The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 17 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 65 83 66
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -17
Permanent jobs citing WCF 138 94 98
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 3.736% 2.915% 3.318%
As % of the Application Development category 9.312% 6.347% 7.717%
Number of salaries quoted 107 88 95
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1482 1481 1270
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 40.12% 45.92% 42.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1220 1338 1138
Average salary £34,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Yorkshire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCF across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leeds -1 96 £32,500 -13.33%
Bradford +28 22 £37,500 +2.73%
Batley - 10 £27,500 -
Wakefield 0 5 £24,000 -29.92%
Ilkley - 3 £26,000 -
Pontefract - 2 £35,000 -
WCF
Yorkshire

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 216 (100.00%) C#
2 215 (99.54%) .NET
3 167 (77.31%) SQL Server
4 164 (75.93%) ASP.NET
5 130 (60.19%) MVC
6 98 (45.37%) SQL
7 82 (37.96%) WPF
8 73 (33.80%) JavaScript
9 71 (32.87%) ASP.NET MVC
10 70 (32.41%) OO
11 67 (31.02%) Agile Software Development
12 66 (30.56%) Microsoft
13 64 (29.63%) HTML
14 60 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
15 57 (26.39%) CSS
15 57 (26.39%) Windows
16 51 (23.61%) .NET Framework
16 51 (23.61%) Razor View Engine
17 49 (22.69%) jQuery
17 49 (22.69%) WinForms
17 49 (22.69%) Web Services
17 49 (22.69%) Visual Studio
18 47 (21.76%) SQL Server 2005
19 46 (21.30%) Degree
20 45 (20.83%) Finance
20 45 (20.83%) VB.NET
21 40 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
21 40 (18.52%) Software Engineering
22 38 (17.59%) Team Foundation Server
22 38 (17.59%) Web Application Development

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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
1 215 (99.54%) .NET
2 164 (75.93%) ASP.NET
3 82 (37.96%) WPF
4 71 (32.87%) ASP.NET MVC
5 64 (29.63%) HTML
6 57 (26.39%) CSS
7 51 (23.61%) .NET Framework
7 51 (23.61%) Razor View Engine
8 49 (22.69%) jQuery
8 49 (22.69%) WinForms
8 49 (22.69%) Web Services
9 32 (14.81%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 30 (13.89%) Ninject
11 27 (12.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 23 (10.65%) Ajax
13 20 (9.259%) XML
13 20 (9.259%) Unity DI Container
14 19 (8.796%) REST
15 18 (8.333%) Castle Windsor
15 18 (8.333%) Spring.NET
Application Platforms
1 28 (12.96%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.704%) IIS
3 5 (2.315%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (2.315%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (1.852%) Drupal
5 1 (0.463%) Windows Azure
5 1 (0.463%) CMS
5 1 (0.463%) EPiServer CMS
Applications
1 24 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (6.481%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.926%) Agresso
3 1 (0.463%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.093%) Broadband
2 2 (0.926%) Intranet
3 1 (0.463%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (77.31%) SQL Server
2 60 (27.78%) SQL Server 2008
3 47 (21.76%) SQL Server 2005
4 14 (6.481%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
6 9 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (2.778%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.926%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (0.926%) GIS
8 2 (0.926%) MySQL
8 2 (0.926%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.926%) Oracle 9i
8 2 (0.926%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.463%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.463%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 49 (22.69%) Visual Studio
2 38 (17.59%) Team Foundation Server
3 21 (9.722%) NUnit
4 18 (8.333%) MSTest
4 18 (8.333%) Rhino Mocks
4 18 (8.333%) Moq
5 11 (5.093%) JIRA
6 6 (2.778%) Git (software)
7 3 (1.389%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.926%) Subversion
9 1 (0.463%) Oracle Forms
General
1 45 (20.83%) Finance
2 12 (5.556%) Music
3 11 (5.093%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.852%) Legal
5 3 (1.389%) Banking
6 2 (0.926%) Retail
6 2 (0.926%) Back Office
6 2 (0.926%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.463%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.463%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 181 (83.80%) Developer
2 115 (53.24%) .NET Developer
3 62 (28.70%) C# Developer
4 58 (26.85%) C# .NET Developer
5 48 (22.22%) Software Developer
