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The table below looks at the demand for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 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 WPF over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank5068
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.031 %0.699 %
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£285£306
% change on same period last year-7.02 %
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£32.50£33.96
% change on same period last year-4.29 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads97286
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.194 %0.358 %
Daily rates quoted538
Average minimum daily rate£415£361
Average daily rate£451£383
% change on same period last year+17.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£488£404
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted39
Average minimum hourly rate£32.50£24.67
Average hourly rate£32.50£26.05
% change on same period last year+24.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50£27.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48£31.45
% change on same period last year-9.45 %
WPF EnglandWPF
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.

WPF
Demand Trend

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

Midlands WPF Demand Trend

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

12 (66.67 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)Service Delivery
21 (33.33 %)WinForms
21 (33.33 %)TDD
21 (33.33 %)VB6
21 (33.33 %)Content Management
21 (33.33 %)JSF
21 (33.33 %)AJAX
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere
21 (33.33 %)Java EE
21 (33.33 %)WCF
21 (33.33 %)Silverlight
21 (33.33 %)Java EE 5
21 (33.33 %)J2EE
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)Ant
21 (33.33 %)JUnit
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (33.33 %)COM+
21 (33.33 %)EJB
21 (33.33 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)WebServices
21 (33.33 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)Windows
21 (33.33 %)RAD
21 (33.33 %)XHTML
21 (33.33 %)MS Excel
21 (33.33 %)RDBMS
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)C#

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)J2EE
21 (33.33 %)COM+
21 (33.33 %)EJB
21 (33.33 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)WebServices
21 (33.33 %)XML
21 (33.33 %)XHTML
21 (33.33 %)WinForms
21 (33.33 %)JSF
21 (33.33 %)AJAX
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere
21 (33.33 %)Java EE
21 (33.33 %)WCF
21 (33.33 %)Silverlight
21 (33.33 %)Java EE 5
21 (33.33 %)HTML
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)RDBMS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Ant
11 (33.33 %)JUnit
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)Solutions Architect
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere Developer
21 (33.33 %)WinForms Developer
21 (33.33 %)GUI Developer
21 (33.33 %)UI Developer
21 (33.33 %)Architect
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)RAD
11 (33.33 %)Service Delivery
11 (33.33 %)TDD
11 (33.33 %)Content Management
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C#
11 (33.33 %)Java
11 (33.33 %)JavaScript
11 (33.33 %)VB
11 (33.33 %)VB6
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft