
13 9 (2.804%) .NET Architect
13 9 (2.804%) SQL Developer
13 9 (2.804%) C# ASP.NET Developer
14 8 (2.492%) Applications Developer
14 8 (2.492%) Software Engineer
14 8 (2.492%) C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (13.08%) Derivative
2 27 (8.411%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 24 (7.477%) N-Tier
4 23 (7.165%) Fixed Income
5 17 (5.296%) Grid Computing
5 17 (5.296%) Computer Science
6 16 (4.984%) Open Source
7 15 (4.673%) Inversion of Control
7 15 (4.673%) Equities
8 8 (2.492%) Market Risk
8 8 (2.492%) Mathematics
9 7 (2.181%) Credit Derivative
10 6 (1.869%) iPhone
10 6 (1.869%) iPad
11 5 (1.558%) Credit Risk
11 5 (1.558%) Hedge funds
12 3 (0.935%) RIA
12 3 (0.935%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.623%) SWIFT
13 2 (0.623%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 46 (14.33%) Windows
2 4 (1.246%) Linux
3 3 (0.935%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (0.935%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (0.623%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (0.312%) Windows 2000
5 1 (0.312%) HPUX
5 1 (0.312%) UNIX
5 1 (0.312%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.312%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.312%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.312%) Android
5 1 (0.312%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.312%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (34.58%) TDD
2 104 (32.40%) MVC
3 93 (28.97%) Agile Software Development
4 86 (26.79%) Multithreading
5 81 (25.23%) OO
6 75 (23.36%) Scrum
7 33 (10.28%) Memory Management
8 31 (9.657%) BDD
8 31 (9.657%) MVVM
9 25 (7.788%) Unit Testing
10 20 (6.231%) Analytics
11 16 (4.984%) CQRS
12 14 (4.361%) E-Commerce
13 12 (3.738%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (3.427%) Asset Management
14 11 (3.427%) Workflow
15 10 (3.115%) Risk Management
15 10 (3.115%) Rapid Prototyping
16 9 (2.804%) Software Architecture
16 9 (2.804%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 303 (94.39%) C#
2 143 (44.55%) SQL
3 53 (16.51%) JavaScript
4 30 (9.346%) VBA
5 20 (6.231%) PL/SQL
5 20 (6.231%) VB
6 19 (5.919%) T-SQL
7 13 (4.050%) C++
8 11 (3.427%) Java
9 8 (2.492%) VB6
10 7 (2.181%) F#
11 4 (1.246%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.935%) C++/CLI
12 3 (0.935%) Perl
12 3 (0.935%) Scala
13 2 (0.623%) XAML
13 2 (0.623%) Python
13 2 (0.623%) VBScript
14 1 (0.312%) Ruby
14 1 (0.312%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 28 (8.723%) Degree
2 10 (3.115%) PhD
3 6 (1.869%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (1.869%) MCP
3 6 (1.869%) MCAD
3 6 (1.869%) MCSD
3 6 (1.869%) MCTS
4 2 (0.623%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.623%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.492%) WCAG
2 3 (0.935%) Dublin Core
3 1 (0.312%) QA
3 1 (0.312%) WAI
System Software
1 6 (1.869%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 78 (24.30%) Microsoft
2 40 (12.46%) Oracle
3 10 (3.115%) Reuters
3 10 (3.115%) Bloomberg
4 9 (2.804%) DataSynapse
5 7 (2.181%) IBM
5 7 (2.181%) Infragistics
6 6 (1.869%) Sybase
7 5 (1.558%) Mercator
7 5 (1.558%) Tableau
7 5 (1.558%) DevExpress
8 4 (1.246%) TIBCO
9 3 (0.935%) Telerik
10 2 (0.623%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.623%) Fidessa
10 2 (0.623%) Business Objects
11 1 (0.312%) Syncfusion
11 1 (0.312%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.312%) Google
11 1 (0.312%) VMware
C# Developer - Contract - Finance - London City
City of London
The C# Developer will develop using the latest technologies such as WPF, WCF and SQL Server... Key Experience: Agile/Scrum/TDD C#/.NET/WPF/WCF/Visual Studio/SQL...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
C# Server Side Developer - Financial Services
City of London
The role will see you in a position responsible for full lifeycyle development using TDD and agile methodologies... Key Requirements:- C#.net, Visual Studio- Expert Server Side programming (...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
C#, .NET, ASP.Net, Silverlight, BANKING, LONDON
City, London
The ideal candidate is required to work on a strategic projects delivering new functionality and architectural changes to the existing application stack, using ASP.Net, Silverlight 4.0...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
ASP.Net MVC 3 Developer - CONTRACT - LONDON
City of London
C#, .Net 4.0, ASP.Net MVC 3, MVC, ASP.Net, Ecommerce, WCF, Linq, SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010, SSRS, JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS, Insurance, Finance, Accounting) ASP...
ITHR
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
DV Cleared GUI Developer
City of London
Qualification and Experience 2+ years industry experience using the .Net Framework (Windows Forms, WPF). WPF is strongly preferred (E)... 2+ years industry experience of using the .Net framework...
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 3 May 2013
C# Data Programmer / Developer / Software Engineer
City, London
The right candidate will have strong experience in: C# .NET... Data Modelling and Database Modelling (Entity-Relationship Model) Entity Framework. OData / Open Data Protocol Microsoft SQL Server, WCF,...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £450.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
.Net Developer
City of London
C# Developer - Contract Position The Role The role would benefit an experienced developer with experience in the following technologies: Microsoft .Net 4.0, C#, SQL Server 2008 / 2010...
Orgtel
Rate: £375 - £475 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
C# SQL Developer
City, London
Our client is looking for an experienced C# developer, with extensive knowledge of SQL server specifically SSIS to join a well regarded team within the London office. You...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior C#/WPF Developer Contract
City, London
Strong C# .NET experience particularly on the UI including WPF and WCF - Prism4 and MVVM exposure - SQL Server 2005, 2008 - Excellent understanding of Object Orientated Analysis - Good understanding...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £400 to £550 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
C# SQL Developer
City, London
Our client is looking for an experienced C# developer, with extensive knowledge of SQL server and the associated BI technologies (SSRS SSIS etc) to join a well regarded...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
C# Developer - Fixed Income/ Foreign Exchange Risk - £650
City of London
C#, Multi-threading, WCF, SQL Server, Stored Procedures, WPF, Infragistics, DevExpress, Distributed Systems, Grid Computing, Risk, Fixed Income, FX... Any experience working with Infragistics, Component One, DevExpress, UML,...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
MS Dynamics CRM Developer
City of London
We deal with both Microsoft Partners & End Users globally and we have never had more live requirements & jobs for Microsoft Dynamics professionals. By specialising solely in placing candidates...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 2 May 2013
C# Web Services (WCF) - SOAP
City of London
Key Requirements:- Strong C#.NET multi-threaded server side development experience- Web services WCF - MUST have SOAP with attachments or in payloads- Excellent communication skills C# Web services...
Real Staffing
Rate: £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
C# Web Services (WCF) - As3/4
City of London
I am currently searching for strong C# Webservices developer for a financial services software vendor... The role will see you in a position responsible for full lifeycyle development...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Software Development Engineer in Test - c# SQL
City of London
Experience with web technologies such as IIS and WCF and/or REST-based web services -Experience writing automated test cases using C# and Visual Studio test frameworks-Ability...
Rate: £30000 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
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