The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 25 26 27
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Contract jobs citing WPF 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 0.649% 0.559% 1.124%
As % of the Application Development category 2.174% 2.000% 5.882%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
All Application Development
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
46 50 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 29.87% 27.93% 19.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 36 17
Average daily rate £343 £323 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.20% +43.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £240 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £350 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WPF
Yorkshire

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
York - 1 - -
WPF
Yorkshire

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) C#
3 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) WinForms
4 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
4 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) WCF
4 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 2 (33.33%) MS Office
4 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
4 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) AOP
5 1 (16.67%) Ajax
5 1 (16.67%) Web 2.0
5 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) .NET Remoting
5 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
5 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (16.67%) OOD
5 1 (16.67%) SOA
5 1 (16.67%) MVC
5 1 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 5 (83.33%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (50.00%) WinForms
3 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 2 (33.33%) WCF
4 1 (16.67%) Ajax
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Remoting
4 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET
4 1 (16.67%) DHTML
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) SOAP
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) XSD
4 1 (16.67%) XSLT
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (16.67%) CSS3
4 1 (16.67%) WF
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (16.67%) OmniGraffle
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (16.67%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Software Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) Interface Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Designer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Programmer
3 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience Designer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Web 2.0
2 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
2 1 (16.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) AOP
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) OOD
2 1 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
2 1 (16.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft