The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 22 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 42 42 47
Rank change year-on-year
0 +5
Permanent jobs citing WCF 114 97 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 5.583% 4.979% 4.543%
As % of the Application Development category 13.51% 12.45% 9.853%
Number of salaries quoted 104 87 92
Average salary £42,500 £36,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.24% -3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,650 £22,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,250 £48,250 £58,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
844 779 954
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 41.33% 39.99% 46.11%
Number of salaries quoted 771 718 900
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,550 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
South East

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire WCF Jobs Demand Trend

WCF
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WCF across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -2 89 £41,500 +38.33%
Aylesbury +9 5 £30,000 -14.28%
High Wycombe +6 5 £47,500 +22.58%
Gerrards Cross - 3 £55,000 -
Beaconsfield -5 1 £42,500 -10.52%
Chesham - 1 £40,000 -
WCF
South East

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WCF.

1 258 (95.20%) C#
2 252 (92.99%) .NET
3 246 (90.77%) SQL Server
4 200 (73.80%) WPF
5 139 (51.29%) ASP.NET
6 121 (44.65%) WinForms
7 98 (36.16%) Microsoft
8 91 (33.58%) TDD
9 87 (32.10%) NUnit
10 82 (30.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 81 (29.89%) MCP
11 81 (29.89%) MCAD
11 81 (29.89%) MCSD
12 78 (28.78%) SQL
13 77 (28.41%) .NET Framework
14 74 (27.31%) Scrum
15 65 (23.99%) MVC
16 61 (22.51%) Degree
16 61 (22.51%) ASP.NET MVC
17 58 (21.40%) Visual Studio
18 57 (21.03%) SQL Server 2008
19 54 (19.93%) Agile Software Development
20 51 (18.82%) Web Application Development
21 50 (18.45%) LINQ
22 47 (17.34%) ASP.NET MVC 4
22 47 (17.34%) Razor View Engine
22 47 (17.34%) MCTS
23 46 (16.97%) Rhino Mocks
24 44 (16.24%) MVVM
25 41 (15.13%) NHibernate

