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This section looks at the demand for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) skills within the Peterborough region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank19-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.000 %
As % of the category below16.36 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£320-
Average daily rate£320-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£320-
UK excluding London average daily rate£427£365
% change on same period last year+17.12 %
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£40.00£35.00
% change on same period last year+14.28 %
Application Development PeterboroughApplication Development
Peterborough
Matching contract IT job ads5531
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.073 %0.033 %
Daily rates quoted105
Average minimum daily rate£327£198
Average daily rate£350£210
% change on same period last year+66.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£222
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00£20.00
Average hourly rate£15.00£24.00
% change on same period last year-37.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
WPF CambridgeshireWPF
Cambridgeshire

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 Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Peterborough WPF Demand Trend

WPF
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WPF across the Peterborough region.

Peterborough WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

119 (100.00 %)VB.NET
119 (100.00 %).NET
119 (100.00 %)WCF
217 (89.47 %)XML
315 (78.95 %)SQL Server
414 (73.68 %)SQL
414 (73.68 %)Transact-SQL
414 (73.68 %)Agile Software Development
414 (73.68 %)Finance
414 (73.68 %)ASP.NET
513 (68.42 %)CSS
513 (68.42 %)JavaScript
513 (68.42 %)XSLT
513 (68.42 %)UML
611 (57.89 %)OO
611 (57.89 %)CRM
611 (57.89 %)VB
611 (57.89 %)ASP
611 (57.89 %)VB6
79 (47.37 %)Banking
85 (26.32 %)WinForms
85 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
94 (21.05 %)TDD
94 (21.05 %)C#
94 (21.05 %)N-Tier
103 (15.79 %)Continuous Integration
112 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2000
121 (5.263 %)OOD
121 (5.263 %)SOA
121 (5.263 %)Visual Studio

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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
119 (100.00 %).NET
119 (100.00 %)WCF
217 (89.47 %)XML
314 (73.68 %)ASP.NET
413 (68.42 %)CSS
413 (68.42 %)XSLT
511 (57.89 %)ASP
65 (26.32 %)WinForms
Database & Business Intelligence
115 (78.95 %)SQL Server
25 (26.32 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
11 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
General
114 (73.68 %)Finance
29 (47.37 %)Banking
Job Titles
118 (94.74 %)Developer
216 (84.21 %).NET Developer
216 (84.21 %)VB.NET Developer
37 (36.84 %)ASP.NET Developer
37 (36.84 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
44 (21.05 %)C# Developer
53 (15.79 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
53 (15.79 %)WinForms Developer
61 (5.263 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
14 (21.05 %)N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
114 (73.68 %)Agile Software Development
213 (68.42 %)UML
311 (57.89 %)OO
311 (57.89 %)CRM
44 (21.05 %)TDD
53 (15.79 %)Continuous Integration
61 (5.263 %)Performance Testing
61 (5.263 %)OOD
61 (5.263 %)SOA
Programming Languages
119 (100.00 %)VB.NET
214 (73.68 %)SQL
214 (73.68 %)Transact-SQL
313 (68.42 %)JavaScript
411 (57.89 %)VB
411 (57.89 %)VB6
54 (21.05 %)C#
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