WCF Contracts in England

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring WCF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WCF over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 568 666
Rank change year-on-year +84 +98 -124
Contract jobs citing WCF 66 68 121
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.84% 0.64% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 60 87
10th Percentile £363 £360 £428
25th Percentile £400 £406 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £515 £650
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% -20.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £800
90th Percentile £643 £800 -
UK median daily rate £573 £493 £613
% change year-on-year +16.24% -19.59% +7.93%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,836 10,653 18,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.89% 22.65% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,490 7,931 14,067
10th Percentile £350 £394 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £800 £798 £775
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 136 204
10th Percentile £22.73 £32.88 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £49.75 £65.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +22.07% +17.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £76.89
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%

WCF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WCF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WCF in England

WCF
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for WCF in England

WCF
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WCF in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WCF in England

WCF
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for WCF in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
London +92 56 £600 - 9
South East +12 7 £488 +18.18% 3
East of England - 3 £350 -
WCF
UK

WCF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (19.70%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.18%) Azure
2 8 (12.12%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.55%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.03%) GitHub
7 1 (1.52%) PaaS
7 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (62.12%) SQL Server
2 13 (19.70%) Oracle Database
3 12 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (10.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (34.85%) TeamCity
2 4 (6.06%) NUnit
2 4 (6.06%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (4.55%) Selenium
3 3 (4.55%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (3.03%) Git
5 1 (1.52%) InstallShield
5 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (18.18%) Banking
1 12 (18.18%) Finance
2 10 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.12%) Investment Banking
4 2 (3.03%) Back Office
4 2 (3.03%) Front Office
5 1 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (62.12%) Developer
2 27 (40.91%) C# Developer
3 18 (27.27%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (24.24%) C# WCF Developer
4 16 (24.24%) WCF Developer
4 16 (24.24%) WPF Developer
5 14 (21.21%) C# WPF Developer
6 11 (16.67%) .NET Developer
7 10 (15.15%) Senior
8 8 (12.12%) Architect
9 7 (10.61%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 7 (10.61%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
9 7 (10.61%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (7.58%) Senior Developer
10 5 (7.58%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (7.58%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 4 (6.06%) Senior .NET Developer
12 3 (4.55%) SSIS Developer
12 3 (4.55%) SSRS Developer
13 2 (3.03%) Windows DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (95.45%) .NET
2 35 (53.03%) .NET Framework
3 32 (48.48%) WinForms
4 20 (30.30%) WPF
5 16 (24.24%) Entity Framework
6 13 (19.70%) ASP.NET
7 9 (13.64%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (13.64%) JSON
8 8 (12.12%) AngularJS
8 8 (12.12%) XML
9 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 7 (10.61%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (9.09%) Web Services
11 5 (7.58%) CSS
11 5 (7.58%) HTML
12 4 (6.06%) .NET Core
12 4 (6.06%) jQuery
13 3 (4.55%) ASP.NET MVC
13 3 (4.55%) Blazor
13 3 (4.55%) KnockoutJS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.03%) Fixed Income
1 2 (3.03%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) DevOps
2 26 (39.39%) Migration
3 21 (31.82%) MVC
4 13 (19.70%) Data Analysis
4 13 (19.70%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 10 (15.15%) SDLC
7 8 (12.12%) CRM
7 8 (12.12%) Data Integration
7 8 (12.12%) Data Migration
8 7 (10.61%) Agile
8 7 (10.61%) Configuration Management
8 7 (10.61%) Performance Tuning
9 5 (7.58%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (7.58%) Customer Service
9 5 (7.58%) Web Development
10 4 (6.06%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (6.06%) Front End Development
10 4 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (4.55%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (95.45%) C#
2 54 (81.82%) SQL
3 19 (28.79%) T-SQL
4 17 (25.76%) JavaScript
4 17 (25.76%) PL/SQL
5 13 (19.70%) VB
5 13 (19.70%) VBA
6 10 (15.15%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.55%) Java
8 1 (1.52%) C++
8 1 (1.52%) XAML
Qualifications
1 4 (6.06%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (24.24%) QA
2 1 (1.52%) ISO 15022
2 1 (1.52%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 7 (10.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.52%) Progress Chef
1 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (28.79%) Oracle
2 13 (19.70%) Citrix
2 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.03%) SAP