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The table below looks at the demand for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) skills within the 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 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
Rank283582
Rank change on same period last yearUp+299
Matching contract IT job ads31459
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.439 %0.059 %
As % of the category below2.020 %0.257 %
Daily rates quoted1328
Average minimum daily rate£346£351
Average daily rate£364£379
% change on same period last year-3.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£406
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£344
% change on same period last year+1.78 %
Hourly rates quoted105
Average minimum hourly rate£31.82£47.60
Average hourly rate£35.50£48.20
% change on same period last year-26.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.18£48.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.05£37.00
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1554822977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.72 %23.08 %
Daily rates quoted52727160
Average minimum daily rate£350£362
Average daily rate£376£386
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted9371429
Average minimum hourly rate£29.52£30.19
Average hourly rate£31.65£32.42
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.78£34.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
WCF UKWCF
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England 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 England region.

England WCF Daily Rate Trend

WCF
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WCF across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England WCF Daily Rate Histogram

WCF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WCF Hourly Rate Trend

WCF
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WCF across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England WCF Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England 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
LondonUp+189162£371-4.07 %
South EastUp+9762£364+12.14 %
YorkshireUp+4129£249-
West MidlandsUp+3018£400-
East of EnglandUp+3414£326-
South WestUp+2612£409-
North WestNew entry-10--
East MidlandsUp+177--
MidlandsNew entry-2--
WCF UKWCF
UK

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1531 (95.50 %).NET
2454 (81.65 %)C#
3334 (60.07 %)ASP.NET
4260 (46.76 %)SQL Server
5175 (31.47 %)WebServices
6154 (27.70 %)SQL
7153 (27.52 %)WPF
8146 (26.26 %)Windows
9126 (22.66 %)XML
9126 (22.66 %)Microsoft
10122 (21.94 %)SQL Server 2005
11110 (19.78 %)JavaScript
12107 (19.24 %)OO
12107 (19.24 %)Agile Software Development
1393 (16.73 %)AJAX
1492 (16.55 %)WinForms
1582 (14.75 %)WF
1680 (14.39 %)TDD
1779 (14.21 %).NET Framework
1878 (14.03 %)CSS
1977 (13.85 %)Finance
2075 (13.49 %)HTML
2163 (11.33 %)UML
2262 (11.15 %)BizTalk Server
2361 (10.97 %)Visual Studio
2361 (10.97 %)NUnit
2451 (9.173 %)VB.NET
2548 (8.633 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2644 (7.914 %)Oracle
2742 (7.554 %)SharePoint

