The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 24 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 44 49 60
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +11
Permanent jobs citing WCF 23 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 4.137% 1.134% 1.045%
As % of the Application Development category 9.914% 2.857% 2.247%
Number of salaries quoted 18 5 6
Average salary £44,000 £40,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +35.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,000 £26,750
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £40,000 £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
232 175 267
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 41.73% 39.68% 46.52%
Number of salaries quoted 210 159 246
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -21.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
South Wales

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 32 (100.00%) C#
2 31 (96.88%) .NET
3 30 (93.75%) Scrum
4 27 (84.38%) ASP.NET
5 24 (75.00%) Microsoft
6 23 (71.88%) .NET Framework
7 21 (65.63%) Visual Studio
8 19 (59.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 17 (53.13%) SQL Server
9 17 (53.13%) MS Excel
10 11 (34.38%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (28.13%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (25.00%) CSS
12 8 (25.00%) JavaScript
13 6 (18.75%) HTML
13 6 (18.75%) Finance
13 6 (18.75%) Web Development
14 5 (15.63%) E-Commerce
15 4 (12.50%) OO
15 4 (12.50%) SQL
15 4 (12.50%) XHTML
15 4 (12.50%) Open Source
16 3 (9.375%) Unit Testing
16 3 (9.375%) Continuous Integration
16 3 (9.375%) Degree
17 2 (6.250%) Internet
17 2 (6.250%) ActionScript
17 2 (6.250%) MySQL
17 2 (6.250%) PHP
17 2 (6.250%) Flash

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 31 (96.88%) .NET
2 27 (84.38%) ASP.NET
3 23 (71.88%) .NET Framework
4 19 (59.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 8 (25.00%) CSS
6 6 (18.75%) HTML
7 4 (12.50%) XHTML
8 2 (6.250%) Flash
8 2 (6.250%) Web Services
8 2 (6.250%) jQuery
8 2 (6.250%) NHibernate
9 1 (3.125%) Yii
Applications
1 17 (53.13%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (53.13%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.250%) MySQL
2 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 21 (65.63%) Visual Studio
2 11 (34.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (18.75%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (93.75%) Developer
2 23 (71.88%) Lead Developer
3 16 (50.00%) .NET Developer
4 14 (43.75%) Lead .NET Developer
5 3 (9.375%) Senior .NET Developer
5 3 (9.375%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.250%) Software Developer
6 2 (6.250%) Web Developer
6 2 (6.250%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.250%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.250%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.250%) Senior C# Developer
6 2 (6.250%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.125%) Development Team Leader
7 1 (3.125%) Technical Team Leader
7 1 (3.125%) Systems Developer
7 1 (3.125%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (93.75%) Scrum
2 9 (28.13%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (18.75%) Web Development
4 5 (15.63%) E-Commerce
5 4 (12.50%) OO
6 3 (9.375%) Unit Testing
6 3 (9.375%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (6.250%) SOA
7 2 (6.250%) Kanban
7 2 (6.250%) User Experience Design
7 2 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.125%) Performance Improvement
8 1 (3.125%) Dependency Injection
8 1 (3.125%) System Testing
8 1 (3.125%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) C#
2 8 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (12.50%) SQL
4 2 (6.250%) ActionScript
4 2 (6.250%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (9.375%) Degree
Vendors
1 24 (75.00%) Microsoft
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Key technical skills: *.Net C# *WCF *Entity Framework *ASP.Net *Agile/Scrum experience As Lead Developer you must have the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues,...
CPS Group UK
Salary: excellent benefits and competitive salary
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The Lead Developer will be responsible for mentoring and supporting a small team of developers, and will also be expected to take a hands-on approach on development...
networx
Salary: £42,000 depending on skills
Posted: 21 May 2013