6 33 (15.28%) ASP.NET Developer
7 32 (14.81%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 29 (13.43%) Team Leader
9 26 (12.04%) C# Software Developer
10 24 (11.11%) .NET Software Developer
11 21 (9.722%) .NET Team Leader
12 20 (9.259%) Development Team Leader
13 19 (8.796%) Senior Developer
14 18 (8.333%) Web Developer
14 18 (8.333%) Applications Developer
15 17 (7.870%) Software Engineer
16 14 (6.481%) C# Software Engineer
16 14 (6.481%) .NET Software Engineer
17 11 (5.093%) Senior C# Developer
17 11 (5.093%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.57%) Computer Science
2 20 (9.259%) Inversion of Control
3 9 (4.167%) E-Learning
4 3 (1.389%) Mathematics
4 3 (1.389%) SaaS
4 3 (1.389%) New Media
4 3 (1.389%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.389%) iPhone
5 2 (0.926%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.463%) Streaming Music
Operating Systems
1 57 (26.39%) Windows
2 3 (1.389%) Android
2 3 (1.389%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.463%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (60.19%) MVC
2 70 (32.41%) OO
3 67 (31.02%) Agile Software Development
4 40 (18.52%) Software Engineering
5 38 (17.59%) Web Application Development
6 34 (15.74%) TDD
7 31 (14.35%) MVVM
8 30 (13.89%) Dependency Injection
8 30 (13.89%) Scrum
9 21 (9.722%) Web Development
10 20 (9.259%) Multithreading
10 20 (9.259%) CRM
10 20 (9.259%) Service Management
11 19 (8.796%) Unit Testing
12 18 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
12 18 (8.333%) Kanban
13 12 (5.556%) Domain-Driven Design
14 11 (5.093%) Test Scripting
14 11 (5.093%) Technical Architecture
14 11 (5.093%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 216 (100.00%) C#
2 98 (45.37%) SQL
3 73 (33.80%) JavaScript
4 45 (20.83%) VB.NET
5 34 (15.74%) XAML
6 12 (5.556%) T-SQL
7 9 (4.167%) PHP
8 7 (3.241%) VB
9 5 (2.315%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.852%) Java
Qualifications
1 46 (21.30%) Degree
2 40 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (13.89%) MCTS
3 30 (13.89%) MCP
3 30 (13.89%) MCAD
3 30 (13.89%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.926%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 66 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.407%) Oracle
3 11 (5.093%) Perforce
4 7 (3.241%) Metastorm
5 2 (0.926%) SAP
5 2 (0.926%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.463%) DevExpress
Ilkley, West Yorkshire
Desirable Skills: + MVC Framework + HTML/CSS/JavaScript + WCF This is the perfect opportunity for a developer with strong experience in C#.Net SQL Server looking for their next...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
C#.NET Developer - Leeds - £30,000 - £45,000 + Pension + Bonus. Max package = £50,000.Developer, Programmer, Engineer, C#, ASP.NET, WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation, WinForms, Windows Forms, WCF,...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + pension + bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
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: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Using Visual studio you will deliver ASP.NET web applications written in C#/VB.Net and SQL Server, and to maintain and upgrade existing solutions... Proven ability to...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £excellent + 20% bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Batley, West Yorkshire
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4,SQL Server 2012, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile, TDD and...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Batley, Yorkshire
My client can provide training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4,SQL Server 2012, WCF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile, TDD and...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bradford, Yorkshire
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
KEYWORDS: C# / .NET / C#.NET / Agile / WCF / WPF / Leeds / West Yorkshire / Yorkshire / York / Bradford / Harrogate / Skipton / Sheffield. Talented C# Software Engineers required for growing organisation based in Leeds...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Plus pension, health, holidays
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Using Visual studio you will deliver ASP.NET web applications written in C#/VB.Net and SQL Server, and to maintain and upgrade existing solutions... Proven ability to...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £excellent + 20% bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013