The first table below looks at the demand for WCF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wigan region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCF over the 3 months to 21 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 Wigan region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 27 26 9
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -17
Permanent jobs citing WCF 5 13 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 6.494% 10.32% 18.42%
As % of the Application Development category 8.065% 15.66% 31.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 7
Average salary £37,500 £31,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.04% -21.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Wigan
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
62 83 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wigan 80.52% 65.87% 57.89%
Number of salaries quoted 62 83 21
Average salary £27,500 £27,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Manchester

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wigan 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 Wigan region.

Wigan WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan 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 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (91.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (50.00%) Service Management
3 6 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
4 5 (41.67%) MVC
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle
4 5 (41.67%) CSS
4 5 (41.67%) MCP
4 5 (41.67%) MCAD
4 5 (41.67%) MCSD
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (41.67%) Domain-Driven Design
4 5 (41.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (41.67%) Dependency Injection
4 5 (41.67%) HTML5
4 5 (41.67%) Node.js
4 5 (41.67%) Ninject
4 5 (41.67%) KnockoutJS
4 5 (41.67%) Web Application Development
4 5 (41.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 5 (41.67%) Tandem
4 5 (41.67%) TDD
4 5 (41.67%) Retail
4 5 (41.67%) Telerik
4 5 (41.67%) MCTS

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wigan 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 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) CSS
2 5 (41.67%) ASP.NET MVC
2 5 (41.67%) HTML5
2 5 (41.67%) Node.js
2 5 (41.67%) Ninject
2 5 (41.67%) KnockoutJS
2 5 (41.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
2 5 (41.67%) WPF
3 1 (8.333%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (91.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (41.67%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (41.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 7 (58.33%) .NET Developer
3 5 (41.67%) Systems Developer
4 3 (25.00%) C# Developer
5 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Service Management
2 5 (41.67%) MVC
2 5 (41.67%) Domain-Driven Design
2 5 (41.67%) Dependency Injection
2 5 (41.67%) Web Application Development
2 5 (41.67%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
4 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) MCP
1 5 (41.67%) MCAD
1 5 (41.67%) MCSD
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (41.67%) MCTS
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle
1 5 (41.67%) Telerik
Wigan, North West
Key Skills: 5 years with .NET technologies C# ASP.NET SQL Server Experience with WCF Front-end technologies e.g. CSS, HTML This opportunity requires a passionate developer,...
greywood
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Wigan based SaaS Company looking for a Software Architect - £50,000 + Benefits My client based in the Wigan area is the leading and fast growing, SaaS based company.
Computer Futures
Salary: £47000 - £50000 per annum + Share Options, Pension and Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Technologies: ASP.Net, C#, .Net 3.5, 4.0, SQL Server 2005/2008/2012, tSQL (stored procedures, triggers, functions etc), OOP, Javascript / Java Script, jQuery, Web design, AJAX,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £35k - 40k per year
Posted: 24 April 2013