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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 39 26 44
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +18
Permanent jobs citing WCF 19 42 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 3.626% 6.807% 2.906%
As % of the Application Development category 8.370% 15.79% 4.985%
Number of salaries quoted 18 42 17
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
227 266 341
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 43.32% 43.11% 58.29%
Number of salaries quoted 210 231 303
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
South Yorkshire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 43 (97.73%) C#
2 42 (95.45%) .NET
3 38 (86.36%) SQL Server
3 38 (86.36%) ASP.NET
4 26 (59.09%) WPF
5 25 (56.82%) MVC
6 24 (54.55%) TDD
6 24 (54.55%) ASP.NET MVC
7 18 (40.91%) Web Application Development
8 17 (38.64%) Microsoft
9 16 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (36.36%) MCP
9 16 (36.36%) MCAD
9 16 (36.36%) MCSD
9 16 (36.36%) MCTS
9 16 (36.36%) Ninject
9 16 (36.36%) Dependency Injection
9 16 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 13 (29.55%) SQL
10 13 (29.55%) JavaScript
10 13 (29.55%) jQuery
11 12 (27.27%) Domain-Driven Design
11 12 (27.27%) Node.js
11 12 (27.27%) KnockoutJS
12 11 (25.00%) HTML
12 11 (25.00%) Oracle
12 11 (25.00%) CSS
12 11 (25.00%) Tandem
12 11 (25.00%) Retail
13 10 (22.73%) SOAP

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 42 (95.45%) .NET
2 38 (86.36%) ASP.NET
3 26 (59.09%) WPF
4 24 (54.55%) ASP.NET MVC
5 16 (36.36%) Ninject
5 16 (36.36%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 13 (29.55%) jQuery
7 12 (27.27%) Node.js
7 12 (27.27%) KnockoutJS
8 11 (25.00%) HTML
8 11 (25.00%) CSS
9 10 (22.73%) SOAP
10 9 (20.45%) LINQ
11 8 (18.18%) XML
12 7 (15.91%) LINQ to SQL
13 6 (13.64%) Web Services
13 6 (13.64%) WinForms
14 5 (11.36%) Razor View Engine
15 4 (9.091%) Spring.NET
15 4 (9.091%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.545%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.273%) ESB
2 1 (2.273%) CMS
2 1 (2.273%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (2.273%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.273%) IIS
2 1 (2.273%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.273%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (6.818%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.273%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.545%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (86.36%) SQL Server
2 9 (20.45%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (20.45%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Visual Studio
2 4 (9.091%) MSTest
2 4 (9.091%) Rhino Mocks
2 4 (9.091%) Moq
2 4 (9.091%) NUnit
3 1 (2.273%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (4.545%) Finance
3 1 (2.273%) Local Government
3 1 (2.273%) Games
Job Titles
1 43 (97.73%) Developer
2 28 (63.64%) .NET Developer
3 15 (34.09%) C# Developer
4 9 (20.45%) ASP.NET Developer
4 9 (20.45%) Software Developer
4 9 (20.45%) C# Software Developer
5 6 (13.64%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (6.818%) Web Developer
7 2 (4.545%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
7 2 (4.545%) WPF Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Applications Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Web Applications Developer
8 1 (2.273%) BizTalk Developer
8 1 (2.273%) Web Analyst
8 1 (2.273%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Tandem
2 5 (11.36%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (56.82%) MVC
2 24 (54.55%) TDD
3 18 (40.91%) Web Application Development
4 16 (36.36%) Dependency Injection
5 12 (27.27%) Domain-Driven Design
6 9 (20.45%) OO
6 9 (20.45%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (20.45%) Scrum
6 9 (20.45%) Unit Testing
6 9 (20.45%) Test Scripting
7 4 (9.091%) Kanban
7 4 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (9.091%) MVVM
8 3 (6.818%) Workflow
9 1 (2.273%) Web Development
9 1 (2.273%) CRM
9 1 (2.273%) EAI
9 1 (2.273%) SOA
9 1 (2.273%) ETL
9 1 (2.273%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 43 (97.73%) C#
2 13 (29.55%) SQL
2 13 (29.55%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.818%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.273%) Java
4 1 (2.273%) Perl
4 1 (2.273%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
1 16 (36.36%) MCP
1 16 (36.36%) MCAD
1 16 (36.36%) MCSD
1 16 (36.36%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.273%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) Oracle
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The C# ASP.NET WPF WCF Developer Software Developer will have experience in: -C# -ASP.NET -WCF -WPF -JavaScript The successful developer will be bright and highly talented...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013