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The table below looks at the demand for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WF over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank124158
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching contract IT job ads102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.138 %0.143 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£515
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£279£409
% change on same period last year-31.77 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£30.50
% change on same period last year+47.54 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads8791400
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.188 %1.381 %
Daily rates quoted305396
Average minimum daily rate£342£335
Average daily rate£366£355
% change on same period last year+2.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted68180
Average minimum hourly rate£28.81£30.17
Average hourly rate£30.85£31.24
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.90£32.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
WF EnglandWF
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.

WF
Demand Trend

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

East of England WF Demand Trend

WF
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England WF Daily 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 of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
CambridgeshireNew entry-6--
BedfordshireNew entry-3--
HertfordshireNew entry-1--
WF EnglandWF
England

WF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

113 (86.67 %)Microsoft
212 (80.00 %)WebServices
212 (80.00 %)XML
212 (80.00 %)WCF
311 (73.33 %).NET
410 (66.67 %)MSI
410 (66.67 %)InstallShield
410 (66.67 %)Workflow
59 (60.00 %)SQL
59 (60.00 %)PowerShell
68 (53.33 %)SQL Server
68 (53.33 %)XSD
68 (53.33 %)Windows
68 (53.33 %)ASP.NET
68 (53.33 %)COM+
76 (40.00 %)SharePoint
84 (26.67 %)Continuous Integration
92 (13.33 %)Configuration Management
92 (13.33 %)XML Schema
101 (6.667 %)Telecoms
101 (6.667 %)WPF
101 (6.667 %)Java Card
101 (6.667 %)TELNET
101 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
101 (6.667 %)SMPP
101 (6.667 %).NET Remoting
101 (6.667 %)Java ME
101 (6.667 %)WinForms
101 (6.667 %)3GPP
101 (6.667 %)MSMQ

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (80.00 %)WebServices
112 (80.00 %)XML
112 (80.00 %)WCF
211 (73.33 %).NET
38 (53.33 %)ASP.NET
38 (53.33 %)COM+
38 (53.33 %)XSD
42 (13.33 %)XML Schema
51 (6.667 %)WinForms
51 (6.667 %).NET Remoting
51 (6.667 %)Java ME
51 (6.667 %)WPF
51 (6.667 %)J2ME
51 (6.667 %)ADO.NET
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (40.00 %)SharePoint
21 (6.667 %)IIS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)3GPP
11 (6.667 %)TELNET
11 (6.667 %)SMPP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (53.33 %)SQL Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (66.67 %)MSI
110 (66.67 %)InstallShield
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Telecoms
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Applications Packager
17 (46.67 %)Installations Engineer
23 (20.00 %)Developer
31 (6.667 %)Consultant
31 (6.667 %).NET Developer
31 (6.667 %)C# Developer
31 (6.667 %)Deployment Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Microsoft Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Microsoft Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Java Card
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (53.33 %)Windows
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (66.67 %)Workflow
24 (26.67 %)Continuous Integration
32 (13.33 %)Configuration Management
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (60.00 %)SQL
19 (60.00 %)PowerShell
21 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
21 (6.667 %)C#
21 (6.667 %)Java
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)MSMQ
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (86.67 %)Microsoft