Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkWindows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank98181555
Rank change year-on-year
Up+83Up+374
Matching permanent IT job ads1748922477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.035 %1.087 %0.234 %
As % of the Application Development category5.580 %3.127 %0.723 %
Salaries quoted1606815411
Average salary£45,000£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£31,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£77,500£65,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£35,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.570 %-12.50 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

WCF
Demand Trend

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

WCF Demand Trend

WCF
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WCF within the UK.

WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+791706£45,000+12.50 %
LondonUp+621008£50,500+1.00 %
City of LondonUp+80330£48,500-15.65 %
South EastUp+40300£40,250+0.62 %
East of EnglandUp+76151£40,000-11.11 %
North WestUp+40113£33,000+10.00 %
HertfordshireUp+7189£40,000-11.11 %
SurreyDown-180£45,000-
ManchesterUp+2663£35,000+28.44 %
BerkshireUp+3260£40,000+9.58 %
West MidlandsUp+1951£31,000-
CheshireNew entry-44£33,000-
OxfordshireUp+3343£42,500+13.33 %
HampshireUp+3742£37,500-11.76 %
South WestDown-1032£35,000+2.94 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1631£39,500-1.25 %
ScotlandUp+3628£45,000+14.64 %
East MidlandsUp+1628£35,000+7.69 %
CambridgeUp+327£35,000-30.00 %
CambridgeshireUp+227£35,000-26.31 %
Bishop's StortfordUp+926£40,000-27.27 %
ReadingUp+3425£36,375-0.34 %
ChesterNew entry-22£33,000-
KentDown-421£42,500+21.42 %
BirminghamUp+620£32,750+5.64 %
EssexUp+3118£40,000+6.66 %
GlasgowUp+1018£45,000+12.50 %
GuildfordUp+2917£43,000+13.15 %
NottinghamshireUp+1617£36,500+4.28 %
Henley-on-ThamesNew entry-16£42,500-

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

12945 (96.62 %).NET
22890 (94.82 %)C#
32008 (65.88 %)SQL Server
41865 (61.19 %)ASP.NET
51607 (52.72 %)WPF
6939 (30.81 %)Web Services
7894 (29.33 %)XML
8852 (27.95 %)Microsoft
9794 (26.05 %)SQL Server 2005
10770 (25.26 %)SQL
11761 (24.97 %)AJAX
12663 (21.75 %)Silverlight
13659 (21.62 %)OO
14652 (21.39 %)TDD
15630 (20.67 %)Finance
15630 (20.67 %)SQL Server 2008
16622 (20.41 %)JavaScript
17609 (19.98 %)Windows
18605 (19.85 %)WinForms
19589 (19.32 %)Scrum
20569 (18.67 %)MVC
21553 (18.14 %)HTML
22547 (17.95 %)NUnit
23545 (17.88 %)CSS
24528 (17.32 %)NHibernate
25475 (15.58 %)LINQ
26453 (14.86 %).NET Framework
27442 (14.50 %)Agile Software Development
28423 (13.88 %)Microsoft Certification
29378 (12.40 %)Degree

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12945 (96.62 %).NET
21865 (61.19 %)ASP.NET
31607 (52.72 %)WPF
4939 (30.81 %)Web Services
5894 (29.33 %)XML
6761 (24.97 %)AJAX
7663 (21.75 %)Silverlight
8605 (19.85 %)WinForms
9553 (18.14 %)HTML
10545 (17.88 %)CSS
11528 (17.32 %)NHibernate
12475 (15.58 %)LINQ
13453 (14.86 %).NET Framework
14257 (8.432 %)MonoRail
15254 (8.333 %)WF
16214 (7.021 %)XSLT
17167 (5.479 %)jQuery
18146 (4.790 %)ADO.NET
19145 (4.757 %)SOAP
20109 (3.576 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1259 (8.497 %)SharePoint
2136 (4.462 %)BizTalk Server
2136 (4.462 %)CMS
3133 (4.364 %)IIS
4115 (3.773 %)SharePoint Server 2007
539 (1.280 %)WebSphere MQ
635 (1.148 %)Sitecore CMS
732 (1.050 %)Rendezvous
826 (0.853 %)EPiServer
917 (0.558 %)Umbraco
1016 (0.525 %)TIBCO EMS
1016 (0.525 %)MQSeries
1112 (0.394 %)DotNetNuke
1211 (0.361 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1310 (0.328 %)Immediacy CMS
149 (0.295 %)Tomcat
155 (0.164 %)Documentum
155 (0.164 %)ESB
164 (0.131 %)WordPress
164 (0.131 %)MS Exchange
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1173 (5.676 %)MS Excel
241 (1.345 %)MS Visio
325 (0.820 %)Photoshop
419 (0.623 %)InfoPath
516 (0.525 %)MS Office
611 (0.361 %)MATLAB
77 (0.230 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
130 (0.984 %)Microsoft CRM
229 (0.951 %)Dynamics CRM
32 (0.066 %)Google Analytics
41 (0.033 %)Dynamics GP
41 (0.033 %)Navision
41 (0.033 %)BusinessWorks
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1123 (4.035 %)Internet
292 (3.018 %)TCP/IP
324 (0.787 %)Intranet
414 (0.459 %)SMS
511 (0.361 %)HTTP
66 (0.197 %)DNS
75 (0.164 %)LDAP
75 (0.164 %)Broadband
83 (0.098 %)SSL
92 (0.066 %)Wireless
101 (0.033 %)RTSP
101 (0.033 %)RTP
101 (0.033 %)VoIP
101 (0.033 %)SAN
101 (0.033 %)CDMA
101 (0.033 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12008 (65.88 %)SQL Server
2794 (26.05 %)SQL Server 2005
3630 (20.67 %)SQL Server 2008
4123 (4.035 %)SQL Server 2000
5106 (3.478 %)SQL Server Integration Services
696 (3.150 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
785 (2.789 %)RDBMS
847 (1.542 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
942 (1.378 %)Datawarehouse
1034 (1.115 %)MySQL
1130 (0.984 %)Oracle 10g
1217 (0.558 %)Oracle 8/8i
1217 (0.558 %)DTS
1311 (0.361 %)GIS
1410 (0.328 %)BusinessObjects
157 (0.230 %)InterBase
157 (0.230 %)Firebird
165 (0.164 %)ETL
165 (0.164 %)Crystal Reports
174 (0.131 %)Reference Data
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1547 (17.95 %)NUnit
2347 (11.38 %)Visual Studio
3217 (7.119 %)Subversion
461 (2.001 %)Team Foundation Server
537 (1.214 %)FitNesse
635 (1.148 %)TeamCity
731 (1.017 %)VSS/SourceSafe
826 (0.853 %)WatiN
919 (0.623 %)NCover
919 (0.623 %)ReSharper
1018 (0.591 %)FxCop
1018 (0.591 %)NDepend
1116 (0.525 %)ClearCase
1213 (0.427 %)CruiseControl
1312 (0.394 %)csUnit
1411 (0.361 %)Visual Studio Team System
158 (0.262 %)Expression Blend
158 (0.262 %)Flex Builder
158 (0.262 %)Git (software)
167 (0.230 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1630 (20.67 %)Finance
2364 (11.94 %)Banking
3189 (6.201 %)Front Office
4165 (5.413 %)Pensions
5133 (4.364 %)Investment Banking
6125 (4.101 %)Health
797 (3.182 %)Insurance
875 (2.461 %)Games
970 (2.297 %)Retail
1057 (1.870 %)Music
1151 (1.673 %)Marketing
1244 (1.444 %)Back Office
1338 (1.247 %)Education
1428 (0.919 %)Telecoms
1527 (0.886 %)Music Industry
1624 (0.787 %)Law
1721 (0.689 %)Legal
1721 (0.689 %)Publishing
1817 (0.558 %)Advertising
1915 (0.492 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12570 (84.32 %)Developer
21461 (47.93 %)C# Developer
31414 (46.39 %).NET Developer
4596 (19.55 %)Senior Developer
5480 (15.75 %)ASP.NET Developer
6463 (15.19 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
