The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 99 93 65
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -28
Contract jobs citing WPF 425 555 850
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.964% 2.061% 2.689%
As % of the Application Development category 6.747% 7.364% 8.787%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 457 674
Average daily rate £550 £550 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £358 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £625 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
Average hourly rate £185.00 £42.50 £65.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+335.29% -34.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6299 7537 9673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.11% 27.99% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4542 4965 6506
Average daily rate £405 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 106 137
Average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.90 £17.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WPF
England

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London WPF Jobs Demand Trend

WPF
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WPF across the London region.

London WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WPF across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London WPF Daily Rate Histogram

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London WPF Hourly Rate Trend

WPF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London -2 137 £500 -9.09%
Canary Wharf -3 17 £600 +17.07%
Hounslow -3 4 £450 -
Docklands, London -1 3 - -
Brentford - 1 £330 -
WPF
England

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WPF 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 WPF.

1 753 (96.17%) C#
2 546 (69.73%) .NET
3 340 (43.42%) WCF
4 316 (40.36%) SQL Server
5 294 (37.55%) Banking
6 282 (36.02%) SQL
7 251 (32.06%) Front Office
8 233 (29.76%) Multithreading
9 228 (29.12%) Finance
10 206 (26.31%) TDD
11 156 (19.92%) Silverlight
11 156 (19.92%) Agile Software Development
12 149 (19.03%) Investment Banking
13 141 (18.01%) Microsoft
14 130 (16.60%) Windows
15 128 (16.35%) MVVM
16 127 (16.22%) ASP.NET
17 124 (15.84%) Oracle
18 122 (15.58%) WinForms
19 119 (15.20%) Fixed Income
20 116 (14.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 108 (13.79%) .NET Framework
22 99 (12.64%) Derivative
23 95 (12.13%) OO
24 93 (11.88%) MVC
25 92 (11.75%) Scrum
26 88 (11.24%) SQL Server 2008
27 86 (10.98%) Java
28 83 (10.60%) JavaScript
29 76 (9.706%) MS Excel

