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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 30 29 25
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -4
Permanent jobs citing WCF 13 6 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 6.633% 3.822% 6.897%
As % of the Application Development category 11.21% 5.217% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 14
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% +8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Macclesfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
116 115 135
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 59.18% 73.25% 66.50%
Number of salaries quoted 112 100 115
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Cheshire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Macclesfield region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Macclesfield WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 23 (100.00%) C#
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
1 23 (100.00%) .NET
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 22 (95.65%) MVC
3 21 (91.30%) Web Services
4 12 (52.17%) C
4 12 (52.17%) Project Management
4 12 (52.17%) UML
4 12 (52.17%) W3C
5 11 (47.83%) Internet
5 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
5 11 (47.83%) SOAP
5 11 (47.83%) Visual Studio
5 11 (47.83%) XML
5 11 (47.83%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (43.48%) Web Development
6 10 (43.48%) Ajax
6 10 (43.48%) MCTS
6 10 (43.48%) JSON
6 10 (43.48%) Team Foundation Server
6 10 (43.48%) ASP.NET MVC
6 10 (43.48%) jQuery
6 10 (43.48%) ASP.NET
6 10 (43.48%) T-SQL
6 10 (43.48%) HTML
6 10 (43.48%) JavaScript
6 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (43.48%) OO

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 23 (100.00%) .NET
2 21 (91.30%) Web Services
3 11 (47.83%) SOAP
3 11 (47.83%) XML
4 10 (43.48%) Ajax
4 10 (43.48%) JSON
4 10 (43.48%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (43.48%) jQuery
4 10 (43.48%) ASP.NET
4 10 (43.48%) HTML
4 10 (43.48%) XHTML
5 1 (4.348%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) MSMQ
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 23 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 11 (47.83%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.348%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (47.83%) Visual Studio
2 10 (43.48%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (4.348%) Finance
Job Titles
1 23 (100.00%) Developer
2 12 (52.17%) Lead Developer
3 6 (26.09%) Senior Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Web Developer
4 3 (13.04%) .NET Developer
5 2 (8.696%) C# Developer
5 2 (8.696%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Software Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Graduate
6 1 (4.348%) Lead Software Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Senior Web Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (95.65%) MVC
2 12 (52.17%) Project Management
2 12 (52.17%) UML
3 10 (43.48%) Web Development
3 10 (43.48%) OO
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) C#
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (52.17%) C
3 10 (43.48%) T-SQL
3 10 (43.48%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.348%) PHP
4 1 (4.348%) VBA
4 1 (4.348%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) MCTS
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.348%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
Macclesfield, North West
C# API Developer£30,000 MacclesfieldA steadily growing and successful financial organisation requires a Web Service Developer to join a passionate team and assist in the continued development...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £25000 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
C# ASP.NET Web Developer, Macclesfield, Manchester. Lead Developer, Senior Developer, C#, Microsoft .NET (2 / 3 / 3.5 / 4), ASP.NET (2, 3.5, 4), AJAX, MVC / MVP,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2-years continuous working experience in building web services, working in either: * Microsoft .NET (3.5 / 4.0) technologies (C#,...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Web Service Developer, C# .NET SQL - Macclesfield £30K. A steadily growing and successful financial organisation requires a Web Service Developer to join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client, a steadily growing and successful financial organisation based in Macclesfield, Cheshire currently requires a Graduate .NET Developer. You will join a passionate team and assist in...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
The role would suit a candidate with a .NET and SQL background. The successful candidate will have had some working experience as a developer, perhaps as part of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013