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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MFC over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Foundation Class Library (MFC)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank-77
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.252 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£334
% change on same period last year-10.80 %
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£35.62£35.71
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads225397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.304 %0.391 %
Daily rates quoted4139
Average minimum daily rate£337£358
Average daily rate£358£375
% change on same period last year-4.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted313
Average minimum hourly rate£23.50£29.22
Average hourly rate£27.13£29.79
% change on same period last year-8.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.75£30.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
MFC EnglandMFC
England

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.

MFC
Demand Trend

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

Midlands MFC Demand Trend

MFC
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MFC across the Midlands region.

Midlands MFC Hourly Rate Trend

MFC
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing MFC 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 MFC.

13 (100.00 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)WebSphere
22 (66.67 %)Adobe Flex
22 (66.67 %)Adobe AIR
22 (66.67 %)Unit Testing
22 (66.67 %)TDD
22 (66.67 %)Java
22 (66.67 %)VB
22 (66.67 %)Ant
22 (66.67 %)JUnit
22 (66.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (66.67 %)OO
22 (66.67 %)Swing
22 (66.67 %)Tomcat
22 (66.67 %)AWT
22 (66.67 %)Adobe
22 (66.67 %)QuickTest Pro
22 (66.67 %)LoadRunner
31 (33.33 %)Windows CE
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (33.33 %)ATL
31 (33.33 %)Windows
31 (33.33 %)C#
31 (33.33 %)C++
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server

MFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing MFC 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 MFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)Swing
22 (66.67 %)AWT
22 (66.67 %)WebSphere
22 (66.67 %)Adobe Flex
22 (66.67 %)Adobe AIR
31 (33.33 %)ATL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (66.67 %)Tomcat
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)Ant
12 (66.67 %)JUnit
12 (66.67 %)QuickTest Pro
12 (66.67 %)LoadRunner
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
12 (66.67 %)Flex Developer
21 (33.33 %)Programmer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
11 (33.33 %)Windows CE
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)OO
12 (66.67 %)TDD
12 (66.67 %)Unit Testing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)Java
12 (66.67 %)VB
21 (33.33 %)C#
21 (33.33 %)C++
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Adobe