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1531 (95.50 %).NET
2334 (60.07 %)ASP.NET
3175 (31.47 %)WebServices
4153 (27.52 %)WPF
5126 (22.66 %)XML
693 (16.73 %)AJAX
792 (16.55 %)WinForms
882 (14.75 %)WF
979 (14.21 %).NET Framework
1078 (14.03 %)CSS
1175 (13.49 %)HTML
1248 (8.633 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1340 (7.194 %)Silverlight
1436 (6.475 %)LINQ
1436 (6.475 %)XSLT
1534 (6.115 %)NHibernate
1628 (5.036 %)XHTML
1628 (5.036 %)ASP
1628 (5.036 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
1727 (4.856 %)ADO.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
162 (11.15 %)BizTalk Server
242 (7.554 %)SharePoint
322 (3.957 %)SharePoint Server 2007
420 (3.597 %)IIS
59 (1.619 %)CMS
68 (1.439 %)MQSeries
68 (1.439 %)ESB
75 (0.899 %)WebLogic
84 (0.719 %)Lotus Notes
84 (0.719 %)Commerce Server
84 (0.719 %)Oracle Application Server
84 (0.719 %)WebLogic Portal
93 (0.540 %)TIBCO EMS
93 (0.540 %)Commerce Server 2007
102 (0.360 %)WebSphere Message Broker
102 (0.360 %)Content Management Server
102 (0.360 %)MS Exchange
111 (0.180 %)Lotus Domino
111 (0.180 %)Immediacy CMS
111 (0.180 %)SharePoint Portal Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (2.338 %)MS Excel
27 (1.259 %)InfoPath
35 (0.899 %)MS Project
42 (0.360 %)MS Office
42 (0.360 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.180 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (1.799 %)Dynamics CRM
29 (1.619 %)Microsoft CRM
36 (1.079 %)Oracle EBS
42 (0.360 %)Summit
51 (0.180 %)Dynamics NAV
51 (0.180 %)Navision
51 (0.180 %)Line 50
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (4.676 %)Internet
28 (1.439 %)HTTP
37 (1.259 %)WAN
45 (0.899 %)Intranet
45 (0.899 %)LAN
45 (0.899 %)3GPP
54 (0.719 %)TELNET
63 (0.540 %)Kerberos
63 (0.540 %)TCP/IP
72 (0.360 %)SSL
72 (0.360 %)CTI
72 (0.360 %)X.509
72 (0.360 %)Firewall
72 (0.360 %)TETRA
81 (0.180 %)Network Security
81 (0.180 %)SMPP
81 (0.180 %)Extranet
81 (0.180 %)VoIP
81 (0.180 %)SMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1260 (46.76 %)SQL Server
2122 (21.94 %)SQL Server 2005
333 (5.935 %)SQL Server 2000
425 (4.496 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
515 (2.698 %)SQL Server Integration Services
610 (1.799 %)BusinessObjects
79 (1.619 %)Crystal Reports
87 (1.259 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
96 (1.079 %)SQL Server 2008
103 (0.540 %)ETL
112 (0.360 %)RDBMS
121 (0.180 %)Oracle 10g
121 (0.180 %)DTS
121 (0.180 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
161 (10.97 %)Visual Studio
161 (10.97 %)NUnit
210 (1.799 %)Subversion
210 (1.799 %)ReSharper
210 (1.799 %)VSS/SourceSafe
39 (1.619 %)Selenium
39 (1.619 %)FitNesse
48 (1.439 %)MSI
48 (1.439 %)InstallShield
55 (0.899 %)Flash
62 (0.360 %)WinRunner
62 (0.360 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (0.360 %)Visual Studio Team System
71 (0.180 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.180 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.180 %)WebSpeed
71 (0.180 %)Bugzilla
71 (0.180 %)Log4Net
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
177 (13.85 %)Finance
237 (6.655 %)Banking
321 (3.777 %)Back Office
420 (3.597 %)Investment Banking
519 (3.417 %)Front Office
612 (2.158 %)Financial Institution
612 (2.158 %)Marketing
79 (1.619 %)Games
88 (1.439 %)Retail
97 (1.259 %)Music
106 (1.079 %)Insurance
106 (1.079 %)Telecoms
115 (0.899 %)Government
115 (0.899 %)Music Industry
115 (0.899 %)Online Games
124 (0.719 %)Local Government
133 (0.540 %)Graphic Design
133 (0.540 %)Pharmaceutical
133 (0.540 %)Construction
142 (0.360 %)Health
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1449 (80.76 %)Developer
2304 (54.68 %).NET Developer
3213 (38.31 %)C# Developer
492 (16.55 %)ASP.NET Developer
564 (11.51 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
646 (8.273 %)Senior Developer
739 (7.014 %)Architect
830 (5.396 %)Senior .NET Developer
924 (4.317 %)WinForms Developer
1023 (4.137 %)VB.NET Developer
1122 (3.957 %)BizTalk Developer
1221 (3.777 %).NET Architect
1318 (3.237 %)SQL Developer
1413 (2.338 %)Analyst
1511 (1.978 %)Technical Architect
1610 (1.799 %)Web Developer
1610 (1.799 %)Software Developer
1610 (1.799 %)Solutions Architect
1610 (1.799 %)SQL Server Developer
179 (1.619 %).NET Web Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
141 (7.374 %)N-Tier
217 (3.058 %)Derivative
313 (2.338 %)Client/Server
411 (1.978 %)Multithreading
58 (1.439 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
58 (1.439 %)Replication
58 (1.439 %)Fixed Income
58 (1.439 %)Spread Betting
67 (1.259 %)Clustering
76 (1.079 %)Interest Rate Derivative
85 (0.899 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.899 %)Java Card
94 (0.719 %)Social Network
94 (0.719 %)Data Extraction
94 (0.719 %)Computer Science
94 (0.719 %)Equities
94 (0.719 %)Cryptography
102 (0.360 %)Credit Derivative
102 (0.360 %)Mathematics
111 (0.180 %)Life Science
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1146 (26.26 %)Windows
24 (0.719 %)Linux
33 (0.540 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (0.360 %)Ubuntu
42 (0.360 %)Windows XP
42 (0.360 %)Windows Vista
42 (0.360 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (0.180 %)Windows Mobile
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1107 (19.24 %)OO
1107 (19.24 %)Agile Software Development
280 (14.39 %)TDD
363 (11.33 %)UML
441 (7.374 %)SOA
538 (6.835 %)Scrum
632 (5.755 %)Workflow
632 (5.755 %)Unit Testing
727 (4.856 %)E-Commerce
824 (4.317 %)OOP
824 (4.317 %)Refactoring
923 (4.137 %)CRM
923 (4.137 %)OOD
1020 (3.597 %)Continuous Integration
1114 (2.518 %)B2B
1114 (2.518 %)Web Development
1213 (2.338 %)Automated Testing
1312 (2.158 %)Load Testing
1411 (1.978 %)Content Management
1411 (1.978 %)Extreme Programming
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1454 (81.65 %)C#
2154 (27.70 %)SQL
3110 (19.78 %)JavaScript
451 (9.173 %)VB.NET
532 (5.755 %)Transact-SQL
622 (3.957 %)VB
719 (3.417 %)Java
719 (3.417 %)C++
818 (3.237 %)VB6
917 (3.058 %)DHTML
1013 (2.338 %)XPath
1110 (1.799 %)PowerShell
127 (1.259 %)XAML
134 (0.719 %)C
143 (0.540 %)PL/SQL
143 (0.540 %)Perl
143 (0.540 %)Python
152 (0.360 %)VBA
152 (0.360 %)PHP
161 (0.180 %)Delphi
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (1.799 %)Degree
28 (1.439 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (0.540 %)MCP
33 (0.540 %)MCAD
33 (0.540 %)MCSD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (2.878 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
122 (3.957 %)MSMQ
22 (0.360 %)Active Directory
22 (0.360 %)VMware ESX
22 (0.360 %)MailMarshal
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.719 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1126 (22.66 %)Microsoft
244 (7.914 %)Oracle
313 (2.338 %)TIBCO
410 (1.799 %)Business Objects
57 (1.259 %)Adobe
64 (0.719 %)Lotus
64 (0.719 %)Sybase
72 (0.360 %)Siebel
72 (0.360 %)HP
72 (0.360 %)CheckPoint
81 (0.180 %)VMware
81 (0.180 %)ComponentOne
81 (0.180 %)Borland
81 (0.180 %)Sage