The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 19 87 61
Rank change year-on-year
+68 -26
Permanent jobs citing WPF 85 17 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 8.449% 1.236% 3.275%
As % of the Application Development category 24.36% 2.446% 6.973%
Number of salaries quoted 81 17 41
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £38,400 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £44,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Application Development
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
349 695 588
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 34.69% 50.55% 46.96%
Number of salaries quoted 313 567 512
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £51,000
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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

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

Essex 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 Essex 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
Basildon +21 49 £47,500 -
Colchester +8 8 £55,000 +37.50%
Chelmsford - 6 £40,000 -
Brentwood - 2 £43,750 -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £42,500 -
WPF
East of England

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 152 (95.60%) .NET
2 138 (86.79%) C#
3 111 (69.81%) Silverlight
4 106 (66.67%) SQL Server
5 101 (63.52%) WCF
6 66 (41.51%) Finance
7 55 (34.59%) OO
8 53 (33.33%) TDD
9 50 (31.45%) Rhino Mocks
10 49 (30.82%) Enterprise Software
11 43 (27.04%) NUnit
12 41 (25.79%) ASP.NET
13 40 (25.16%) MCP
13 40 (25.16%) MCAD
13 40 (25.16%) MCSD
13 40 (25.16%) Microsoft
13 40 (25.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 40 (25.16%) Scrum
13 40 (25.16%) Castle Windsor
13 40 (25.16%) MCTS
14 39 (24.53%) SQL Server 2008
15 35 (22.01%) SQL
16 29 (18.24%) NHibernate
16 29 (18.24%) MonoRail
17 28 (17.61%) OOP
17 28 (17.61%) MVC
18 25 (15.72%) Tandem
19 24 (15.09%) WinForms
20 23 (14.47%) .NET Framework
20 23 (14.47%) MVVM

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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
1 152 (95.60%) .NET
2 111 (69.81%) Silverlight
3 101 (63.52%) WCF
4 41 (25.79%) ASP.NET
5 40 (25.16%) Castle Windsor
6 29 (18.24%) NHibernate
6 29 (18.24%) MonoRail
7 24 (15.09%) WinForms
8 23 (14.47%) .NET Framework
9 20 (12.58%) Unity DI Container
10 17 (10.69%) HTML
11 16 (10.06%) CSS
12 15 (9.434%) ASP.NET MVC
13 14 (8.805%) Web Services
13 14 (8.805%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 11 (6.918%) jQuery
14 11 (6.918%) Ninject
14 11 (6.918%) Spring.NET
15 7 (4.403%) J2ME
16 5 (3.145%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.516%) IIS
2 1 (0.629%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (11.32%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.629%) MS Office
2 1 (0.629%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.629%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.516%) VoIP
2 2 (1.258%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 39 (24.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (5.660%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (1.258%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 50 (31.45%) Rhino Mocks
2 43 (27.04%) NUnit
3 21 (13.21%) MSTest
4 12 (7.547%) Visual Studio
5 11 (6.918%) Moq
6 5 (3.145%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.258%) Subversion
General
1 66 (41.51%) Finance
2 2 (1.258%) Retail
3 1 (0.629%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.629%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 118 (74.21%) Developer
2 53 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 43 (27.04%) Analyst
4 36 (22.64%) C# Developer
5 35 (22.01%) Technical Analyst
6 17 (10.69%) Software Developer
7 16 (10.06%) WPF Developer
8 15 (9.434%) Web Developer
9 14 (8.805%) Silverlight Developer
10 13 (8.176%) C# .NET Developer
11 7 (4.403%) Senior Developer
11 7 (4.403%) Analyst Developer
11 7 (4.403%) Systems Developer
12 6 (3.774%) Software Manager
12 6 (3.774%) Junior
13 5 (3.145%) Junior Developer
13 5 (3.145%) WinForms Developer
14 4 (2.516%) Technical Developer
14 4 (2.516%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
14 4 (2.516%) Developer Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 49 (30.82%) Enterprise Software
2 25 (15.72%) Tandem
3 11 (6.918%) Inversion of Control
4 9 (5.660%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (5.031%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.258%) Social Media
6 2 (1.258%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.629%) Physics
7 1 (0.629%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.21%) Windows
2 7 (4.403%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (34.59%) OO
2 53 (33.33%) TDD
3 40 (25.16%) Scrum
4 28 (17.61%) OOP
4 28 (17.61%) MVC
5 23 (14.47%) MVVM
6 20 (12.58%) Dependency Injection
7 12 (7.547%) Unit Testing
8 11 (6.918%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (6.918%) Kanban
9 10 (6.289%) Agile Software Development
10 9 (5.660%) Data Protection
11 8 (5.031%) OOD
12 7 (4.403%) System Testing
12 7 (4.403%) Mobile Application Development
13 5 (3.145%) Logistics
14 4 (2.516%) Software Testing
15 2 (1.258%) Web Application Development
15 2 (1.258%) Product Management
15 2 (1.258%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 138 (86.79%) C#
2 35 (22.01%) SQL
3 21 (13.21%) XAML
4 20 (12.58%) JavaScript
5 15 (9.434%) T-SQL
6 14 (8.805%) VB.NET
7 11 (6.918%) C++
8 7 (4.403%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 40 (25.16%) MCP
1 40 (25.16%) MCAD
1 40 (25.16%) MCSD
1 40 (25.16%) Microsoft Certification
1 40 (25.16%) MCTS
2 6 (3.774%) Degree
Vendors
1 40 (25.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.145%) Google
3 1 (0.629%) Oracle
3 1 (0.629%) ION Trading
Brentwood, Essex
This International Company are looking to bring 3 C# / .Net Developers into their rapidly growing company. With sites all over the country you will have the chance to...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Essex
Software Applications Developer ( Winforms, SQL Server, Windows Forms, C#.NET, VB.NET ) needed... The ideal candidate will have commercial experience in Winforms, (Windows Forms) Development, C#.NET and...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Basildon, 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: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
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: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
C# * .Net / ASP.Net (up to and including v4.0). * WPF * .NET WebForms and MVC. * XML/XSL/XSD. * XHTML, HTML, CSS. * Javascript. * Visual Studio (up to 2010), .NET,...
Reed Technology
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Essex
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... - Participate in team meetingsYou You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in ASP...
Jam Recruitment
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 10 May 2013
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
Essex, South East
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... *Participate in team meetingsYou You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in ASP...
JAM
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex
The main technologies used are ASP.NET and MVC 3/4... *Participate in team meetings You… You will need to have strong experience working on web applications in...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Waltham Abbey, Essex
d) C# and ASP.Net development experience. e) Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010, Microsoft InfoPath 2010 experience... g) WCF, WPF and BDC experience... i) SQL, CAML,...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 30000 - 35000
Posted: 21 May 2013
Saffron Walden, Essex
C#, WPF and Python development. STL and/or Boost... Qualifications: The candidate should have a good university degree in a technical subject (Software Engineering, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Mathematics,...
Illumina
Salary: From £28,000 to £38,000 per annum + pension, company shares, private h
Posted: 9 May 2013