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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank - 33 19
Permanent jobs citing WPF 0 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax - 2.970% 2.703%
As % of the Application Development category - 5.310% 7.895%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 3
Average salary - £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.63%
All Application Development
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
46 113 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 28.75% 55.94% 34.23%
Number of salaries quoted 34 89 32
Average salary £25,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £23,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £37,350 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WPF
West Yorkshire

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) Silverlight
2 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) Silverlight
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft