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This section looks at the demand for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) skills within the Sheffield 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£338£263
% change on same period last year+28.61 %
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£31.25£34.29
% change on same period last year-8.85 %
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Sheffield
Matching contract IT job ads4861
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.064 %0.061 %
Daily rates quoted114
Average minimum daily rate£328£257
Average daily rate£348£263
% change on same period last year+32.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£268
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted104
Average minimum hourly rate£30.52£16.56
Average hourly rate£33.55£18.22
% change on same period last year+84.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.59£19.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.03
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
WPF South YorkshireWPF
South Yorkshire

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

Sheffield WPF Demand Trend

WPF
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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.

14 (100.00 %)C#
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)XAML
14 (100.00 %)LINQ
23 (75.00 %)Resource Management
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
32 (50.00 %)XML
32 (50.00 %)ADO.NET
32 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (50.00 %)SOAP
32 (50.00 %)WCF
41 (25.00 %)CruiseControl
41 (25.00 %)Subversion
41 (25.00 %)Scrum
41 (25.00 %)Business Continuity
41 (25.00 %)Borland
41 (25.00 %)Oracle
41 (25.00 %)ADO

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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.

Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %).NET
14 (100.00 %)LINQ
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
32 (50.00 %)XML
32 (50.00 %)WCF
32 (50.00 %)ADO.NET
32 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (50.00 %)SOAP
41 (25.00 %)ADO
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)CruiseControl
11 (25.00 %)Subversion
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %).NET Developer
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Resource Management
21 (25.00 %)Scrum
21 (25.00 %)Business Continuity
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C#
14 (100.00 %)XAML
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle
11 (25.00 %)Borland