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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 49 26 41
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +15
Permanent jobs citing WCF 3 8 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.890% 5.128% 3.968%
As % of the Application Development category 1.829% 9.302% 6.494%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 10
Average salary £32,500 £31,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.83% +37.77%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
164 86 154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 48.66% 55.13% 61.11%
Number of salaries quoted 94 76 150
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -9.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Cheshire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 46 (100.00%) C#
1 46 (100.00%) .NET
1 46 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 38 (82.61%) SQL Server
3 34 (73.91%) MVC
4 27 (58.70%) CSS
5 26 (56.52%) XML
6 25 (54.35%) jQuery
6 25 (54.35%) ASP.NET MVC
7 22 (47.83%) Web Services
8 20 (43.48%) SOAP
9 16 (34.78%) Visual Studio
9 16 (34.78%) SQL
9 16 (34.78%) SQL Server 2008
10 15 (32.61%) JavaScript
10 15 (32.61%) HTML
11 14 (30.43%) TDD
12 13 (28.26%) Web Application Development
13 12 (26.09%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 12 (26.09%) Razor View Engine
13 12 (26.09%) CQRS
13 12 (26.09%) Domain-Driven Design
13 12 (26.09%) BDD
13 12 (26.09%) .NET Framework
13 12 (26.09%) MCTS
13 12 (26.09%) MCP
13 12 (26.09%) MCAD
13 12 (26.09%) MCSD
13 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (21.74%) Degree

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 46 (100.00%) .NET
1 46 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 27 (58.70%) CSS
3 26 (56.52%) XML
4 25 (54.35%) jQuery
4 25 (54.35%) ASP.NET MVC
5 22 (47.83%) Web Services
6 20 (43.48%) SOAP
7 15 (32.61%) HTML
8 12 (26.09%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 12 (26.09%) Razor View Engine
8 12 (26.09%) .NET Framework
9 8 (17.39%) Ajax
10 7 (15.22%) XSLT
11 6 (13.04%) Middleware
12 5 (10.87%) WinForms
12 5 (10.87%) WPF
13 3 (6.522%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 3 (6.522%) LINQ
14 2 (4.348%) CSS3
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.696%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (82.61%) SQL Server
2 16 (34.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (17.39%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 16 (34.78%) Visual Studio
2 4 (8.696%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (4.348%) MSTest
4 1 (2.174%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (2.174%) NUnit
General
1 2 (4.348%) Retail
1 2 (4.348%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 46 (100.00%) Developer
2 39 (84.78%) .NET Developer
3 21 (45.65%) C# Developer
3 21 (45.65%) C# .NET Developer
4 9 (19.57%) Web Developer
5 7 (15.22%) ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (13.04%) Lead Developer
6 6 (13.04%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (13.04%) Lead Web Developer
7 5 (10.87%) SQL Developer
7 5 (10.87%) SQL Server Developer
7 5 (10.87%) .NET Web Developer
7 5 (10.87%) C# Web Developer
8 2 (4.348%) Senior Software Developer
8 2 (4.348%) Senior Web Developer
8 2 (4.348%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.348%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) N-Tier
2 4 (8.696%) SaaS
3 2 (4.348%) Computer Science
3 2 (4.348%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.696%) Windows
2 2 (4.348%) Linux
2 2 (4.348%) UNIX
2 2 (4.348%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (73.91%) MVC
2 14 (30.43%) TDD
3 13 (28.26%) Web Application Development
4 12 (26.09%) CQRS
4 12 (26.09%) Domain-Driven Design
4 12 (26.09%) BDD
5 9 (19.57%) Scrum
5 9 (19.57%) E-Commerce
6 8 (17.39%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (17.39%) Unit Testing
7 2 (4.348%) Performance Testing
7 2 (4.348%) Business Analysis
7 2 (4.348%) OO
7 2 (4.348%) MVVM
8 1 (2.174%) Dependency Injection
8 1 (2.174%) Pair Programming
8 1 (2.174%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 46 (100.00%) C#
2 16 (34.78%) SQL
3 15 (32.61%) JavaScript
4 6 (13.04%) C++
5 5 (10.87%) Java
5 5 (10.87%) T-SQL
6 4 (8.696%) C
7 2 (4.348%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (26.09%) MCTS
1 12 (26.09%) MCP
1 12 (26.09%) MCAD
1 12 (26.09%) MCSD
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (21.74%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
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