The first table below looks at the demand for WF skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WF over the 3 months to 24 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 England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF, WWF)
Rank 426 525 470
Rank change year-on-year
+99 -55
Contract jobs citing WF 87 34 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.209% 0.064% 0.180%
As % of the Application Development category 0.767% 0.244% 0.637%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 14 53
Average daily rate £425 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £316 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £478 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £355
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £16.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.55
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11342 13944 15844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.28% 26.14% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7269 8358 9412
Average daily rate £375 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 366 550
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WF
UK

WF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England WF Daily Rate Trend

WF
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WF across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England WF Daily Rate Histogram

WF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +78 53 £475 +31.03%
South East +31 25 £400 +18.51%
South West +32 5 £458 +40.92%
East Midlands -2 2 £350 -
East of England - 2 £308 -
WF
UK

WF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 145 (83.33%) .NET
2 137 (78.74%) WCF
3 134 (77.01%) C#
4 96 (55.17%) Windows
5 86 (49.43%) ASP.NET
6 83 (47.70%) Workflow
7 75 (43.10%) Microsoft
7 75 (43.10%) XML
8 65 (37.36%) SQL
9 61 (35.06%) SQL Server
10 58 (33.33%) Visual Studio
11 50 (28.74%) MVC
12 48 (27.59%) XSLT
13 47 (27.01%) SharePoint
13 47 (27.01%) Finance
14 45 (25.86%) Scrum
14 45 (25.86%) Agile Software Development
15 44 (25.29%) WPF
16 41 (23.56%) TDD
16 41 (23.56%) CSS
17 37 (21.26%) jQuery
18 35 (20.11%) JavaScript
19 34 (19.54%) MS Office
20 31 (17.82%) Team Foundation Server
21 29 (16.67%) HTML
22 27 (15.52%) LINQ
22 27 (15.52%) .NET Framework
23 26 (14.94%) SQL Server 2008
24 25 (14.37%) VB.NET
24 25 (14.37%) BizTalk Server

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 145 (83.33%) .NET
2 137 (78.74%) WCF
3 86 (49.43%) ASP.NET
4 75 (43.10%) XML
5 48 (27.59%) XSLT
6 44 (25.29%) WPF
7 41 (23.56%) CSS
8 37 (21.26%) jQuery
9 29 (16.67%) HTML
10 27 (15.52%) LINQ
10 27 (15.52%) .NET Framework
11 24 (13.79%) Web Services
12 18 (10.34%) ASP.NET MVC
13 16 (9.195%) NHibernate
13 16 (9.195%) AppFabric
14 15 (8.621%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 15 (8.621%) Ajax
15 11 (6.322%) WinForms
16 10 (5.747%) ADO.NET
17 9 (5.172%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 47 (27.01%) SharePoint
2 25 (14.37%) BizTalk Server
3 24 (13.79%) Windows Azure
4 21 (12.07%) SharePoint 2010
5 9 (5.172%) IIS
6 8 (4.598%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (2.299%) ESB
7 4 (2.299%) CMS
8 3 (1.724%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (1.149%) Rendezvous
9 2 (1.149%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.575%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.575%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.575%) Amazon AWS
10 1 (0.575%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.575%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.575%) MSMQ
10 1 (0.575%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 34 (19.54%) MS Office
2 15 (8.621%) InfoPath
3 12 (6.897%) MS Excel
4 5 (2.874%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.299%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 22 (12.64%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.747%) Extranet
2 4 (2.299%) HTTP
3 2 (1.149%) Intranet
4 1 (0.575%) Network Security
4 1 (0.575%) Firewall
4 1 (0.575%) Internet
4 1 (0.575%) LDAP
4 1 (0.575%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (35.06%) SQL Server
2 26 (14.94%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (9.195%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (4.598%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (4.598%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.724%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (1.724%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.149%) OLAP
6 2 (1.149%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.149%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.575%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.575%) Siebel EIM
7 1 (0.575%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.575%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.575%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.575%) DB2
7 1 (0.575%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 58 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 31 (17.82%) Team Foundation Server
3 15 (8.621%) NUnit
4 11 (6.322%) MSTest
4 11 (6.322%) Rhino Mocks
5 8 (4.598%) MSBuild
6 7 (4.023%) CruiseControl
7 6 (3.448%) WiX
7 6 (3.448%) MSI
8 5 (2.874%) InstallShield
9 4 (2.299%) Subversion
10 1 (0.575%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.575%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.575%) JMeter
10 1 (0.575%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.575%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.575%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 47 (27.01%) Finance
2 17 (9.770%) Banking
3 11 (6.322%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.299%) Front Office
4 4 (2.299%) Back Office
5 3 (1.724%) Marketing
6 1 (0.575%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.575%) Retail
6 1 (0.575%) Billing
6 1 (0.575%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 139 (79.89%) Developer
2 47 (27.01%) C# Developer
3 44 (25.29%) .NET Developer
4 17 (9.770%) SharePoint Developer
5 13 (7.471%) C# .NET Developer
5 13 (7.471%) VB.NET Developer
5 13 (7.471%) Senior Developer
6 12 (6.897%) Architect
7 11 (6.322%) Consultant
8 10 (5.747%) Web Developer
8 10 (5.747%) BizTalk Developer
9 8 (4.598%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (4.598%) Applications Developer
9 8 (4.598%) Analyst
10 7 (4.023%) .NET Web Developer
11 6 (3.448%) C# Application Developer
11 6 (3.448%) ASP.NET Developer
11 6 (3.448%) BizTalk Consultant
12 5 (2.874%) Release Engineer
12 5 (2.874%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.172%) Social Media
2 8 (4.598%) Hedge funds
2 8 (4.598%) Computer Science
2 8 (4.598%) Web 2.0
3 5 (2.874%) N-Tier
4 3 (1.724%) Derivative
5 2 (1.149%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.149%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.149%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.575%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.575%) Open Source
6 1 (0.575%) HACMP
6 1 (0.575%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 96 (55.17%) Windows
2 10 (5.747%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (2.299%) Linux
4 3 (1.724%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.149%) UNIX
5 2 (1.149%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.149%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.575%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.575%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.575%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (47.70%) Workflow
2 50 (28.74%) MVC
3 45 (25.86%) Scrum
3 45 (25.86%) Agile Software Development
4 41 (23.56%) TDD
5 22 (12.64%) CRM
5 22 (12.64%) SOA
6 18 (10.34%) MVVM
7 15 (8.621%) OO
8 14 (8.046%) Web Development
8 14 (8.046%) CQRS
9 13 (7.471%) OOP
10 11 (6.322%) Continuous Integration
11 10 (5.747%) UML
12 9 (5.172%) Multithreading
12 9 (5.172%) ITIL
13 8 (4.598%) Code Coverage
13 8 (4.598%) User Acceptance Testing
13 8 (4.598%) Release Management
13 8 (4.598%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 134 (77.01%) C#
2 65 (37.36%) SQL
3 35 (20.11%) JavaScript
4 25 (14.37%) VB.NET
5 16 (9.195%) T-SQL
6 11 (6.322%) F#
7 9 (5.172%) VB6
7 9 (5.172%) VB
8 5 (2.874%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.874%) C++
8 5 (2.874%) Perl
9 3 (1.724%) XAML
9 3 (1.724%) C
9 3 (1.724%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.724%) Java
9 3 (1.724%) VBScript
10 2 (1.149%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.575%) Ruby
11 1 (0.575%) Korn
11 1 (0.575%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (8.046%) Security Cleared
1 14 (8.046%) SC Cleared
2 12 (6.897%) Degree
3 3 (1.724%) ISEB Practitioner
3 3 (1.724%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (1.724%) ISEB
3 3 (1.724%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.724%) MCSD
4 1 (0.575%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.575%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.023%) QA
2 3 (1.724%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.724%) COBIT
2 3 (1.724%) Dublin Core
2 3 (1.724%) TickIT
2 3 (1.724%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (0.575%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.575%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.448%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.575%) Puppet
Vendors
1 75 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.598%) Oracle
3 7 (4.023%) TIBCO
4 5 (2.874%) Telerik
5 2 (1.149%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.149%) Infragistics
5 2 (1.149%) Ektron
6 1 (0.575%) VMware
6 1 (0.575%) KANA
6 1 (0.575%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.575%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.575%) Adobe
6 1 (0.575%) Siebel
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