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This section looks at the demand for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank291806
Rank change on same period last yearUp+515
Matching permanent IT job ads1097169
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.579 %0.069 %
As % of the category below1.854 %0.231 %
Salaries quoted1024150
Average minimum salary£40,381£41,901
Average salary£44,520£47,377
% change on same period last year-6.03 %
Average maximum salary£48,659£52,854
UK excluding London average salary£38,295£39,176
% change on same period last year-2.24 %
England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching permanent IT job ads5916373169
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled31.23 %29.96 %
Salaries quoted5092960404
Average minimum salary£37,147£38,948
Average salary£40,735£42,773
% change on same period last year-4.76 %
Average maximum salary£44,324£46,598
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
WCF UKWCF
UK

WCF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WCF across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England WCF Demand Trend

WCF
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WCF across the England region.

England WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+382608£49,649-9.16 %
South EastUp+207221£39,294-9.23 %
East of EnglandUp+9082£39,530-12.15 %
YorkshireUp+5660£33,437+5.31 %
South WestUp+3848£36,176-14.87 %
North WestUp+3840£39,013+27.21 %
West MidlandsNew entry-28£41,914-
East MidlandsUp+2011£36,625+4.64 %
North EastNew entry-5£35,313-
WCF UKWCF
UK

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

11680 (97.00 %).NET
21600 (92.38 %)C#
31319 (76.15 %)SQL Server
41269 (73.27 %)ASP.NET
5962 (55.54 %)WPF
6908 (52.42 %)XML
7853 (49.25 %)SQL Server 2005
8732 (42.26 %)WebServices
9724 (41.80 %)AJAX
10663 (38.28 %)WF
11619 (35.74 %)Scrum
12599 (34.58 %)Microsoft
13495 (28.58 %)JavaScript
14467 (26.96 %)SQL
15465 (26.85 %)Silverlight
16410 (23.67 %)Windows
17407 (23.50 %)CSS
18369 (21.30 %)HTML
19363 (20.96 %)Extreme Programming
20335 (19.34 %)Microsoft Certification
21324 (18.71 %).NET Framework
22323 (18.65 %)WinForms
23313 (18.07 %)MCSD
24309 (17.84 %)MCAD
25301 (17.38 %)MCP
26284 (16.40 %)SQL Server 2000
27282 (16.28 %)Agile Software Development
28273 (15.76 %)VB.NET
29262 (15.13 %)OO
30252 (14.55 %)SharePoint

