The first table below looks at the demand for WPF 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 WPF 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 Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 89 95 112
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +17
Permanent jobs citing WPF 186 177 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.589% 2.494% 2.053%
As % of the Application Development category 5.260% 5.070% 4.653%
Number of salaries quoted 177 165 135
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £25,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £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%
WPF
England

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West WPF Jobs Demand Trend

WPF
Salary Trend

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

North West WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

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

North West WPF Salary Histogram

WPF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WPF 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 +26 133 £35,000 +7.69%
Cheshire -22 25 £35,000 +7.69%
Lancashire -5 20 £37,000 +32.14%
Cumbria - 4 £35,000 -
Merseyside +2 3 £41,250 +10.00%
WPF
England

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 458 (97.45%) C#
2 446 (94.89%) .NET
3 329 (70.00%) ASP.NET
4 301 (64.04%) SQL Server
5 299 (63.62%) WCF
6 242 (51.49%) MVC
7 182 (38.72%) Windows
8 175 (37.23%) WinForms
9 174 (37.02%) ASP.NET MVC
10 162 (34.47%) TDD
11 161 (34.26%) SQL
12 149 (31.70%) Microsoft
13 142 (30.21%) Microsoft Certification
14 141 (30.00%) MCTS
15 139 (29.57%) MCP
15 139 (29.57%) Web Application Development
16 133 (28.30%) MCAD
16 133 (28.30%) MCSD
17 132 (28.09%) OO
17 132 (28.09%) .NET Framework
18 129 (27.45%) ASP.NET MVC 4
19 125 (26.60%) VB.NET
20 119 (25.32%) NUnit
21 118 (25.11%) Dependency Injection
21 118 (25.11%) Ninject
22 114 (24.26%) MVVM
23 105 (22.34%) Degree
24 101 (21.49%) Scrum
25 88 (18.72%) Continuous Integration
26 84 (17.87%) Computer Science

