WPF Contracts in the North East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WPF 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 North East 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 Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 30 45 43
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -2
Contract jobs citing WPF 4 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.429% 0.405% 0.458%
As % of the Application Development category 6.452% 1.527% 1.961%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £310 - £229
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 - £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £342 - £236
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Search 5 WPF jobs in the North East
All Application Development
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 62 131 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 22.14% 26.52% 23.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 73 57
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £245 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £400 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
Average hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +250.00%
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East 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 North East 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
Durham - 3 £280 -
WPF
England

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 14 (100.00%) C#
2 9 (64.29%) .NET
3 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 8 (57.14%) WinForms
4 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 6 (42.86%) Degree
4 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
4 6 (42.86%) Multithreading
5 3 (21.43%) Twitter
5 3 (21.43%) Modbus
5 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Visualisation
5 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
5 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
5 3 (21.43%) MS Office
5 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
5 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
6 2 (14.29%) VB.NET
6 2 (14.29%) UML
6 2 (14.29%) Wireless
6 2 (14.29%) WCF
7 1 (7.143%) Silverlight
7 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
7 1 (7.143%) MVC
7 1 (7.143%) XAML
7 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
7 1 (7.143%) HTTP
7 1 (7.143%) HTML
7 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
7 1 (7.143%) VB

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 9 (64.29%) .NET
2 8 (57.14%) WinForms
3 2 (14.29%) WCF
4 1 (7.143%) Silverlight
4 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
4 1 (7.143%) HTML
4 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
4 1 (7.143%) COM
4 1 (7.143%) CSS
4 1 (7.143%) Web Services
4 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) MS Office
1 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Modbus
1 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 2 (14.29%) Wireless
3 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Software Engineer
2 7 (50.00%) Developer
3 4 (28.57%) WPF Developer
4 3 (21.43%) C# Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Software Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Software Team Leader
6 1 (7.143%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (21.43%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
1 6 (42.86%) Multithreading
2 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
2 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) UML
4 1 (7.143%) MVC
4 1 (7.143%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 1 (7.143%) XAML
3 1 (7.143%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.143%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Twitter
WPF Developer (C#, VB.Net) - North East - 6 Months
North East England
Key Skills: *To design, develop, test and support software using the latest Microsoft .Net technology (C#, VB.Net, WPF) *To write and test code to communicate with external...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £240 - £260 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Software Engineer/Team Lead
North East
You will be required to design, develop, test and support software using the latest Microsoft .NET technology (C#, WPF)... Candidates will need; Degree or equivalent in Software Engineering...
Nigel Wright Consultancy
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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