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This section looks at the demand for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WPF over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank176-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads200
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.925 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted200
Average minimum salary£23,650-
Average salary£29,050-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£34,450-
UK excluding London average salary£38,853£37,802
% change on same period last year+2.77 %
Application Development ManchesterApplication Development
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads21612092
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.060 %0.926 %
Salaries quoted18431827
Average minimum salary£30,774£31,201
Average salary£34,371£34,429
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Average maximum salary£37,967£37,657
UK excluding London average salary£35,972£36,627
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
WPF North WestWPF
North West

WPF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing WPF across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester WPF Demand Trend

WPF
Salary Trend

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

Manchester WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WPF across the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

Manchester WPF Salary Histogram

WPF
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1WiganNew entry-10£28,750-
WPF North WestWPF
North West

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WPF also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WPF.

137 (100.00 %)C#
235 (94.59 %).NET
326 (70.27 %)WinForms
425 (67.57 %)SQL
524 (64.86 %)ASP.NET
621 (56.76 %)SQL Server
719 (51.35 %)VB
719 (51.35 %)ActiveX
719 (51.35 %)Flash
719 (51.35 %)VB6
818 (48.65 %)WebServices
917 (45.95 %)Visual Studio
917 (45.95 %)XAML
917 (45.95 %)OOP
1015 (40.54 %)XML
1015 (40.54 %)Pensions
1112 (32.43 %)DirectX
1210 (27.03 %)OLE
139 (24.32 %)Microsoft
139 (24.32 %)AJAX
148 (21.62 %)WCF
156 (16.22 %)HTML
165 (13.51 %)Silverlight
174 (10.81 %)JavaScript
174 (10.81 %)Windows
183 (8.108 %)CSS
183 (8.108 %)Scrum
183 (8.108 %)SQL Server 2000
183 (8.108 %)Tandem
183 (8.108 %)SQL Server 2005

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WPF also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
135 (94.59 %).NET
226 (70.27 %)WinForms
324 (64.86 %)ASP.NET
419 (51.35 %)ActiveX
518 (48.65 %)WebServices
615 (40.54 %)XML
712 (32.43 %)DirectX
810 (27.03 %)OLE
99 (24.32 %)AJAX
108 (21.62 %)WCF
116 (16.22 %)HTML
125 (13.51 %)Silverlight
133 (8.108 %)WF
133 (8.108 %)CSS
141 (2.703 %)COM+
141 (2.703 %)MFC
141 (2.703 %).NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
121 (56.76 %)SQL Server
23 (8.108 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (8.108 %)SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
119 (51.35 %)Flash
217 (45.95 %)Visual Studio
General
115 (40.54 %)Pensions
23 (8.108 %)Interactive Media
31 (2.703 %)Government
31 (2.703 %)Health
Job Titles
131 (83.78 %)Developer
230 (81.08 %)C# Developer
318 (48.65 %)Applications Developer
318 (48.65 %)C# Application Developer
48 (21.62 %)Programmer
48 (21.62 %).NET Developer
48 (21.62 %)Web Developer
57 (18.92 %)ASP.NET Developer
57 (18.92 %)C# Web Developer
57 (18.92 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
64 (10.81 %).NET Web Developer
73 (8.108 %)Web Applications Developer
81 (2.703 %)VB.NET Developer
81 (2.703 %)Software Engineer
81 (2.703 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
13 (8.108 %)Tandem
21 (2.703 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
14 (10.81 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
117 (45.95 %)OOP
23 (8.108 %)Scrum
23 (8.108 %)Web Development
23 (8.108 %)Time Management
31 (2.703 %)UML
Programming Languages
137 (100.00 %)C#
225 (67.57 %)SQL
319 (51.35 %)VB
319 (51.35 %)VB6
417 (45.95 %)XAML
54 (10.81 %)JavaScript
61 (2.703 %)C++
61 (2.703 %)VB.NET
61 (2.703 %)VC++
Vendors
19 (24.32 %)Microsoft
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