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WPF 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 WPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 546 (69.73%) .NET
2 340 (43.42%) WCF
3 156 (19.92%) Silverlight
4 127 (16.22%) ASP.NET
5 122 (15.58%) WinForms
6 108 (13.79%) .NET Framework
7 65 (8.301%) XML
8 62 (7.918%) LINQ
9 49 (6.258%) Web Services
9 49 (6.258%) Ajax
10 44 (5.619%) NHibernate
11 33 (4.215%) WF
12 30 (3.831%) jQuery
13 28 (3.576%) COM
14 26 (3.321%) ASP.NET MVC
15 24 (3.065%) REST
16 23 (2.937%) Unity DI Container
17 22 (2.810%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 21 (2.682%) HTML
18 21 (2.682%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 16 (2.043%) WebSphere MQ
1 16 (2.043%) MSMQ
2 13 (1.660%) Rendezvous
3 10 (1.277%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.277%) Oracle Workflow
3 10 (1.277%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (1.149%) TIBCO EMS
5 8 (1.022%) IIS
6 6 (0.766%) Documentum
7 4 (0.511%) MQSeries
7 4 (0.511%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.383%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.255%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.255%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.255%) ESB
10 1 (0.128%) Drupal
10 1 (0.128%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.128%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.128%) Confluence
10 1 (0.128%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 76 (9.706%) MS Excel
2 13 (1.660%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.894%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.639%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.639%) MS Office
5 2 (0.255%) PowerPivot
5 2 (0.255%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.128%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.405%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.149%) SunGard Panorama
3 7 (0.894%) Adaptiv
4 5 (0.639%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.470%) HTTP
2 8 (1.022%) Internet
3 3 (0.383%) AMQP
4 2 (0.255%) RFID
4 2 (0.255%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.128%) HSPA
5 1 (0.128%) LTE
5 1 (0.128%) Firewall
5 1 (0.128%) SAN
5 1 (0.128%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 316 (40.36%) SQL Server
2 88 (11.24%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (4.215%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 32 (4.087%) SQL Server 2005
5 27 (3.448%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 25 (3.193%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 23 (2.937%) OLAP
8 21 (2.682%) RDBMS
9 20 (2.554%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 16 (2.043%) MySQL
11 15 (1.916%) SQL Server 2012
12 11 (1.405%) SQLPlus
12 11 (1.405%) TOAD
13 10 (1.277%) Oracle OLAP
14 8 (1.022%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.022%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.894%) BusinessObjects
16 5 (0.639%) QlikView
17 4 (0.511%) Crystal Reports
17 4 (0.511%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 59 (7.535%) Subversion
2 45 (5.747%) Visual Studio
3 35 (4.470%) NUnit
4 31 (3.959%) Rhino Mocks
5 30 (3.831%) Team Foundation Server
6 28 (3.576%) Expression Blend
7 19 (2.427%) MSTest
8 17 (2.171%) TeamCity
9 13 (1.660%) JIRA
9 13 (1.660%) Oracle Forms
10 11 (1.405%) MSBuild
11 7 (0.894%) Selenium
12 6 (0.766%) NMock
12 6 (0.766%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
13 5 (0.639%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.639%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.639%) Moq
14 3 (0.383%) ReSharper
14 3 (0.383%) FishEye
14 3 (0.383%) Git (software)
General
1 294 (37.55%) Banking
2 251 (32.06%) Front Office
3 228 (29.12%) Finance
4 149 (19.03%) Investment Banking
5 17 (2.171%) Retail
5 17 (2.171%) Back Office
6 8 (1.022%) Games
7 5 (0.639%) Manufacturing
7 5 (0.639%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.255%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.255%) Publishing
8 2 (0.255%) French Language
9 1 (0.128%) Marketing
9 1 (0.128%) Advertising
9 1 (0.128%) Legal
Job Titles
1 687 (87.74%) Developer
2 478 (61.05%) C# Developer
3 203 (25.93%) .NET Developer
4 176 (22.48%) WPF Developer
5 166 (21.20%) C# .NET Developer
6 131 (16.73%) Senior Developer
7 80 (10.22%) Senior C# Developer
8 52 (6.641%) Senior .NET Developer
9 44 (5.619%) Silverlight Developer
10 39 (4.981%) SQL Developer
11 36 (4.598%) Agile C# Developer
12 31 (3.959%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 29 (3.704%) Senior SQL Developer
14 25 (3.193%) UI Programmer
14 25 (3.193%) UI Developer
15 21 (2.682%) Analyst
15 21 (2.682%) Lead Developer
16 19 (2.427%) ASP.NET Developer
17 16 (2.043%) Front Office Developer
17 16 (2.043%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 119 (15.20%) Fixed Income
2 116 (14.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 99 (12.64%) Derivative
4 44 (5.619%) Hedge funds
5 40 (5.109%) Credit Risk
6 31 (3.959%) Computer Science
7 30 (3.831%) Equities
8 29 (3.704%) Inversion of Control
9 22 (2.810%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 21 (2.682%) Mathematics
10 21 (2.682%) Open Source
11 18 (2.299%) RIA
11 18 (2.299%) Market Risk
12 16 (2.043%) Grid Computing
13 11 (1.405%) Equity Derivative
13 11 (1.405%) Credit Derivative
14 10 (1.277%) Physics
15 9 (1.149%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.149%) Visualisation
16 8 (1.022%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 130 (16.60%) Windows
2 13 (1.660%) Windows 8
