The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 46 37 61
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +24
Permanent jobs citing WCF 129 183 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 4.950% 6.276% 3.558%
As % of the Application Development category 10.63% 12.47% 7.128%
Number of salaries quoted 128 156 88
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1214 1467 1473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 46.58% 50.31% 49.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1122 1275 1283
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
East of England

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge -11 90 £40,000 -11.11%
Peterborough +8 21 £45,000 +25.00%
Ely - 1 £27,000 -
WCF
East of England

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 287 (96.31%) .NET
2 280 (93.96%) C#
3 206 (69.13%) ASP.NET
4 167 (56.04%) XML
5 163 (54.70%) SQL Server
6 161 (54.03%) SQL
7 142 (47.65%) JavaScript
8 118 (39.60%) Ajax
8 118 (39.60%) jQuery
9 95 (31.88%) CSS
10 93 (31.21%) MVC
11 86 (28.86%) Web Services
11 86 (28.86%) ASP.NET MVC
12 84 (28.19%) Microsoft
13 82 (27.52%) SOA
13 82 (27.52%) OO
14 81 (27.18%) HTML5
15 79 (26.51%) TDD
16 78 (26.17%) VB.NET
16 78 (26.17%) SQL Server 2008
17 77 (25.84%) Agile Software Development
18 70 (23.49%) HTML
19 67 (22.48%) HTTP
20 59 (19.80%) Finance
21 57 (19.13%) Web Application Development
22 51 (17.11%) SQL Server 2005
23 49 (16.44%) Microsoft Certification
24 47 (15.77%) Scrum
25 46 (15.44%) MS Excel
25 46 (15.44%) Enterprise Software