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11680 (97.00 %).NET
21269 (73.27 %)ASP.NET
3962 (55.54 %)WPF
4908 (52.42 %)XML
5732 (42.26 %)WebServices
6724 (41.80 %)AJAX
7663 (38.28 %)WF
8465 (26.85 %)Silverlight
9407 (23.50 %)CSS
10369 (21.30 %)HTML
11324 (18.71 %).NET Framework
12323 (18.65 %)WinForms
13190 (10.97 %)LINQ
14174 (10.05 %)XHTML
1595 (5.485 %)XSLT
1692 (5.312 %)ADO.NET
1787 (5.023 %)COM+
1873 (4.215 %)J2EE
1954 (3.118 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2050 (2.887 %)ASP
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1252 (14.55 %)SharePoint
2179 (10.33 %)BizTalk Server
3156 (9.007 %)SharePoint Server 2007
474 (4.273 %)CMS
560 (3.464 %)IIS
657 (3.291 %)MQSeries
721 (1.212 %)Commerce Server 2007
721 (1.212 %)Commerce Server
814 (0.808 %)Apache
99 (0.520 %)MTS
105 (0.289 %)Oracle Workflow
113 (0.173 %)Content Management Server
122 (0.115 %)Oracle Application Server
122 (0.115 %)ESB
122 (0.115 %)DotNetNuke
122 (0.115 %)Lotus Notes
122 (0.115 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.115 %)WebSphere Application Server
122 (0.115 %)MS Exchange
122 (0.115 %)ColdFusion
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1137 (7.910 %)MS Excel
229 (1.674 %)MS Visio
311 (0.635 %)Photoshop
44 (0.231 %)MS Office
51 (0.058 %)InfoPath
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.289 %)RMDS
22 (0.115 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.058 %)WebTrends
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1225 (12.99 %)Internet
228 (1.617 %)Broadband
320 (1.155 %)Intranet
415 (0.866 %)HTTP
514 (0.808 %)CTI
612 (0.693 %)VoIP
711 (0.635 %)TETRA
85 (0.289 %)SMS
85 (0.289 %)SSL
85 (0.289 %)Wireless
92 (0.115 %)Kerberos
92 (0.115 %)DNS
92 (0.115 %)WLAN
92 (0.115 %)DHCP
92 (0.115 %)LAN
101 (0.058 %)SDH
101 (0.058 %)GSM
101 (0.058 %)UMTS
101 (0.058 %)ATM
101 (0.058 %)TCP/IP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11319 (76.15 %)SQL Server
2853 (49.25 %)SQL Server 2005
3284 (16.40 %)SQL Server 2000
4180 (10.39 %)SQL Server 7
557 (3.291 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
631 (1.790 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
730 (1.732 %)SQL Server Integration Services
826 (1.501 %)RDBMS
920 (1.155 %)DTS
1015 (0.866 %)Oracle 8/8i
1112 (0.693 %)Crystal Reports
129 (0.520 %)OLAP
129 (0.520 %)Datawarehouse
138 (0.462 %)Oracle OLAP
146 (0.346 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
154 (0.231 %)Reference Data
154 (0.231 %)MySQL
163 (0.173 %)MS Access
163 (0.173 %)Oracle 10g
163 (0.173 %)BusinessObjects
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1185 (10.68 %)Visual Studio
2125 (7.217 %)NUnit
329 (1.674 %)JUnit
427 (1.559 %)Subversion
525 (1.443 %)CruiseControl
614 (0.808 %)Visual Studio Team System
712 (0.693 %)Log4j
712 (0.693 %)VSS/SourceSafe
86 (0.346 %)Flash
86 (0.346 %)MSI
86 (0.346 %)InstallShield
86 (0.346 %)ReSharper
86 (0.346 %)FitNesse
93 (0.173 %)Log4Net
101 (0.058 %)NetAdvantage
101 (0.058 %)JIRA
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1248 (14.32 %)Finance
2159 (9.180 %)Retail
3101 (5.831 %)Health
488 (5.081 %)Games
581 (4.677 %)Banking
675 (4.330 %)Pensions
760 (3.464 %)Music
856 (3.233 %)Telecoms
936 (2.079 %)Front Office
1029 (1.674 %)Advertising
1029 (1.674 %)Marketing
1128 (1.617 %)Music Industry
1128 (1.617 %)Education
1224 (1.386 %)Automotive
1321 (1.212 %)Back Office
1419 (1.097 %)Investment Banking
1517 (0.982 %)Financial Institution
1614 (0.808 %)Auditing
1712 (0.693 %)Electronics
1811 (0.635 %)Insurance
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11439 (83.08 %)Developer
2914 (52.77 %).NET Developer
