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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 33 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing WCF 15 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 6.356% 2.632% -
As % of the Application Development category 14.02% 5.634% -
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 0
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
107 71 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 45.34% 46.71% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 102 57 81
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
West Midlands

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 30 (100.00%) .NET
2 29 (96.67%) ASP.NET
3 27 (90.00%) SQL Server
4 20 (66.67%) C#
5 15 (50.00%) VB.NET
5 15 (50.00%) Web Services
5 15 (50.00%) XML
6 12 (40.00%) XSLT
7 11 (36.67%) Scrum
8 10 (33.33%) MVC
8 10 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
8 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (33.33%) VB
8 10 (33.33%) HTML
8 10 (33.33%) JavaScript
8 10 (33.33%) CSS
8 10 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
8 10 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
8 10 (33.33%) HTML5
9 9 (30.00%) BDD
9 9 (30.00%) Razor View Engine
9 9 (30.00%) CQRS
9 9 (30.00%) Web Application Development
9 9 (30.00%) SQL Server 2012
9 9 (30.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 9 (30.00%) iPhone
9 9 (30.00%) Kanban
9 9 (30.00%) Domain-Driven Design
9 9 (30.00%) E-Commerce
9 9 (30.00%) MCP

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 30 (100.00%) .NET
2 29 (96.67%) ASP.NET
3 15 (50.00%) Web Services
3 15 (50.00%) XML
4 12 (40.00%) XSLT
5 10 (33.33%) HTML
5 10 (33.33%) CSS
5 10 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (33.33%) HTML5
6 9 (30.00%) Razor View Engine
6 9 (30.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 5 (16.67%) WinForms
7 5 (16.67%) WPF
8 4 (13.33%) Silverlight
8 4 (13.33%) LINQ
9 3 (10.00%) Ajax
10 2 (6.667%) XSL
11 1 (3.333%) XHTML
11 1 (3.333%) SVG
11 1 (3.333%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.333%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (90.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (30.00%) SQL Server 2012
4 3 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.333%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (3.333%) ActiveReports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.333%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (100.00%) Developer
2 18 (60.00%) .NET Developer
3 9 (30.00%) C# Developer
3 9 (30.00%) Team Leader
3 9 (30.00%) .NET Team Leader
3 9 (30.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 9 (30.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (10.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (10.00%) VB.NET Developer
4 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Graduate
5 2 (6.667%) Junior
5 2 (6.667%) Junior Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Graduate Developer
5 2 (6.667%) Graduate .NET Developer
6 1 (3.333%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (3.333%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.333%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) iPhone
2 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.333%) W3C
3 1 (3.333%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Scrum
2 10 (33.33%) MVC
3 9 (30.00%) E-Commerce
3 9 (30.00%) TDD
3 9 (30.00%) Kanban
3 9 (30.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 9 (30.00%) BDD
3 9 (30.00%) CQRS
3 9 (30.00%) Web Application Development
4 3 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (3.333%) OO
5 1 (3.333%) Software Engineering
5 1 (3.333%) Time Management
5 1 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) C#
2 15 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 10 (33.33%) VB
3 10 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.333%) C++
5 1 (3.333%) VC++
5 1 (3.333%) VB6
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (30.00%) MCTS
2 9 (30.00%) MCP
2 9 (30.00%) MCAD
2 9 (30.00%) MCSD
3 6 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Oracle
2 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.333%) Sencha
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