The first table below looks at the demand for XAML skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited XAML 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 Programming Languages category for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
Rank 240 238 251
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +13
Permanent jobs citing XAML 24 29 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.290% 0.333% 0.283%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.513% 0.532% 0.495%
Number of salaries quoted 21 28 22
Average salary £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £31,750 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £63,000 £51,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Programming Languages
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4682 5456 5452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 56.65% 62.71% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4182 4594 4788
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
XAML
England

XAML
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing XAML across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

East of England XAML Jobs Demand Trend

XAML
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing XAML across the East of England region.

East of England XAML Salary Trend

XAML
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing XAML across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England XAML Salary Histogram

XAML
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing XAML within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Essex +31 15 £48,750 +14.70%
Cambridgeshire +14 3 £50,000 +11.11%
Suffolk - 3 £37,500 -
Hertfordshire -1 2 - -
Bedfordshire -27 1 £35,000 -
XAML
England

XAML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing XAML 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 XAML.

1 33 (82.50%) C#
2 32 (80.00%) .NET
3 24 (60.00%) SQL
4 23 (57.50%) WPF
5 20 (50.00%) Silverlight
6 18 (45.00%) Unit Testing
7 16 (40.00%) T-SQL
8 14 (35.00%) OOP
8 14 (35.00%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (32.50%) WCF
10 12 (30.00%) Degree
10 12 (30.00%) C++
11 11 (27.50%) .NET Framework
11 11 (27.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 10 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 10 (25.00%) Web Services
12 10 (25.00%) Windows
13 9 (22.50%) Finance
13 9 (22.50%) TDD
13 9 (22.50%) VB6
13 9 (22.50%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 9 (22.50%) Visual Studio
13 9 (22.50%) VB
13 9 (22.50%) MSTest
13 9 (22.50%) Rhino Mocks
14 8 (20.00%) SQL Server
14 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
15 7 (17.50%) Unity DI Container
15 7 (17.50%) Dependency Injection
16 6 (15.00%) System Testing

XAML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing XAML 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 XAML. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (80.00%) .NET
2 23 (57.50%) WPF
3 20 (50.00%) Silverlight
4 13 (32.50%) WCF
5 11 (27.50%) .NET Framework
5 11 (27.50%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 10 (25.00%) Web Services
7 7 (17.50%) Unity DI Container
8 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET
9 2 (5.000%) HTML
9 2 (5.000%) WinForms
9 2 (5.000%) jQuery
10 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 1 (2.500%) KnockoutJS
10 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (2.500%) CSS
10 1 (2.500%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (2.500%) Photoshop
1 1 (2.500%) MS Office
1 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.000%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (5.000%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.000%) RIP
1 2 (5.000%) Firewall
2 1 (2.500%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 9 (22.50%) Visual Studio
2 9 (22.50%) MSTest
2 9 (22.50%) Rhino Mocks
3 2 (5.000%) Subversion
General
1 9 (22.50%) Finance
2 1 (2.500%) Retail
2 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.500%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (75.00%) Developer
2 10 (25.00%) Analyst
2 10 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 7 (17.50%) Software Developer
4 6 (15.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Software Manager
4 6 (15.00%) .NET Developer
4 6 (15.00%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Senior Developer
5 5 (12.50%) VB Developer
6 4 (10.00%) VB6 Developer
6 4 (10.00%) Developer Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Senior .NET Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Graduate
7 2 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.000%) Analyst Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Lead Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Senior Analyst Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Senior VB Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Senior VB6 Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.000%) PDA
2 2 (5.000%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.500%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.500%) Physics
3 1 (2.500%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (5.000%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (5.000%) Windows 8
2 2 (5.000%) Windows Phone
3 1 (2.500%) Android
3 1 (2.500%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Unit Testing
2 14 (35.00%) OOP
3 9 (22.50%) TDD
4 7 (17.50%) Dependency Injection
5 6 (15.00%) System Testing
5 6 (15.00%) OOD
6 5 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (10.00%) Scrum
7 4 (10.00%) CRM
7 4 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (7.500%) OO
9 2 (5.000%) ERP
10 1 (2.500%) Performance Management
10 1 (2.500%) Data Protection
10 1 (2.500%) Multithreading
10 1 (2.500%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 33 (82.50%) C#
2 24 (60.00%) SQL
3 16 (40.00%) T-SQL
4 12 (30.00%) C++
5 9 (22.50%) VB6
5 9 (22.50%) FoxPro (VFP)
5 9 (22.50%) VB
6 4 (10.00%) Ruby
7 3 (7.500%) JavaScript
7 3 (7.500%) VB.NET
8 2 (5.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
Colchester, Essex
Strong C#/C++ programming using Visual Studio 2008 on Windows... As well as strong C# / C++ skills you will ideally have some experience of WPF / XAML for developing...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Java. C# Visual Studio. T-SQL... SQL Server. ASP.Net/Winforms/Silverlight... Degree Educated... Keywords: C#/ ASP.NET/ SQL Server/ ERP/ Microsoft Dynamics Navision/ Cambridge/ Peterborough/ East Anglia.
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013