The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WPF 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 Wiltshire 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 Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 48 49 46
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Contract jobs citing WPF 4 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.893% 0.809% 1.429%
As % of the Application Development category 3.738% 4.808% 7.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 3
Average daily rate £291 £280 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.01% +3.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
All Application Development
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
107 104 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 23.88% 16.83% 20.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 65 59
Average daily rate £325 £320 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -9.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £241 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £23.88 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -32.74%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WPF
South West

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire WPF Jobs Demand Trend

WPF
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire WPF Daily Rate Trend

WPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire WPF Hourly Rate Trend

WPF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the Wiltshire 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
Chippenham - 3 £325 -
WPF
South West

WPF
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing WPF 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 WPF.

1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) WCF
3 2 (33.33%) Subversion
3 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (33.33%) Kanban
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) MVC
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (33.33%) OO
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) OOD
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) WinForms
4 1 (16.67%) TETRA
4 1 (16.67%) C++
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) C

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing WPF 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 WPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) WCF
3 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 1 (16.67%) WinForms
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C++ Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM Developer
3 1 (16.67%) CRM Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) WPF Developer
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C++/C# Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Kanban
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) OO
1 2 (33.33%) CRM
1 2 (33.33%) OOD
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared