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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 24 33 21
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -12
Permanent jobs citing WCF 99 61 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 7.680% 5.755% 9.841%
As % of the Application Development category 18.93% 15.52% 19.91%
Number of salaries quoted 91 60 91
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £40,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
523 393 467
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 40.57% 37.08% 49.42%
Number of salaries quoted 474 364 442
Average salary £41,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Buckinghamshire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

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

Milton Keynes WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1 209 (96.76%) SQL Server
2 206 (95.37%) C#
3 197 (91.20%) .NET
4 159 (73.61%) WPF
5 110 (50.93%) ASP.NET
6 95 (43.98%) WinForms
7 86 (39.81%) Microsoft
8 76 (35.19%) NUnit
9 72 (33.33%) .NET Framework
9 72 (33.33%) TDD
10 71 (32.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 69 (31.94%) MCP
11 69 (31.94%) MCAD
11 69 (31.94%) MCSD
12 62 (28.70%) SQL
13 59 (27.31%) Scrum
14 54 (25.00%) Degree
15 52 (24.07%) MVC
15 52 (24.07%) SQL Server 2008
16 49 (22.69%) LINQ
17 48 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
18 44 (20.37%) ASP.NET MVC
19 41 (18.98%) NHibernate
19 41 (18.98%) Visual Studio
20 39 (18.06%) Web Application Development
21 35 (16.20%) MCTS
21 35 (16.20%) ASP.NET MVC 4
21 35 (16.20%) Rhino Mocks
21 35 (16.20%) Razor View Engine
22 27 (12.50%) Web Development

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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
1 197 (91.20%) .NET
2 159 (73.61%) WPF
3 110 (50.93%) ASP.NET
4 95 (43.98%) WinForms
5 72 (33.33%) .NET Framework
6 49 (22.69%) LINQ
7 44 (20.37%) ASP.NET MVC
8 41 (18.98%) NHibernate
9 35 (16.20%) Razor View Engine
9 35 (16.20%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 25 (11.57%) Web Services
11 24 (11.11%) Ajax
12 14 (6.481%) jQuery
12 14 (6.481%) Castle Windsor
13 12 (5.556%) MonoRail
13 12 (5.556%) XML
14 11 (5.093%) CSS
15 10 (4.630%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 9 (4.167%) HTML
17 6 (2.778%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 8 (3.704%) IIS
2 2 (0.926%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.926%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.463%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (4.167%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.852%) MS Office
3 1 (0.463%) Maple
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (96.76%) SQL Server
2 52 (24.07%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (7.407%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (6.019%) SQL Server 2012
5 6 (2.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.852%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.926%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 76 (35.19%) NUnit
2 41 (18.98%) Visual Studio
3 35 (16.20%) Rhino Mocks
4 25 (11.57%) Moq
5 12 (5.556%) Subversion
6 10 (4.630%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.926%) NMock
7 2 (0.926%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.463%) Oracle Forms
General
1 23 (10.65%) Music
1 23 (10.65%) Music Industry
2 6 (2.778%) Finance
3 1 (0.463%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 153 (70.83%) Developer
2 96 (44.44%) .NET Developer
3 80 (37.04%) C# Developer
4 69 (31.94%) C# .NET Developer
5 50 (23.15%) Software Engineer
6 48 (22.22%) Senior Developer
7 45 (20.83%) C# Software Engineer
8 43 (19.91%) .NET Software Engineer
9 38 (17.59%) Senior C# Software Engineer
9 38 (17.59%) Senior Software Engineer
10 36 (16.67%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
11 30 (13.89%) Senior C# Developer
12 26 (12.04%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 20 (9.259%) Senior .NET Developer
14 14 (6.481%) Software Developer
15 13 (6.019%) Junior
15 13 (6.019%) Junior C# Developer
15 13 (6.019%) ASP.NET Developer
15 13 (6.019%) Junior .NET Developer
15 13 (6.019%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.333%) iPad
2 14 (6.481%) Computer Science
3 12 (5.556%) Social Network
4 4 (1.852%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.389%) Replication
5 3 (1.389%) Visualisation
6 2 (0.926%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.926%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.463%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (0.463%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.463%) Contract for Difference
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.556%) Windows
2 5 (2.315%) Android
2 5 (2.315%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.926%) Windows Phone
3 2 (0.926%) Linux
3 2 (0.926%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (0.463%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.33%) TDD
2 59 (27.31%) Scrum
3 52 (24.07%) MVC
4 48 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 39 (18.06%) Web Application Development
6 27 (12.50%) Web Development
7 23 (10.65%) Kanban
7 23 (10.65%) BDD
8 22 (10.19%) UML
9 19 (8.796%) OO
10 16 (7.407%) MVVM
11 14 (6.481%) Unit Testing
12 11 (5.093%) Technical Architecture
13 8 (3.704%) Waterfall
13 8 (3.704%) ITIL
14 6 (2.778%) Product Management
15 5 (2.315%) Workflow
16 4 (1.852%) Configuration Management
16 4 (1.852%) PRINCE2
16 4 (1.852%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 206 (95.37%) C#
2 62 (28.70%) SQL
3 16 (7.407%) T-SQL
4 14 (6.481%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.093%) VB
6 8 (3.704%) VB.NET
6 8 (3.704%) C
7 6 (2.778%) C++
8 4 (1.852%) VB6
8 4 (1.852%) VBA
9 1 (0.463%) Python
9 1 (0.463%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.463%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.463%) Java
Qualifications
1 71 (32.87%) Microsoft Certification
2 69 (31.94%) MCP
2 69 (31.94%) MCAD
2 69 (31.94%) MCSD
3 54 (25.00%) Degree
4 35 (16.20%) MCTS
5 2 (0.926%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.926%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.463%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 86 (39.81%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.167%) Telerik
3 2 (0.926%) Twitter
4 1 (0.463%) Oracle
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
C# Developer - Milton Keynes - £35K+10% Pension - C# , ASP.NET , SQL , WPF , WinForms , Web. A leading solutions provider that are rapidly expanding at present are looking to add...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus, Pension (10%), Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
A leading solutions provider that are expanding rapidly at present are looking for a Senior C# Developer to the software team that has a deep knowledge of ASP...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
The software may fall into one or more of the following categories: User interfaces using C# and WPF (other technologies may be added in the future) Business Services...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £39000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
ASP.Net) applications using a 4 tier architecture... C#.Net 3.5. Entity Framework. AJAX. Javascript/Jquery. MVC or MVVM would be advantageous. WCF. SQL Server 2000, 2005,...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013