WCF Developer Contracts

Windows Communication Foundation Developer (WCF Developer)
UK

The median Windows Communication Foundation Developer (WCF Developer) daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 626 833
Rank change year-on-year +93 +207 +17
Contract jobs requiring a WCF Developer 16 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.002% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile - - £367
25th Percentile £363 - £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £390
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.56% -38.58%
75th Percentile £388 - £395
90th Percentile £395 - -
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 33,956 44,250 77,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 93.82% 95.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,486 30,168 54,199
10th Percentile £300 £300 £316
25th Percentile £411 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,295 1,536 1,766
10th Percentile £15.08 £14.89 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.27 £19.06 £16.50
Median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £71.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%

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 31 October 2024. 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 +90 16 £375 -6.25% 1
London +65 16 £375 -6.25% 1

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 16 (100.00%) C#
1 16 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
1 16 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 16 (100.00%) VB
1 16 (100.00%) VBA
1 16 (100.00%) .NET
1 16 (100.00%) Oracle
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) IIS
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (100.00%) Citrix
1 16 (100.00%) Internet
1 16 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 16 (100.00%) WinForms
1 16 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 16 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 16 (100.00%) QA
1 16 (100.00%) WCF
1 16 (100.00%) WPF
1 16 (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 16 (100.00%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (100.00%) .NET
1 16 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 16 (100.00%) WCF
1 16 (100.00%) WinForms
1 16 (100.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 16 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) C#
1 16 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
1 16 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 16 (100.00%) VB
1 16 (100.00%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Citrix
1 16 (100.00%) Oracle