WCF Developer Contracts

Windows Communication Foundation Developer (WCF Developer)
UK

The median Windows Communication Foundation Developer (WCF Developer) daily rate in the UK is £390, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 571 713
Rank change year-on-year +62 +142 +135
Contract jobs requiring a WCF Developer 11 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.025% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.027% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 5
10th Percentile - - £333
25th Percentile £385 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -21.05%
75th Percentile £395 £519 £395
90th Percentile £411 £650 £398
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

WCF Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured WCF Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WCF Developer in the UK

WCF Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WCF Developer.

Daily rate trend for WCF Developer in the UK

WCF Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WCF Developer.

Hourly rate trend for WCF Developer in the UK

WCF Developer
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
England +57 11 £390 +4.00% 1
London +38 11 £390 +4.00% 1

WCF Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, WCF Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring WCF Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
1 11 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 11 (100.00%) VB
1 11 (100.00%) VBA
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 11 (100.00%) IIS
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (100.00%) Citrix
1 11 (100.00%) Internet
1 11 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 11 (100.00%) WinForms
1 11 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 11 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 11 (100.00%) QA
1 11 (100.00%) WCF
1 11 (100.00%) WPF
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle Database

WCF Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (100.00%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 11 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 11 (100.00%) WCF
1 11 (100.00%) WinForms
1 11 (100.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 11 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
1 11 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 11 (100.00%) VB
1 11 (100.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Citrix
1 11 (100.00%) Oracle