The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 20 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 Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 28 26 26
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Permanent jobs citing WCF 5 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 3.676% 2.000% 0.990%
As % of the Application Development category 10.00% 5.405% 4.545%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 1
Average salary £24,000 £34,250 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.92% +10.48%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
50 37 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 36.76% 37.00% 21.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47 29 22
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +13.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £30,000 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
West Yorkshire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Wakefield WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) IIS
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) WPF
2 3 (60.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) iPhone
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (60.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (40.00%) Web Application Development
3 2 (40.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) MCTS
4 1 (20.00%) Streaming Music

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (60.00%) WPF
2 3 (60.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js
3 1 (20.00%) Ninject
3 1 (20.00%) KnockoutJS
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Music
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Web Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Applications Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Web Applications Developer
3 2 (40.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Programmer
4 1 (20.00%) Agile .NET Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) iPhone
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Streaming Music
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Android
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 2 (40.00%) Web Application Development
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (20.00%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) MCAD
2 1 (20.00%) MCSD
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCTS
Wakefield, Yorkshire
.NET Developer, ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013