The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WinForms over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 117 116 129
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +13
Permanent jobs citing WinForms 40 38 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.278% 1.105% 0.785%
As % of the Application Development category 3.030% 3.125% 2.288%
Number of salaries quoted 25 30 24
Average salary £42,500 £34,500 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.18% +12.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,800 £30,000 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Application Development
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1320 1216 1180
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 42.17% 35.36% 34.32%
Number of salaries quoted 799 987 870
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WinForms
UK

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland WinForms Salary Trend

WinForms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WinForms across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Aberdeen +10 13 £44,000 +26.61%
Edinburgh -3 12 £42,500 +6.25%
Glasgow -19 12 £38,750 +10.71%
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Fife - 1 - -
West Lothian - 1 £32,500 -
WinForms
UK

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 78 (100.00%) C#
2 73 (93.59%) .NET
3 55 (70.51%) SQL Server
4 46 (58.97%) ASP.NET
5 44 (56.41%) WPF
6 43 (55.13%) Windows
7 28 (35.90%) MVC
8 26 (33.33%) WCF
8 26 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
9 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
9 23 (29.49%) JavaScript
9 23 (29.49%) SQL
10 19 (24.36%) .NET Framework
11 18 (23.08%) jQuery
12 17 (21.79%) VB.NET
13 16 (20.51%) Visual Studio
13 16 (20.51%) Finance
14 15 (19.23%) HTML
14 15 (19.23%) LINQ
15 13 (16.67%) Web Development
15 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (15.38%) OO
16 12 (15.38%) CSS
16 12 (15.38%) Scrum
16 12 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
16 12 (15.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 11 (14.10%) SQL Server 2008
17 11 (14.10%) Degree
17 11 (14.10%) SQL Server 2005
17 11 (14.10%) Java

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 73 (93.59%) .NET
2 46 (58.97%) ASP.NET
3 44 (56.41%) WPF
4 26 (33.33%) WCF
4 26 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 19 (24.36%) .NET Framework
6 18 (23.08%) jQuery
7 15 (19.23%) LINQ
7 15 (19.23%) HTML
8 12 (15.38%) CSS
8 12 (15.38%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 10 (12.82%) XML
10 8 (10.26%) Silverlight
11 7 (8.974%) Ninject
12 6 (7.692%) Web Services
13 5 (6.410%) HTML5
13 5 (6.410%) Node.js
13 5 (6.410%) KnockoutJS
13 5 (6.410%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 4 (5.128%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 6 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.564%) Windows Azure
3 1 (1.282%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.282%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (8.974%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.128%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.846%) Internet
2 1 (1.282%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (70.51%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.10%) SQL Server 2005
2 11 (14.10%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (8.974%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (6.410%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (5.128%) DB2
6 2 (2.564%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (20.51%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.692%) Subversion
2 6 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (3.846%) Mercurial
4 2 (2.564%) MSTest
4 2 (2.564%) Rhino Mocks
4 2 (2.564%) Moq
4 2 (2.564%) MSBuild
4 2 (2.564%) Selenium
4 2 (2.564%) Git (software)
4 2 (2.564%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (2.564%) InstallShield
4 2 (2.564%) Bugzilla
4 2 (2.564%) Xcode
4 2 (2.564%) NUnit
5 1 (1.282%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (1.282%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
General
1 16 (20.51%) Finance
2 5 (6.410%) Music
3 4 (5.128%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.564%) Front Office
5 1 (1.282%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.282%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.282%) Games
5 1 (1.282%) Banking
5 1 (1.282%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (87.18%) Developer
2 34 (43.59%) .NET Developer
3 20 (25.64%) Software Developer
4 16 (20.51%) Senior Developer
5 13 (16.67%) C# Developer
6 8 (10.26%) Software Engineer
7 7 (8.974%) Senior .NET Developer
7 7 (8.974%) C# .NET Developer
8 6 (7.692%) WPF Developer
8 6 (7.692%) WinForms Developer
9 4 (5.128%) Microsoft Developer
10 3 (3.846%) Senior Software Developer
10 3 (3.846%) .NET Software Engineer
10 3 (3.846%) Programmer
10 3 (3.846%) Analyst
10 3 (3.846%) Agile .NET Developer
10 3 (3.846%) Senior WinForms Developer
11 2 (2.564%) UI Programmer
11 2 (2.564%) UI Developer
11 2 (2.564%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.974%) Computer Science
2 6 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.410%) Streaming Music
4 4 (5.128%) Fixed Income
4 4 (5.128%) Credit Derivative
4 4 (5.128%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 4 (5.128%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.128%) SaaS
5 3 (3.846%) W3C
6 1 (1.282%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.282%) DTV
6 1 (1.282%) NHS
6 1 (1.282%) iPhone
6 1 (1.282%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 43 (55.13%) Windows
2 4 (5.128%) Linux
2 4 (5.128%) UNIX
3 3 (3.846%) Android
4 2 (2.564%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.90%) MVC
2 13 (16.67%) Web Development
3 12 (15.38%) Scrum
3 12 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (15.38%) OO
4 10 (12.82%) TDD
5 8 (10.26%) Software Engineering
6 6 (7.692%) Dependency Injection
7 5 (6.410%) Web Application Development
7 5 (6.410%) Domain-Driven Design
7 5 (6.410%) Unit Testing
7 5 (6.410%) OOD
8 4 (5.128%) B2B
8 4 (5.128%) CRM
8 4 (5.128%) OOP
8 4 (5.128%) Business Analysis
8 4 (5.128%) Extreme Programming
8 4 (5.128%) Workflow
8 4 (5.128%) Investment Management
9 3 (3.846%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 78 (100.00%) C#
2 23 (29.49%) JavaScript
2 23 (29.49%) SQL
3 17 (21.79%) VB.NET
4 11 (14.10%) Java
5 9 (11.54%) T-SQL
6 6 (7.692%) C++
7 5 (6.410%) VBA
8 4 (5.128%) VB
8 4 (5.128%) Korn
8 4 (5.128%) F#
8 4 (5.128%) Bash shell
9 3 (3.846%) Python
10 2 (2.564%) Objective-C
10 2 (2.564%) VB6
10 2 (2.564%) Delphi
10 2 (2.564%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (14.10%) Degree
3 9 (11.54%) MCP
4 5 (6.410%) MCAD
4 5 (6.410%) MCSD
4 5 (6.410%) MCTS
Vendors
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.692%) Sybase
3 5 (6.410%) Infragistics
3 5 (6.410%) DevExpress
4 3 (3.846%) Oracle
5 1 (1.282%) Wall Street Systems
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My Dundee based client are currently looking for a number of developers to join their team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity for the right...
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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EMIS
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum depending on level of experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: Unspecified £ Negotiable on Experience
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