The first table below looks at the demand for WF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WF 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF, WWF)
Rank 185 169 161
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -8
Permanent jobs citing WF 7 4 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.171% 0.110% 0.228%
As % of the Application Development category 0.328% 0.229% 0.535%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 9
Average salary £47,500 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2132 1750 1682
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 52.06% 48.29% 42.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1954 1598 1559
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WF
North West

WF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester WF Jobs Demand Trend

WF
Salary Trend

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

Manchester WF Salary Trend

WF
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester WF Salary Histogram

WF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WF within the Manchester 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
Stockport - 1 £30,000 -
WF
North West

WF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WF 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 WF.

1 22 (100.00%) .NET
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 22 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 21 (95.45%) C#
2 21 (95.45%) ASP.NET
3 20 (90.91%) Visual Studio
3 20 (90.91%) SQL Server
3 20 (90.91%) SharePoint
3 20 (90.91%) BizTalk Server
4 19 (86.36%) Windows
5 17 (77.27%) VB.NET
5 17 (77.27%) HTML
5 17 (77.27%) SQL
5 17 (77.27%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (72.73%) Ajax
6 16 (72.73%) WCF
6 16 (72.73%) WPF
7 14 (63.64%) SC Cleared
7 14 (63.64%) DV Cleared
7 14 (63.64%) Security Cleared
7 14 (63.64%) UML
7 14 (63.64%) OOA/OOD
8 13 (59.09%) OO
8 13 (59.09%) CSS
8 13 (59.09%) JavaScript
8 13 (59.09%) SQL Server 2008
9 11 (50.00%) MSF
9 11 (50.00%) Visual Studio Team System
9 11 (50.00%) Silverlight
9 11 (50.00%) Continuous Integration

WF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WF 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 WF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (100.00%) .NET
1 22 (100.00%) .NET Framework
2 21 (95.45%) ASP.NET
3 17 (77.27%) HTML
4 16 (72.73%) Ajax
4 16 (72.73%) WCF
4 16 (72.73%) WPF
5 13 (59.09%) CSS
6 11 (50.00%) Silverlight
6 11 (50.00%) ADO.NET
6 11 (50.00%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 8 (36.36%) XML
8 6 (27.27%) CGI
8 6 (27.27%) Web Services
8 6 (27.27%) DHTML
9 2 (9.091%) XSLT
9 2 (9.091%) LINQ
9 2 (9.091%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (9.091%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (4.545%) COM
Application Platforms
1 20 (90.91%) SharePoint
1 20 (90.91%) BizTalk Server
2 11 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 11 (50.00%) SharePoint Foundation
2 11 (50.00%) IIS
3 8 (36.36%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (9.091%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 11 (50.00%) MS Office
1 11 (50.00%) InfoPath
2 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (27.27%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (90.91%) SQL Server
2 13 (59.09%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (27.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 20 (90.91%) Visual Studio
2 11 (50.00%) Visual Studio Team System
2 11 (50.00%) MSBuild
2 11 (50.00%) NUnit
2 11 (50.00%) CruiseControl
3 2 (9.091%) Subversion
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (77.27%) Developer
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Developer
3 6 (27.27%) Dynamics AX Developer
3 6 (27.27%) SharePoint Developer
3 6 (27.27%) Senior Developer
3 6 (27.27%) Senior Microsoft Developer
4 5 (22.73%) SharePoint Architect
4 5 (22.73%) Architect
5 3 (13.64%) .NET Developer
6 2 (9.091%) C# Developer
Operating Systems
1 19 (86.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (63.64%) UML
2 14 (63.64%) OOA/OOD
3 13 (59.09%) OO
4 11 (50.00%) MSF
4 11 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (50.00%) RUP
4 11 (50.00%) Unified Process
5 6 (27.27%) CRM
5 6 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (27.27%) Project Planning
5 6 (27.27%) Logistics
5 6 (27.27%) Workflow
5 6 (27.27%) Migration
5 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
5 6 (27.27%) Data Migration
6 4 (18.18%) MVC
7 3 (13.64%) OOD
8 2 (9.091%) Web Development
8 2 (9.091%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 21 (95.45%) C#
2 17 (77.27%) VB.NET
2 17 (77.27%) SQL
3 13 (59.09%) JavaScript
4 11 (50.00%) T-SQL
5 6 (27.27%) VBScript
5 6 (27.27%) X++
6 2 (9.091%) XPath
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) SC Cleared
1 14 (63.64%) DV Cleared
1 14 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) Degree
3 2 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (9.091%) MCAD
3 2 (9.091%) MCSD
3 2 (9.091%) MCPD
3 2 (9.091%) MCTS
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) Telerik