The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 55 49 53
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +4
Permanent jobs citing WCF 75 87 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.213% 4.457% 3.990%
As % of the Application Development category 9.446% 8.270% 7.620%
Number of salaries quoted 70 79 60
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -0.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
794 1052 853
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 44.61% 53.89% 52.36%
Number of salaries quoted 655 941 776
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
North West

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warrington +20 33 £25,500 -19.04%
Macclesfield 0 12 £40,000 +23.07%
Crewe +3 4 £40,000 -11.11%
Wilmslow -11 4 £37,500 +12.78%
Chester -18 3 £32,500 +4.83%
Ellesmere Port +3 2 £37,500 -
Congleton - 1 £24,000 -
WCF
North West

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 257 (100.00%) .NET
2 253 (98.44%) C#
3 219 (85.21%) ASP.NET
4 202 (78.60%) SQL Server
5 192 (74.71%) MVC
6 152 (59.14%) ASP.NET MVC
7 107 (41.63%) SQL
8 98 (38.13%) JavaScript
9 93 (36.19%) WPF
9 93 (36.19%) jQuery
10 92 (35.80%) MCTS
10 92 (35.80%) HTML
10 92 (35.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 90 (35.02%) .NET Framework
12 88 (34.24%) CSS
12 88 (34.24%) Web Services
13 83 (32.30%) MCP
13 83 (32.30%) TDD
14 79 (30.74%) WinForms
15 76 (29.57%) XML
15 76 (29.57%) OO
16 75 (29.18%) Windows
17 73 (28.40%) Web Application Development
18 72 (28.02%) ASP.NET MVC 4
18 72 (28.02%) MCAD
18 72 (28.02%) MCSD
19 69 (26.85%) Razor View Engine
19 69 (26.85%) SQL Server 2008
20 63 (24.51%) Microsoft
21 61 (23.74%) Scrum

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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
1 257 (100.00%) .NET
2 219 (85.21%) ASP.NET
3 152 (59.14%) ASP.NET MVC
4 93 (36.19%) jQuery
4 93 (36.19%) WPF
5 92 (35.80%) HTML
6 90 (35.02%) .NET Framework
7 88 (34.24%) CSS
7 88 (34.24%) Web Services
8 79 (30.74%) WinForms
9 76 (29.57%) XML
10 72 (28.02%) ASP.NET MVC 4
11 69 (26.85%) Razor View Engine
12 53 (20.62%) Ninject
13 46 (17.90%) Castle Windsor
14 44 (17.12%) Ajax
15 43 (16.73%) Spring.NET
16 42 (16.34%) Unity DI Container
17 41 (15.95%) LINQ
18 39 (15.18%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 16 (6.226%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.280%) IIS
3 2 (0.778%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.389%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.389%) MSMQ
Applications
1 19 (7.393%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.556%) Fireworks
2 4 (1.556%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.335%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (1.556%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.280%) Intranet
1 11 (4.280%) Internet
2 6 (2.335%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.556%) HTTP
4 2 (0.778%) ADSL
4 2 (0.778%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (78.60%) SQL Server
2 69 (26.85%) SQL Server 2008
3 41 (15.95%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (4.280%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (2.724%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (2.335%) MySQL
7 5 (1.946%) DTS
7 5 (1.946%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (1.556%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (1.167%) MS Access
9 3 (1.167%) SQL Server 2000
9 3 (1.167%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 55 (21.40%) NUnit
2 52 (20.23%) Rhino Mocks
3 44 (17.12%) MSTest
4 42 (16.34%) Moq
5 38 (14.79%) Visual Studio
6 17 (6.615%) Team Foundation Server
7 12 (4.669%) Subversion
8 5 (1.946%) Selenium
8 5 (1.946%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.389%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.389%) Dreamweaver
General
1 41 (15.95%) Finance
2 11 (4.280%) Music
3 9 (3.502%) Advertising
3 9 (3.502%) Back Office
4 4 (1.556%) Retail
4 4 (1.556%) Marketing
5 3 (1.167%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 237 (92.22%) Developer
2 182 (70.82%) .NET Developer
3 67 (26.07%) C# Developer
4 66 (25.68%) C# .NET Developer
5 45 (17.51%) ASP.NET Developer
6 35 (13.62%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 27 (10.51%) Senior Developer
8 25 (9.728%) Web Developer
9 21 (8.171%) Lead Developer
10 20 (7.782%) Graduate
10 20 (7.782%) Junior
10 20 (7.782%) Junior Developer
10 20 (7.782%) Junior .NET Developer
10 20 (7.782%) Graduate Developer
11 19 (7.393%) Graduate .NET Developer
12 18 (7.004%) Software Developer
13 12 (4.669%) Senior .NET Developer
13 12 (4.669%) .NET Software Developer
14 11 (4.280%) SQL Developer
15 10 (3.891%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.34%) Inversion of Control
2 39 (15.18%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (8.560%) Computer Science
4 19 (7.393%) N-Tier
5 12 (4.669%) W3C
6 11 (4.280%) Client/Server
6 11 (4.280%) Streaming Music
7 7 (2.724%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.556%) SaaS
9 2 (0.778%) Device Driver
9 2 (0.778%) Tandem
10 1 (0.389%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 75 (29.18%) Windows
2 6 (2.335%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (1.946%) Windows 8
4 2 (0.778%) UNIX
4 2 (0.778%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.778%) Linux
4 2 (0.778%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (74.71%) MVC
2 83 (32.30%) TDD
3 76 (29.57%) OO
4 73 (28.40%) Web Application Development
5 61 (23.74%) Scrum
6 58 (22.57%) Web Development
7 55 (21.40%) Dependency Injection
8 51 (19.84%) MVVM
9 48 (18.68%) Continuous Integration
10 43 (16.73%) Kanban
11 39 (15.18%) Agile Software Development
12 26 (10.12%) Domain-Driven Design
13 20 (7.782%) Unit Testing
14 15 (5.837%) BDD
14 15 (5.837%) CQRS
15 12 (4.669%) Project Management
15 12 (4.669%) UML
15 12 (4.669%) E-Commerce
16 10 (3.891%) SOA
16 10 (3.891%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 253 (98.44%) C#
2 107 (41.63%) SQL
3 98 (38.13%) JavaScript
4 40 (15.56%) VB.NET
5 33 (12.84%) T-SQL
6 20 (7.782%) VB
7 16 (6.226%) C
8 11 (4.280%) XPath
9 7 (2.724%) C++
10 5 (1.946%) Java
11 4 (1.556%) PHP
11 4 (1.556%) VBA
11 4 (1.556%) VB6
12 2 (0.778%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 1 (0.389%) Ruby
13 1 (0.389%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 92 (35.80%) Microsoft Certification
1 92 (35.80%) MCTS
2 83 (32.30%) MCP
3 72 (28.02%) MCAD
3 72 (28.02%) MCSD
4 20 (7.782%) Degree
5 11 (4.280%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.167%) SLA
2 1 (0.389%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.167%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 63 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.335%) Oracle
3 5 (1.946%) Avaya
4 1 (0.389%) Infragistics
4 1 (0.389%) DevExpress
Chester, Cheshire
C# / ASP.NET / SQL Server / HTML / jQuery My client are looking to recruit a .NET Developer with at least 2 years commercial experience to work out of their...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software for my client. Technically they are looking for someone with the following skill set,...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
ASP.NET Web Developer / C# / SQL Server / MVC / JavaScript / CSS / HTML / Warrington... Applicants to this role must have 2-3 years' experience with: *ASP.NET *C# *SQL Server *...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £23000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
C# API Developer£30,000 MacclesfieldA steadily growing and successful financial organisation requires a Web Service Developer to join a passionate team and assist in the continued development...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £25000 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Ellesmere Port, North West
Our client can provide you with Greenfield project work and exposure to: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), AJAX, Agile, TDD, Castle Monorail, Castle Windsor,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
C# ASP.NET Web Developer, Macclesfield, Manchester. Lead Developer, Senior Developer, C#, Microsoft .NET (2 / 3 / 3.5 / 4), ASP.NET (2, 3.5, 4), AJAX, MVC / MVP,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
Senior C# Developer - £35000 - £42000The company is a global Sports Event Management and Consultancy They operate a bespoke Invoicing system, called "Pipeline", that interfaces it operational event systems...
Salary: £35000.00 - £42000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 April 2013
Warrington, North West
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, RESTful, Web API, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2-years continuous working experience in building web services, working in either: * Microsoft .NET (3.5 / 4.0) technologies (C#,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Web Service Developer, C# .NET SQL - Macclesfield £30K. A steadily growing and successful financial organisation requires a Web Service Developer to join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client, a steadily growing and successful financial organisation based in Macclesfield, Cheshire currently requires a Graduate .NET Developer. You will join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The role would suit a candidate with a .NET and SQL background. The successful candidate will have had some working experience as a developer, perhaps as part of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013