The first table below looks at the demand for WF skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WF 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 East Midlands 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 Workflow Foundation (WF, WWF)
Rank 84 85 82
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing WF 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.158% 0.072% 0.147%
As % of the Application Development category 0.610% 0.275% 0.627%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £355
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £16.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.55
All Application Development
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
328 364 319
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 25.99% 26.04% 23.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 191 112
Average daily rate £310 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 38
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WF
England

WF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands WF Jobs Demand Trend

WF
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands WF Daily Rate Trend

WF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands WF Hourly Rate Trend

WF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WF within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leicestershire -10 1 £350 -
WF
England

WF
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing WF 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 WF.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Workflow
1 5 (100.00%) WinForms
1 5 (100.00%) WPF
2 3 (60.00%) LINQ
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (60.00%) MVVM
2 3 (60.00%) WCF
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (40.00%) Web Development
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Silverlight

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing WF 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 WF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) WinForms
1 5 (100.00%) WPF
2 3 (60.00%) LINQ
2 3 (60.00%) WCF
3 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) XML
3 2 (40.00%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) C# Developer
2 3 (60.00%) WPF Developer
3 2 (40.00%) .NET Developer
3 2 (40.00%) C# .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Workflow
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (60.00%) MVVM
2 3 (60.00%) TDD
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Web Development
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree