The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 105 83 86
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +3
Permanent jobs citing WPF 13 26 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.719% 1.589% 0.649%
As % of the Application Development category 2.000% 4.586% 2.123%
Number of salaries quoted 13 23 9
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% +33.92%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +4.16%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
650 567 424
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 35.93% 34.66% 30.57%
Number of salaries quoted 582 522 392
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
WPF
West Midlands

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WPF across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Birmingham WPF Salary Histogram

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 38 (97.44%) C#
2 34 (87.18%) WCF
3 33 (84.62%) .NET
4 25 (64.10%) SQL Server
5 23 (58.97%) Visual Studio
6 19 (48.72%) WinForms
6 19 (48.72%) ASP.NET
7 18 (46.15%) Microsoft
8 15 (38.46%) JavaScript
9 14 (35.90%) .NET Framework
10 13 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
10 13 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (33.33%) SharePoint
11 12 (30.77%) CSS
11 12 (30.77%) SQL
11 12 (30.77%) HTML
11 12 (30.77%) VB.NET
11 12 (30.77%) Scrum
11 12 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
11 12 (30.77%) Team Foundation Server
11 12 (30.77%) SharePoint 2010
12 11 (28.21%) NUnit
12 11 (28.21%) Silverlight
12 11 (28.21%) Mathematics
12 11 (28.21%) C++
12 11 (28.21%) Windows
13 10 (25.64%) UML
13 10 (25.64%) OOA/OOD
13 10 (25.64%) OO
13 10 (25.64%) VC++

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 34 (87.18%) WCF
2 33 (84.62%) .NET
3 19 (48.72%) ASP.NET
3 19 (48.72%) WinForms
4 14 (35.90%) .NET Framework
5 12 (30.77%) HTML
5 12 (30.77%) CSS
6 11 (28.21%) Silverlight
7 10 (25.64%) Ajax
7 10 (25.64%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 10 (25.64%) ADO.NET
7 10 (25.64%) WF
8 4 (10.26%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 3 (7.692%) Web Services
10 2 (5.128%) LINQ
10 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (5.128%) HTML5
10 2 (5.128%) Razor View Engine
11 1 (2.564%) Direct3D
11 1 (2.564%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 13 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 12 (30.77%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (25.64%) SharePoint Foundation
3 10 (25.64%) IIS
3 10 (25.64%) BizTalk Server
4 6 (15.38%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.564%) MS Project Server
5 1 (2.564%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 10 (25.64%) MS Office
1 10 (25.64%) InfoPath
2 1 (2.564%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.128%) Agresso
1 2 (5.128%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.128%) HTTP
2 1 (2.564%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (64.10%) SQL Server
2 13 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (25.64%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (10.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (5.128%) GIS
6 1 (2.564%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 23 (58.97%) Visual Studio
2 12 (30.77%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (28.21%) NUnit
4 10 (25.64%) CruiseControl
4 10 (25.64%) MSBuild
4 10 (25.64%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (5.128%) Git (software)
5 2 (5.128%) Subversion
5 2 (5.128%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 10 (25.64%) Aerospace
1 10 (25.64%) Automotive
1 10 (25.64%) Manufacturing
2 3 (7.692%) Finance
3 2 (5.128%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Developer
2 10 (25.64%) C# Developer
3 9 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) SharePoint Developer
5 4 (10.26%) SharePoint Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Architect
6 3 (7.692%) Software Developer
6 3 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (5.128%) WinForms Developer
7 2 (5.128%) C# Software Developer
7 2 (5.128%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.128%) Development Manager
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Manager
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.128%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (5.128%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (5.128%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.564%) Consultant
8 1 (2.564%) Senior C# Developer
8 1 (2.564%) Chief Technology Officer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Mathematics
2 3 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.564%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (2.564%) Blog
3 1 (2.564%) Open Source
3 1 (2.564%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Android
2 4 (10.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 12 (30.77%) Scrum
2 12 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (25.64%) Unified Process
3 10 (25.64%) UML
3 10 (25.64%) OOA/OOD
3 10 (25.64%) OO
3 10 (25.64%) RUP
3 10 (25.64%) CAD
3 10 (25.64%) MSF
4 4 (10.26%) MVC
5 3 (7.692%) Web Development
5 3 (7.692%) Unit Testing
6 2 (5.128%) Logistics
6 2 (5.128%) Software Engineering
6 2 (5.128%) Business Transformation
6 2 (5.128%) Bug Management
6 2 (5.128%) Test Automation
6 2 (5.128%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.128%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 38 (97.44%) C#
2 15 (38.46%) JavaScript
3 12 (30.77%) VB.NET
3 12 (30.77%) SQL
4 11 (28.21%) C++
5 10 (25.64%) VC++
5 10 (25.64%) T-SQL
6 3 (7.692%) PHP
7 2 (5.128%) VB6
7 2 (5.128%) VB
8 1 (2.564%) C
8 1 (2.564%) F#
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared
1 10 (25.64%) DV Cleared
1 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.564%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.564%) TickIT
1 1 (2.564%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.564%) Avaya
2 1 (2.564%) Epicor
2 1 (2.564%) SAP
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