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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 41 37 59
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +22
Permanent jobs citing WCF 23 33 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 3.348% 3.767% 1.248%
As % of the Application Development category 8.614% 10.96% 2.951%
Number of salaries quoted 20 31 8
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
267 301 305
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 38.86% 34.36% 42.30%
Number of salaries quoted 249 244 269
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
England

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

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

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Tyne and Wear -23 14 £35,000 -6.66%
Cleveland - 8 £35,000 -
Durham +6 1 £40,000 +45.45%
WCF
England

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 64 (100.00%) .NET
2 60 (93.75%) C#
3 53 (82.81%) ASP.NET
4 44 (68.75%) MVC
4 44 (68.75%) TDD
4 44 (68.75%) ASP.NET MVC
5 41 (64.06%) SQL Server
6 40 (62.50%) Web Application Development
7 38 (59.38%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 38 (59.38%) MCTS
7 38 (59.38%) MCP
7 38 (59.38%) MCAD
7 38 (59.38%) MCSD
7 38 (59.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (53.13%) Scrum
8 34 (53.13%) Razor View Engine
9 30 (46.88%) Rhino Mocks
9 30 (46.88%) Moq
9 30 (46.88%) Kanban
9 30 (46.88%) NUnit
10 24 (37.50%) WPF
11 23 (35.94%) BDD
12 22 (34.38%) NHibernate
13 21 (32.81%) SQL Server 2008
14 19 (29.69%) LINQ
15 17 (26.56%) Computer Science
16 15 (23.44%) Dependency Injection
16 15 (23.44%) Ninject
16 15 (23.44%) DTV
17 14 (21.88%) .NET Framework

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 64 (100.00%) .NET
2 53 (82.81%) ASP.NET
3 44 (68.75%) ASP.NET MVC
4 38 (59.38%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 34 (53.13%) Razor View Engine
6 24 (37.50%) WPF
7 22 (34.38%) NHibernate
8 19 (29.69%) LINQ
9 15 (23.44%) Ninject
10 14 (21.88%) .NET Framework
11 11 (17.19%) Spring.NET
11 11 (17.19%) Castle Windsor
11 11 (17.19%) Unity DI Container
12 10 (15.63%) jQuery
13 9 (14.06%) CSS
13 9 (14.06%) WinForms
14 7 (10.94%) Web Services
15 6 (9.375%) HTML
15 6 (9.375%) KnockoutJS
16 4 (6.250%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.563%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (1.563%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.375%) TCP/IP
1 6 (9.375%) Modbus
2 4 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (64.06%) SQL Server
2 21 (32.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (3.125%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.563%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.563%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 30 (46.88%) NUnit
1 30 (46.88%) Rhino Mocks
1 30 (46.88%) Moq
2 12 (18.75%) MSTest
3 4 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.563%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.563%) JIRA
General
1 8 (12.50%) Music
2 4 (6.250%) Music Industry
3 2 (3.125%) Electronics
3 2 (3.125%) Legal
Job Titles
1 53 (82.81%) Developer
2 50 (78.13%) .NET Developer
3 12 (18.75%) Junior
3 12 (18.75%) Junior Developer
3 12 (18.75%) Junior .NET Developer
4 11 (17.19%) Graduate
4 11 (17.19%) C# Developer
5 10 (15.63%) Software Engineer
6 9 (14.06%) ASP.NET Developer
6 9 (14.06%) Graduate Developer
6 9 (14.06%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 9 (14.06%) Graduate .NET Developer
7 8 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
8 5 (7.813%) Senior Developer
9 4 (6.250%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
9 4 (6.250%) Senior C# Developer
10 3 (4.688%) Junior C# Developer
10 3 (4.688%) Senior .NET Developer
10 3 (4.688%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
10 3 (4.688%) C# Application Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (26.56%) Computer Science
2 15 (23.44%) DTV
3 11 (17.19%) Inversion of Control
4 5 (7.813%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (7.813%) Tandem
5 4 (6.250%) Streaming Music
6 2 (3.125%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 12 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (68.75%) MVC
1 44 (68.75%) TDD
2 40 (62.50%) Web Application Development
3 34 (53.13%) Scrum
4 30 (46.88%) Kanban
5 23 (35.94%) BDD
6 15 (23.44%) Dependency Injection
7 11 (17.19%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (14.06%) Unit Testing
9 8 (12.50%) Domain-Driven Design
10 7 (10.94%) MVVM
11 6 (9.375%) Multithreading
11 6 (9.375%) Software Engineering
11 6 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (9.375%) OO
12 5 (7.813%) Agile Software Development
13 4 (6.250%) CQRS
14 3 (4.688%) SOA
14 3 (4.688%) OOP
14 3 (4.688%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 60 (93.75%) C#
2 8 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 8 (12.50%) VB
2 8 (12.50%) VB.NET
3 6 (9.375%) SQL
4 2 (3.125%) T-SQL
4 2 (3.125%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (59.38%) MCP
1 38 (59.38%) MCAD
1 38 (59.38%) MCSD
1 38 (59.38%) Microsoft Certification
1 38 (59.38%) MCTS
2 11 (17.19%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (20.31%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.688%) Oracle
South Shields, North East
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 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Durham, County Durham
If you specialise in any of the following, and have a passion for continuous learning, then we’d love to hear from you: ASP.NET. JQuery. Ajax. C#...
Waterstons
Salary: From £25,000 to £50,000 per annum + Family private healthcare, pension
Posted: 3 May 2013
Shildon, County Durham
As part of a fast paced development team you will work alongside the Lead Developer and be a key member of the product development process with involvement in...
Sharpe Recruitment
Salary: £16000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
County Durham
Beneficial skills and experience: - Commercial experience with WCF, ASP.NET Web Forms, MS SQL Server Reporting Services, HTML5, CSS3, TFS, and Jira... - Industry recognised qualifications, such as Microsoft...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 14 May 2013
County Durham
Requirements analysis... Required skills and experience: - A degree in a relevant discipline - At least 3 years commercial development experience (at least 1-2 years specifically in .NET web...
Catalyst
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Salary flexible depending upon exper
Posted: 14 May 2013