The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 23 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 39 48 13
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -35
Permanent jobs citing WCF 13 27 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 3.523% 5.368% 14.46%
As % of the Application Development category 7.263% 10.47% 29.01%
Number of salaries quoted 11 26 39
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
179 258 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 48.51% 51.29% 49.85%
Number of salaries quoted 158 225 128
Average salary £32,528 £37,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.26% +5.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Merseyside

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 34 (100.00%) C#
2 33 (97.06%) .NET
3 31 (91.18%) ASP.NET
4 29 (85.29%) SQL Server
5 21 (61.76%) MVC
5 21 (61.76%) OO
6 20 (58.82%) ASP.NET MVC
7 18 (52.94%) VB.NET
8 16 (47.06%) TDD
8 16 (47.06%) MCTS
9 15 (44.12%) Web Application Development
9 15 (44.12%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 15 (44.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (44.12%) MCP
9 15 (44.12%) MCAD
9 15 (44.12%) MCSD
10 14 (41.18%) Internet
10 14 (41.18%) Razor View Engine
11 13 (38.24%) Domain-Driven Design
11 13 (38.24%) VB
12 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
12 12 (35.29%) BDD
12 12 (35.29%) SQL Server 2012
12 12 (35.29%) CQRS
13 10 (29.41%) CSS
14 9 (26.47%) HTML
14 9 (26.47%) JavaScript
14 9 (26.47%) SQL
14 9 (26.47%) WPF
14 9 (26.47%) Agile Software Development

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 33 (97.06%) .NET
2 31 (91.18%) ASP.NET
3 20 (58.82%) ASP.NET MVC
4 15 (44.12%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 14 (41.18%) Razor View Engine
6 10 (29.41%) CSS
7 9 (26.47%) HTML
7 9 (26.47%) WPF
8 8 (23.53%) Web Services
9 6 (17.65%) .NET Framework
10 5 (14.71%) SOAP
10 5 (14.71%) jQuery
11 4 (11.76%) HTML5
11 4 (11.76%) RESTful
11 4 (11.76%) XML
12 3 (8.824%) Ninject
12 3 (8.824%) CSS3
13 2 (5.882%) Castle Windsor
13 2 (5.882%) Backbone.js
13 2 (5.882%) .NET Compact Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (5.882%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (5.882%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.941%) CMS
2 1 (2.941%) Orchard CMS
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.882%) InfoPath
2 2 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (41.18%) Internet
2 1 (2.941%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (85.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (35.29%) SQL Server 2012
3 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (20.59%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (5.882%) MongoDB
6 1 (2.941%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Subversion
2 5 (14.71%) NUnit
3 4 (11.76%) MSTest
3 4 (11.76%) TeamCity
3 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
4 3 (8.824%) Moq
5 2 (5.882%) Rhino Mocks
5 2 (5.882%) Git (software)
5 2 (5.882%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (5.882%) CruiseControl
6 1 (2.941%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 6 (17.65%) Finance
Job Titles
1 31 (91.18%) Developer
2 22 (64.71%) .NET Developer
3 6 (17.65%) C# Developer
3 6 (17.65%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (14.71%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (14.71%) C# .NET Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Senior Programmer
5 4 (11.76%) Programmer
5 4 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Software Developer
6 3 (8.824%) Senior Developer
6 3 (8.824%) Analyst Programmer
6 3 (8.824%) Senior Analyst Programmer
7 2 (5.882%) Mobile Developer
7 2 (5.882%) SharePoint Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Senior C# Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Web Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Applications Developer
8 1 (2.941%) C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.882%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.882%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (2.941%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.941%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Windows
2 2 (5.882%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) MVC
1 21 (61.76%) OO
2 16 (47.06%) TDD
3 15 (44.12%) Web Application Development
4 13 (38.24%) Domain-Driven Design
5 12 (35.29%) BDD
5 12 (35.29%) CQRS
6 9 (26.47%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (20.59%) Scrum
8 6 (17.65%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (8.824%) Web Development
9 3 (8.824%) Dependency Injection
10 2 (5.882%) Kanban
10 2 (5.882%) MVVM
10 2 (5.882%) Mobile Application Development
10 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
10 2 (5.882%) DSDM
10 2 (5.882%) Logistics
11 1 (2.941%) Configuration Management
11 1 (2.941%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (100.00%) C#
2 18 (52.94%) VB.NET
3 13 (38.24%) VB
4 9 (26.47%) JavaScript
4 9 (26.47%) SQL
5 5 (14.71%) T-SQL
6 2 (5.882%) PL/SQL
6 2 (5.882%) C++
7 1 (2.941%) C
7 1 (2.941%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) MCTS
2 15 (44.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (44.12%) MCP
2 15 (44.12%) MCAD
2 15 (44.12%) MCSD
3 6 (17.65%) Degree
4 1 (2.941%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.882%) Oracle
Liverpool, North West
This is a greenfield project where you will have full reign over the technical skills you use and will be able to contribute right from the architrave and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £36000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
An exiting opportunity has become available in the U.K's leading biometric software company. Human Recognition Systems are looking for a dynamic individual to join their product...
Salary: £23000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Net framework, C# (or VB.Net), together with ASP.Net SQL Server 2005/2008. JavaScript, CSS, XHTML... Key Skills: .Net / C# / VB.Net / SQL Server / ASP.Net / WCF...
Searchability.co.uk
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
Our client can provide training into: .NET 4.5, WCF, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), SQL Server 2012, Agile, TDD, BDD, DDD, OSS, ALT.NET and CQRS... (.NET...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Good knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, WCF Services and SOAP/RESTful web services... Key Skills: .Net / C# / VB.Net / SQL Server / ASP.Net / WCF Services / SOAP / CSS / JavaScript
Searchability.co.uk
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Knowledge of ASP.Net, WCF Services and SOAP/RESTful. Knowledge of JavaScript, CSS and HTML... Key Skills: MOSS / .Net / C# / VB.Net / SQL Server / ASP.Net / WCF Services /...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007, N-tier development. ASP.Net, WCF Services and SOAP/RESTful web services... Key Skills: MOSS / .Net / C# / VB.Net / SQL Server / ASP.Net / WCF...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Oracle 11g PL/SQL database programming and APEX front-end screen building - Oracle Fusion 11G including middleware fault handling, transaction handling and graceful recovery Web Development. - Microsoft .Net...
Virtual Resources
Salary: £22,000 per annum plus other benefits including a fantastic pension
Posted: 21 May 2013