The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 11 11 17
Rank change year-on-year
0 +6
Permanent jobs citing WPF 48 39 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 19.20% 19.02% 12.57%
As % of the Application Development category 42.48% 37.50% 20.79%
Number of salaries quoted 48 38 21
Average salary £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52% +11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Application Development
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
113 104 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 45.20% 50.73% 60.48%
Number of salaries quoted 110 98 101
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £26,596
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WPF
Bedfordshire

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WPF across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bedford WPF Jobs Demand Trend

WPF
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WPF across the Bedford region.

Bedford WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WPF across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedford WPF Salary Histogram

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing WPF also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited WPF.

1 72 (100.00%) C#
2 67 (93.06%) .NET
3 54 (75.00%) WCF
4 53 (73.61%) SQL Server
5 50 (69.44%) Microsoft
6 47 (65.28%) ASP.NET
7 44 (61.11%) SQL
8 43 (59.72%) Silverlight
9 42 (58.33%) WinForms
10 41 (56.94%) MVC
11 32 (44.44%) WF
12 29 (40.28%) TDD
13 28 (38.89%) Scrum
14 26 (36.11%) Web Services
15 25 (34.72%) MSTest
16 24 (33.33%) T-SQL
17 23 (31.94%) Oracle
17 23 (31.94%) Windows
18 22 (30.56%) MS Excel
18 22 (30.56%) .NET Framework
19 21 (29.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 21 (29.17%) NUnit
19 21 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC
19 21 (29.17%) XML
19 21 (29.17%) Visual Studio
20 17 (23.61%) CSS
20 17 (23.61%) Crystal Reports
20 17 (23.61%) Domain-Driven Design
20 17 (23.61%) Visual Studio Team System
21 16 (22.22%) PowerBuilder

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing WPF also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited WPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 67 (93.06%) .NET
2 54 (75.00%) WCF
3 47 (65.28%) ASP.NET
4 43 (59.72%) Silverlight
5 42 (58.33%) WinForms
6 32 (44.44%) WF
7 26 (36.11%) Web Services
8 22 (30.56%) .NET Framework
9 21 (29.17%) ASP.NET MVC
9 21 (29.17%) XML
10 17 (23.61%) CSS
11 13 (18.06%) HTML
12 9 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 9 (12.50%) Ninject
13 8 (11.11%) Node.js
13 8 (11.11%) KnockoutJS
13 8 (11.11%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 8 (11.11%) LINQ
14 7 (9.722%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 5 (6.944%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.556%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.389%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.389%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (30.56%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (73.61%) SQL Server
2 21 (29.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 17 (23.61%) Crystal Reports
4 15 (20.83%) SQL Server 2008
5 13 (18.06%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (5.556%) RDBMS
6 4 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (5.556%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.389%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 25 (34.72%) MSTest
2 21 (29.17%) NUnit
2 21 (29.17%) Visual Studio
3 17 (23.61%) Visual Studio Team System
4 16 (22.22%) PowerBuilder
5 7 (9.722%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (9.722%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (6.944%) Moq
7 4 (5.556%) JIRA
8 2 (2.778%) Subversion
9 1 (1.389%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 8 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (1.389%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 47 (65.28%) Developer
2 27 (37.50%) C# Developer
3 14 (19.44%) C# .NET Developer
4 10 (13.89%) .NET Developer
5 9 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 9 (12.50%) Team Leader
5 9 (12.50%) Development Team Leader
6 8 (11.11%) Senior C# Developer
7 6 (8.333%) .NET Team Leader
8 5 (6.944%) Technical Leader
8 5 (6.944%) Architect
9 4 (5.556%) Software Developer
9 4 (5.556%) Consultant
9 4 (5.556%) Development Manager
9 4 (5.556%) Web Team Leader
10 3 (4.167%) Analyst
10 3 (4.167%) Development Consultant
11 2 (2.778%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.778%) C# Architect
11 2 (2.778%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.67%) N-Tier
2 8 (11.11%) Tandem
3 6 (8.333%) Mathematics
3 6 (8.333%) Physics
4 5 (6.944%) Computer Science
5 4 (5.556%) Client/Server
5 4 (5.556%) Wiki
6 1 (1.389%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (1.389%) Visualisation
6 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (31.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (56.94%) MVC
2 29 (40.28%) TDD
3 28 (38.89%) Scrum
4 17 (23.61%) Domain-Driven Design
5 13 (18.06%) Project Management
6 12 (16.67%) SOA
7 9 (12.50%) Dependency Injection
7 9 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 9 (12.50%) Web Application Development
8 6 (8.333%) OO
9 5 (6.944%) Multithreading
9 5 (6.944%) Kanban
10 4 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (5.556%) OOD
10 4 (5.556%) CRM
10 4 (5.556%) Unit Testing
10 4 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
11 3 (4.167%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (2.778%) Configuration Management
12 2 (2.778%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 72 (100.00%) C#
2 44 (61.11%) SQL
3 24 (33.33%) T-SQL
4 13 (18.06%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.556%) PL/SQL
5 4 (5.556%) VBScript
5 4 (5.556%) VB
5 4 (5.556%) VB6
Qualifications
1 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (15.28%) MCP
1 11 (15.28%) MCAD
1 11 (15.28%) MCSD
2 9 (12.50%) MCTS
3 5 (6.944%) Degree
3 5 (6.944%) PhD
Vendors
1 50 (69.44%) Microsoft
2 23 (31.94%) Oracle
3 4 (5.556%) Telerik
Bedford, Bedfordshire
This involves working on many modules of my client's global software written on the .NET platform using C# with both Web and WinForms development using the .NET...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Bedford, South East
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
NET Developer (ASP.NET, C#, C#.NET, dot NET, Web Application Development, Desktop, Winforms, Windows, .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, Razor, WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, Continuous...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Technical Lead Developer / Solution Architect (Microsoft Gold Partner - C#, ASP.Net, WCF, MVC) We are looking for a Technical Lead, Lead Developer or Solution Architect with good experience...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013