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WCF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 252 (92.99%) .NET
2 200 (73.80%) WPF
3 139 (51.29%) ASP.NET
4 121 (44.65%) WinForms
5 77 (28.41%) .NET Framework
6 61 (22.51%) ASP.NET MVC
7 50 (18.45%) LINQ
8 47 (17.34%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 47 (17.34%) Razor View Engine
9 41 (15.13%) NHibernate
10 36 (13.28%) Web Services
11 29 (10.70%) Ajax
12 25 (9.225%) Castle Windsor
13 20 (7.380%) jQuery
13 20 (7.380%) Unity DI Container
14 19 (7.011%) CSS
15 15 (5.535%) HTML
16 14 (5.166%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 12 (4.428%) XML
17 12 (4.428%) MonoRail
Application Platforms
1 7 (2.583%) IIS
2 2 (0.738%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (0.738%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.738%) Documentum
2 2 (0.738%) CMS
3 1 (0.369%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (3.321%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.107%) MS Office
3 1 (0.369%) Maple
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.369%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (90.77%) SQL Server
2 57 (21.03%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (7.011%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (5.166%) SQL Server 2012
5 5 (1.845%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.476%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (1.476%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 87 (32.10%) NUnit
2 58 (21.40%) Visual Studio
3 46 (16.97%) Rhino Mocks
4 36 (13.28%) Moq
5 19 (7.011%) Team Foundation Server
6 12 (4.428%) Subversion
7 11 (4.059%) MSTest
8 2 (0.738%) NMock
8 2 (0.738%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.369%) Oracle Forms
General
1 23 (8.487%) Music
1 23 (8.487%) Music Industry
2 6 (2.214%) Finance
3 2 (0.738%) Automotive
4 1 (0.369%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 197 (72.69%) Developer
2 119 (43.91%) .NET Developer
3 94 (34.69%) C# Developer
4 80 (29.52%) C# .NET Developer
5 66 (24.35%) Senior Developer
6 59 (21.77%) Software Engineer
7 43 (15.87%) C# Software Engineer
8 42 (15.50%) Senior Software Engineer
9 41 (15.13%) .NET Software Engineer
10 38 (14.02%) Senior C# Developer
11 36 (13.28%) Senior C# Software Engineer
12 34 (12.55%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
13 30 (11.07%) C# ASP.NET Developer
14 28 (10.33%) Senior .NET Developer
15 18 (6.642%) Software Developer
16 15 (5.535%) ASP.NET Developer
17 14 (5.166%) Architect
18 13 (4.797%) Junior C# .NET Developer
18 13 (4.797%) Junior
18 13 (4.797%) Junior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.380%) iPad
2 14 (5.166%) Computer Science
3 13 (4.797%) Visualisation
4 12 (4.428%) Replication
4 12 (4.428%) Social Network
5 11 (4.059%) Inversion of Control
6 7 (2.583%) Physics
7 6 (2.214%) Contract for Difference
8 5 (1.845%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.476%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.738%) Mathematics
10 2 (0.738%) SaaS
11 1 (0.369%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.369%) Smartcard
11 1 (0.369%) Mobile Payment
11 1 (0.369%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.33%) Windows
2 7 (2.583%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.214%) Android
4 3 (1.107%) Linux
5 2 (0.738%) Windows Phone
6 1 (0.369%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.369%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (33.58%) TDD
2 74 (27.31%) Scrum
3 65 (23.99%) MVC
4 54 (19.93%) Agile Software Development
5 51 (18.82%) Web Application Development
6 44 (16.24%) MVVM
7 38 (14.02%) Kanban
8 29 (10.70%) Web Development
9 24 (8.856%) BDD
10 22 (8.118%) UML
10 22 (8.118%) OO
11 20 (7.380%) Unit Testing
12 16 (5.904%) Dependency Injection
13 13 (4.797%) Continuous Integration
14 12 (4.428%) Requirements Analysis
14 12 (4.428%) Project Management
14 12 (4.428%) SOA
14 12 (4.428%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (4.059%) Technical Architecture
16 9 (3.321%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 258 (95.20%) C#
2 78 (28.78%) SQL
3 22 (8.118%) JavaScript
4 17 (6.273%) VB.NET
5 15 (5.535%) T-SQL
6 14 (5.166%) VB
7 13 (4.797%) C++
8 8 (2.952%) C
9 4 (1.476%) VBA
9 4 (1.476%) VB6
10 2 (0.738%) Java
11 1 (0.369%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.369%) Python
11 1 (0.369%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 82 (30.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 81 (29.89%) MCP
2 81 (29.89%) MCAD
2 81 (29.89%) MCSD
3 61 (22.51%) Degree
4 47 (17.34%) MCTS
5 3 (1.107%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.369%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.369%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.369%) QA
Vendors
1 98 (36.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.059%) Telerik
3 2 (0.738%) Twitter
3 2 (0.738%) Progress
3 2 (0.738%) EMC
4 1 (0.369%) Oracle
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
C# Developer - Milton Keynes - £35K+10% Pension - C# , ASP.NET , SQL , WPF , WinForms , Web. A leading solutions provider that are rapidly expanding at present are looking to add...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus, Pension (10%), Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
A leading solutions provider that are expanding rapidly at present are looking for a Senior C# Developer to the software team that has a deep knowledge of ASP...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
The software may fall into one or more of the following categories: User interfaces using C# and WPF (other technologies may be added in the future) Business Services...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £39000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
Net Developer (VB.Net, ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server, HTML CSS and JavaScript) required for a fast growing company, working with cutting edge technology... *Strong ASP/VB.NET/...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Bonus + Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
ASP.Net) applications using a 4 tier architecture... C#.Net 3.5. Entity Framework. AJAX. Javascript/Jquery. MVC or MVVM would be advantageous. WCF. SQL Server 2000, 2005,...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chesham, Thames Valley
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, HTML5, WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chesham, Buckinghamshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, VB.NET, VB, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, HTML5, WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, TDD, BDD,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Aylesbury, Thames Valley
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
C# .NET Technical Architect - ASP.NET .NET 4.0 JQuery T-SQL Razor OO Biztalk - £55-65k -Bucks. Technical Architect C# ASP.NET sought by well established financial...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Life
Posted: 17 May 2013