The first table below looks at the demand for WF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WF over the 3 months to 21 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 Hampshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF, WWF)
Rank 93 - 95
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WF 12 0 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.768% - 0.603%
As % of the Application Development category 2.586% - 2.161%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 5
Average daily rate £369 - £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 - £373
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 - £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £360
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.55
All Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
464 437 509
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.71% 27.45% 27.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 190 207
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £471 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 50 71
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £19.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WF
South East

WF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Basingstoke - 2 - -
Farnborough - 2 £338 -
Southampton - 1 £400 -
Winchester - 1 £303 -
WF
South East

WF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 13 (92.86%) .NET
2 12 (85.71%) C#
3 10 (71.43%) Windows
4 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
5 8 (57.14%) Workflow
5 8 (57.14%) SQL
5 8 (57.14%) WCF
5 8 (57.14%) Windows Azure
6 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
7 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
7 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (28.57%) Use Case
8 4 (28.57%) Requirements Management
8 4 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (28.57%) Waterfall
8 4 (28.57%) AppFabric
8 4 (28.57%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (28.57%) MS Visio
8 4 (28.57%) MS Project
8 4 (28.57%) MS Office
8 4 (28.57%) Business Analysis
8 4 (28.57%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
9 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
9 3 (21.43%) CSS
9 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
9 3 (21.43%) XML
9 3 (21.43%) .NET Framework
9 3 (21.43%) jQuery
10 2 (14.29%) QA

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 13 (92.86%) .NET
2 8 (57.14%) WCF
3 4 (28.57%) AppFabric
4 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET
4 3 (21.43%) CSS
4 3 (21.43%) XML
4 3 (21.43%) .NET Framework
4 3 (21.43%) jQuery
5 2 (14.29%) XHTML
5 2 (14.29%) HTML
6 1 (7.143%) WinForms
6 1 (7.143%) Ajax
6 1 (7.143%) Middleware
6 1 (7.143%) XSL
6 1 (7.143%) XSLT
6 1 (7.143%) DHTML
6 1 (7.143%) SOAP
6 1 (7.143%) Web Services
6 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET
6 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) Windows Azure
2 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
3 4 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (28.57%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (28.57%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (7.143%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Visio
1 4 (28.57%) MS Project
1 4 (28.57%) MS Office
2 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 2 (14.29%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Intranet
1 1 (7.143%) Internet
1 1 (7.143%) Extranet
1 1 (7.143%) Firewall
1 1 (7.143%) LDAP
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
1 1 (7.143%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (7.143%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.143%) TestDirector
2 1 (7.143%) LoadRunner
2 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (7.143%) Billing
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) SharePoint Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) HACMP
1 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.143%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Workflow
2 4 (28.57%) Use Case
2 4 (28.57%) Requirements Management
2 4 (28.57%) Waterfall
2 4 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.143%) Zachman Framework
4 1 (7.143%) TOGAF
4 1 (7.143%) Validation
4 1 (7.143%) MVC
4 1 (7.143%) OOD
4 1 (7.143%) UML
4 1 (7.143%) Software Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.143%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (85.71%) C#
2 8 (57.14%) SQL
3 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.143%) Korn
4 1 (7.143%) Perl
4 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) KANA
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle