The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 17 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 49 51 46
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -5
Permanent jobs citing WCF 16 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 2.662% 0.560% 1.312%
As % of the Application Development category 7.339% 1.333% 4.673%
Number of salaries quoted 16 1 5
Average salary £41,250 £25,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+61.76% -39.28%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
218 150 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 36.27% 42.02% 28.08%
Number of salaries quoted 194 135 104
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £24,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
West Midlands

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Coventry WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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%) .NET
1 46 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 44 (95.65%) C#
2 44 (95.65%) MVC
3 39 (84.78%) SQL Server
4 27 (58.70%) WPF
5 26 (56.52%) JavaScript
6 24 (52.17%) Web Services
6 24 (52.17%) XML
6 24 (52.17%) .NET Framework
6 24 (52.17%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 22 (47.83%) COM
7 22 (47.83%) XSL
7 22 (47.83%) SharePoint
7 22 (47.83%) DHTML
7 22 (47.83%) Microsoft
7 22 (47.83%) BizTalk Server
8 20 (43.48%) OpenVMS
8 20 (43.48%) SAP
8 20 (43.48%) UNIX
8 20 (43.48%) Solaris
8 20 (43.48%) SAP Business One
9 19 (41.30%) ASP.NET MVC
10 16 (34.78%) jQuery
10 16 (34.78%) Web Development
11 15 (32.61%) Ajax
12 13 (28.26%) Silverlight
12 13 (28.26%) LINQ
12 13 (28.26%) CSS
13 12 (26.09%) BDD

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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%) WPF
3 24 (52.17%) Web Services
3 24 (52.17%) XML
3 24 (52.17%) .NET Framework
3 24 (52.17%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 22 (47.83%) COM
4 22 (47.83%) DHTML
4 22 (47.83%) XSL
5 19 (41.30%) ASP.NET MVC
6 16 (34.78%) jQuery
7 15 (32.61%) Ajax
8 13 (28.26%) Silverlight
8 13 (28.26%) LINQ
8 13 (28.26%) CSS
9 10 (21.74%) Razor View Engine
9 10 (21.74%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 5 (10.87%) HTML
11 2 (4.348%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 22 (47.83%) SharePoint
1 22 (47.83%) BizTalk Server
2 11 (23.91%) Apache
2 11 (23.91%) Tomcat
2 11 (23.91%) SharePoint Server
2 11 (23.91%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (4.348%) ESB
3 2 (4.348%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (23.91%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 20 (43.48%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.74%) Internet
2 3 (6.522%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (84.78%) SQL Server
2 11 (23.91%) MySQL
3 10 (21.74%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (8.696%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 44 (95.65%) Developer
1 44 (95.65%) .NET Developer
2 13 (28.26%) Web Developer
2 13 (28.26%) .NET Web Developer
3 12 (26.09%) Senior Developer
3 12 (26.09%) Senior .NET Developer
4 11 (23.91%) SharePoint Developer
4 11 (23.91%) Senior SharePoint Developer
5 9 (19.57%) C# .NET Developer
5 9 (19.57%) C# Developer
6 5 (10.87%) Software Developer
6 5 (10.87%) .NET Software Developer
6 5 (10.87%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (8.696%) ASP.NET Developer
8 3 (6.522%) Programmer
8 3 (6.522%) C# Software Developer
9 2 (4.348%) C# Web Developer
10 1 (2.174%) Senior Programmer
10 1 (2.174%) .NET Programmer
10 1 (2.174%) Senior .NET Programmer
Operating Systems
1 20 (43.48%) UNIX
1 20 (43.48%) Solaris
1 20 (43.48%) OpenVMS
2 11 (23.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (95.65%) MVC
2 16 (34.78%) Web Development
3 12 (26.09%) BDD
3 12 (26.09%) TDD
4 11 (23.91%) Web Application Development
5 10 (21.74%) OO
5 10 (21.74%) CQRS
5 10 (21.74%) Domain-Driven Design
6 8 (17.39%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (8.696%) SOA
8 3 (6.522%) Scrum
8 3 (6.522%) E-Commerce
9 2 (4.348%) SEO
9 2 (4.348%) Content Management
9 2 (4.348%) Unit Testing
9 2 (4.348%) MVVM
10 1 (2.174%) Software Engineering
10 1 (2.174%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 44 (95.65%) C#
2 26 (56.52%) JavaScript
3 11 (23.91%) Perl
3 11 (23.91%) PHP
3 11 (23.91%) C++
3 11 (23.91%) Delphi
3 11 (23.91%) Java
3 11 (23.91%) VB
3 11 (23.91%) Python
3 11 (23.91%) XAML
4 5 (10.87%) SQL
5 2 (4.348%) T-SQL
5 2 (4.348%) XPath
5 2 (4.348%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) MCP
1 10 (21.74%) MCAD
1 10 (21.74%) MCSD
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (21.74%) MCTS
Vendors
1 22 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 20 (43.48%) SAP
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Experience with Winforms and ASP.NET. A working knowledge of predominantly VB.NET with C#... A working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery and associated technologies... Knowledge of...
Hamlin Knight
Salary: From £30,000 to £33,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
You will have: * Demonstrable customer facing experience and excellent communication skills and team focus;* Hands on experience of Web application and Web service development in a commercial environment...
BARCLAYS
Salary: Competitive salary plus excellent benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013