The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 17 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 Coventry 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank - 24 -
Contract jobs citing WPF 0 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry - 1.969% -
As % of the Application Development category - 10.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £352 £325 £314
% change year-on-year
+8.15% +3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
All Application Development
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
38 47 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 17.76% 18.50% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 14
Average daily rate £250 £400 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% +17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £415 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
Average hourly rate £28.50 £34.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.17% +86.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WPF
West Midlands

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry WPF Jobs Demand Trend

WPF
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WPF across the Coventry region.

Coventry WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry WPF Hourly Rate Trend