The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 24 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 58 81 105
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +24
Permanent jobs citing WPF 61 32 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 3.538% 1.850% 0.595%
As % of the Application Development category 6.476% 4.571% 1.384%
Number of salaries quoted 60 32 10
Average salary £35,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.41% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £30,000 £32,450
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £40,000 £42,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Application Development
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
942 700 795
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 54.64% 40.46% 43.02%
Number of salaries quoted 864 656 704
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WPF
South West

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WPF across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol WPF Salary Histogram

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 115 (95.04%) C#
2 108 (89.26%) .NET
3 85 (70.25%) SQL Server
4 78 (64.46%) ASP.NET
5 69 (57.02%) WCF
6 65 (53.72%) MVC
7 53 (43.80%) SQL
8 43 (35.54%) Agile Software Development
9 40 (33.06%) HTML
10 36 (29.75%) CSS
11 34 (28.10%) XML
11 34 (28.10%) VB.NET
12 33 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
13 30 (24.79%) Web Services
14 26 (21.49%) JavaScript
15 24 (19.83%) MS Excel
16 23 (19.01%) Windows
16 23 (19.01%) Scrum
16 23 (19.01%) Degree
17 22 (18.18%) WinForms
18 21 (17.36%) Oracle
19 18 (14.88%) OOP
19 18 (14.88%) T-SQL
19 18 (14.88%) C++
19 18 (14.88%) Enterprise Software
20 16 (13.22%) Team Foundation Server
20 16 (13.22%) TDD
20 16 (13.22%) Retail
20 16 (13.22%) Computer Science
21 15 (12.40%) Silverlight

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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
1 108 (89.26%) .NET
2 78 (64.46%) ASP.NET
3 69 (57.02%) WCF
4 40 (33.06%) HTML
5 36 (29.75%) CSS
6 34 (28.10%) XML
7 33 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
8 30 (24.79%) Web Services
9 22 (18.18%) WinForms
10 15 (12.40%) Silverlight
11 14 (11.57%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 11 (9.091%) Node.js
12 11 (9.091%) Ninject
12 11 (9.091%) KnockoutJS
12 11 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC 4
13 10 (8.264%) XSL
14 9 (7.438%) .NET Framework
15 7 (5.785%) Hibernate
16 6 (4.959%) Ajax
17 5 (4.132%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.612%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.785%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.653%) ESB
4 1 (0.826%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 24 (19.83%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.826%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.826%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (70.25%) SQL Server
2 14 (11.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (8.264%) Crystal Reports
5 8 (6.612%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (6.612%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (6.612%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (4.959%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 5 (4.132%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.826%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 16 (13.22%) Team Foundation Server
2 10 (8.264%) Visual Studio
3 9 (7.438%) Subversion
4 5 (4.132%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (4.132%) NUnit
4 5 (4.132%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 3 (2.479%) TeamCity
General
1 16 (13.22%) Retail
2 12 (9.917%) Legal
3 9 (7.438%) Finance
4 5 (4.132%) Law
4 5 (4.132%) Banking
5 3 (2.479%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.826%) Automotive
6 1 (0.826%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 113 (93.39%) Developer
2 57 (47.11%) .NET Developer
3 22 (18.18%) Software Developer
4 21 (17.36%) Lead Developer
5 16 (13.22%) C# Developer
6 14 (11.57%) Junior
7 13 (10.74%) Software Engineer
8 12 (9.917%) VB.NET Developer
9 11 (9.091%) Junior Developer
9 11 (9.091%) Senior Developer
10 9 (7.438%) Junior Software Engineer
10 9 (7.438%) C# .NET Developer
11 7 (5.785%) Senior .NET Developer
11 7 (5.785%) Lead .NET Developer
12 6 (4.959%) Junior .NET Developer
12 6 (4.959%) Junior Software Developer
13 5 (4.132%) Technical Leader
13 5 (4.132%) Agile .NET Developer
14 4 (3.306%) .NET Team Leader
14 4 (3.306%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.88%) Enterprise Software
2 16 (13.22%) Computer Science
3 13 (10.74%) 3D Graphics
4 11 (9.091%) Tandem
5 5 (4.132%) iPhone
6 4 (3.306%) iPad
7 1 (0.826%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.01%) Windows
2 4 (3.306%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.826%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (53.72%) MVC
2 43 (35.54%) Agile Software Development
3 23 (19.01%) Scrum
4 18 (14.88%) OOP
5 16 (13.22%) TDD
6 11 (9.091%) Web Application Development
6 11 (9.091%) Domain-Driven Design
6 11 (9.091%) Dependency Injection
7 10 (8.264%) UML
8 8 (6.612%) OO
9 5 (4.132%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (3.306%) Data Management
10 4 (3.306%) E-Commerce
11 3 (2.479%) SOA
12 2 (1.653%) MVVM
12 2 (1.653%) Unit Testing
12 2 (1.653%) OOD
13 1 (0.826%) ETL
13 1 (0.826%) B2B
13 1 (0.826%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 115 (95.04%) C#
2 53 (43.80%) SQL
3 34 (28.10%) VB.NET
4 26 (21.49%) JavaScript
5 18 (14.88%) T-SQL
5 18 (14.88%) C++
6 12 (9.917%) VB
7 7 (5.785%) C
8 6 (4.959%) PL/SQL
9 5 (4.132%) XAML
10 3 (2.479%) Java
11 2 (1.653%) VB6
Qualifications
1 23 (19.01%) Degree
2 13 (10.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (9.091%) MCTS
3 11 (9.091%) MCP
3 11 (9.091%) MCAD
3 11 (9.091%) MCSD
4 1 (0.826%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.826%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.826%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (17.36%) Oracle
2 15 (12.40%) Microsoft
Bristol, Avon
The .NET Developer will have the majority of the following skills: - ASP.NET MVC - Windows Presentation Foundation / WPF - SQL Server - Entity Framework - Agile development methodologies The .NET Developer...
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Salary: £0 - 40k per year + Pension + 25 days holiday
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus Health Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
You will use the latest Microsoft technologies including ASP.Net 4.5 C#, MVC3, WPF and WCF... Experience requiredYou must have proven experience with ASP.Net C# and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Net / MVC Developer - C# or VB.Net, Web and Winforms, Agile - GAIN FINANCE - Greenfield projects - Bristol.Net Developers (Winforms, C# or VB.Net) required by leading finance organisation...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus Health Pension
Posted: 25 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Lead .NET Developer - 40k, VB.NET, C#, SQL, WPF, WCF, Winforms... The ideal candidate will have strong exposure to the following: - VB.NET or C# - Enhancing and maintaining...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Tech skills required to get and do this role are; C#, .Net 3.5 or later, ASP, SQL Server 2008, Subversion / SourceSafe and Agile methodologies. It would greatly...
ISL
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013