The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 23 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 Sussex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 36 22 50
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +28
Contract jobs citing WCF 3 40 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.820% 6.070% 0.664%
As % of the Application Development category 3.488% 25.81% 3.297%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 29 3
Average daily rate £338 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £345 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £400 £320
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 £38.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
All Application Development
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
86 155 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 23.50% 23.52% 20.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 102 55
Average daily rate £400 £345 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.94% +10.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £258 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WCF
South East

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex WCF Daily Rate Trend

WCF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex WCF Hourly Rate Trend

WCF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Crawley -5 2 £350 -6.66%
Gatwick - 1 £325 -
WCF
South East

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) SOAP
2 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (70.00%) C#
2 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 7 (70.00%) XML
3 6 (60.00%) T-SQL
4 5 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (50.00%) .NET Framework
4 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 5 (50.00%) Razor View Engine
5 3 (30.00%) Web Services
6 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (20.00%) IIS
6 2 (20.00%) soapUI
6 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
7 1 (10.00%) ESB
7 1 (10.00%) ReSharper
7 1 (10.00%) QA
7 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
7 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
7 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
7 1 (10.00%) OWASP
7 1 (10.00%) FxCop

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) SOAP
2 7 (70.00%) XML
3 5 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
3 5 (50.00%) Razor View Engine
4 3 (30.00%) Web Services
5 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (20.00%) soapUI
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
6 1 (10.00%) XSD
6 1 (10.00%) XSLT
6 1 (10.00%) WSDL
6 1 (10.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (10.00%) ESB
2 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) LDAP
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
1 1 (10.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (10.00%) ReSharper
2 1 (10.00%) FxCop
2 1 (10.00%) Rhino Mocks
2 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) C# Developer
3 5 (50.00%) XML Developer
4 3 (30.00%) .NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SOA Architect
5 1 (10.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Designer
5 1 (10.00%) Lead .NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SOA Designer
5 1 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (10.00%) OWASP
2 1 (10.00%) User Stories
2 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (10.00%) SOA
2 1 (10.00%) Code Coverage
2 1 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
1 7 (70.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft