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 22 May 2012 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.

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank697587
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Up+12
Matching permanent IT job ads427838332267
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK3.548 %3.126 %2.374 %
As % of the Application Development category8.487 %7.803 %6.226 %
Number of salaries quoted393635751990
Average salary£42,500£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--5.55 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£31,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
504084911936413
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK41.80 %40.06 %38.14 %
Number of salaries quoted447934339731363
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-

WCF
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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+74071£42,500-
LondonDown-101557£52,500-4.54 %
South EastDown-5921£42,500+11.84 %
East of EnglandUp+18537£42,500+8.28 %
North WestUp+15369£35,000-
SurreyDown-8317£45,000-
City of LondonDown-21305£53,500-17.69 %
YorkshireUp+30214£35,000-
BerkshireUp+18199£41,500+18.57 %
ManchesterUp+14196£35,000-
CambridgeshireUp+19179£45,000+12.50 %
South WestUp+28167£35,000-
West MidlandsUp+20153£37,500+7.14 %
ScotlandUp+65145£37,000-7.50 %
CambridgeUp+35135£45,000+12.50 %
East MidlandsUp+26135£38,500+10.00 %
EssexUp+12114£40,000+6.66 %
HertfordshireUp+12105£42,500+5.59 %
BuckinghamshireNo change096£37,500-
West YorkshireDown-1095£37,500+15.38 %
CheshireUp+588£32,500-0.76 %
LeedsDown-685£37,500+10.29 %
ReadingUp+2284£50,000+42.85 %
HampshireDown-3976£40,000+14.28 %
GuildfordUp+1272£42,500+6.91 %
GlasgowUp+4269£37,250-35.21 %
BedfordshireUp+1267£48,750+30.00 %
West SussexUp+2663£45,000+28.57 %
North YorkshireUp+3861£30,000-7.69 %
Milton KeynesDown-960£30,000-20.00 %

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

17796 (95.12 %).NET
27674 (93.63 %)C#
35957 (72.68 %)SQL Server
45748 (70.13 %)ASP.NET
53731 (45.52 %)MVC
63224 (39.34 %)TDD
72954 (36.04 %)WPF
82857 (34.86 %)SQL Server 2008
92808 (34.26 %)SQL
102726 (33.26 %)ASP.NET MVC
112442 (29.80 %)Microsoft
122406 (29.36 %)JavaScript
132261 (27.59 %)Scrum
142062 (25.16 %)Web Services
151990 (24.28 %)LINQ
161899 (23.17 %)NHibernate
171876 (22.89 %)Finance
181875 (22.88 %)Microsoft Certification
191873 (22.85 %).NET Framework
201868 (22.79 %)CSS
211850 (22.57 %)NUnit
221750 (21.35 %)OO
231739 (21.22 %)HTML
241735 (21.17 %)Web Application Development
251716 (20.94 %)XML
261708 (20.84 %)MCTS
271680 (20.50 %)MCP
281672 (20.40 %)MCSD
291646 (20.08 %)MCAD
301613 (19.68 %)Agile Software Development

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
17796 (95.12 %).NET
25748 (70.13 %)ASP.NET
32954 (36.04 %)WPF
42726 (33.26 %)ASP.NET MVC
52062 (25.16 %)Web Services
61990 (24.28 %)LINQ
71899 (23.17 %)NHibernate
81873 (22.85 %).NET Framework
91868 (22.79 %)CSS
101739 (21.22 %)HTML
111716 (20.94 %)XML
121514 (18.47 %)WinForms
131507 (18.39 %)jQuery
141424 (17.37 %)Ajax
151333 (16.26 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
161248 (15.23 %)Silverlight
171166 (14.23 %)Razor View Engine
181047 (12.77 %)Castle Windsor
19651 (7.943 %)ADO.NET Entity Framework
20622 (7.589 %)WF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11124 (13.71 %)SharePoint
2453 (5.527 %)BizTalk Server
3436 (5.320 %)SharePoint 2010
4423 (5.161 %)SharePoint Server
5382 (4.661 %)IIS
6280 (3.416 %)CMS
7147 (1.794 %)Umbraco
8105 (1.281 %)MSMQ
976 (0.927 %)Sitecore CMS
1066 (0.805 %)DotNetNuke
1162 (0.756 %)Oracle Coherence
1258 (0.708 %)TIBCO EMS
1355 (0.671 %)ESB
1445 (0.549 %)Sitefinity
1544 (0.537 %)Kentico
1639 (0.476 %)Immediacy CMS
1738 (0.464 %)Windows Azure
1837 (0.451 %)Amazon EC2
1927 (0.329 %)ActiveMQ
2024 (0.293 %)MS Exchange
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1873 (10.65 %)MS Excel
279 (0.964 %)MS Office
356 (0.683 %)InfoPath
452 (0.634 %)MS Visio
514 (0.171 %)MATLAB
612 (0.146 %)Photoshop
78 (0.098 %)MS Project
86 (0.073 %)Simulink
95 (0.061 %)MS PowerPoint
104 (0.049 %)Adobe Illustrator
112 (0.024 %)Acrobat
121 (0.012 %)Fireworks
121 (0.012 %)Office 365
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1212 (2.587 %)Dynamics CRM
224 (0.293 %)Pivotal CRM
314 (0.171 %)Summit
412 (0.146 %)SAP Business One
510 (0.122 %)Dynamics AX
67 (0.085 %)BusinessWorks
67 (0.085 %)TIBCO iProcess
75 (0.061 %)WebTrends
75 (0.061 %)Front Arena
75 (0.061 %)RMDS
81 (0.012 %)arcHouse
81 (0.012 %)Dynamics GP
81 (0.012 %)Google Analytics
81 (0.012 %)Tridion
81 (0.012 %)Agresso
81 (0.012 %)Endur
81 (0.012 %)Oracle ERP
81 (0.012 %)Oracle Applications
81 (0.012 %)Prophet
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1450 (5.490 %)Internet
2109 (1.330 %)HTTP
389 (1.086 %)Intranet
481 (0.988 %)TCP/IP
534 (0.415 %)Broadband
627 (0.329 %)Extranet
721 (0.256 %)SSL
814 (0.171 %)DAB
911 (0.134 %)FTP
108 (0.098 %)DNS
117 (0.085 %)HTTPS
126 (0.073 %)SMTP
126 (0.073 %)BIG-IP
126 (0.073 %)TELNET
126 (0.073 %)X.509
135 (0.061 %)SNMP
135 (0.061 %)Cisco ICM
135 (0.061 %)Cisco IOS
135 (0.061 %)Firewall
135 (0.061 %)Kerberos
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15957 (72.68 %)SQL Server
22857 (34.86 %)SQL Server 2008
31208 (14.74 %)SQL Server 2005
4559 (6.820 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
5490 (5.979 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6164 (2.001 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
7156 (1.903 %)Data Warehouse
8135 (1.647 %)MySQL
9131 (1.598 %)RDBMS
10109 (1.330 %)Oracle 10g
10109 (1.330 %)SQL Server 2000
1194 (1.147 %)Crystal Reports
1283 (1.013 %)NoSQL
1373 (0.891 %)ETL
1469 (0.842 %)Oracle 11g
1556 (0.683 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1650 (0.610 %)Oracle 8/8i
1736 (0.439 %)MongoDB
1833 (0.403 %)MS Access
1930 (0.366 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11850 (22.57 %)NUnit
21454 (17.74 %)Rhino Mocks
31291 (15.75 %)Visual Studio
4730 (8.907 %)Team Foundation Server
5726 (8.858 %)Subversion
6522 (6.369 %)Moq
7248 (3.026 %)Selenium
8232 (2.831 %)Cucumber
9181 (2.208 %)TeamCity
10168 (2.050 %)MSBuild
11127 (1.550 %)MSTest
12119 (1.452 %)CruiseControl
1390 (1.098 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1479 (0.964 %)ReSharper
1559 (0.720 %)JIRA
1654 (0.659 %)Visual Studio Team System
1747 (0.573 %)FitNesse
1840 (0.488 %)Eclipse
1939 (0.476 %)WatiN
2032 (0.390 %)NCover
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11876 (22.89 %)Finance
2614 (7.491 %)Banking
3345 (4.209 %)Games
4326 (3.978 %)Front Office
5254 (3.099 %)Music
6250 (3.050 %)Retail
7177 (2.160 %)Investment Banking
8164 (2.001 %)Marketing
9144 (1.757 %)Telecoms
10128 (1.562 %)Advertising
1197 (1.184 %)Music Industry
1296 (1.171 %)Law
1390 (1.098 %)Back Office
1470 (0.854 %)Legal
1538 (0.464 %)Publishing
1630 (0.366 %)Financial Institution
1729 (0.354 %)Manufacturing
1821 (0.256 %)Private Banking
1920 (0.244 %)Online Betting
1920 (0.244 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17087 (86.47 %)Developer
24278 (52.20 %).NET Developer
32897 (35.35 %)C# Developer
41984 (24.21 %)C# .NET Developer
51247 (15.21 %)ASP.NET Developer
61126 (13.74 %)Senior Developer
71043 (12.73 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
8711 (8.675 %)Software Developer
9603 (7.357 %)Senior .NET Developer
10531 (6.479 %)Web Developer
11446 (5.442 %)Senior C# Developer
12392 (4.783 %)Software Engineer
13277 (3.380 %)Lead Developer
14258 (3.148 %)Architect
15249 (3.038 %)SharePoint Developer
16226 (2.757 %)Team Leader
17221 (2.696 %)Junior
18218 (2.660 %)Junior Developer
19217 (2.648 %)Analyst
20201 (2.452 %)Agile C# Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1406 (4.954 %)Computer Science
2368 (4.490 %)N-Tier
3269 (3.282 %)Tandem
4237 (2.892 %)Inversion of Control
5175 (2.135 %)Hedge funds
6173 (2.111 %)Mathematics
6173 (2.111 %)Derivative
7164 (2.001 %)Fixed Income
8155 (1.891 %)Client/Server
9138 (1.684 %)Social Network
10130 (1.586 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1181 (0.988 %)Physics
1181 (0.988 %)SaaS
1270 (0.854 %)iPhone
1362 (0.756 %)Credit Risk
1460 (0.732 %)RIA
1556 (0.683 %)Web 2.0
1653 (0.647 %)Equities
1653 (0.647 %)W3C
1750 (0.610 %)Blog
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11577 (19.24 %)Windows
2115 (1.403 %)Windows Server 2003
377 (0.939 %)Windows Server 2008
469 (0.842 %)Android
568 (0.830 %)UNIX
659 (0.720 %)Linux
728 (0.342 %)Windows 7
826 (0.317 %)Windows XP
925 (0.305 %)Windows Vista
1022 (0.268 %)Apple iOS
1121 (0.256 %)Windows Mobile
1215 (0.183 %)Solaris
1311 (0.134 %)Windows Phone 7
148 (0.098 %)Windows CE
156 (0.073 %)Windows 2000
164 (0.049 %)Debian
164 (0.049 %)Fedora
172 (0.024 %)Windows 2000 Server
172 (0.024 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
172 (0.024 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13731 (45.52 %)MVC
23224 (39.34 %)TDD
32261 (27.59 %)Scrum
41750 (21.35 %)OO
51735 (21.17 %)Web Application Development
61613 (19.68 %)Agile Software Development
71182 (14.42 %)BDD
8835 (10.19 %)Kanban
9685 (8.358 %)Unit Testing
10604 (7.369 %)Web Development
11549 (6.698 %)E-Commerce
12541 (6.601 %)Multithreading
13537 (6.552 %)SOA
14475 (5.796 %)OOP
15465 (5.673 %)Continuous Integration
16376 (4.588 %)UML
17352 (4.295 %)MVVM
18339 (4.136 %)Domain-Driven Design
19326 (3.978 %)Business Intelligence
20311 (3.795 %)Scrum-ban
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17674 (93.63 %)C#
22808 (34.26 %)SQL
32406 (29.36 %)JavaScript
41350 (16.47 %)VB.NET
5967 (11.80 %)T-SQL
6691 (8.431 %)VB
7497 (6.064 %)Java
8477 (5.820 %)C++
9165 (2.013 %)PL/SQL
9165 (2.013 %)VB6
10130 (1.586 %)C
11113 (1.379 %)PHP
12110 (1.342 %)XPath
1397 (1.184 %)PowerShell
1481 (0.988 %)VBA
1576 (0.927 %)XAML
1651 (0.622 %)Perl
1750 (0.610 %)Python
1750 (0.610 %)Ruby
1841 (0.500 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11875 (22.88 %)Microsoft Certification
21708 (20.84 %)MCTS
31680 (20.50 %)MCP
41672 (20.40 %)MCSD
51646 (20.08 %)MCAD
6945 (11.53 %)Degree
778 (0.952 %)Security Cleared
870 (0.854 %)SC Cleared
961 (0.744 %)MCPD
1035 (0.427 %)PhD
1115 (0.183 %)MCSE
1212 (0.146 %)CISSP
1212 (0.146 %)MCITP
139 (0.110 %)MCDBA
139 (0.110 %)HND
147 (0.085 %)CSSLP
147 (0.085 %)CISA
147 (0.085 %)CISM
156 (0.073 %)MCSA
165 (0.061 %)HNC
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1114 (1.391 %)QA
213 (0.159 %)SLA
39 (0.110 %)HL7
47 (0.085 %)COBIT
53 (0.037 %)ISO 9001
61 (0.012 %)Dublin Core
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
196 (1.171 %)Active Directory
213 (0.159 %)XenDesktop
312 (0.146 %)VMware Infrastructure
410 (0.122 %)Hyper-V
59 (0.110 %)XenServer
59 (0.110 %)vSphere
64 (0.049 %)Samba
64 (0.049 %)Dovecot
73 (0.037 %)VMware ESX
82 (0.024 %)VMware ESXi
91 (0.012 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
174 (0.903 %)SCCM
249 (0.598 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
343 (0.525 %)WMI
414 (0.171 %)SCVMM
56 (0.073 %)MOM
56 (0.073 %)Backup Exec
65 (0.061 %)Cisco CUCM
74 (0.049 %)SCOM
74 (0.049 %)BMC PATROL
81 (0.012 %)Control-M
81 (0.012 %)Nagios
81 (0.012 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12442 (29.80 %)Microsoft
2723 (8.821 %)Oracle
3107 (1.306 %)DataSynapse
4104 (1.269 %)Sitecore
586 (1.049 %)TIBCO
660 (0.732 %)Telerik
752 (0.634 %)DevExpress
752 (0.634 %)EPiServer
850 (0.610 %)Infragistics
944 (0.537 %)Ektron
1042 (0.512 %)Sybase
1141 (0.500 %)Google
1229 (0.354 %)Sun
1324 (0.293 %)SAP
1423 (0.281 %)Salesforce.com
1522 (0.268 %)Informatica
1522 (0.268 %)Cognos
1522 (0.268 %)Symbian
1621 (0.256 %)VMware
1621 (0.256 %)Alterian