The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WinForms 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 Forms (WinForms)
Rank 114 94 106
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +12
Permanent jobs citing WinForms 79 85 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.929% 2.345% 1.644%
As % of the Application Development category 3.705% 4.857% 3.864%
Number of salaries quoted 75 79 63
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +37.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £40,000 £39,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
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%
WinForms
North West

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester WinForms Jobs Demand Trend

WinForms
Salary Trend

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

Manchester WinForms Salary Trend

WinForms
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester WinForms Salary Histogram

WinForms
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms 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
Bolton +15 9 £34,500 +6.15%
Stockport - 8 £32,500 -
Wigan +5 4 £33,750 +29.80%
Cheadle -7 2 £34,500 -13.75%
Salford +3 1 £32,500 -13.33%
WinForms
North West

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 172 (94.51%) C#
2 164 (90.11%) .NET
3 135 (74.18%) ASP.NET
4 111 (60.99%) SQL Server
5 96 (52.75%) WPF
6 85 (46.70%) WCF
7 84 (46.15%) Windows
8 71 (39.01%) OO
9 68 (37.36%) SQL
10 58 (31.87%) MVC
11 55 (30.22%) TDD
12 51 (28.02%) Degree
12 51 (28.02%) .NET Framework
13 49 (26.92%) VB.NET
14 43 (23.63%) Finance
15 42 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC
16 38 (20.88%) Microsoft Certification
16 38 (20.88%) XML
17 37 (20.33%) Microsoft
18 36 (19.78%) Scrum
18 36 (19.78%) Web Application Development
19 34 (18.68%) Web Development
20 33 (18.13%) NUnit
21 32 (17.58%) MCTS
21 32 (17.58%) MCP
21 32 (17.58%) MCAD
21 32 (17.58%) MCSD
21 32 (17.58%) MVVM
21 32 (17.58%) Rhino Mocks
21 32 (17.58%) Castle Windsor

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 164 (90.11%) .NET
2 135 (74.18%) ASP.NET
3 96 (52.75%) WPF
4 85 (46.70%) WCF
5 51 (28.02%) .NET Framework
6 42 (23.08%) ASP.NET MVC
7 38 (20.88%) XML
8 32 (17.58%) Castle Windsor
9 27 (14.84%) LINQ
9 27 (14.84%) Ninject
9 27 (14.84%) Razor View Engine
9 27 (14.84%) Spring.NET
9 27 (14.84%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 27 (14.84%) Unity DI Container
10 20 (10.99%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 18 (9.890%) HTML
12 16 (8.791%) Silverlight
13 15 (8.242%) Web Services
14 14 (7.692%) XSLT
14 14 (7.692%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 14 (7.692%) IIS
2 9 (4.945%) Windows Azure
3 5 (2.747%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.648%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.549%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 26 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.396%) Intranet
2 4 (2.198%) Internet
3 1 (0.549%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (60.99%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.890%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (6.593%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.549%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.549%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.549%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.549%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 33 (18.13%) NUnit
2 32 (17.58%) Rhino Mocks
3 29 (15.93%) MSTest
4 27 (14.84%) Moq
5 18 (9.890%) Visual Studio
6 12 (6.593%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 6 (3.297%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.549%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.549%) Subversion
General
1 43 (23.63%) Finance
2 11 (6.044%) Retail
3 9 (4.945%) Back Office
4 6 (3.297%) Advertising
5 4 (2.198%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.549%) Legal
Job Titles
1 157 (86.26%) Developer
2 74 (40.66%) .NET Developer
3 55 (30.22%) C# Developer
4 41 (22.53%) Software Developer
5 23 (12.64%) Analyst
5 23 (12.64%) C# .NET Developer
6 15 (8.242%) ASP.NET Developer
6 15 (8.242%) Software Engineer
7 13 (7.143%) WinForms Developer
8 12 (6.593%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 12 (6.593%) Analyst Developer
8 12 (6.593%) Programmer
9 11 (6.044%) Junior
9 11 (6.044%) Senior Developer
9 11 (6.044%) Analyst Programmer
9 11 (6.044%) Junior Developer
10 10 (5.495%) VB.NET Developer
10 10 (5.495%) Junior .NET Developer
11 9 (4.945%) Graduate
11 9 (4.945%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.84%) Computer Science
1 27 (14.84%) N-Tier
1 27 (14.84%) Inversion of Control
2 18 (9.890%) Client/Server
3 14 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.396%) FMCG
5 7 (3.846%) LIMS
6 4 (2.198%) RIA
7 1 (0.549%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 84 (46.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (39.01%) OO
2 58 (31.87%) MVC
3 55 (30.22%) TDD
4 36 (19.78%) Scrum
4 36 (19.78%) Web Application Development
5 34 (18.68%) Web Development
6 32 (17.58%) MVVM
7 28 (15.38%) Software Engineering
8 27 (14.84%) Continuous Integration
8 27 (14.84%) Dependency Injection
8 27 (14.84%) Kanban
9 23 (12.64%) Agile Software Development
10 18 (9.890%) Multithreading
11 15 (8.242%) Unit Testing
12 11 (6.044%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (5.495%) Time Management
13 10 (5.495%) E-Commerce
13 10 (5.495%) UML
14 8 (4.396%) Logistics
14 8 (4.396%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 172 (94.51%) C#
2 68 (37.36%) SQL
3 49 (26.92%) VB.NET
4 30 (16.48%) T-SQL
5 23 (12.64%) JavaScript
6 14 (7.692%) VB
7 11 (6.044%) VB6
8 8 (4.396%) C++
9 4 (2.198%) XAML
10 3 (1.648%) Java
Qualifications
1 51 (28.02%) Degree
2 38 (20.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 32 (17.58%) MCTS
3 32 (17.58%) MCP
3 32 (17.58%) MCAD
3 32 (17.58%) MCSD
4 6 (3.297%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.198%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 37 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.099%) Oracle
3 1 (0.549%) Citrix
Manchester, North West
Our highly successful client based near Manchester is currently looking for a number of Analyst Developers with good C# and SQL Server Experience.Skills/ Technologies Required:*Experience of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Object Oriented Development... C#.NET - Minimum 2 years' experience (using either ASP.NET, WPF or Winforms)... Web development exposure. Winforms exposure. ASP.NET. XML & XSLT. WCF. VB .NET...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Our highly successful client based near Manchester is currently looking for a number of Analyst Developers with good C# and SQL Server Experience. Skills/ Technologies Required: *Experience of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills: C# , ASP.NET MVC , WCF , SQL Server , TDD, Entity Framework , LINQ , Azure, Win forms C# Developer role for someone with experience as a C# web application developer...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 5K bens/bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills: C# , ASP.NET MVC , WCF , SQL Server , TDD, Entity Framework , LINQ , Azure, Win forms Fantastic C# Developer positions for someone with experience as a C# web application...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + 5K bens/bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, North West
JAGGER TALENT brief:The role will require the individual to work in conjunction with our software development manager on a variety of small to medium sized live system...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Upto 25K - ManchesterThe role will require the individual to work in conjunction with our software development manager on a variety of small to medium sized live system developments...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £15,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Wigan, LancsTo £37K + Bens Innovative logistics and distribution software house with solid international client base including big name retail and FMCG clients urgently requires an experienced C#.NET,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Wigan, Lancashire
To £37K + Bens Innovative logistics and distribution software house with solid international client base including big name retail and FMCG clients urgently requires an experienced C#.NET, ASP...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £37000 - £40000 per annum + +Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013