I dont see C# or .NET or WPF MVVM up there...
which seems odd- I am getting 5-10 calls per week
Actually, those are all over the list.
Middleware, User Interface design, web architecture, etc.
The demand for WIMP (C# and .NET/ASPX, IIS and MSSQL) is not as high as for LAMP, but it’s there. It’s more of a niche skillset, but that means it consequently demands and gets a higher salary scale.
MVVM/MVC is not for the squeemish and requires a lot of discipline. DB design is also big. The biggest bucks go to DBAs who know relational theory and how to design a properly normalized DB schema or can conjur up complex ad hoc searches for data mining in multi-axis analytics.
RE: I dont see C# or .NET or WPF MVVM up there.
Isn’t that under the list of Web Architecture and Development Framework or User Interface Design?