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

LinkWindows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank512580
Rank change on same period last yearUp+68
Matching contract IT job ads7669
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.073 %
As % of the category below0.428 %0.315 %
Daily rates quoted2226
Average minimum daily rate£449£395
Average daily rate£474£420
% change on same period last year+12.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£498£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£408£482
% change on same period last year-15.33 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£25.00
Average hourly rate£45.00£30.00
% change on same period last year+50.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00£30.00
% change on same period last year+50.00 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1775121916
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.41 %23.25 %
Daily rates quoted58496599
Average minimum daily rate£353£375
Average daily rate£380£401
% change on same period last year-5.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted10051382
Average minimum hourly rate£30.09£30.91
Average hourly rate£32.48£33.30
% change on same period last year-2.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.88£35.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %

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.

WF
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WF within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

WF Demand Trend

WF
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WF within the UK.

WF Daily Rate Trend

WF
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WF within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

WF Daily Rate Histogram

WF
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WF within the UK.

WF Hourly Rate Trend

WF
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing WF within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+5970£474+12.89 %
LondonUp+6943£484+29.57 %
North WestNew entry-10£413-
East of EnglandDown-88--
CheshireNew entry-7£375-
CambridgeNew entry-5--
CambridgeshireNew entry-5--
ChesterNew entry-4--
BedfordshireNew entry-3--
ScotlandNew entry-3--
WalesNew entry-3--
West MidlandsUp+43--
South WalesNew entry-3--
East MidlandsDown-32£400-
South EastUp+272--
RenfrewshireNew entry-2--
ManchesterNew entry-2--
CardiffNew entry-2--
City of LondonDown-212--
Docklands, LondonNew entry-1£625-
BedfordNew entry-1--
ReadingNew entry-1--
Thames ValleyNew entry-1--
BerkshireUp+371--
WarringtonNew entry-1--
NottinghamNew entry-1--
LeedsNew entry-1--
West YorkshireNew entry-1--
NorthamptonshireDown-101£400-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1--

WF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WF 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 WF.

1184 (90.20 %).NET
2147 (72.06 %)C#
3125 (61.27 %)ASP.NET
4108 (52.94 %)WCF
5102 (50.00 %)SQL Server
5102 (50.00 %)Workflow
697 (47.55 %)WebServices
697 (47.55 %)Windows
795 (46.57 %)SharePoint
795 (46.57 %)Microsoft
881 (39.71 %)XML
965 (31.86 %)WPF
1064 (31.37 %)OO
1156 (27.45 %)SQL Server 2005
1255 (26.96 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1352 (25.49 %)BizTalk Server
1448 (23.53 %)HTML
1544 (21.57 %)UML
1640 (19.61 %)JavaScript
1640 (19.61 %)SQL
1739 (19.12 %).NET Framework
1838 (18.63 %)WinForms
1937 (18.14 %)SQL Server 7
2035 (17.16 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2132 (15.69 %)Unit Testing
2132 (15.69 %)Oracle
2230 (14.71 %)Spring
2329 (14.22 %)NHibernate
2329 (14.22 %)Finance
2427 (13.24 %)Java