7311 (10.20 %)Senior .NET Developer
8289 (9.482 %)Senior C# Developer
9237 (7.776 %)Web Developer
10225 (7.382 %)Software Developer
11134 (4.396 %)C# Web Developer
12132 (4.331 %)Architect
13127 (4.167 %).NET Web Developer
14102 (3.346 %)Software Engineer
1597 (3.182 %)SQL Developer
1694 (3.084 %)Agile .NET Developer
1781 (2.657 %)Analyst
1880 (2.625 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1978 (2.559 %)Programmer
1978 (2.559 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1201 (6.594 %)Derivative
2188 (6.168 %)Multithreading
3173 (5.676 %)N-Tier
4145 (4.757 %)Client/Server
5123 (4.035 %)Computer Science
6112 (3.675 %)Fixed Income
7107 (3.510 %)Tandem
8105 (3.445 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
969 (2.264 %)Mathematics
1040 (1.312 %)Social Network
1137 (1.214 %)SaaS
1235 (1.148 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1332 (1.050 %)Equity Derivative
1430 (0.984 %)Equities
1525 (0.820 %)Credit Derivative
1624 (0.787 %)iPhone
1722 (0.722 %)Credit Risk
1817 (0.558 %)Open Source
1914 (0.459 %)VAX
1914 (0.459 %)Blackberry
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1609 (19.98 %)Windows
268 (2.231 %)Windows Server 2003
338 (1.247 %)Linux
436 (1.181 %)Windows Vista
521 (0.689 %)Windows Mobile
619 (0.623 %)Windows XP
714 (0.459 %)Android
813 (0.427 %)Windows Server 2008
910 (0.328 %)Windows 2000
106 (0.197 %)UNIX
113 (0.098 %)Windows CE
113 (0.098 %)Windows 7
121 (0.033 %)VxWorks
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1659 (21.62 %)OO
2652 (21.39 %)TDD
3589 (19.32 %)Scrum
4569 (18.67 %)MVC
5442 (14.50 %)Agile Software Development
6320 (10.50 %)SOA
7278 (9.121 %)E-Commerce
8172 (5.643 %)Extreme Programming
9160 (5.249 %)Unit Testing
10159 (5.217 %)UML
11130 (4.265 %)OOD
12128 (4.199 %)OOP
13127 (4.167 %)OOA/OOD
14117 (3.839 %)Web Development
15106 (3.478 %)Continuous Integration
16101 (3.314 %)Workflow
1794 (3.084 %)CRM
1881 (2.657 %)Risk Management
1978 (2.559 %)Software Engineering
2073 (2.395 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12890 (94.82 %)C#
2770 (25.26 %)SQL
3622 (20.41 %)JavaScript
4338 (11.09 %)T-SQL
5289 (9.482 %)C++
6226 (7.415 %)VB.NET
7166 (5.446 %)Java
8155 (5.085 %)VB
963 (2.067 %)PL/SQL
1044 (1.444 %)VBA
1044 (1.444 %)C
1142 (1.378 %)VB6
1233 (1.083 %)XAML
1332 (1.050 %)PHP
1424 (0.787 %)Ruby
1520 (0.656 %)Objective-C
1618 (0.591 %)VC++
1715 (0.492 %)Delphi
1813 (0.427 %)ActionScript
1911 (0.361 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1423 (13.88 %)Microsoft Certification
2378 (12.40 %)Degree
3371 (12.17 %)MCSD
4354 (11.61 %)MCAD
5350 (11.48 %)MCTS
6348 (11.42 %)MCP
724 (0.787 %)Security Cleared
812 (0.394 %)SC Cleared
911 (0.361 %)PhD
1010 (0.328 %)OCP
1010 (0.328 %)Oracle Certification
118 (0.262 %)MCITP
118 (0.262 %)MCPD
127 (0.230 %)MCDBA
131 (0.033 %)ISTQB
131 (0.033 %)ISEB
131 (0.033 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (1.181 %)QA
23 (0.098 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
186 (2.822 %)Active Directory
264 (2.100 %)MSMQ
31 (0.033 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
128 (0.919 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
128 (0.919 %)SCCM
22 (0.066 %)MSI
31 (0.033 %)SCOM
31 (0.033 %)MOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1852 (27.95 %)Microsoft
2159 (5.217 %)Oracle
335 (1.148 %)Sitecore
434 (1.115 %)TIBCO
533 (1.083 %)Infragistics
631 (1.017 %)Adobe
727 (0.886 %)DevExpress
821 (0.689 %)Sybase
920 (0.656 %)Google
1013 (0.427 %)SmartStream
1111 (0.361 %)Yahoo!
1210 (0.328 %)Business Objects
139 (0.295 %)Perforce
139 (0.295 %)telerik
148 (0.262 %)IBM
156 (0.197 %)Ektron
165 (0.164 %)Hitachi
174 (0.131 %)Reuters
174 (0.131 %)Bloomberg
182 (0.066 %)DoubleClick