WCF Contracts in Merseyside
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCF 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 Merseyside 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 Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 25 29 24
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -5
Contract jobs citing WCF 6 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.970% 2.299% 2.823%
As % of the Application Development category 10.34% 8.000% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £300 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
Search 22 WCF jobs in Merseyside
All Application Development
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 58 75 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 28.71% 28.74% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 37 17
Average daily rate £300 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 2
Average hourly rate £14.79 £21.86 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% +61.92%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WCF
North West

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside WCF Jobs Demand Trend

WCF
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside WCF Daily Rate Trend

WCF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside WCF Hourly Rate Trend

WCF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool +7 3 - -
WCF
North West

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing WCF 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 WCF.

1 17 (100.00%) .NET
2 15 (88.24%) C#
3 14 (82.35%) SQL Server
3 14 (82.35%) ASP.NET
4 12 (70.59%) MVC
5 11 (64.71%) jQuery
6 10 (58.82%) CSS
7 9 (52.94%) HTML
7 9 (52.94%) JavaScript
8 6 (35.29%) Git (software)
9 5 (29.41%) HTML5
10 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
10 4 (23.53%) Scrum
10 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (23.53%) NUnit
10 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (17.65%) C
11 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
11 3 (17.65%) OpenGL
11 3 (17.65%) 3D Graphics
11 3 (17.65%) Games
11 3 (17.65%) Java
11 3 (17.65%) C++
11 3 (17.65%) Web Services
11 3 (17.65%) MCP
11 3 (17.65%) MCAD
11 3 (17.65%) MCSD
11 3 (17.65%) MCTS
11 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
11 3 (17.65%) Mathematics

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing WCF 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 WCF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (100.00%) .NET
2 14 (82.35%) ASP.NET
3 11 (64.71%) jQuery
4 10 (58.82%) CSS
5 9 (52.94%) HTML
6 5 (29.41%) HTML5
7 3 (17.65%) OpenGL
7 3 (17.65%) Web Services
7 3 (17.65%) .NET Framework
7 3 (17.65%) CSS3
7 3 (17.65%) Backbone.js
7 3 (17.65%) Unity DI Container
8 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 1 (5.882%) LINQ
9 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.882%) IIS
1 1 (5.882%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (82.35%) SQL Server
2 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (17.65%) MongoDB
4 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (5.882%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Git (software)
2 4 (23.53%) NUnit
3 1 (5.882%) Rhino Mocks
3 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.882%) InstallShield
General
1 3 (17.65%) Games
2 1 (5.882%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Developer
2 11 (64.71%) Software Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Games Developer
3 3 (17.65%) C++ Developer
3 3 (17.65%) C# Developer
3 3 (17.65%) C++/C# Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Gameplay Developer
3 3 (17.65%) C++ Games Developer
4 2 (11.76%) .NET Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Copywriter
5 1 (5.882%) Author
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Author
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) MVC
2 4 (23.53%) Scrum
2 4 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (17.65%) 3D Modelling
3 3 (17.65%) Game Development
3 3 (17.65%) Web Application Development
3 3 (17.65%) Kanban
4 1 (5.882%) Extreme Programming
4 1 (5.882%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.882%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) C#
2 9 (52.94%) JavaScript
3 3 (17.65%) C
3 3 (17.65%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) MCP
2 3 (17.65%) MCAD
2 3 (17.65%) MCSD
2 3 (17.65%) MCTS
3 1 (5.882%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Sitecore
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