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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
1 287 (96.31%) .NET
2 206 (69.13%) ASP.NET
3 167 (56.04%) XML
4 118 (39.60%) Ajax
4 118 (39.60%) jQuery
5 95 (31.88%) CSS
6 86 (28.86%) Web Services
6 86 (28.86%) ASP.NET MVC
7 81 (27.18%) HTML5
8 70 (23.49%) HTML
9 40 (13.42%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 37 (12.42%) Razor View Engine
11 35 (11.74%) WPF
12 31 (10.40%) NHibernate
13 30 (10.07%) .NET Framework
14 29 (9.732%) SOAP
15 27 (9.060%) ADO.NET
16 26 (8.725%) XSLT
17 20 (6.711%) LINQ
18 14 (4.698%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 35 (11.74%) IIS
2 28 (9.396%) SharePoint
3 27 (9.060%) BizTalk Server
4 22 (7.383%) SharePoint 2010
5 13 (4.362%) Windows Azure
6 12 (4.027%) ESB
7 4 (1.342%) CMS
Applications
1 46 (15.44%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (5.369%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.671%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 67 (22.48%) HTTP
2 6 (2.013%) LAN
3 4 (1.342%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (54.70%) SQL Server
2 78 (26.17%) SQL Server 2008
3 51 (17.11%) SQL Server 2005
4 43 (14.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 33 (11.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 27 (9.060%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (7.718%) MS Access
8 13 (4.362%) Crystal Reports
9 10 (3.356%) SQL Server 2012
10 7 (2.349%) QlikView
11 4 (1.342%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (1.342%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 3 (1.007%) MySQL
13 2 (0.671%) DB2
13 2 (0.671%) Oracle 8/8i
14 1 (0.336%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 42 (14.09%) NUnit
2 32 (10.74%) Rhino Mocks
3 29 (9.732%) Moq
3 29 (9.732%) Team Foundation Server
4 23 (7.718%) Visual Studio
5 20 (6.711%) WinDbg
6 15 (5.034%) Git (software)
7 3 (1.007%) Subversion
8 2 (0.671%) AQtime
9 1 (0.336%) CppUnit
9 1 (0.336%) MbUnit
9 1 (0.336%) dotTrace
9 1 (0.336%) MSTest
9 1 (0.336%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.336%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.336%) xUnit.net
General
1 59 (19.80%) Finance
2 28 (9.396%) Music
2 28 (9.396%) Music Industry
3 6 (2.013%) Marketing
4 3 (1.007%) Retail
5 1 (0.336%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 244 (81.88%) Developer
2 127 (42.62%) .NET Developer
3 95 (31.88%) C# Developer
4 78 (26.17%) C# .NET Developer
5 55 (18.46%) Senior Developer
6 47 (15.77%) Software Developer
7 41 (13.76%) Senior C# Developer
7 41 (13.76%) Software Engineer
8 31 (10.40%) Senior .NET Developer
9 28 (9.396%) SharePoint Developer
10 20 (6.711%) Senior Software Developer
11 16 (5.369%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (5.369%) C# Software Developer
12 15 (5.034%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 13 (4.362%) Applications Developer
14 12 (4.027%) BizTalk Developer
15 11 (3.691%) Web Developer
16 10 (3.356%) Lead Developer
16 10 (3.356%) Lead Software Engineer
17 9 (3.020%) Lead Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.44%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (5.369%) Computer Science
3 14 (4.698%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.007%) EPoS
4 3 (1.007%) Social Network
4 3 (1.007%) Open Source
5 1 (0.336%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.336%) iPhone
5 1 (0.336%) SaaS
5 1 (0.336%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.054%) Windows
2 1 (0.336%) Windows Mobile
2 1 (0.336%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (31.21%) MVC
2 82 (27.52%) SOA
2 82 (27.52%) OO
3 79 (26.51%) TDD
4 77 (25.84%) Agile Software Development
5 57 (19.13%) Web Application Development
6 47 (15.77%) Scrum
7 41 (13.76%) E-Commerce
8 33 (11.07%) BDD
9 28 (9.396%) Kanban
10 25 (8.389%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (8.054%) Software Deployment
12 23 (7.718%) CRM
12 23 (7.718%) ERP
13 20 (6.711%) Root Cause Analysis
13 20 (6.711%) ITIL
14 15 (5.034%) Performance Testing
14 15 (5.034%) Security Testing
15 13 (4.362%) Requirements Analysis
15 13 (4.362%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 280 (93.96%) C#
2 161 (54.03%) SQL
3 142 (47.65%) JavaScript
4 78 (26.17%) VB.NET
5 38 (12.75%) VB
6 33 (11.07%) Java
7 23 (7.718%) VBA
8 18 (6.040%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.349%) Bourne shell
10 6 (2.013%) VBScript
10 6 (2.013%) C++
11 3 (1.007%) C++/CLI
12 2 (0.671%) VC++
13 1 (0.336%) PHP
Qualifications
1 49 (16.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 37 (12.42%) MCTS
3 36 (12.08%) MCP
3 36 (12.08%) MCAD
3 36 (12.08%) MCSD
4 35 (11.74%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.349%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (3.020%) SCOM
Vendors
1 84 (28.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.349%) DevExpress
3 6 (2.013%) Oracle
4 5 (1.678%) SAP
5 2 (0.671%) Sage
6 1 (0.336%) Omniture
6 1 (0.336%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.336%) Twitter
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Net, AJAX, SQL, Microsoft, Web, WPF, TDD, WCF, SOAP. Job Description: Designing, developing and maintaining software using Microsoft .Net framework (C#) and SQL Server for the web, desktop...
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Salary: Unspecified Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C# expertise. In-depth knowledge ofWeb protocols and languages, including HTTP, HTML, XML, JavaScript ,CSS... Desired: Has developed in MS-SQL, Azure SQL... Experience of asp.net MVC...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Extensive Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Trent Pearce
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Our client will provide you with training into: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), TDD (NUnit, RhinoMocks, Moq), BDD...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The successful applicant will have knowledge in the following skills - C# WPF SQL ASP.NET Any additional skills in WCF, Web Services, COM/DCOM or MS reporting services...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: c50k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
git) HTML4 &HTML5. CSS. JavaScript / JQuery. XML. SQL... Agile Development Environments. Web Technologies (HTTP, SOA, Ajax, WCF) C#, .NET ( or transferable OO language) Continuous Delivery / Integration... Understanding of...
comparethemarket.com
Salary: up to £60k plus excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
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git) HTML4 & HTML5. CSS. JavaScript / JQuery. XML. SQL... Agile Development Environments. Web Technologies (HTTP, SOA, Ajax, WCF) C#, .NET ( or transferable OO language) Continuous Delivery / Integration... Understanding of...
comparethemarket.com
Salary: Up to £60k - bonus, 25 days leave, private health + excellent benefits
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MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
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