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The table below looks at the demand for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) skills within the Southampton region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6265
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads12
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.383 %0.541 %
Salaries quoted12
Average minimum salary£35,000£50,000
Average salary£37,500£52,500
% change on same period last year-28.57 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,468£38,665
% change on same period last year-3.09 %
Southampton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Southampton
Matching permanent IT job ads261370
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.154 %0.160 %
Salaries quoted219342
Average minimum salary£33,886£30,641
Average salary£37,127£34,237
% change on same period last year+8.44 %
Average maximum salary£40,369£37,833
UK excluding London average salary£35,992£36,626
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
WCF HampshireWCF
Hampshire

WCF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WCF across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Southampton WCF Demand Trend

WCF
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WCF across the Southampton region.

Southampton WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

16 (100.00 %)C#
16 (100.00 %)SQL
16 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
16 (100.00 %)XML
16 (100.00 %)WPF
25 (83.33 %)WF
25 (83.33 %)Back Office
25 (83.33 %)SQL Server 2000
25 (83.33 %)XSL
25 (83.33 %)SOAP
25 (83.33 %)Windows Mobile
25 (83.33 %).NET Framework
25 (83.33 %)XPath
33 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
33 (50.00 %)Pair Programming
33 (50.00 %)OOD
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft
41 (16.67 %)VB6
41 (16.67 %)LINQ
41 (16.67 %)Oracle
41 (16.67 %)MS Access
41 (16.67 %)CRM
41 (16.67 %)Client/Server
41 (16.67 %)MS Office
41 (16.67 %)Visual Studio

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
16 (100.00 %)XML
16 (100.00 %)WPF
25 (83.33 %)WF
25 (83.33 %)XSL
25 (83.33 %).NET Framework
25 (83.33 %)SOAP
31 (16.67 %)ADO.NET
31 (16.67 %)LINQ
Southampton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Office
Southampton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (100.00 %)SQL Server
25 (83.33 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (16.67 %)MS Access
Southampton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)Visual Studio
Southampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (83.33 %)Back Office
Southampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (66.67 %)C# Developer
33 (50.00 %).NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)CSharp Software Developer
41 (16.67 %)Software Developer
Southampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Client/Server
Southampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
25 (83.33 %)Windows Mobile
Southampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)OOD
13 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
13 (50.00 %)Pair Programming
21 (16.67 %)CRM
Southampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)C#
16 (100.00 %)SQL
16 (100.00 %)Transact-SQL
25 (83.33 %)XPath
31 (16.67 %)VB
31 (16.67 %)VB6
Southampton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Oracle
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft