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This section looks at the demand for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank112129
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.335 %0.145 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£367£335
% change on same period last year+9.48 %
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£36.50£34.00
% change on same period last year+7.35 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads749690
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.998 %0.698 %
Daily rates quoted162127
Average minimum daily rate£298£298
Average daily rate£316£313
% change on same period last year+0.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£328
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted2352
Average minimum hourly rate£28.20£31.18
Average hourly rate£30.04£33.56
% change on same period last year-10.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.88£35.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
WCF EnglandWCF
England

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.

WCF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WCF across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands WCF Demand Trend

WCF
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands WCF Daily Rate Trend

WCF
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WCF across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands WCF Hourly Rate Trend

WCF
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 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
BirminghamNew entry-4£400-
WCF EnglandWCF
England

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

123 (100.00 %).NET
221 (91.30 %)C#
318 (78.26 %)ASP.NET
413 (56.52 %)SQL Server
510 (43.48 %)SQL Server 2005
69 (39.13 %)Windows
78 (34.78 %)BizTalk Server
78 (34.78 %)WPF
87 (30.43 %)WebServices
87 (30.43 %)XML
87 (30.43 %)Visual Studio
94 (17.39 %)WF
94 (17.39 %)Silverlight
94 (17.39 %)AJAX
94 (17.39 %)NUnit
94 (17.39 %)Workflow
94 (17.39 %)SQL
94 (17.39 %)XSLT
103 (13.04 %)SOA
103 (13.04 %)XSD
103 (13.04 %)Linux
103 (13.04 %)OO
103 (13.04 %)C++
103 (13.04 %)VB.NET
103 (13.04 %)Oracle
103 (13.04 %)Ubuntu
103 (13.04 %)LINQ
103 (13.04 %).NET Remoting
112 (8.696 %)Data Management
112 (8.696 %)Finance

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (100.00 %).NET
218 (78.26 %)ASP.NET
38 (34.78 %)WPF
47 (30.43 %)WebServices
47 (30.43 %)XML
54 (17.39 %)XSLT
54 (17.39 %)WF
54 (17.39 %)Silverlight
54 (17.39 %)AJAX
63 (13.04 %).NET Remoting
63 (13.04 %)LINQ
63 (13.04 %)XSD
72 (8.696 %)HTML
81 (4.348 %)WinForms
81 (4.348 %)CSS
81 (4.348 %)ADO.NET
81 (4.348 %)ASP
81 (4.348 %)ASP.NET 2.0
81 (4.348 %).NET Framework
81 (4.348 %)NHibernate
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (34.78 %)BizTalk Server
22 (8.696 %)Oracle Workflow
22 (8.696 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (8.696 %)SharePoint
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.348 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (56.52 %)SQL Server
210 (43.48 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (8.696 %)MySQL
32 (8.696 %)Oracle 10g
41 (4.348 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (30.43 %)Visual Studio
24 (17.39 %)NUnit
31 (4.348 %)Subversion
31 (4.348 %)Visual Studio Team System
31 (4.348 %)Oracle Forms
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.696 %)Finance
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (78.26 %)Developer
210 (43.48 %).NET Developer
39 (39.13 %)C# Developer
45 (21.74 %)BizTalk Developer
45 (21.74 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
54 (17.39 %)ASP.NET Developer
54 (17.39 %)Consultant
63 (13.04 %)BizTalk Consultant
72 (8.696 %)VB.NET Developer
81 (4.348 %)C++ Software Engineer
81 (4.348 %)C# Software Engineer
81 (4.348 %)Database Designer
81 (4.348 %)DBA
81 (4.348 %)Lead Developer
81 (4.348 %)Administrator
81 (4.348 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
81 (4.348 %)Software Engineer
81 (4.348 %)Senior DBA
81 (4.348 %)Senior Database Designer
81 (4.348 %).NET Software Engineer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (39.13 %)Windows
23 (13.04 %)Linux
23 (13.04 %)Ubuntu
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (17.39 %)Workflow
23 (13.04 %)OO
23 (13.04 %)SOA
32 (8.696 %)UML
32 (8.696 %)Data Management
41 (4.348 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (4.348 %)CRM
41 (4.348 %)OOD
41 (4.348 %)Extreme Programming
41 (4.348 %)Agile Software Development
41 (4.348 %)TDD
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (91.30 %)C#
24 (17.39 %)SQL
33 (13.04 %)C++
33 (13.04 %)VB.NET
42 (8.696 %)XAML
42 (8.696 %)JavaScript
51 (4.348 %)VBScript
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.348 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (13.04 %)Oracle
21 (4.348 %)Microsoft
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