The first table below looks at the demand for WF skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WF 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 Midlands 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 Workflow Foundation (WF, WWF)
Rank 94 94 93
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing WF 1 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% 0.403% 0.053%
As % of the Application Development category 0.249% 1.639% 0.212%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £360
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.55
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
401 549 472
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.29% 24.61% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 301 256
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £218 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 23
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WF
England

WF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands WF Jobs Demand Trend

WF
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands WF Daily Rate Trend

WF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands WF Hourly Rate Trend

WF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WF within the West Midlands 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
Solihull +1 1 - -
WF
England

WF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Workflow
3 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
3 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (60.00%) Ajax
3 3 (60.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (40.00%) REST
4 2 (40.00%) ADO.NET
4 2 (40.00%) HTML
4 2 (40.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (40.00%) N-Tier
5 1 (20.00%) OOD
5 1 (20.00%) SOA
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Unified Process
5 1 (20.00%) WinForms
5 1 (20.00%) UML
5 1 (20.00%) OOP
5 1 (20.00%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (20.00%) OO
5 1 (20.00%) RUP

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
2 3 (60.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Ajax
2 3 (60.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (40.00%) ADO.NET
3 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) REST
4 1 (20.00%) WPF
4 1 (20.00%) Silverlight
4 1 (20.00%) HTML5
4 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (20.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 1 (20.00%) CSS
4 1 (20.00%) SOAP
4 1 (20.00%) Web Services
4 1 (20.00%) XML
4 1 (20.00%) XSD
4 1 (20.00%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (20.00%) NUnit
2 1 (20.00%) CruiseControl
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) MSBuild
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (20.00%) CRM Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (20.00%) MSF
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Process
3 1 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) RUP
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) SOA
3 1 (20.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) DevExpress