The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 21 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 South West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 103 103 94
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Contract jobs citing WPF 14 39 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.672% 1.194% 0.945%
As % of the Application Development category 2.875% 4.994% 4.173%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 21 14
Average daily rate £295 £320 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.81% +34.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £240 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £350 £326
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £35.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +0.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
487 781 623
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.37% 23.92% 22.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 472 275
Average daily rate £325 £339 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.12% +9.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £10.00 £15.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WPF across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West WPF Daily Rate Histogram

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Somerset +2 4 £458 +90.83%
Wiltshire +2 4 £291 +4.01%
Bristol +3 3 £264 -17.57%
Devon 0 2 - -
WPF
England

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 23 (92.00%) C#
2 22 (88.00%) .NET
3 16 (64.00%) WCF
4 11 (44.00%) SQL
5 10 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 10 (40.00%) UML
6 8 (32.00%) .NET Framework
7 7 (28.00%) LINQ
7 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
8 6 (24.00%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (24.00%) MVC
8 6 (24.00%) XML
8 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio
8 6 (24.00%) C
9 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
9 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET
9 5 (20.00%) Oracle
9 5 (20.00%) SOA
9 5 (20.00%) Scrum
9 5 (20.00%) Subversion
9 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
9 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
10 4 (16.00%) DO-178B
10 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (16.00%) NUnit
10 4 (16.00%) WinForms
10 4 (16.00%) XAML
10 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
10 4 (16.00%) XSL

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 22 (88.00%) .NET
2 16 (64.00%) WCF
3 8 (32.00%) .NET Framework
4 7 (28.00%) LINQ
5 6 (24.00%) XML
6 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET
7 4 (16.00%) WinForms
7 4 (16.00%) XSL
7 4 (16.00%) HTML
8 3 (12.00%) CSS
8 3 (12.00%) ASP
8 3 (12.00%) WF
8 3 (12.00%) Silverlight
9 2 (8.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 2 (8.000%) jQuery
9 2 (8.000%) NHibernate
9 2 (8.000%) Ajax
9 2 (8.000%) Web Services
10 1 (4.000%) SOAP
10 1 (4.000%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (12.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Azure
3 1 (4.000%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (16.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.000%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Visual Studio
2 5 (20.00%) Subversion
3 4 (16.00%) NUnit
General
1 3 (12.00%) Finance
1 3 (12.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.000%) Law
2 1 (4.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Developer
2 9 (36.00%) .NET Developer
3 5 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 5 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) C# Software Engineer
5 2 (8.000%) WPF Developer
5 2 (8.000%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Development Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.000%) C++ Developer
6 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) C++/C# Developer
6 1 (4.000%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.000%) CRM Developer
6 1 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.000%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.000%) IaaS
2 1 (4.000%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.000%) Hedge funds
2 1 (4.000%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) UML
2 6 (24.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (24.00%) MVC
3 5 (20.00%) SOA
3 5 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (12.00%) ITIL
4 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.00%) OO
4 3 (12.00%) RAD
4 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (12.00%) TDD
4 3 (12.00%) Pair Programming
4 3 (12.00%) Service Management
4 3 (12.00%) Change Management
4 3 (12.00%) ITSM
4 3 (12.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (12.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (8.000%) Dependency Injection
5 2 (8.000%) Kanban
5 2 (8.000%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (92.00%) C#
2 11 (44.00%) SQL
3 6 (24.00%) C
4 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 4 (16.00%) XAML
6 3 (12.00%) Java
6 3 (12.00%) C++
6 3 (12.00%) VBScript
6 3 (12.00%) VB
6 3 (12.00%) VB6
7 2 (8.000%) VB.NET
8 1 (4.000%) T-SQL
8 1 (4.000%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) MCSD
3 3 (12.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 3 (12.00%) ISEB
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) DO-178B
2 3 (12.00%) ISO 9000
2 3 (12.00%) TickIT
2 3 (12.00%) COBIT
2 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Oracle
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
Exeter, South West
A C# WPF Developer is immediately required for a client in Exeter. Thie ideal candidate will have experience in WPF development and be immediately available.
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Essential skills: C# TDD WPF Ideally with Prism Silverlight WCF SQLServer LINQ to Entities N-Tier Entity Framework Dependency Injection Knowledge of connecting WPF to existing WCF services...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Marker Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They appreciate this is hard to find and therefore willing to flex if someone is more experienced in one as the team are mixed, however the opportunity to...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Net Developers (Winforms, C# or VB.Net) required by leading finance organisation based in the heart of Bristol... Net Winforms C# or VB.Net (most apps now in...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 15 May 2013