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The table below looks at the demand for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8299
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.809 %0.459 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£344
% change on same period last year+1.78 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£28.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£31.00
% change on same period last year+37.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.05£37.00
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads387436
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.541 %0.438 %
Daily rates quoted7863
Average minimum daily rate£309£367
Average daily rate£334£375
% change on same period last year-10.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted2230
Average minimum hourly rate£28.16£29.29
Average hourly rate£30.62£32.26
% change on same period last year-5.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.09£35.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
WCF EnglandWCF
England

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.

WCF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WCF across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East Midlands WCF Demand Trend

WCF
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WCF across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands WCF Daily Rate Trend

WCF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DerbyshireNew entry-7--
WCF EnglandWCF
England

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

118 (100.00 %).NET
214 (77.78 %)C#
312 (66.67 %)SQL Server
48 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
57 (38.89 %)WinForms
57 (38.89 %)WPF
66 (33.33 %)XML
75 (27.78 %)Back Office
75 (27.78 %)Microsoft
75 (27.78 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (27.78 %)Windows
75 (27.78 %)SharePoint
75 (27.78 %)WebServices
75 (27.78 %)ADO.NET
75 (27.78 %)ASP
75 (27.78 %)Oracle
84 (22.22 %)SQL
84 (22.22 %)OO
84 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
93 (16.67 %)Finance
93 (16.67 %)UML
102 (11.11 %)N-Tier
102 (11.11 %)VB.NET
102 (11.11 %)MS Office
102 (11.11 %)Scrum
102 (11.11 %)RDBMS
102 (11.11 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
102 (11.11 %)WF
102 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
111 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (100.00 %).NET
28 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
37 (38.89 %)WinForms
37 (38.89 %)WPF
46 (33.33 %)XML
55 (27.78 %)WebServices
55 (27.78 %)ADO.NET
55 (27.78 %)ASP
62 (11.11 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
62 (11.11 %)WF
71 (5.556 %).NET Framework
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (27.78 %)SharePoint
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (11.11 %)MS Office
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (66.67 %)SQL Server
25 (27.78 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (11.11 %)RDBMS
41 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.556 %)Visual Studio
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (27.78 %)Back Office
23 (16.67 %)Finance
31 (5.556 %)Financial Institution
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (83.33 %)Developer
213 (72.22 %).NET Developer
36 (33.33 %)C# Developer
44 (22.22 %)WinForms Developer
53 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
53 (16.67 %)SQL Server Developer
62 (11.11 %)VB.NET Developer
62 (11.11 %)Software Developer
62 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
62 (11.11 %)CSharp Software Developer
71 (5.556 %)Senior Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (11.11 %)N-Tier
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (27.78 %)Windows
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (22.22 %)OO
14 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
23 (16.67 %)UML
32 (11.11 %)Scrum
32 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
41 (5.556 %)TDD
41 (5.556 %)SOA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (77.78 %)C#
24 (22.22 %)SQL
32 (11.11 %)VB.NET
41 (5.556 %)Java
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (27.78 %)Oracle
15 (27.78 %)Microsoft