The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WPF 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 Docklands, 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 27 25 33
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +8
Contract jobs citing WPF 3 6 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.754% 2.844% 3.980%
As % of the Application Development category 7.895% 13.04% 17.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 7
Average daily rate - £507 £436
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +16.32%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
All Application Development
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
38 46 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 22.22% 21.80% 23.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 30 49
Average daily rate £413 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £473 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £578 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 £42.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WPF
London

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) WCF
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) RAD

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) WCF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (66.67%) WPF Developer
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
3 1 (33.33%) RAD Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL