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This section looks at the demand for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) 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 WF over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank491543
Rank change on same period last yearUp+52
Matching contract IT job ads6890
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.091 %
As % of the category below0.410 %0.414 %
Daily rates quoted2634
Average minimum daily rate£458£394
Average daily rate£482£420
% change on same period last year+14.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£506£446
UK excluding London average daily rate£302£471
% change on same period last year-35.91 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£45.00£30.00
% change on same period last year+50.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£30.00
% change on same period last year+50.00 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1659721751
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled22.12 %22.01 %
Daily rates quoted56776807
Average minimum daily rate£353£373
Average daily rate£379£400
% change on same period last year-5.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9341365
Average minimum hourly rate£30.47£31.01
Average hourly rate£32.79£33.51
% change on same period last year-2.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.10£36.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
WF UKWF
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.

WF
Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England WF Daily Rate Trend

WF
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WF across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England WF Daily Rate Histogram

WF
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

This section 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 25 July 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+4137£525+33.85 %
East of EnglandUp+610--
North WestNew entry-7£375-
YorkshireUp+166£245-
South EastUp+453--
West MidlandsUp+92--
East MidlandsUp+22£400+6.66 %
MidlandsNew entry-1--
WF UKWF
UK

WF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1174 (92.06 %).NET
2140 (74.07 %)C#
3121 (64.02 %)ASP.NET
4101 (53.44 %)WCF
599 (52.38 %)SQL Server
696 (50.79 %)WebServices
791 (48.15 %)Windows
791 (48.15 %)Workflow
882 (43.39 %)SharePoint
981 (42.86 %)Microsoft
1076 (40.21 %)XML
1166 (34.92 %)WPF
1259 (31.22 %)OO
1355 (29.10 %)SQL Server 2005
1447 (24.87 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1546 (24.34 %)HTML
1645 (23.81 %)BizTalk Server
1739 (20.63 %)UML
1838 (20.11 %)JavaScript
1838 (20.11 %)SQL
1838 (20.11 %).NET Framework
1937 (19.58 %)WinForms
2033 (17.46 %)Java
2033 (17.46 %)Unit Testing
2132 (16.93 %)SQL Server 7
2229 (15.34 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2229 (15.34 %)Spring
2328 (14.81 %)Finance
2328 (14.81 %)Oracle
2425 (13.23 %)NHibernate

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1174 (92.06 %).NET
2121 (64.02 %)ASP.NET
3101 (53.44 %)WCF
496 (50.79 %)WebServices
576 (40.21 %)XML
666 (34.92 %)WPF
746 (24.34 %)HTML
838 (20.11 %).NET Framework
937 (19.58 %)WinForms
1029 (15.34 %)Spring
1125 (13.23 %)NHibernate
1224 (12.70 %)XSD
1224 (12.70 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1322 (11.64 %)Middleware
1421 (11.11 %)iBATIS
1421 (11.11 %)XSLT
1421 (11.11 %)WSE
1517 (8.995 %)AJAX
1616 (8.466 %)EJB
1715 (7.937 %)Windows SharePoint Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
182 (43.39 %)SharePoint
247 (24.87 %)SharePoint Server 2007
345 (23.81 %)BizTalk Server
48 (4.233 %)JBoss
48 (4.233 %)Tomcat
48 (4.233 %)Office Project Server
55 (2.646 %)Oracle Workflow
64 (2.116 %)SharePoint Portal Server
64 (2.116 %)IIS
73 (1.587 %)Commerce Server 2007
73 (1.587 %)MQSeries
73 (1.587 %)Commerce Server
73 (1.587 %)Content Management Server
82 (1.058 %)ESB
91 (0.529 %)CMS
91 (0.529 %)LiveLink
91 (0.529 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (11.11 %)InfoPath
216 (8.466 %)MS Excel
310 (5.291 %)MS Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (6.878 %)Dynamics CRM
210 (5.291 %)Microsoft CRM
210 (5.291 %)Oracle EBS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (5.820 %)Internet
24 (2.116 %)Intranet
31 (0.529 %)3GPP
31 (0.529 %)TELNET
31 (0.529 %)SMPP
31 (0.529 %)VLAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
199 (52.38 %)SQL Server
255 (29.10 %)SQL Server 2005
332 (16.93 %)SQL Server 7
429 (15.34 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
519 (10.05 %)Crystal Reports
617 (8.995 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (2.646 %)EDRMS
84 (2.116 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92 (1.058 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
92 (1.058 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
92 (1.058 %)DTS
101 (0.529 %)RDBMS
101 (0.529 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.529 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.529 %)Datawarehouse
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (10.05 %)ReSharper
119 (10.05 %)Selenium
119 (10.05 %)FitNesse
215 (7.937 %)Visual Studio
311 (5.820 %)NUnit
410 (5.291 %)MSI
59 (4.762 %)InstallShield
68 (4.233 %)Oracle Forms
73 (1.587 %)VSS/SourceSafe
73 (1.587 %)JIRA
82 (1.058 %)Subversion
91 (0.529 %)Flash
91 (0.529 %)Visual Studio Team System
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (14.81 %)Finance
215 (7.937 %)Banking
313 (6.878 %)Government
412 (6.349 %)Construction
59 (4.762 %)Investment Banking
68 (4.233 %)Local Government
73 (1.587 %)Telecoms
81 (0.529 %)Auditing
81 (0.529 %)Online Games
81 (0.529 %)Insurance
81 (0.529 %)Games
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1137 (72.49 %)Developer
265 (34.39 %).NET Developer
335 (18.52 %)C# Developer
431 (16.40 %)Architect
521 (11.11 %)Senior Developer
619 (10.05 %)SharePoint Developer
714 (7.407 %)Consultant
812 (6.349 %)Solutions Architect
910 (5.291 %)Lead Developer
910 (5.291 %)Systems Architect
109 (4.762 %)Senior .NET Developer
118 (4.233 %)Applications Packager
127 (3.704 %)Java Developer
127 (3.704 %)ASP.NET Developer
136 (3.175 %)Installations Engineer
136 (3.175 %)BizTalk Developer
136 (3.175 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
145 (2.646 %)Senior C# Developer
145 (2.646 %)Technical Architect
154 (2.116 %)Applications Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (11.11 %)Credit Risk
220 (10.58 %)Fat Client
220 (10.58 %)Thin Client
310 (5.291 %)N-Tier
41 (0.529 %)iDTV
41 (0.529 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41 (0.529 %)Wiki
41 (0.529 %)Java Card
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
191 (48.15 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
191 (48.15 %)Workflow
259 (31.22 %)OO
339 (20.63 %)UML
433 (17.46 %)Unit Testing
524 (12.70 %)Continuous Integration
621 (11.11 %)Load Testing
621 (11.11 %)Refactoring
621 (11.11 %)Automated Testing
717 (8.995 %)SOA
815 (7.937 %)Content Management
914 (7.407 %)CRM
1010 (5.291 %)OOD
118 (4.233 %)TDD
127 (3.704 %)Agile Software Development
135 (2.646 %)EAI
135 (2.646 %)Configuration Management
135 (2.646 %)Integration Testing
144 (2.116 %)Web Development
144 (2.116 %)Data Modelling
153 (1.587 %)Risk Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1140 (74.07 %)C#
238 (20.11 %)JavaScript
238 (20.11 %)SQL
333 (17.46 %)Java
49 (4.762 %)DHTML
58 (4.233 %)C++
58 (4.233 %)PowerShell
64 (2.116 %)VB
73 (1.587 %)VB6
82 (1.058 %)XAML
82 (1.058 %)VB.NET
82 (1.058 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.529 %)VBScript
91 (0.529 %)Perl
91 (0.529 %)ActionScript
91 (0.529 %)Python
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (2.646 %)Sun Certification
21 (0.529 %)Degree
21 (0.529 %)Microsoft Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.116 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (5.820 %)Active Directory
24 (2.116 %)MSMQ
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (42.86 %)Microsoft
228 (14.81 %)Oracle
37 (3.704 %)Sybase
41 (0.529 %)Business Objects
41 (0.529 %)Progress
41 (0.529 %)Lotus
41 (0.529 %)Kofax
41 (0.529 %)Open Text
41 (0.529 %)Pegasystems
41 (0.529 %)Atlassian
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