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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 19 25 19
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -6
Permanent jobs citing WCF 1 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 1.449% 2.069% 2.041%
As % of the Application Development category 2.632% 8.571% 5.128%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £40,000 £27,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.45% -12.69%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
38 35 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 55.07% 24.14% 39.80%
Number of salaries quoted 37 31 27
Average salary £30,000 £29,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% -7.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £60,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
North East

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
2 5 (71.43%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 5 (71.43%) jQuery
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) MVC
4 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (42.86%) HTML5
4 3 (42.86%) NHibernate
5 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
5 2 (28.57%) Modbus
5 2 (28.57%) Legal
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) WPF
5 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) XML
5 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) HTML

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) ASP.NET
2 5 (71.43%) CSS
2 5 (71.43%) jQuery
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET MVC
3 3 (42.86%) HTML5
3 3 (42.86%) NHibernate
4 2 (28.57%) WPF
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 2 (28.57%) XML
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (28.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
1 5 (71.43%) .NET Developer
2 4 (57.14%) C# Developer
2 4 (57.14%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Junior C# .NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Junior
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Junior Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Junior C# Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Junior .NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (42.86%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) MVC
2 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
Durham, County Durham
If you specialise in any of the following, and have a passion for continuous learning, then we’d love to hear from you: ASP.NET. JQuery. Ajax. C#...
Waterstons
Salary: From £25,000 to £50,000 per annum + Family private healthcare, pension
Posted: 3 May 2013
Shildon, County Durham
As part of a fast paced development team you will work alongside the Lead Developer and be a key member of the product development process with involvement in...
Sharpe Recruitment
Salary: £16000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
County Durham
Beneficial skills and experience: - Commercial experience with WCF, ASP.NET Web Forms, MS SQL Server Reporting Services, HTML5, CSS3, TFS, and Jira... - Industry recognised qualifications, such as Microsoft...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 14 May 2013
County Durham
Requirements analysis... Required skills and experience: - A degree in a relevant discipline - At least 3 years commercial development experience (at least 1-2 years specifically in .NET web...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 14 May 2013