The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 133 87 117
Rank change year-on-year
-46 +30
Permanent jobs citing WinForms 119 192 132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.656% 2.705% 1.922%
As % of the Application Development category 3.365% 5.500% 4.356%
Number of salaries quoted 109 180 123
Average salary £33,000 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.53% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £20,100
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3536 3491 3030
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 49.21% 49.18% 44.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3150 3162 2776
Average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WinForms
England

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West WinForms Salary Trend

WinForms
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester -20 79 £33,000 -5.71%
Cheshire -40 20 £32,500 -
Lancashire +4 14 £40,000 +8.10%
Merseyside +6 6 £30,000 -3.22%
WinForms
England

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 302 (94.38%) C#
2 297 (92.81%) .NET
3 241 (75.31%) ASP.NET
4 193 (60.31%) SQL Server
5 177 (55.31%) WCF
6 175 (54.69%) WPF
7 156 (48.75%) Windows
8 141 (44.06%) MVC
9 117 (36.56%) TDD
9 117 (36.56%) SQL
10 112 (35.00%) VB.NET
11 108 (33.75%) ASP.NET MVC
12 107 (33.44%) OO
13 100 (31.25%) Web Application Development
14 93 (29.06%) Microsoft Certification
15 91 (28.44%) .NET Framework
16 87 (27.19%) MCP
16 87 (27.19%) MCAD
16 87 (27.19%) MCSD
16 87 (27.19%) MCTS
17 84 (26.25%) Scrum
18 82 (25.63%) Finance
18 82 (25.63%) Dependency Injection
18 82 (25.63%) Ninject
18 82 (25.63%) ASP.NET MVC 4
19 78 (24.38%) NUnit
20 76 (23.75%) Castle Windsor
20 76 (23.75%) MVVM
20 76 (23.75%) Rhino Mocks
21 75 (23.44%) MSTest

