WCF Contracts in England

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WCF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WCF over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 588 651
Rank change year-on-year +114 +63 -111
Contract jobs citing WCF 61 75 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.82% 0.64% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 66 94
10th Percentile £363 £359 £413
25th Percentile £400 £406 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £533 £655
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% -18.70% +11.49%
75th Percentile £625 £741 £800
90th Percentile £650 £800 -
UK median daily rate £575 £511 £644
% change year-on-year +12.47% -20.58% +11.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.75
Median hourly rate - - £48.50
75th Percentile - - £49.38
90th Percentile - - £49.45
UK median hourly rate - - £48.50
% change year-on-year - - +38.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

WCF is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,454 11,713 19,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.17% 23.17% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,302 8,672 14,430
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £798 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 138 214
10th Percentile £21.63 £28.73 £21.30
25th Percentile £40.31 £48.88 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

WCF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WCF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WCF in England

WCF
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WCF in England.

Daily rate trend for WCF in England

WCF
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WCF in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WCF in England

WCF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WCF in England.

Hourly rate trend for WCF in England

WCF
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +103 52 £600 -9.43% 6
South East +21 4 £400 -3.03% 2
Midlands +18 2 £381 +8.93% 3
East of England +17 2 £350 -
North of England +31 1 - - 6
East Midlands +13 1 £388 +9.93%
West Midlands - 1 £375 - 3
North East - 1 - - 1
WCF
UK

WCF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (13.11%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.75%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.28%) GitHub
6 1 (1.64%) PaaS
6 1 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.11%) Internet
2 1 (1.64%) CTI
2 1 (1.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (55.74%) SQL Server
2 14 (22.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (16.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (13.11%) Oracle Database
5 7 (11.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 24 (39.34%) TeamCity
2 7 (11.48%) NUnit
3 6 (9.84%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (6.56%) Selenium
5 2 (3.28%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.64%) Git
6 1 (1.64%) InstallShield
6 1 (1.64%) SpecFlow
General
1 13 (21.31%) Banking
2 12 (19.67%) Finance
3 8 (13.11%) Social Skills
4 7 (11.48%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.28%) Back Office
5 2 (3.28%) Front Office
6 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (60.66%) Developer
2 23 (37.70%) C# Developer
3 19 (31.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 12 (19.67%) .NET Developer
5 11 (18.03%) C# WCF Developer
5 11 (18.03%) WCF Developer
5 11 (18.03%) WPF Developer
6 10 (16.39%) Senior
7 9 (14.75%) C# WPF Developer
8 5 (8.20%) Architect
8 5 (8.20%) Senior Developer
8 5 (8.20%) Senior DevOps
8 5 (8.20%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 4 (6.56%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 4 (6.56%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
9 4 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (4.92%) Senior .NET Developer
10 3 (4.92%) Senior C# Developer
10 3 (4.92%) SSIS Developer
10 3 (4.92%) SSRS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (95.08%) .NET
2 29 (47.54%) .NET Framework
3 27 (44.26%) WinForms
4 16 (26.23%) Entity Framework
5 15 (24.59%) WPF
6 11 (18.03%) ASP.NET
7 9 (14.75%) AngularJS
7 9 (14.75%) ASP.NET Web API
8 8 (13.11%) JSON
9 7 (11.48%) .NET Core
9 7 (11.48%) jQuery
9 7 (11.48%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
10 5 (8.20%) Web Services
11 4 (6.56%) XML
12 3 (4.92%) Blazor
12 3 (4.92%) KnockoutJS
13 2 (3.28%) ASP.NET MVC
13 2 (3.28%) ASP.NET Web Forms
13 2 (3.28%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.28%) Fixed Income
1 2 (3.28%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 15 (24.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (47.54%) DevOps
2 23 (37.70%) Migration
2 23 (37.70%) MVC
3 13 (21.31%) Unit Testing
4 9 (14.75%) SDLC
5 8 (13.11%) Data Analysis
5 8 (13.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (11.48%) Configuration Management
6 7 (11.48%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (9.84%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (8.20%) Agile
8 5 (8.20%) CRM
8 5 (8.20%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (8.20%) Data Integration
8 5 (8.20%) Data Migration
8 5 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (6.56%) Line Management
10 3 (4.92%) Customer Service
10 3 (4.92%) Front End Development
10 3 (4.92%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 57 (93.44%) C#
2 46 (75.41%) SQL
3 16 (26.23%) JavaScript
4 14 (22.95%) PL/SQL
5 13 (21.31%) T-SQL
6 11 (18.03%) PowerShell
7 8 (13.11%) VB
7 8 (13.11%) VBA
8 2 (3.28%) C++
8 2 (3.28%) Java
9 1 (1.64%) Bicep
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.03%) QA
System Software
1 7 (11.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (26.23%) Oracle
2 11 (18.03%) Microsoft
3 8 (13.11%) Citrix
4 2 (3.28%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.28%) SAP