WCF Contract Job Trends in Essex

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring WCF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WCF 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.93% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Essex

WCF falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5 16 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 4.67% 18.39% 31.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 36
10th Percentile - - £300
25th Percentile £425 £213 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £315 £475
Median % change year-on-year +46.83% -33.68% -5.53%
75th Percentile £512 £318 £550
90th Percentile £520 £320 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £430 £500
% change year-on-year +16.28% -14.00% -7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £41.74
25th Percentile - - £43.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £47.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.05%
75th Percentile - - £55.50
90th Percentile - - £55.54
East of England median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year -1.92% +17.12% -15.27%

WCF
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WCF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

WCF job vacancy trend in Essex

WCF
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing WCF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing WCF

WCF
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the Essex region over the 6 months to 21 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basildon - 1 - - 3
WCF
East of England

WCF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText
1 1 (100.00%) Serena