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 297 (92.81%) .NET
2 241 (75.31%) ASP.NET
3 177 (55.31%) WCF
4 175 (54.69%) WPF
5 108 (33.75%) ASP.NET MVC
6 91 (28.44%) .NET Framework
7 82 (25.63%) Ninject
7 82 (25.63%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 76 (23.75%) Castle Windsor
9 72 (22.50%) Razor View Engine
10 71 (22.19%) Spring.NET
10 71 (22.19%) Unity DI Container
11 62 (19.38%) XML
12 57 (17.81%) HTML
12 57 (17.81%) LINQ
13 56 (17.50%) CSS
14 55 (17.19%) Web Services
15 36 (11.25%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 32 (10.00%) jQuery
17 24 (7.500%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 14 (4.375%) IIS
2 11 (3.438%) Windows Azure
3 7 (2.188%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.563%) CMS
5 3 (0.938%) WordPress
5 3 (0.938%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.313%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 38 (11.88%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.500%) Intranet
2 4 (1.250%) Internet
3 2 (0.625%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (60.31%) SQL Server
2 37 (11.56%) SQL Server 2005
3 34 (10.63%) SQL Server 2008
4 22 (6.875%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (4.375%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (3.438%) DTS
7 3 (0.938%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (0.938%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.938%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.313%) QlikView
8 1 (0.313%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.313%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.313%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 78 (24.38%) NUnit
2 76 (23.75%) Rhino Mocks
3 75 (23.44%) MSTest
4 71 (22.19%) Moq
5 27 (8.438%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (7.500%) Visual Studio
7 20 (6.250%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 1 (0.313%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.313%) Subversion
General
1 82 (25.63%) Finance
2 16 (5.000%) Back Office
3 13 (4.063%) Retail
4 11 (3.438%) Music
5 6 (1.875%) Advertising
6 4 (1.250%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.250%) Legal
6 4 (1.250%) Financial Institution
7 3 (0.938%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 293 (91.56%) Developer
2 169 (52.81%) .NET Developer
3 86 (26.88%) C# Developer
4 75 (23.44%) Software Developer
5 50 (15.63%) C# .NET Developer
6 30 (9.375%) Graduate
6 30 (9.375%) Junior
6 30 (9.375%) Graduate Developer
6 30 (9.375%) Junior Developer
7 29 (9.063%) Junior .NET Developer
8 26 (8.125%) Graduate .NET Developer
9 25 (7.813%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 23 (7.188%) Analyst
10 23 (7.188%) ASP.NET Developer
11 21 (6.563%) VB.NET Developer
12 20 (6.250%) .NET Software Developer
13 19 (5.938%) Software Engineer
14 18 (5.625%) Web Developer
15 14 (4.375%) C# Software Developer
15 14 (4.375%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 71 (22.19%) Inversion of Control
2 50 (15.63%) Computer Science
3 49 (15.31%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (8.438%) N-Tier
5 18 (5.625%) Client/Server
6 11 (3.438%) Streaming Music
7 8 (2.500%) FMCG
8 7 (2.188%) LIMS
9 4 (1.250%) RIA
10 2 (0.625%) W3C
11 1 (0.313%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 156 (48.75%) Windows
2 4 (1.250%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (0.625%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (44.06%) MVC
2 117 (36.56%) TDD
3 107 (33.44%) OO
4 100 (31.25%) Web Application Development
5 84 (26.25%) Scrum
6 82 (25.63%) Dependency Injection
7 76 (23.75%) MVVM
8 71 (22.19%) Continuous Integration
8 71 (22.19%) Kanban
9 41 (12.81%) Web Development
10 40 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
11 28 (8.750%) Software Engineering
12 19 (5.938%) Multithreading
13 15 (4.688%) E-Commerce
13 15 (4.688%) Unit Testing
14 11 (3.438%) Domain-Driven Design
14 11 (3.438%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (3.125%) Time Management
15 10 (3.125%) UML
16 9 (2.813%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 302 (94.38%) C#
2 117 (36.56%) SQL
3 112 (35.00%) VB.NET
4 52 (16.25%) T-SQL
5 40 (12.50%) VB
6 34 (10.63%) JavaScript
7 16 (5.000%) VB6
8 12 (3.750%) C++
9 6 (1.875%) VBA
10 5 (1.563%) Java
11 4 (1.250%) XAML
11 4 (1.250%) C
12 3 (0.938%) XPath
Qualifications
1 93 (29.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 87 (27.19%) MCP
2 87 (27.19%) MCAD
2 87 (27.19%) MCSD
2 87 (27.19%) MCTS
3 63 (19.69%) Degree
4 6 (1.875%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.250%) SLA
1 4 (1.250%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 52 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.938%) Oracle
3 1 (0.313%) Citrix
Crewe, North West
They will be primarily working using C#, ASP.Net, SQL databases, JQuery, web services ... Proven commercial experience in a software development role using .Net and C# is essential...
Mint
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + holidays
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birkenhead, North West
Skills needed for this exciting opportunity are: C# WinForms or WPF Design Pattern MVVM SQL SSRS Agile Web Services XML During the past year as their reputation in...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birkenhead, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software throughout the entire development lifecycle... Technically they are looking for someone with the following...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birkenhead, Merseyside
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software throughout the entire development lifecycle... Technically they are looking for someone with the following...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
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
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
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
Lancaster, Lancashire
My client in Lancaster, a young, growing company with strong financial backing and a truly unique product range are currently recruiting for a C# Developer to work on...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birkenhead, North West
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software throughout the entire development lifecycle... Technically they are looking for someone with the following...
greywood
Salary: £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birkenhead, Merseyside
As their C#.NET Developer, you be will responsible for developing & maintaining bespoke software throughout the entire development lifecycle... Technically they are looking for someone with the following...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Ellesmere Port, North West
Senior .NET (C#, Winforms and multithreading) Developer - Ellesmere Port - £39,000 to £43,000 Financial firm is seeking a C#.NET programmer to build and maintain trading systems.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £39000 - £43000 per annum
Posted: 15 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
Liverpool, Merseyside
The chosen VB.Net Developer will also demonstrate competence in SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 due to the nature of this role, ideally with experience with DTS/SSIS...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 23 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
Warrington, North West
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
My client have a new project that they are looking to launch mid-2014 for three of their main clients in the Oil and Gas sector, as such...
Computer Futures
Salary: £41000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 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
Warrington, North West
Our client can provide you with exposure to .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4 (Razor), WCF, WPF, MVVM, Prism, continuous integration, dependency injection (Ninject / Spring.net etc),...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013