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This section looks at the demand for Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) skills within the Leeds 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank75-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.404 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£237-
Average daily rate£245-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£253-
UK excluding London average daily rate£273£436
% change on same period last year-37.33 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£30.33
% change on same period last year+48.35 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads356365
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.475 %0.364 %
Daily rates quoted6356
Average minimum daily rate£274£319
Average daily rate£297£346
% change on same period last year-14.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted2639
Average minimum hourly rate£29.26£27.84
Average hourly rate£32.60£29.03
% change on same period last year+12.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.95£30.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
WF West YorkshireWF
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds WF Hourly Rate Trend

WF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

17 (100.00 %).NET
26 (85.71 %)C#
26 (85.71 %)WCF
35 (71.43 %)SQL Server
35 (71.43 %)WebServices
44 (57.14 %)Windows
44 (57.14 %)Workflow
44 (57.14 %).NET Framework
53 (42.86 %)VB
53 (42.86 %)WinForms
53 (42.86 %)Agile Software Development
53 (42.86 %)NUnit
53 (42.86 %)VB6
53 (42.86 %)XML
53 (42.86 %)ASP.NET
62 (28.57 %)SQL
62 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (14.29 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (14.29 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
71 (14.29 %)Finance
71 (14.29 %)Migration
71 (14.29 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
71 (14.29 %)AJAX
71 (14.29 %)InfoPath
71 (14.29 %)WPF
71 (14.29 %)Silverlight
71 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
71 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
71 (14.29 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (14.29 %)ASP.NET 2.0

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %).NET
26 (85.71 %)WCF
35 (71.43 %)WebServices
44 (57.14 %).NET Framework
53 (42.86 %)ASP.NET
53 (42.86 %)XML
53 (42.86 %)WinForms
61 (14.29 %)AJAX
61 (14.29 %)CSS
61 (14.29 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
61 (14.29 %)WPF
61 (14.29 %)Silverlight
61 (14.29 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (14.29 %)HTML
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)SharePoint
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)InfoPath
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (71.43 %)SQL Server
22 (28.57 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (14.29 %)Datawarehouse
31 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (42.86 %)NUnit
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Finance
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %).NET Developer
32 (28.57 %)C# Developer
41 (14.29 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (14.29 %)Applications Developer
41 (14.29 %)Lead Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (57.14 %)Windows
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)Workflow
23 (42.86 %)Agile Software Development
31 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
31 (14.29 %)Integration Testing
31 (14.29 %)Migration
31 (14.29 %)SOA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (85.71 %)C#
23 (42.86 %)VB
23 (42.86 %)VB6
32 (28.57 %)SQL
41 (14.29 %)Transact-SQL
41 (14.29 %)JavaScript
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Oracle