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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
Rank 16 - 13
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing WCF 11 0 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 11.34% - 13.79%
As % of the Application Development category 19.30% - 25.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 11
Average salary £35,000 - £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 - £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,250 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
All Application Development
Worcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
57 35 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 58.76% 36.84% 54.02%
Number of salaries quoted 55 34 43
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,700 £28,100 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WCF
Worcestershire

WCF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Worcester WCF Salary Trend

WCF
Salary Histogram

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

Worcester WCF Salary Histogram

WCF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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#
2 10 (90.91%) .NET
3 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
4 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
4 8 (72.73%) TDD
5 7 (63.64%) ASP.NET MVC
5 7 (63.64%) MVC
5 7 (63.64%) VB
5 7 (63.64%) SQL
5 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2012
5 7 (63.64%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 6 (54.55%) T-SQL
6 6 (54.55%) Scrum
7 5 (45.45%) ASP
7 5 (45.45%) CSS
7 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
7 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
7 5 (45.45%) HTML
7 5 (45.45%) Rhino Mocks
7 5 (45.45%) Moq
7 5 (45.45%) NHibernate
7 5 (45.45%) Kanban
7 5 (45.45%) NUnit
7 5 (45.45%) VB6
7 5 (45.45%) Ajax
7 5 (45.45%) Razor View Engine
7 5 (45.45%) BDD
7 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (27.27%) VB.NET
9 2 (18.18%) MCP

WCF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 10 (90.91%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) ASP.NET
3 7 (63.64%) ASP.NET MVC
3 7 (63.64%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 5 (45.45%) HTML
4 5 (45.45%) Razor View Engine
4 5 (45.45%) CSS
4 5 (45.45%) ASP
4 5 (45.45%) Ajax
4 5 (45.45%) NHibernate
5 2 (18.18%) WPF
5 2 (18.18%) KnockoutJS
5 2 (18.18%) Node.js
5 2 (18.18%) Ninject
6 1 (9.091%) Silverlight
6 1 (9.091%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) SQL Server
2 7 (63.64%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) NUnit
1 5 (45.45%) Rhino Mocks
1 5 (45.45%) Moq
2 1 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (18.18%) Games
1 2 (18.18%) Music
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Aerospace
2 1 (9.091%) Automotive
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) VB Developer
2 5 (45.45%) ASP Developer
2 5 (45.45%) VB6 Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Classic ASP Developer
3 2 (18.18%) .NET Developer
4 1 (9.091%) C# Developer
4 1 (9.091%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Software Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) WPF Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) BizTalk Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (18.18%) iPhone
2 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
3 1 (9.091%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) TDD
2 7 (63.64%) MVC
3 6 (54.55%) Scrum
4 5 (45.45%) Kanban
4 5 (45.45%) BDD
5 2 (18.18%) Web Application Development
5 2 (18.18%) Domain-Driven Design
5 2 (18.18%) Dependency Injection
6 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
6 1 (9.091%) ITIL
6 1 (9.091%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (9.091%) OO
6 1 (9.091%) CAD
6 1 (9.091%) Project Management
6 1 (9.091%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 7 (63.64%) VB
3 6 (54.55%) T-SQL
4 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 5 (45.45%) VB6
5 3 (27.27%) VB.NET
6 1 (9.091%) VC++
6 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
6 1 (9.091%) C++
6 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) MCP
1 2 (18.18%) MCAD
1 2 (18.18%) MCSD
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (18.18%) MCTS
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google