The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 24 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 37 46 62
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +16
Permanent jobs citing WCF 11 16 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.793% 4.638% 1.342%
As % of the Application Development category 8.730% 8.421% 2.632%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 6
Average salary £32,500 £42,500 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% +36.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £38,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
126 190 228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 43.45% 55.07% 51.01%
Number of salaries quoted 93 118 168
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,400 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £61,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Hertfordshire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the Watford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Watford WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 9 (81.82%) JavaScript
2 9 (81.82%) Web Services
2 9 (81.82%) XML
2 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) ASP.NET
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) WPF
3 7 (63.64%) Expression Blend
3 7 (63.64%) HTML5
3 7 (63.64%) Web Application Development
3 7 (63.64%) OOD
3 7 (63.64%) CSS
3 7 (63.64%) SOAP
3 7 (63.64%) OO
3 7 (63.64%) PHP
3 7 (63.64%) C++
3 7 (63.64%) Software Engineering
3 7 (63.64%) JSON
3 7 (63.64%) Windows Mobile
3 7 (63.64%) Web Development
3 7 (63.64%) LINQ
4 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
4 4 (36.36%) Visual Studio
5 2 (18.18%) ADO.NET
5 2 (18.18%) HTML
5 2 (18.18%) MS Excel

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 9 (81.82%) Web Services
2 9 (81.82%) XML
2 9 (81.82%) ASP.NET
2 9 (81.82%) WPF
3 7 (63.64%) HTML5
3 7 (63.64%) CSS
3 7 (63.64%) SOAP
3 7 (63.64%) JSON
3 7 (63.64%) LINQ
4 2 (18.18%) ADO.NET
4 2 (18.18%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) jQuery
4 2 (18.18%) Ajax
4 2 (18.18%) WinForms
4 2 (18.18%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (18.18%) WF
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Expression Blend
2 4 (36.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
1 11 (100.00%) C# Developer
2 7 (63.64%) C# .NET Developer
2 7 (63.64%) .NET Developer
2 7 (63.64%) ASP.NET Developer
2 7 (63.64%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 7 (63.64%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Web Application Development
1 7 (63.64%) OOD
1 7 (63.64%) OO
1 7 (63.64%) Software Engineering
1 7 (63.64%) Web Development
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
2 9 (81.82%) JavaScript
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 7 (63.64%) PHP
3 7 (63.64%) C++
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) DevExpress