The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 44 25 44
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +19
Permanent jobs citing WPF 51 63 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 4.705% 6.383% 4.014%
As % of the Application Development category 16.09% 15.52% 10.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51 62 34
Average salary £42,500 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52% +26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.63%
All Application Development
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
317 406 330
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 29.24% 41.13% 38.96%
Number of salaries quoted 286 346 319
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WPF
East of England

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WPF across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire WPF Salary Histogram

WPF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford -2 49 £42,500 -10.52%
WPF
East of England

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 89 (100.00%) C#
2 84 (94.38%) .NET
3 71 (79.78%) WCF
4 67 (75.28%) SQL Server
5 63 (70.79%) ASP.NET
6 60 (67.42%) Microsoft
7 54 (60.67%) SQL
8 50 (56.18%) Silverlight
9 49 (55.06%) MVC
10 46 (51.69%) WinForms
11 44 (49.44%) TDD
12 35 (39.33%) WF
13 34 (38.20%) .NET Framework
13 34 (38.20%) Scrum
13 34 (38.20%) T-SQL
13 34 (38.20%) Visual Studio
13 34 (38.20%) Windows
14 32 (35.96%) Web Services
15 29 (32.58%) XML
15 29 (32.58%) ASP.NET MVC
16 26 (29.21%) MS Excel
17 25 (28.09%) MSTest
18 24 (26.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 23 (25.84%) Oracle
20 22 (24.72%) Domain-Driven Design
21 21 (23.60%) NUnit
22 20 (22.47%) SQL Server 2008
23 19 (21.35%) LINQ
23 19 (21.35%) HTML
23 19 (21.35%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 84 (94.38%) .NET
2 71 (79.78%) WCF
3 63 (70.79%) ASP.NET
4 50 (56.18%) Silverlight
5 46 (51.69%) WinForms
6 35 (39.33%) WF
7 34 (38.20%) .NET Framework
8 32 (35.96%) Web Services
9 29 (32.58%) XML
9 29 (32.58%) ASP.NET MVC
10 19 (21.35%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 19 (21.35%) HTML
10 19 (21.35%) LINQ
11 18 (20.22%) CSS
12 11 (12.36%) Ninject
12 11 (12.36%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 10 (11.24%) KnockoutJS
13 10 (11.24%) Node.js
13 10 (11.24%) ADO.NET
13 10 (11.24%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 12 (13.48%) Windows Azure
2 2 (2.247%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.124%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 26 (29.21%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.494%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.247%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (75.28%) SQL Server
2 24 (26.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 20 (22.47%) SQL Server 2008
4 18 (20.22%) SQL Server 2012
5 17 (19.10%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (4.494%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (4.494%) RDBMS
6 4 (4.494%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (4.494%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (1.124%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 34 (38.20%) Visual Studio
2 25 (28.09%) MSTest
3 21 (23.60%) NUnit
4 17 (19.10%) Visual Studio Team System
4 17 (19.10%) Team Foundation Server
5 16 (17.98%) PowerBuilder
6 11 (12.36%) Moq
7 7 (7.865%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (6.742%) Subversion
9 4 (4.494%) JIRA
10 1 (1.124%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 8 (8.989%) Retail
2 2 (2.247%) Games
3 1 (1.124%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 56 (62.92%) Developer
2 29 (32.58%) C# Developer
3 16 (17.98%) C# .NET Developer
4 13 (14.61%) Senior Developer
4 13 (14.61%) .NET Developer
5 12 (13.48%) Architect
6 9 (10.11%) Team Leader
6 9 (10.11%) Development Team Leader
6 9 (10.11%) Senior C# Developer
7 7 (7.865%) Consultant
7 7 (7.865%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (6.742%) .NET Team Leader
8 6 (6.742%) Development Consultant
9 5 (5.618%) Technical Leader
9 5 (5.618%) Development Manager
10 4 (4.494%) Software Developer
10 4 (4.494%) Analyst
10 4 (4.494%) Web Team Leader
11 3 (3.371%) Lead Architect
11 3 (3.371%) Lead Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.10%) N-Tier
2 8 (8.989%) Tandem
3 6 (6.742%) Mathematics
3 6 (6.742%) Physics
4 5 (5.618%) Computer Science
5 4 (4.494%) Wiki
5 4 (4.494%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.124%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.124%) Visualisation
6 1 (1.124%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 34 (38.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (55.06%) MVC
2 44 (49.44%) TDD
3 34 (38.20%) Scrum
4 22 (24.72%) Domain-Driven Design
5 15 (16.85%) Project Management
5 15 (16.85%) OO
6 14 (15.73%) Multithreading
7 12 (13.48%) SOA
7 12 (13.48%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (12.36%) Dependency Injection
8 11 (12.36%) Web Application Development
9 10 (11.24%) OOD
10 5 (5.618%) Software Engineering
10 5 (5.618%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (5.618%) Kanban
11 4 (4.494%) Unit Testing
11 4 (4.494%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (4.494%) CRM
11 4 (4.494%) Business Intelligence
12 3 (3.371%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (100.00%) C#
2 54 (60.67%) SQL
3 34 (38.20%) T-SQL
4 14 (15.73%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.494%) PL/SQL
5 4 (4.494%) VBScript
5 4 (4.494%) VB
5 4 (4.494%) VB6
Qualifications
1 14 (15.73%) MCP
1 14 (15.73%) MCAD
1 14 (15.73%) MCSD
1 14 (15.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (12.36%) MCTS
3 5 (5.618%) Degree
3 5 (5.618%) PhD
Vendors
1 60 (67.42%) Microsoft
2 23 (25.84%) Oracle
3 4 (4.494%) Telerik
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NET / C# / ASP.NET / WPF / WCF / SQL / Agile / Design Principles / Patterns - To be considered for this role you should have experience as a Technical Architect / Solution Architect / TDA...
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Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
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