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WF 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 WF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1184 (90.20 %).NET
2125 (61.27 %)ASP.NET
3108 (52.94 %)WCF
497 (47.55 %)WebServices
581 (39.71 %)XML
665 (31.86 %)WPF
748 (23.53 %)HTML
839 (19.12 %).NET Framework
938 (18.63 %)WinForms
1030 (14.71 %)Spring
1129 (14.22 %)NHibernate
1227 (13.24 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1325 (12.25 %)XSLT
1424 (11.76 %)XSD
1523 (11.27 %)iBATIS
1523 (11.27 %)WSE
1621 (10.29 %)Middleware
1621 (10.29 %)AJAX
1717 (8.333 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1816 (7.843 %)EJB
Application Platforms
195 (46.57 %)SharePoint
255 (26.96 %)SharePoint Server 2007
352 (25.49 %)BizTalk Server
411 (5.392 %)Office Project Server
57 (3.431 %)IIS
57 (3.431 %)JBoss
57 (3.431 %)Tomcat
66 (2.941 %)Oracle Workflow
74 (1.961 %)SharePoint Portal Server
83 (1.471 %)Commerce Server 2007
83 (1.471 %)MQSeries
83 (1.471 %)Commerce Server
83 (1.471 %)Content Management Server
92 (0.980 %)ESB
92 (0.980 %)LiveLink
101 (0.490 %)CMS
Applications
123 (11.27 %)InfoPath
217 (8.333 %)MS Excel
316 (7.843 %)MS Office
Business Applications
113 (6.373 %)Dynamics CRM
210 (4.902 %)Microsoft CRM
210 (4.902 %)Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
112 (5.882 %)Internet
24 (1.961 %)Intranet
31 (0.490 %)VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1102 (50.00 %)SQL Server
256 (27.45 %)SQL Server 2005
337 (18.14 %)SQL Server 7
435 (17.16 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
521 (10.29 %)Crystal Reports
619 (9.314 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (2.451 %)EDRMS
83 (1.471 %)SQL Server Integration Services
92 (0.980 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
92 (0.980 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
92 (0.980 %)RDBMS
101 (0.490 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.490 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.490 %)DTS
Development Applications
121 (10.29 %)ReSharper
121 (10.29 %)Selenium
121 (10.29 %)FitNesse
219 (9.314 %)Visual Studio
312 (5.882 %)NUnit
48 (3.922 %)MSI
57 (3.431 %)InstallShield
57 (3.431 %)Oracle Forms
66 (2.941 %)Visual Studio Team System
74 (1.961 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (1.471 %)JIRA
92 (0.980 %)Flash
92 (0.980 %)Subversion
101 (0.490 %)NetAdvantage
General
129 (14.22 %)Finance
214 (6.863 %)Government
214 (6.863 %)Banking
310 (4.902 %)Construction
48 (3.922 %)Local Government
57 (3.431 %)Investment Banking
62 (0.980 %)Telecoms
71 (0.490 %)Insurance
71 (0.490 %)Auditing
71 (0.490 %)Online Games
71 (0.490 %)Publishing
71 (0.490 %)Games
Job Titles
1151 (74.02 %)Developer
268 (33.33 %).NET Developer
341 (20.10 %)C# Developer
431 (15.20 %)Architect
529 (14.22 %)SharePoint Developer
619 (9.314 %)Senior Developer
716 (7.843 %)Consultant
812 (5.882 %)Solutions Architect
99 (4.412 %)Lead Developer
99 (4.412 %)Systems Architect
108 (3.922 %)BizTalk Developer
108 (3.922 %)Senior .NET Developer
117 (3.431 %)ASP.NET Developer
117 (3.431 %)Applications Packager
126 (2.941 %)SharePoint Consultant
126 (2.941 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
135 (2.451 %)Technical Architect
135 (2.451 %)Java Developer
135 (2.451 %)Installations Engineer
144 (1.961 %)Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
119 (9.314 %)Thin Client
119 (9.314 %)Fat Client
216 (7.843 %)Credit Risk
39 (4.412 %)N-Tier
46 (2.941 %)Fund Management
52 (0.980 %)Taxonomies
61 (0.490 %)Wiki
61 (0.490 %)iDTV
61 (0.490 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (0.490 %)Asset Management
Operating Systems
197 (47.55 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1102 (50.00 %)Workflow
264 (31.37 %)OO
344 (21.57 %)UML
432 (15.69 %)Unit Testing
526 (12.75 %)Continuous Integration
623 (11.27 %)Load Testing
623 (11.27 %)Refactoring
623 (11.27 %)Automated Testing
722 (10.78 %)SOA
816 (7.843 %)Content Management
914 (6.863 %)CRM
1011 (5.392 %)TDD
1110 (4.902 %)OOD
126 (2.941 %)Agile Software Development
126 (2.941 %)Document Management
135 (2.451 %)Use Case
135 (2.451 %)Configuration Management
135 (2.451 %)MVC
135 (2.451 %)EAI
144 (1.961 %)Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1147 (72.06 %)C#
240 (19.61 %)JavaScript
240 (19.61 %)SQL
327 (13.24 %)Java
49 (4.412 %)DHTML
56 (2.941 %)C++
56 (2.941 %)VB.NET
62 (0.980 %)XAML
62 (0.980 %)Transact-SQL
71 (0.490 %)VBScript
71 (0.490 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.490 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
13 (1.471 %)Sun Certification
21 (0.490 %)Degree
21 (0.490 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.471 %)QA
System Software
114 (6.863 %)Active Directory
23 (1.471 %)MSMQ
Vendors
195 (46.57 %)Microsoft
232 (15.69 %)Oracle
36 (2.941 %)Sybase
42 (0.980 %)Open Text
51 (0.490 %)Pegasystems
51 (0.490 %)Atlassian
51 (0.490 %)Business Objects
51 (0.490 %)Infragistics
51 (0.490 %)Kofax
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