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This section looks at the demand for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) skills within the Reading 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 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank120152
Rank change on same period last yearUp+32
Matching permanent IT job ads127
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.303 %0.568 %
Salaries quoted107
Average minimum salary£32,200£45,000
Average salary£36,200£50,000
% change on same period last year-27.60 %
Average maximum salary£40,200£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,569£40,565
% change on same period last year-9.85 %
Reading IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Reading
Matching permanent IT job ads9211233
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.503 %0.518 %
Salaries quoted7981035
Average minimum salary£37,564£38,053
Average salary£41,674£41,716
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Average maximum salary£45,784£45,380
UK excluding London average salary£35,939£36,846
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
WPF BerkshireWPF
Berkshire

WPF
Demand Trend

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

Reading WPF Demand Trend

WPF
Salary Trend

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

Reading WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WPF across the Reading region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Reading WPF Salary Histogram

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

120 (100.00 %).NET
216 (80.00 %)ASP.NET
216 (80.00 %)WCF
315 (75.00 %)WF
315 (75.00 %)SQL Server
315 (75.00 %)C#
414 (70.00 %)SQL Server 2005
512 (60.00 %)AJAX
512 (60.00 %)Silverlight
611 (55.00 %)Scrum
611 (55.00 %)Extreme Programming
611 (55.00 %)Microsoft Certification
611 (55.00 %)MCP
611 (55.00 %)MCAD
611 (55.00 %)MCSD
710 (50.00 %)XML
89 (45.00 %)WebServices
89 (45.00 %)SQL
97 (35.00 %)WinForms
106 (30.00 %)HTML
106 (30.00 %)JavaScript
106 (30.00 %)VB.NET
106 (30.00 %)CSS
115 (25.00 %)DTS
115 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
115 (25.00 %)Internet
115 (25.00 %)Auditing
115 (25.00 %)Retail
124 (20.00 %)VB6
124 (20.00 %)SharePoint

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (100.00 %).NET
216 (80.00 %)ASP.NET
216 (80.00 %)WCF
315 (75.00 %)WF
412 (60.00 %)Silverlight
412 (60.00 %)AJAX
510 (50.00 %)XML
69 (45.00 %)WebServices
77 (35.00 %)WinForms
86 (30.00 %)HTML
86 (30.00 %)CSS
94 (20.00 %)Windows SharePoint Services
101 (5.000 %)COM
101 (5.000 %)LINQ
Reading IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (20.00 %)SharePoint
23 (15.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Reading IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Reading IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (25.00 %)Internet
Reading IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (75.00 %)SQL Server
214 (70.00 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (25.00 %)DTS
Reading IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
Reading IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (25.00 %)Retail
15 (25.00 %)Auditing
24 (20.00 %)Pensions
24 (20.00 %)Health
31 (5.000 %)Finance
Reading IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (80.00 %)Developer
213 (65.00 %).NET Developer
312 (60.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
47 (35.00 %)C# Developer
47 (35.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
55 (25.00 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
55 (25.00 %)VB.NET Developer
64 (20.00 %)Software Developer
71 (5.000 %)Software Engineer
71 (5.000 %).NET Designer
Reading IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (15.00 %)Multithreading
Reading IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (20.00 %)Windows
Reading IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (55.00 %)Scrum
111 (55.00 %)Extreme Programming
25 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
Reading IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (75.00 %)C#
29 (45.00 %)SQL
36 (30.00 %)JavaScript
36 (30.00 %)VB.NET
44 (20.00 %)VB6
44 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
44 (20.00 %)VB
Reading IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (55.00 %)MCP
111 (55.00 %)MCAD
111 (55.00 %)MCSD
111 (55.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Reading IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (20.00 %)Oracle
14 (20.00 %)Microsoft
22 (10.00 %)Stellent