The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Farnborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 22 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 Farnborough region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 22 33 21
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Permanent jobs citing WCF 16 8 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 8.556% 3.347% 8.264%
As % of the Application Development category 18.39% 8.696% 13.70%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 9
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Farnborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
87 92 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 46.52% 38.49% 60.33%
Number of salaries quoted 83 90 70
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Hampshire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 20 (100.00%) C#
1 20 (100.00%) .NET
2 19 (95.00%) MVC
2 19 (95.00%) ASP.NET
3 16 (80.00%) ASP
3 16 (80.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 15 (75.00%) Web Services
5 13 (65.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 7 (35.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (15.00%) MCP
7 3 (15.00%) MCAD
7 3 (15.00%) MCSD
7 3 (15.00%) TDD
7 3 (15.00%) NHibernate
7 3 (15.00%) Web Application Development
7 3 (15.00%) MCTS
8 2 (10.00%) MonoRail
8 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 2 (10.00%) Rhino Mocks
8 2 (10.00%) Castle Windsor
8 2 (10.00%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (10.00%) Tandem
8 2 (10.00%) NUnit
8 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
8 2 (10.00%) Scrum
9 1 (5.000%) WinForms
9 1 (5.000%) Firewall

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 20 (100.00%) .NET
2 19 (95.00%) ASP.NET
3 16 (80.00%) ASP
3 16 (80.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 15 (75.00%) Web Services
5 13 (65.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 3 (15.00%) NHibernate
7 2 (10.00%) MonoRail
7 2 (10.00%) Castle Windsor
7 2 (10.00%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (5.000%) WinForms
8 1 (5.000%) Spring
8 1 (5.000%) KnockoutJS
8 1 (5.000%) Ninject
8 1 (5.000%) AppFabric
8 1 (5.000%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (5.000%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Firewall
1 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.000%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Rhino Mocks
1 2 (10.00%) NUnit
2 1 (5.000%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.000%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (5.000%) Music
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Developer
2 19 (95.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.000%) C# Developer
3 1 (5.000%) Junior Developer
3 1 (5.000%) Lead Developer
3 1 (5.000%) Junior Software Developer
3 1 (5.000%) Software Developer
3 1 (5.000%) Junior
3 1 (5.000%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (5.000%) Lead .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (10.00%) Tandem
2 1 (5.000%) Streaming Music
2 1 (5.000%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) MVC
2 3 (15.00%) TDD
2 3 (15.00%) Web Application Development
3 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (5.000%) OO
4 1 (5.000%) EAI
4 1 (5.000%) Domain-Driven Design
4 1 (5.000%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (5.000%) SQL
2 1 (5.000%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (15.00%) MCP
1 3 (15.00%) MCAD
1 3 (15.00%) MCSD
1 3 (15.00%) MCTS
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
Farnborough, South East
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, SQL Server 2012, Agile / SCRUM, TDD, Castle...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013