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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 87 84 131
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +47
Permanent jobs citing WPF 57 66 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.323% 2.636% 1.096%
As % of the Application Development category 6.934% 6.105% 3.177%
Number of salaries quoted 57 63 36
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £28,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.63%
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
822 1081 1133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 33.50% 43.17% 34.49%
Number of salaries quoted 689 894 959
Average salary £42,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.17% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £58,500 £65,000
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WPF across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hertford - 13 £45,000 -
Watford +24 12 £37,500 -4.45%
Harpenden - 11 £35,000 -
Bishop's Stortford - 6 £35,000 -
Hemel Hempstead +7 5 £32,500 -7.14%
Stevenage -10 1 £42,500 -24.77%
WPF
East of England

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 111 (94.87%) C#
2 110 (94.02%) .NET
3 91 (77.78%) SQL Server
4 87 (74.36%) ASP.NET
5 64 (54.70%) MVC
6 63 (53.85%) Microsoft
7 57 (48.72%) WinForms
8 52 (44.44%) WCF
9 50 (42.74%) Scrum
9 50 (42.74%) ASP.NET MVC
10 48 (41.03%) SQL
11 44 (37.61%) TDD
12 39 (33.33%) XML
13 38 (32.48%) JavaScript
14 37 (31.62%) Windows
15 34 (29.06%) OO
16 33 (28.21%) Rhino Mocks
17 32 (27.35%) jQuery
18 30 (25.64%) C++
19 29 (24.79%) MVVM
19 29 (24.79%) NUnit
20 28 (23.93%) MCTS
20 28 (23.93%) .NET Framework
20 28 (23.93%) MCP
20 28 (23.93%) MCAD
20 28 (23.93%) MCSD
20 28 (23.93%) Microsoft Certification
20 28 (23.93%) Castle Windsor
20 28 (23.93%) Web Application Development
21 27 (23.08%) Kanban

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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
1 110 (94.02%) .NET
2 87 (74.36%) ASP.NET
3 57 (48.72%) WinForms
4 52 (44.44%) WCF
5 50 (42.74%) ASP.NET MVC
6 39 (33.33%) XML
7 32 (27.35%) jQuery
8 28 (23.93%) Castle Windsor
8 28 (23.93%) .NET Framework
9 27 (23.08%) HTML
10 26 (22.22%) CSS
11 25 (21.37%) Web Services
12 22 (18.80%) Ninject
12 22 (18.80%) Razor View Engine
12 22 (18.80%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 22 (18.80%) Unity DI Container
12 22 (18.80%) Spring.NET
13 21 (17.95%) MFC
14 13 (11.11%) COM+
14 13 (11.11%) ATL
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.128%) IIS
2 5 (4.274%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.274%) Windows Azure
3 4 (3.419%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 27 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.855%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.709%) Bond Adapt
2 1 (0.855%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.855%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.547%) LAN
2 2 (1.709%) HTTP
3 1 (0.855%) HSPA
3 1 (0.855%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.26%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (5.983%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (5.128%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (3.419%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (3.419%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (3.419%) MS Access
5 4 (3.419%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (3.419%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.855%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.855%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.855%) DTS
Development Applications
1 33 (28.21%) Rhino Mocks
2 29 (24.79%) NUnit
3 22 (18.80%) MSTest
3 22 (18.80%) Moq
4 20 (17.09%) Visual Studio
5 8 (6.838%) Expression Blend
6 3 (2.564%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (17.09%) Finance
2 5 (4.274%) Advertising
2 5 (4.274%) Front Office
3 3 (2.564%) Retail
Job Titles
1 97 (82.91%) Developer
2 58 (49.57%) .NET Developer
3 49 (41.88%) C# Developer
4 34 (29.06%) Software Developer
5 30 (25.64%) C# .NET Developer
6 23 (19.66%) C# Software Developer
7 17 (14.53%) Senior Developer
8 16 (13.68%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 16 (13.68%) Senior C# Developer
9 14 (11.97%) C++/C# Developer
9 14 (11.97%) C++ Developer
10 13 (11.11%) Senior C++ Developer
10 13 (11.11%) Senior Software Developer
10 13 (11.11%) C++ Software Developer
11 9 (7.692%) Software Engineer
12 8 (6.838%) ASP.NET Developer
13 7 (5.983%) Senior Software Engineer
14 6 (5.128%) C++ Software Engineer
14 6 (5.128%) C# Software Engineer
14 6 (5.128%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.80%) Inversion of Control
2 21 (17.95%) N-Tier
3 20 (17.09%) Client/Server
4 8 (6.838%) Computer Science
5 6 (5.128%) Mobile App
5 6 (5.128%) Tandem
6 1 (0.855%) NHS
6 1 (0.855%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (31.62%) Windows
2 6 (5.128%) Windows Mobile
3 4 (3.419%) Solaris
3 4 (3.419%) UNIX
4 3 (2.564%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (54.70%) MVC
2 50 (42.74%) Scrum
3 44 (37.61%) TDD
4 34 (29.06%) OO
5 29 (24.79%) MVVM
6 28 (23.93%) Web Application Development
7 27 (23.08%) Kanban
8 25 (21.37%) Agile Software Development
9 22 (18.80%) Dependency Injection
9 22 (18.80%) Continuous Integration
10 20 (17.09%) User Stories
11 18 (15.38%) Web Development
12 17 (14.53%) OOD
13 15 (12.82%) Automated Testing
14 9 (7.692%) SOA
14 9 (7.692%) BDD
15 8 (6.838%) Image Processing
15 8 (6.838%) OOP
16 7 (5.983%) Software Engineering
17 5 (4.274%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 111 (94.87%) C#
2 48 (41.03%) SQL
3 38 (32.48%) JavaScript
4 30 (25.64%) C++
5 18 (15.38%) T-SQL
6 8 (6.838%) PHP
7 6 (5.128%) VB.NET
8 5 (4.274%) Java
8 5 (4.274%) Scala
9 4 (3.419%) Bourne shell
9 4 (3.419%) Bash shell
9 4 (3.419%) PL/SQL
9 4 (3.419%) Shell Script
9 4 (3.419%) Korn
9 4 (3.419%) Perl
10 2 (1.709%) VC++
10 2 (1.709%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 28 (23.93%) MCP
1 28 (23.93%) MCAD
1 28 (23.93%) MCSD
1 28 (23.93%) Microsoft Certification
1 28 (23.93%) MCTS
2 9 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.983%) QA
2 5 (4.274%) WCAG
3 1 (0.855%) HL7
Vendors
1 63 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.419%) Oracle
3 2 (1.709%) Sage
3 2 (1.709%) BT
4 1 (0.855%) DevExpress
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Essential Skills: - Commercial development exposure to VB.NET and / or C# - Commercial development exposure to Windows Application Development with WPF and / or Winforms - Commercial development experience with SQL...
ninesharp
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + attractive benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Essential Skills: *Minimum 2 years commercial development experience with Microsoft .NET Technologies *VB.NET for Windows (WinForms, WCF, WPF) *Microsoft SQL Server *Full Lifecycle Development Desired Skills: *C# *...
ninesharp
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bishop's Stortford, South East
.NET Developer, C#, WPF, C#.NET, dot NET, .NET 4.5, SQL Server 2012, Agile / SCRUM, TDD, Castle Monorail, Castle Windsor, NHibernate, RhinoMocks, NUnit, Analyst Programmer, Engineer, Architect,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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C# .Net Software Application Developer, Hemel Hempstead, £25-35k NO TRAVEL!... A C# .Net Software Application Developer is required for this leading software company based in Hertfordshire who...
Nigel Frank International
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Harpenden, 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...
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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The VB.Net software developer / programmer MUST have at least 18 months commercial software development experience with the following; *Microsoft .Net Technologies *VB.Net *Microsoft SQL *Full Lifecycle...
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Salary: £24000 - £32000 per annum + pension
Posted: 13 May 2013
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There will be an element of embedded software development with device drivers and PIC microcontrollers in embedded C. C# Developer / Software Engineer requirements: - C# .Net (preferred) or C++...
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Salary: From £28,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
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The PC applications software group use the latest Windows development tools to contribute to the development of the GUI, control and measurement features in innovative, high performance, powerful...
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Salary: Competitive upon experience
Posted: 14 May 2013