The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 40 15 20
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +5
Permanent jobs citing WCF 3 7 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 1.186% 5.645% 11.65%
As % of the Application Development category 8.333% 18.42% 39.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 31
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -7.89%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Welwyn Garden City
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
36 38 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Welwyn Garden City 14.23% 30.65% 29.32%
Number of salaries quoted 36 33 76
Average salary £35,000 £40,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.58% +8.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £80,000
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 Welwyn Garden City region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City region.

Welwyn Garden City WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 25 (100.00%) C#
1 25 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (92.00%) MVC
3 20 (80.00%) ASP.NET
3 20 (80.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 19 (76.00%) Razor View Engine
4 19 (76.00%) SQL Server
4 19 (76.00%) TDD
5 15 (60.00%) BDD
6 14 (56.00%) CQRS
6 14 (56.00%) Web Application Development
6 14 (56.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 14 (56.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 14 (56.00%) Domain-Driven Design
6 14 (56.00%) MCTS
6 14 (56.00%) MCP
6 14 (56.00%) MCAD
6 14 (56.00%) MCSD
6 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (40.00%) SQL
7 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
8 9 (36.00%) Finance
9 8 (32.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (32.00%) BizTalk Server
10 6 (24.00%) Windows
10 6 (24.00%) NHibernate
10 6 (24.00%) .NET Framework
10 6 (24.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 5 (20.00%) LINQ

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 25 (100.00%) .NET
2 20 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 20 (80.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 19 (76.00%) Razor View Engine
4 14 (56.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 6 (24.00%) NHibernate
5 6 (24.00%) .NET Framework
5 6 (24.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 5 (20.00%) LINQ
7 1 (4.000%) SOAP
7 1 (4.000%) WF
Application Platforms
1 8 (32.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (76.00%) SQL Server
2 14 (56.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (32.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) NUnit
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (100.00%) Developer
2 19 (76.00%) .NET Developer
3 10 (40.00%) C# Developer
4 9 (36.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 5 (20.00%) Senior Developer
6 4 (16.00%) Senior C# Developer
6 4 (16.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (16.00%) Agile C# Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Lead Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Lead .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Replication
2 4 (16.00%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) MVC
2 19 (76.00%) TDD
3 15 (60.00%) BDD
4 14 (56.00%) CQRS
4 14 (56.00%) Web Application Development
4 14 (56.00%) Domain-Driven Design
5 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (20.00%) Scrum
6 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
7 1 (4.000%) E-Commerce
7 1 (4.000%) B2B
7 1 (4.000%) Workflow
7 1 (4.000%) Dependency Injection
7 1 (4.000%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 25 (100.00%) C#
2 10 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (56.00%) MCTS
1 14 (56.00%) MCP
1 14 (56.00%) MCAD
1 14 (56.00%) MCSD
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Razor Risk
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
My client has a strong focus on lifestyle and provides a flexible work environment contributing to a balanced lifestyle; company culture offers a fun, youthful approach, embracing innovation...
Brightred Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
ASP .NET Developer Is the mobile payment technology environment in need of new ideas?... You have worked on multiple enterprise projects using .NET technologies: C#, ASP.NET, ASMX...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum Share incentive scheme, on-site staf
Posted: 21 May 2013