The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 17 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 47 53 69
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +16
Permanent jobs citing WCF 7 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.357% 1.202% 0.850%
As % of the Application Development category 5.691% 4.348% 2.083%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 6
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £40,000 £41,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
123 138 288
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 23.84% 27.66% 40.79%
Number of salaries quoted 98 125 207
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £32,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Middlesex WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 14 (100.00%) C#
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 13 (92.86%) ASP.NET
2 13 (92.86%) HTML
2 13 (92.86%) WPF
3 12 (85.71%) JavaScript
4 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
5 8 (57.14%) TDD
5 8 (57.14%) MVC
5 8 (57.14%) Scrum
5 8 (57.14%) Intranet
5 8 (57.14%) Extranet
5 8 (57.14%) Mobile App
5 8 (57.14%) Mobile Application Development
6 7 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (42.86%) WF
8 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (35.71%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (35.71%) Technical Architecture
8 5 (35.71%) Ajax
8 5 (35.71%) CruiseControl
8 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (35.71%) SOA
8 5 (35.71%) Windows
8 5 (35.71%) CSS
8 5 (35.71%) XML
8 5 (35.71%) IIS
9 4 (28.57%) ATL
9 4 (28.57%) COM

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (92.86%) HTML
2 13 (92.86%) ASP.NET
2 13 (92.86%) WPF
3 6 (42.86%) WF
4 5 (35.71%) Ajax
4 5 (35.71%) CSS
4 5 (35.71%) XML
5 4 (28.57%) ASP
5 4 (28.57%) ATL
5 4 (28.57%) COM
5 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 3 (21.43%) jQuery
6 3 (21.43%) NHibernate
7 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
7 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 1 (7.143%) Regular Expression
7 1 (7.143%) MFC
7 1 (7.143%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Intranet
1 8 (57.14%) Extranet
2 4 (28.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) CruiseControl
2 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.143%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (64.29%) C# Developer
3 8 (57.14%) ASP.NET Developer
3 8 (57.14%) .NET Developer
3 8 (57.14%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 8 (57.14%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Dynamics CRM Developer
4 3 (21.43%) CRM Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Applications Developer
6 1 (7.143%) C# Application Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Mobile App
2 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
2 3 (21.43%) Client/Server
3 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
3 1 (7.143%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (28.57%) Android
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (28.57%) Windows 7
2 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (21.43%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) MVC
1 8 (57.14%) Scrum
1 8 (57.14%) TDD
1 8 (57.14%) Mobile Application Development
2 5 (35.71%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (35.71%) Technical Architecture
2 5 (35.71%) SOA
3 4 (28.57%) OO
4 3 (21.43%) CRM
4 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Multithreading
5 1 (7.143%) Software Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) UML
5 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (85.71%) JavaScript
3 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) C++
3 4 (28.57%) VC++
4 3 (21.43%) T-SQL
5 1 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
Middlesex, South East
Key skills: Advanced OO design MVC 3 Unit Testing (nUnit), TDD, BDD High performance - load balancing, distributed caching, multithreading Development of large, multi-user websites ORM (NHibernate) Full...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013