The first table below looks at the demand for Expression Blend skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Expression Blend over the 3 months to 22 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 Development Applications category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Expression Blend
Rank 584 643 574
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -69
Permanent jobs citing Expression Blend 17 6 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.039% 0.011% 0.098%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.251% 0.081% 0.817%
Number of salaries quoted 17 6 47
Average salary £75,000 £50,000 £72,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -31.03%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
All Development Applications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
6764 7367 6851
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 15.37% 13.53% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5802 6501 5961
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £66,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Expression Blend
England

Expression Blend
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Expression Blend across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

London Expression Blend Jobs Demand Trend

Expression Blend
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Expression Blend across the London region.

London Expression Blend Salary Trend

Expression Blend
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Expression Blend across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Expression Blend Salary Histogram

Expression Blend
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Expression Blend within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +20 2 £73,750 +15.68%
Expression Blend
England

Expression Blend
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Expression Blend 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 Expression Blend.

1 26 (60.47%) Microsoft
2 24 (55.81%) C#
3 23 (53.49%) Photoshop
4 21 (48.84%) .NET
4 21 (48.84%) Front Office
5 19 (44.19%) MVVM
5 19 (44.19%) Adobe
5 19 (44.19%) MS Excel
5 19 (44.19%) WPF
6 18 (41.86%) Adobe Illustrator
6 18 (41.86%) InDesign
6 18 (41.86%) Banking
6 18 (41.86%) Flash
6 18 (41.86%) Information Architecture
7 16 (37.21%) Investment Banking
8 14 (32.56%) LINQ
9 12 (27.91%) XAML
10 10 (23.26%) Finance
10 10 (23.26%) Client/Server
10 10 (23.26%) Multithreading
11 9 (20.93%) Reactive Extensions
12 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
12 8 (18.60%) Derivative
12 8 (18.60%) Visual Studio
13 7 (16.28%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (16.28%) TDD
13 7 (16.28%) WCF
14 6 (13.95%) SpecFlow
14 6 (13.95%) Scrum
14 6 (13.95%) Silverlight

Expression Blend
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Expression Blend 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 Expression Blend. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (48.84%) .NET
2 19 (44.19%) WPF
3 18 (41.86%) Flash
4 14 (32.56%) LINQ
5 9 (20.93%) Reactive Extensions
6 7 (16.28%) WCF
7 6 (13.95%) Silverlight
7 6 (13.95%) STL
7 6 (13.95%) Web Services
8 5 (11.63%) XML
8 5 (11.63%) JSON
9 4 (9.302%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 4 (9.302%) MFC
10 3 (6.977%) .NET Framework
11 2 (4.651%) Task Parallel Library
11 2 (4.651%) WinForms
11 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET
12 1 (2.326%) COM
12 1 (2.326%) Hibernate
12 1 (2.326%) Managed Extensibility Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (13.95%) MSMQ
Applications
1 23 (53.49%) Photoshop
2 19 (44.19%) MS Excel
3 18 (41.86%) Adobe Illustrator
3 18 (41.86%) InDesign
4 4 (9.302%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) Internet
2 1 (2.326%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (9.302%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.326%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Visual Studio
2 6 (13.95%) SpecFlow
3 4 (9.302%) Moq
4 2 (4.651%) Rhino Mocks
5 1 (2.326%) MSTest
5 1 (2.326%) TeamCity
5 1 (2.326%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (48.84%) Front Office
2 18 (41.86%) Banking
3 16 (37.21%) Investment Banking
4 10 (23.26%) Finance
5 5 (11.63%) Games
6 4 (9.302%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (60.47%) Developer
2 20 (46.51%) Designer
3 17 (39.53%) User Experience Designer
4 11 (25.58%) Photoshop Designer
5 9 (20.93%) C# Developer
6 6 (13.95%) WPF Developer
6 6 (13.95%) C++ Developer
7 4 (9.302%) User Experience Specialist
8 3 (6.977%) UI Developer
8 3 (6.977%) UI Designer
8 3 (6.977%) Agile C# Developer
9 2 (4.651%) UI Programmer
9 2 (4.651%) Interface Designer
10 1 (2.326%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Client/Server
2 8 (18.60%) Derivative
3 6 (13.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (11.63%) Kinect
4 5 (11.63%) Inversion of Control
5 4 (9.302%) Clustering
5 4 (9.302%) Equities
6 2 (4.651%) Graphic Design
7 1 (2.326%) N-Tier
7 1 (2.326%) Fixed Income
7 1 (2.326%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.326%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) MVVM
2 18 (41.86%) Information Architecture
3 10 (23.26%) Multithreading
4 7 (16.28%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (16.28%) TDD
5 6 (13.95%) Scrum
5 6 (13.95%) OOA/OOD
5 6 (13.95%) OO
5 6 (13.95%) E-Commerce
6 4 (9.302%) BDD
6 4 (9.302%) Risk Management
6 4 (9.302%) OOD
7 1 (2.326%) MVC
7 1 (2.326%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (2.326%) Software Engineering
7 1 (2.326%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.326%) Analytics
7 1 (2.326%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 24 (55.81%) C#
2 12 (27.91%) XAML
3 6 (13.95%) C++
4 1 (2.326%) Java
4 1 (2.326%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.326%) SQL
4 1 (2.326%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.326%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (60.47%) Microsoft
2 19 (44.19%) Adobe
3 1 (2.326%) Infragistics
3 1 (2.326%) Reuters
City of London
This is a great C# role for an excellent C#developer with or without banking experience. The C# candidate needs to demonstrate in-depth OOD, multi-threaded development,...
Real Staffing
Salary: £55000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Silverlight .NET Developer, Silverlight Developer - London. Silverlight .NET Developer, Silverlight Developer needed in Central London for a world leading digital/new media organisation... Full job details are available.
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013