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The table below looks at the demand for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) skills within the Southampton 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank23-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.077 %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£281£250
% change on same period last year+12.55 %
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£35.83£34.88
% change on same period last year+2.74 %
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads6578
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.093 %0.081 %
Daily rates quoted1636
Average minimum daily rate£301£266
Average daily rate£329£290
% change on same period last year+13.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£314
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted139
Average minimum hourly rate£34.33£31.07
Average hourly rate£36.45£34.55
% change on same period last year+5.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.57£38.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.79£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
WPF HampshireWPF
Hampshire

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

Southampton WPF Demand Trend

WPF
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

12 (66.67 %)Siebel
12 (66.67 %)IBM
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere
12 (66.67 %)WPS
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
21 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (33.33 %)C#
21 (33.33 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
21 (33.33 %)Windows

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
21 (33.33 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)WPS
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Finance
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Consultant
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere Consultant
12 (66.67 %)Systems Integrator
21 (33.33 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
21 (33.33 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)Process Consultant
21 (33.33 %).NET Developer
21 (33.33 %)C# Developer
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET Developer
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)Windows
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C#
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Siebel
12 (66.67 %)IBM