3847 (48.90 %)C# Developer
4360 (20.79 %)ASP.NET Developer
5315 (18.19 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
6163 (9.411 %)Senior Developer
7106 (6.120 %)Senior .NET Developer
894 (5.427 %)Architect
983 (4.792 %)Senior C# Developer
983 (4.792 %)WinForms Developer
1073 (4.215 %)Web Developer
1165 (3.753 %).NET Architect
1261 (3.522 %)Junior
1360 (3.464 %)VB.NET Developer
1459 (3.406 %)SQL Developer
1556 (3.233 %)Software Developer
1655 (3.176 %)Junior Developer
1753 (3.060 %)Analyst
1852 (3.002 %)Applications Developer
1852 (3.002 %)SQL Server Developer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1124 (7.159 %)Tandem
298 (5.658 %)N-Tier
334 (1.963 %)Social Network
433 (1.905 %)Client/Server
531 (1.790 %)Computer Science
630 (1.732 %)Derivative
725 (1.443 %)Multithreading
725 (1.443 %)DTV
815 (0.866 %)APACS
815 (0.866 %)Web 2.0
914 (0.808 %)NHS
1011 (0.635 %)Fixed Income
1110 (0.577 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
128 (0.462 %)Clustering
135 (0.289 %)Credit Derivative
135 (0.289 %)Mathematics
144 (0.231 %)Physics
153 (0.173 %)Equities
162 (0.115 %)Management Information System
162 (0.115 %)Replication
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1410 (23.67 %)Windows
220 (1.155 %)Windows XP
312 (0.693 %)Linux
410 (0.577 %)VMS
54 (0.231 %)Windows Mobile
54 (0.231 %)Windows Vista
61 (0.058 %)UNIX
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1619 (35.74 %)Scrum
2363 (20.96 %)Extreme Programming
3282 (16.28 %)Agile Software Development
4262 (15.13 %)OO
5189 (10.91 %)E-Commerce
6175 (10.10 %)TDD
7156 (9.007 %)UML
8100 (5.774 %)Workflow
981 (4.677 %)Unit Testing
1072 (4.157 %)SOA
1154 (3.118 %)OOP
1244 (2.540 %)EAI
1343 (2.483 %)Software Engineering
1437 (2.136 %)Web Development
1437 (2.136 %)OOA/OOD
1535 (2.021 %)CRM
1633 (1.905 %)Risk Management
1731 (1.790 %)Business Intelligence
1828 (1.617 %)Refactoring
1926 (1.501 %)Code Coverage
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11600 (92.38 %)C#
2495 (28.58 %)JavaScript
3467 (26.96 %)SQL
4273 (15.76 %)VB.NET
5224 (12.93 %)Transact-SQL
6178 (10.28 %)Java
7140 (8.083 %)C++
8105 (6.062 %)VB
942 (2.425 %)XAML
1026 (1.501 %)DHTML
1123 (1.328 %)PL/SQL
1123 (1.328 %)VC++
1221 (1.212 %)Perl
1221 (1.212 %)PHP
1320 (1.155 %)C
1320 (1.155 %)VB6
1419 (1.097 %)Python
1518 (1.039 %)Delphi
1518 (1.039 %)XPath
1611 (0.635 %)VBA
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1335 (19.34 %)Microsoft Certification
2313 (18.07 %)MCSD
3309 (17.84 %)MCAD
4301 (17.38 %)MCP
5114 (6.582 %)Degree
614 (0.808 %)MCPD
79 (0.520 %)MCT
84 (0.231 %)CIMA
84 (0.231 %)MCTS
93 (0.173 %)MCSE
102 (0.115 %)MCDBA
102 (0.115 %)ISEB
102 (0.115 %)OCP
102 (0.115 %)OCA
102 (0.115 %)Oracle Certification
111 (0.058 %)CIPFA
111 (0.058 %)HND
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.097 %)QA
215 (0.866 %)ISO8583
34 (0.231 %)ISO9001
42 (0.115 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.115 %)Basel II
42 (0.115 %)MiFID
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
185 (4.908 %)MSMQ
212 (0.693 %)Active Directory
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.058 %)MOM
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1599 (34.58 %)Microsoft
2165 (9.527 %)Oracle
337 (2.136 %)Infragistics
434 (1.963 %)TIBCO
522 (1.270 %)SeeBeyond
619 (1.097 %)Sun
713 (0.751 %)Reuters
812 (0.693 %)BT
96 (0.346 %)Google
103 (0.173 %)Yahoo!
103 (0.173 %)Meridio
103 (0.173 %)IBM
103 (0.173 %)Business Objects
103 (0.173 %)SAP
112 (0.115 %)Software AG
112 (0.115 %)Lotus
112 (0.115 %)Bloomberg
112 (0.115 %)webMethods
112 (0.115 %)Adobe
112 (0.115 %)Endeca
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