The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCF 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 West Lothian 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 Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing WCF 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+11.42% +7.69%
All Application Development
West Lothian
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
10 7 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian 26.32% 13.21% 17.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 9
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WCF
Scotland

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian WCF Jobs Demand Trend

WCF
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Lothian WCF Daily Rate Trend

WCF
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian region citing WCF 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 WCF.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (100.00%) MVC
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) jQuery
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (25.00%) jQuery
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft