The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 24 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 43 26 25
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -1
Permanent jobs citing WCF 48 46 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 4.149% 6.416% 9.313%
As % of the Application Development category 10.62% 14.70% 18.10%
Number of salaries quoted 40 42 99
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
452 313 547
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 39.07% 43.65% 51.46%
Number of salaries quoted 386 282 513
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
South East

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Kent WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the Kent region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tunbridge Wells +14 14 £42,500 -
Dartford - 9 £40,000 -
Whitstable - 3 £35,000 -
Tonbridge - 2 £47,500 -
WCF
South East

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 82 (100.00%) .NET
2 78 (95.12%) SQL Server
3 76 (92.68%) ASP.NET
4 73 (89.02%) C#
5 38 (46.34%) MVC
6 37 (45.12%) SQL Server 2008
7 36 (43.90%) TDD
7 36 (43.90%) CSS
8 33 (40.24%) ASP.NET MVC
9 32 (39.02%) SQL
10 31 (37.80%) HTML
11 30 (36.59%) Razor View Engine
11 30 (36.59%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 29 (35.37%) Agile Software Development
13 27 (32.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 27 (32.93%) MCP
13 27 (32.93%) MCAD
13 27 (32.93%) MCSD
13 27 (32.93%) Web Application Development
13 27 (32.93%) MCTS
14 25 (30.49%) Rhino Mocks
14 25 (30.49%) NUnit
15 24 (29.27%) Legal
15 24 (29.27%) Scrum
15 24 (29.27%) Kanban
16 23 (28.05%) SharePoint
16 23 (28.05%) Microsoft
17 21 (25.61%) Team Foundation Server
17 21 (25.61%) NHibernate
17 21 (25.61%) BDD

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 82 (100.00%) .NET
2 76 (92.68%) ASP.NET
3 36 (43.90%) CSS
4 33 (40.24%) ASP.NET MVC
5 31 (37.80%) HTML
6 30 (36.59%) Razor View Engine
6 30 (36.59%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 21 (25.61%) NHibernate
8 16 (19.51%) XHTML
8 16 (19.51%) Ajax
8 16 (19.51%) WPF
9 15 (18.29%) XML
10 12 (14.63%) RSS
10 12 (14.63%) WF
11 11 (13.41%) .NET Framework
11 11 (13.41%) HTML5
12 10 (12.20%) SOAP
12 10 (12.20%) LINQ
12 10 (12.20%) jQuery
13 8 (9.756%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 23 (28.05%) SharePoint
2 15 (18.29%) SharePoint 2010
2 15 (18.29%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.659%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (9.756%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.098%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (95.12%) SQL Server
2 37 (45.12%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (23.17%) SQL Server 2012
4 7 (8.537%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (8.537%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (30.49%) Rhino Mocks
1 25 (30.49%) NUnit
2 21 (25.61%) Team Foundation Server
3 18 (21.95%) Moq
4 5 (6.098%) Visual Studio
5 4 (4.878%) Cucumber
5 4 (4.878%) MSTest
5 4 (4.878%) Selenium
6 2 (2.439%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 24 (29.27%) Legal
2 14 (17.07%) Music
2 14 (17.07%) Music Industry
3 11 (13.41%) Finance
4 9 (10.98%) Investment Banking
4 9 (10.98%) Banking
5 7 (8.537%) Law
6 1 (1.220%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 81 (98.78%) Developer
2 70 (85.37%) .NET Developer
3 33 (40.24%) ASP.NET Developer
4 16 (19.51%) C# Developer
4 16 (19.51%) C# .NET Developer
4 16 (19.51%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 10 (12.20%) Web Developer
6 5 (6.098%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (6.098%) Software Engineer
6 5 (6.098%) Programmer
6 5 (6.098%) VB.NET Developer
7 4 (4.878%) Silverlight Developer
7 4 (4.878%) .NET Software Engineer
7 4 (4.878%) .NET Programmer
8 3 (3.659%) ASP.NET Programmer
8 3 (3.659%) VB.NET Programmer
8 3 (3.659%) .NET Web Developer
9 2 (2.439%) ASP Developer
9 2 (2.439%) Classic ASP Developer
10 1 (1.220%) Web Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (24.39%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.878%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (1.220%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.34%) MVC
2 36 (43.90%) TDD
3 29 (35.37%) Agile Software Development
4 27 (32.93%) Web Application Development
5 24 (29.27%) Scrum
5 24 (29.27%) Kanban
6 21 (25.61%) BDD
7 15 (18.29%) Mobile Application Development
8 12 (14.63%) E-Commerce
9 9 (10.98%) Multithreading
9 9 (10.98%) Web Development
10 8 (9.756%) SOA
10 8 (9.756%) CRM
10 8 (9.756%) Domain-Driven Design
11 6 (7.317%) OO
12 5 (6.098%) Unit Testing
12 5 (6.098%) Configuration Management
13 4 (4.878%) Scrum-ban
13 4 (4.878%) Dependency Injection
13 4 (4.878%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 73 (89.02%) C#
2 32 (39.02%) SQL
3 18 (21.95%) JavaScript
3 18 (21.95%) VB.NET
4 13 (15.85%) XAML
5 9 (10.98%) PHP
6 8 (9.756%) VB
Qualifications
1 27 (32.93%) Microsoft Certification
1 27 (32.93%) MCP
1 27 (32.93%) MCAD
1 27 (32.93%) MCSD
1 27 (32.93%) MCTS
2 1 (1.220%) Degree
Vendors
1 23 (28.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.659%) Razor Risk
3 1 (1.220%) Sitecore
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
New opportunity for an ASP.Net C# Developer with a minimum 2 years commercial experience to join this Financial Services company based out of their offices in Tunbridge...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Pension + Medical Ins + LA + other
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: Excellent
Posted: 24 May 2013