3 9 (1.149%) Linux
4 5 (0.639%) Windows 7
5 4 (0.511%) UNIX
5 4 (0.511%) Windows Phone
6 2 (0.255%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.255%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.128%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (29.76%) Multithreading
2 206 (26.31%) TDD
3 156 (19.92%) Agile Software Development
4 128 (16.35%) MVVM
5 95 (12.13%) OO
6 93 (11.88%) MVC
7 92 (11.75%) Scrum
8 63 (8.046%) Risk Management
9 54 (6.897%) E-Commerce
10 41 (5.236%) Continuous Integration
11 34 (4.342%) Electronic Trading
12 33 (4.215%) BDD
13 32 (4.087%) Kanban
14 29 (3.704%) Unit Testing
15 28 (3.576%) Workflow
16 24 (3.065%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (2.810%) CQRS
17 22 (2.810%) Dependency Injection
18 19 (2.427%) Asset Management
18 19 (2.427%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 753 (96.17%) C#
2 282 (36.02%) SQL
3 86 (10.98%) Java
4 83 (10.60%) JavaScript
5 63 (8.046%) C++
6 46 (5.875%) T-SQL
7 38 (4.853%) VBA
8 34 (4.342%) XAML
9 32 (4.087%) PL/SQL
10 29 (3.704%) VB
11 19 (2.427%) C
12 13 (1.660%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.766%) Python
14 5 (0.639%) VB6
14 5 (0.639%) Perl
15 3 (0.383%) F#
15 3 (0.383%) PHP
16 2 (0.255%) Scala
16 2 (0.255%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.255%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 62 (7.918%) Degree
2 6 (0.766%) Security Cleared
3 4 (0.511%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.255%) PhD
4 2 (0.255%) MCPD
5 1 (0.128%) MCTS
5 1 (0.128%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.128%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.128%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.128%) MCP
5 1 (0.128%) MCAD
5 1 (0.128%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.149%) QA
2 1 (0.128%) Basel III
System Software
1 8 (1.022%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (0.639%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 141 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 124 (15.84%) Oracle
3 32 (4.087%) TIBCO
3 32 (4.087%) Sybase
4 27 (3.448%) DevExpress
5 21 (2.682%) Syncfusion
6 16 (2.043%) Infragistics
6 16 (2.043%) Reuters
6 16 (2.043%) Bloomberg
7 15 (1.916%) Business Objects
8 13 (1.660%) Perforce
9 9 (1.149%) DataSynapse
9 9 (1.149%) SunGard
9 9 (1.149%) SAP
10 7 (0.894%) 29West
10 7 (0.894%) Fidessa
11 5 (0.639%) Adobe
12 4 (0.511%) Charles River
12 4 (0.511%) Tableau
13 2 (0.255%) Twitter
London
The successful developer will need to have reached an advanced C# level and have experience with WPF... Essential Experience: Advanced C# knowledge. Net 4.5 SQL server 2008/...
ComputAppoint
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
I currently have a fantastic opportunity for a C# RAD developer to join a top tier Investment Bank... Key Requirements:- Strong .net experience working in a RAD environment...
Real Staffing
Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
Net Developer - WPF - Investment Banking... The .Net Developer - WPF - Investment Banking will have strong experience in the following areas: *.NET 4.0 - C# *WPF * FIX *WCF *SQL Server *...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
The C# Developer will develop using the latest technologies such as WPF, WCF and SQL Server... Key Experience: Agile/Scrum/TDD C#/.NET/WPF/WCF/Visual Studio/SQL...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
C# / WPF / Contract / London / £500-£600pd A top tier investment bank is looking for a C# front to Back Developer with strong WPF/WCF experience to join their...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
They are looking for a C# Developer with strong commercial experience of WPF to join their RWA team... Key Requirements for C# Developer: Strong core C# skills Commercial...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
SKILLS REQUIRED C# .NET4.5 WPF (MVVM, PRISM) SQL server (2008/2012) The standards of the team are high and the role is highly competitive; applicants will face...
Aston Carter
Rate: £650 - £700 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Qualification and Experience 2+ years industry experience using the .Net Framework (Windows Forms, WPF). WPF is strongly preferred (E)... 2+ years industry experience of using the .Net framework...
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 3 May 2013
London, Central London, South East England
Reporting to the Lead Developer in the Front Office Trading Analytics team you will be working closely with the business to develop agile and prototype solution using the...
Elevate Platform Ltd
Rate: Negotiable on experience
Posted: 16 May 2013
East London
Senior Integration Developer (BizTalk, .Net/ C#, SQL 2008/2012, WCF & WPF, Agile) - East London... The successful candidate will need strong skills and experience with all of the following...
Ashdown IT
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The ideal C# Developer will possess the following key skills and experience: Strong C# Development skills. Experience of other development tools and languages such as ASP.Net, Javascript,...
ComputAppoint
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Our client is looking for an experienced C# developer, with extensive knowledge of SQL server specifically SSIS to join a well regarded team within the London office. You...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Server-side C#, multi-threading, WCF, messaging, SQL Server, Oracle, Risk, RWA, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, Credit... Candidates need to have an extensive background in the design and...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
C# / C++ / WCF / Contract / London / £500-£600pd My client a top tier investment bank is looking for a Serverside C# Developer with strong WCF experience to join their...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Strong C# .NET experience particularly on the UI including WPF and WCF - Prism4 and MVVM exposure - SQL Server 2005, 2008 - Excellent understanding of Object Orientated Analysis - Good understanding...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £400 to £550 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
C# Developer - C# Analyst Programmer required by an Investment Bank to work on a project to extend a Credit Risk application to increase calculation/capacity capabilities.The application...
Church International
Rate: Negotiable rates
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
A strong background in C#, WPF, WCF .Net development is mandatory and a history of working on high profile, scalable systems, ideally within in the investment banking space...
Montash
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
WPF C# Silverlight Developer. C#, Silverlight, .Net, WPF, UI, UX, Rx, FX, RFQ, E-Trading C# WPF developer part of agile team working directly in Front Office on...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £700 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
We are looking for an experienced 'front to back' C# developer, to work on this GREENFIELD project for our client based in the city of London. You will...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
C#, Multi-threading, WCF, SQL Server, Stored Procedures, WPF, Infragistics, DevExpress, Distributed Systems, Grid Computing, Risk, Fixed Income, FX... Any experience working with Infragistics, Component One, DevExpress, UML,...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Our client is looking for an experienced C# developer, with extensive knowledge of SQL server and the associated BI technologies (SSRS SSIS etc) to join a well regarded...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
HTML5, GUI, JAVA... Our client, a leading investment bank, is currently looking for an experienced lead HTML5 Developer to join their London offices on a contract basis... I...
Orgtel
Rate: £650 - £700 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of Fixed Income, Equity and/or Futures processing through investment banking experience KEY SKILLS REQUIRED oC# and .Net framework (version...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Extensive Agile experience, including TDD and BDD WPF, MVVM, C# - Exceptional academic background (Comp Sci Degree or similar) - Ideally a background from Finance or Banking industry The successful...
Stott & May
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Extensive Agile experience, including TDD and BDD *Asp.Net /C#/MVC and Javascript *WPF and Silverlight *Exceptional academic background (Comp Sci Degree or similar) *Ideally a background from...
Stott & May
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
You will have excellent knowledge of WPF development, and expeirnce of working on high performance, multithreaded applcations. MUST HAVES: WPF, threading, MVVM, PRISM, MEF, RX This role will...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £700 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
A senior C# WPF developer is required by a leading investment bank to develop and deliver a new suite of front office FX trading UIs, using the cutting...
iKas International
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
The application is developed in C#, WPF and MVVM which integrates into an F# Server, F# is not a requirement but would be nice to have... C#, WPF,...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £575pd or £100k
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
C# RAD Developer, Equities, Investment Banking, London... Development will be C# with SQL backend. Knowledge of winforms/WPF, server side C# and SQl including stored procedures is required.....
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Promote good software engineering practices (e.g. test driven development, performance in design)... Net, C#, WPF, XNA, Microsoft Xbox 360, Kinect, Surface devices HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery API'...
Salt
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
You will also be confident in tackling debugging and bug-fixing across the product as required.Qualification for UI Developer*Strong programming skills in C++, C# or Javascript*...
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Essential Skills; WPF PRISM Framework Infragistics XAML Expression Blend Strong C# - Threading, Concepts, Collections Engineering/Maths Degree (preference) This is an exciting position giving you a chance to...
Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Specifically, this is a role for a Tester, with experience testing RESTful Web APIs within an agile environment... You will be an experienced Test Engineer, with specific skills...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £325 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
C# winforms, WPF, equity risk, Investment banking, London... You will have excellent knowledge of C#3.5, winforms, SQL 2005/8 ... Agile development experience is an advantage Exposure...
Aston Carter
Rate: Excellent rates
Posted: 16 May 2013