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 446 (94.89%) .NET
2 329 (70.00%) ASP.NET
3 299 (63.62%) WCF
4 175 (37.23%) WinForms
5 174 (37.02%) ASP.NET MVC
6 132 (28.09%) .NET Framework
7 129 (27.45%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 118 (25.11%) Ninject
9 83 (17.66%) Castle Windsor
10 78 (16.60%) Razor View Engine
11 77 (16.38%) Silverlight
12 76 (16.17%) LINQ
13 74 (15.74%) XML
14 71 (15.11%) Spring.NET
14 71 (15.11%) Unity DI Container
15 61 (12.98%) HTML
16 52 (11.06%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 47 (10.00%) Node.js
17 47 (10.00%) KnockoutJS
18 45 (9.574%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 32 (6.809%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.830%) BizTalk Server
3 15 (3.191%) Windows Azure
4 14 (2.979%) IIS
5 12 (2.553%) SharePoint 2010
6 11 (2.340%) SharePoint Foundation
7 8 (1.702%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (1.277%) CMS
9 3 (0.638%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.638%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.213%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.213%) Orchard CMS
10 1 (0.213%) Lync
Applications
1 55 (11.70%) MS Excel
2 13 (2.766%) MS Office
3 11 (2.340%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.213%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 10 (2.128%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.426%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.426%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.681%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.277%) Internet
3 1 (0.213%) Extranet
3 1 (0.213%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 301 (64.04%) SQL Server
2 65 (13.83%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (5.106%) SQL Server 2005
4 22 (4.681%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (4.043%) GIS
6 18 (3.830%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.702%) SQL Server 2012
8 7 (1.489%) MySQL
9 6 (1.277%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.638%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.638%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.213%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.213%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 119 (25.32%) NUnit
2 83 (17.66%) Rhino Mocks
3 75 (15.96%) MSTest
4 74 (15.74%) Moq
5 62 (13.19%) Visual Studio
6 26 (5.532%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (4.681%) Subversion
8 16 (3.404%) MSBuild
9 11 (2.340%) CruiseControl
9 11 (2.340%) Visual Studio Team System
10 4 (0.851%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.426%) Oracle Forms
12 1 (0.213%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.213%) Dreamweaver
General
1 70 (14.89%) Finance
2 33 (7.021%) Retail
3 15 (3.191%) Back Office
4 11 (2.340%) Music
4 11 (2.340%) Games
5 10 (2.128%) Electronics
6 7 (1.489%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.277%) Advertising
8 5 (1.064%) Legal
9 4 (0.851%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.851%) Automotive
10 2 (0.426%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 400 (85.11%) Developer
2 254 (54.04%) .NET Developer
3 135 (28.72%) C# Developer
4 96 (20.43%) C# .NET Developer
5 71 (15.11%) Software Engineer
6 48 (10.21%) Software Developer
7 35 (7.447%) Graduate
7 35 (7.447%) Graduate Developer
8 34 (7.234%) C# Software Engineer
9 33 (7.021%) Junior Developer
9 33 (7.021%) Junior
10 31 (6.596%) .NET Software Engineer
11 30 (6.383%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 27 (5.745%) Junior .NET Developer
13 26 (5.532%) Graduate .NET Developer
14 23 (4.894%) ASP.NET Developer
15 19 (4.043%) C# Software Developer
16 17 (3.617%) Programmer
16 17 (3.617%) Lead Developer
17 15 (3.191%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 84 (17.87%) Computer Science
2 71 (15.11%) Inversion of Control
3 67 (14.26%) Enterprise Software
4 48 (10.21%) Client/Server
5 40 (8.511%) N-Tier
6 13 (2.766%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.340%) Streaming Music
8 9 (1.915%) Tandem
9 8 (1.702%) RIA
10 4 (0.851%) Firmware
11 3 (0.638%) e-Health
11 3 (0.638%) Open Source
11 3 (0.638%) Replication
12 1 (0.213%) CCTV
12 1 (0.213%) iPhone
12 1 (0.213%) SaaS
12 1 (0.213%) iPad
12 1 (0.213%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 1 (0.213%) NHS
12 1 (0.213%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 182 (38.72%) Windows
2 7 (1.489%) Windows 8
3 6 (1.277%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (0.426%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.426%) Android
4 2 (0.426%) Windows Phone
4 2 (0.426%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (51.49%) MVC
2 162 (34.47%) TDD
3 139 (29.57%) Web Application Development
4 132 (28.09%) OO
5 118 (25.11%) Dependency Injection
6 114 (24.26%) MVVM
7 101 (21.49%) Scrum
8 88 (18.72%) Continuous Integration
9 82 (17.45%) Agile Software Development
10 72 (15.32%) Kanban
11 47 (10.00%) Domain-Driven Design
12 37 (7.872%) UML
13 31 (6.596%) Multithreading
14 30 (6.383%) Business Intelligence
15 28 (5.957%) Web Development
16 26 (5.532%) Software Engineering
17 19 (4.043%) Business Analysis
18 17 (3.617%) Unit Testing
19 16 (3.404%) Project Management
20 15 (3.191%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 458 (97.45%) C#
2 161 (34.26%) SQL
3 125 (26.60%) VB.NET
4 79 (16.81%) VB
5 72 (15.32%) T-SQL
6 65 (13.83%) JavaScript
7 49 (10.43%) C++
8 29 (6.170%) Java
9 23 (4.894%) XAML
10 17 (3.617%) C
11 11 (2.340%) XPath
12 6 (1.277%) PHP
13 4 (0.851%) Assembly Language
14 2 (0.426%) FoxPro (VFP)
14 2 (0.426%) VB6
15 1 (0.213%) Ruby
15 1 (0.213%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 142 (30.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 141 (30.00%) MCTS
3 139 (29.57%) MCP
4 133 (28.30%) MCAD
4 133 (28.30%) MCSD
5 105 (22.34%) Degree
6 25 (5.319%) Security Cleared
7 14 (2.979%) SC Cleared
7 14 (2.979%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.340%) MCPD
9 1 (0.213%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.851%) HL7
2 1 (0.213%) QA
Vendors
1 149 (31.70%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.191%) Oracle
3 13 (2.766%) MicroStrategy
4 5 (1.064%) Avaya
5 4 (0.851%) Twitter
6 3 (0.638%) Telerik
6 3 (0.638%) ESRI
7 2 (0.426%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.213%) Citrix
8 1 (0.213%) SAP
Warrington, Cheshire
The company have recently deployed a very successful web application and due to enormous success they require a Software Developer with strong skills in C#, ASP.Net and...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stockport, North West
They have just moved into a posh new building and they are looking to expand the development team and push the businesses offering further. They are in a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Salford, Lancashire
Essential skills / experience: - C# - .NET Framework 4.0 - SQL Server 2008 Desirable skills / experience: - MVC - JavaScript - WPF and WCF The Senior C# Developer with skills in .Net, MVC,...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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
Manchester, Lancashire
Market leading software company with a phenomenal record of growth over the last 15 years is looking to recruit Senior C# .NET (WPF, MVC) Software Developers to work...
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + pension, life assurance,health
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Other skills needed for this position are ASP.NET, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL 05 or above, Visual Studio 08 or above and good communication skills (written and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £42000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, North West
They are looking for an enthusiastic and personable C# Developer with experience in C#, WPF/WCF. The successful candidate will have a degree in a computer or science...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 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
Manchester, Lancashire
To be considered for these positions, you will be expected to have a good degree preferably in Computer Science or a related field and ideally have at least...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 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
Chester, North West
They build large and robust systems that are used on ships and boast across the world, as such having experience working embedded C or software systems that integrate...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Desired technical skills are: SQL Server 2005 / 2008 Management Studio. Net 3.5 / 4.0 Programming in C# and / or VB.NET Web Service or WCF Development. ASP...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £37k - 45k per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Within a team of six highly skilled software engineers, you will take your place as a .Net Software Engineer amongst a larger multi disciplined team of engineers including...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Within a team of six highly skilled software engineers, you will take your place as a .Net Software Engineer amongst a larger multi disciplined team of engineers including...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills that are required to be considered for this role are - - Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, 4.0 - C# - T-SQL - JavaScript If you have knowledge of ASP.Net,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 48,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Kendal, North West
You will receive training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile, TDD and DDD... (.NET Developer,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Dawson & Walsh
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognised training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, WPF, KnockoutJS, T4 Template, Dependency Injection, Ninject, Node.js, Agile,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the following: Object orientated programming Microsoft .Net framework C# or VB.NET SQL Server Visual Studio/Visual SourceSafe/SVN Desirable...
Pertemps IT
Salary: £0 to £45000 per annum
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
Stockport, Cheshire
In addition to your C#.Net skills and your knowledge of UI work, it's important that you have knowledge in one of these key areas: WPF/Xaml,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will have experience across manual and automated software testing, preferably with evidence of testing complex enterprise level software products written in the .Net Framework with C#, WCF,...
LA International
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Lead C# .Net Software Engineer - Enterprise Applications... You will have excellent core software engineering skills with strong OO / Object Oriented methodologies and technologies... You will have an in-...
LA International
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013