Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WCF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WCF over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 767 752
Rank change year-on-year -6 -15 -190
Permanent jobs citing WCF 111 209 552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.53% 0.69% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 96 183 337
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £50,375 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +16.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

WCF is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,099 30,098 66,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.12% 30.26% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 15,738 18,568 30,087
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,853 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,939 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

WCF
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for WCF in the UK

WCF
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WCF.

Salary trend for WCF in the UK

WCF
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WCF over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WCF in the UK

WCF
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCF within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London 0 98 £60,000 +14.29% 14
England -11 93 £60,000 - 20
Work from Home +38 49 £55,000 -21.43% 17
North of England +24 34 £60,000 +14.29% 5
South East +20 25 £55,000 -21.43% 3
Yorkshire +77 16 £60,000 +33.33% 4
North West -10 16 £62,500 +8.70% 1
West Midlands +24 15 £60,000 +12.15% 1
Midlands +4 15 £60,000 +12.15% 1
South West -18 8 £57,000 +8.57%
London +2 7 £85,000 +21.43% 11
Northern Ireland +24 6 £42,500 +21.43%
Scotland -59 6 £85,000 +61.90% 3
East of England +6 4 £53,000 +28.48%
North East - 2 £60,000 -

WCF
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 8 (7.21%) IIS
2 5 (4.50%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (4.50%) NServiceBus
3 3 (2.70%) Confluence
3 3 (2.70%) Umbraco
4 2 (1.80%) CMS
4 2 (1.80%) Liferay
4 2 (1.80%) Magnolia
4 2 (1.80%) nginx
4 2 (1.80%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.90%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 28 (25.23%) Azure
2 13 (11.71%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (10.81%) AWS
4 9 (8.11%) PaaS
5 8 (7.21%) SaaS
6 3 (2.70%) GitHub
7 2 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.80%) npm
7 2 (1.80%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.60%) Ethernet
1 4 (3.60%) RS-232
1 4 (3.60%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.70%) Internet
3 1 (0.90%) CTI
3 1 (0.90%) VoIP
3 1 (0.90%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (51.35%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.21%) MongoDB
2 8 (7.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (4.50%) Relational Database
3 5 (4.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.70%) MySQL
4 3 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.80%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.80%) DB2
5 2 (1.80%) DTS
5 2 (1.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 42 (37.84%) Git
2 35 (31.53%) Visual Studio
3 16 (14.41%) JIRA
4 12 (10.81%) NUnit
5 5 (4.50%) Postman
5 5 (4.50%) SoapUI
6 4 (3.60%) Subversion
6 4 (3.60%) TeamCity
7 3 (2.70%) Bitbucket
7 3 (2.70%) FitNesse
7 3 (2.70%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (2.70%) Selenium
7 3 (2.70%) SonarQube
7 3 (2.70%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.80%) Bower
8 2 (1.80%) gulp
8 2 (1.80%) Moq
9 1 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.90%) Vite
9 1 (0.90%) webpack
General
1 55 (49.55%) Social Skills
2 34 (30.63%) Finance
3 14 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.11%) Retail
5 8 (7.21%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.31%) Publishing
6 7 (6.31%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.41%) Electronics
7 6 (5.41%) Marketing
7 6 (5.41%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.50%) Law
9 4 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.70%) Banking
10 3 (2.70%) Games
10 3 (2.70%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.70%) Legal
11 2 (1.80%) Advertising
11 2 (1.80%) Automotive
11 2 (1.80%) Back Office
11 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (68.47%) Developer
2 44 (39.64%) .NET Developer
3 33 (29.73%) Senior
4 31 (27.93%) C# Developer
5 28 (25.23%) C# .NET Developer
6 19 (17.12%) Applications Developer
7 17 (15.32%) .NET Applications Developer
7 17 (15.32%) C# Application Developer
8 12 (10.81%) Senior Developer
9 10 (9.01%) Software Developer
9 10 (9.01%) Software Engineer
10 8 (7.21%) C# Software Developer
11 7 (6.31%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (5.41%) .NET Software Developer
12 6 (5.41%) C# Software Engineer
13 5 (4.50%) BizTalk Developer
13 5 (4.50%) Full Stack Developer
14 4 (3.60%) Applications Architect
14 4 (3.60%) Senior Software Developer
14 4 (3.60%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (97.30%) .NET
2 71 (63.96%) .NET Framework
3 54 (48.65%) Web Services
4 40 (36.04%) ASP.NET Web API
5 35 (31.53%) .NET Core
6 34 (30.63%) AngularJS
6 34 (30.63%) ASP.NET
7 30 (27.03%) Entity Framework
8 24 (21.62%) CSS
8 24 (21.62%) HTML
9 23 (20.72%) XML
10 22 (19.82%) WinForms
10 22 (19.82%) WPF
11 21 (18.92%) JSON
12 19 (17.12%) React
13 18 (16.22%) ASP.NET MVC
13 18 (16.22%) SOAP
14 17 (15.32%) LINQ
14 17 (15.32%) SignalR
14 17 (15.32%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.21%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.41%) Distributed Applications
3 5 (4.50%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.50%) Video\Live Streaming
4 3 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.70%) Robotics
5 2 (1.80%) Derivative
5 2 (1.80%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (1.80%) FMCG
5 2 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.90%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.90%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.71%) Windows
2 2 (1.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.14%) MVC
2 39 (35.14%) Agile
2 39 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (32.43%) TDD
4 26 (23.42%) Software Engineering
5 24 (21.62%) Collaborative Working
5 24 (21.62%) SOLID
6 22 (19.82%) DevOps
7 21 (18.92%) User Experience
8 17 (15.32%) Client Onboarding
8 17 (15.32%) Computer Science
9 16 (14.41%) Process Improvement
10 15 (13.51%) SDLC
10 15 (13.51%) Wealth Management
11 13 (11.71%) Issue Tracking
12 11 (9.91%) Design Patterns
13 10 (9.01%) Continuous Integration
13 10 (9.01%) Project Management
13 10 (9.01%) Software Testing
13 10 (9.01%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 103 (92.79%) C#
2 54 (48.65%) SQL
3 44 (39.64%) JavaScript
4 11 (9.91%) T-SQL
5 9 (8.11%) PowerShell
6 7 (6.31%) Python
7 6 (5.41%) Java
7 6 (5.41%) TypeScript
8 5 (4.50%) C
8 5 (4.50%) PHP
8 5 (4.50%) VB.NET
8 5 (4.50%) XAML
9 3 (2.70%) C++
9 3 (2.70%) Objective-C
10 2 (1.80%) Go
10 2 (1.80%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.80%) VB
10 2 (1.80%) VBA
11 1 (0.90%) XPath
Qualifications
1 28 (25.23%) Degree
2 13 (11.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.50%) HNC
4 4 (3.60%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (3.60%) Master's Degree
4 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.92%) QA
2 4 (3.60%) PMO
3 3 (2.70%) GDPR
3 3 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.80%) EMIR
4 2 (1.80%) MiFID
5 1 (0.90%) ISO 15022
5 1 (0.90%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 2 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) Control-M
2 2 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.90%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 37 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.41%) SAP
3 2 (1.80%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.80%) OpenText
3 2 (1.80%) Pega
3 2 (1.80%) Sitecore
3 2 (1.80%) VMware
4 1 (0.90%) Citrix