The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WinForms over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 40 - 57
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing WinForms 3 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.743% - 0.309%
As % of the Application Development category 3.409% - 1.205%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £36.25 - £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £30.25 £39.00
% change year-on-year
+32.23% -22.43%
All Application Development
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
88 135 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 21.78% 24.32% 25.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 55 63
Average daily rate £325 £315 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -9.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £397 £440 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 13
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WinForms
UK

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Wales WinForms Jobs Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WinForms across the Wales region.

Wales WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales WinForms Hourly Rate Trend

WinForms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales - 3 £350 -
WinForms
UK

WinForms
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing WinForms 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 WinForms.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) COM
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
2 2 (66.67%) WPF
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) XAML
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) WCF
3 1 (33.33%) Windows

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing WinForms 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 WinForms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) COM
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
2 2 (66.67%) WPF
3 1 (33.33%) WCF
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Developer
2 2 (66.67%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Developer
3 1 (33.33%) WPF Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
2 1 (33.33%) XAML
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft