The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 50 26 30
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +4
Permanent jobs citing WPF 1 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 0.405% 6.790% 2.551%
As % of the Application Development category 0.893% 14.10% 6.098%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 5
Average salary £47,000 £40,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.50% +40.35%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Application Development
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
112 78 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 45.34% 48.15% 41.84%
Number of salaries quoted 107 61 79
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WPF
West Midlands

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
2 4 (80.00%) Silverlight
2 4 (80.00%) LINQ
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) VC++
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) WinForms
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
2 4 (80.00%) Silverlight
2 4 (80.00%) LINQ
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) .NET Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Junior Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Junior
3 2 (40.00%) Graduate Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Graduate .NET Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Graduate
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Scrum
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) VC++
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Oracle
Solihull, West Midlands
The Senior Developer (C#, .NET & WPF) must have good knowledge of C# and .Net and have a strong academic background... The Senior Developer (C#, .NET & WPF) will be...
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 25 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Market leading software company with a phenomenal record of growth over the last 15 years is looking to recruit a Senior C# .NET (WPF, MVC) Software Developer to...
Kingfisher Consultancy
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + pension, health, life cover
Posted: 24 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
The Developer must have good knowledge of at least one Microsoft visual programming language (C#, .Net, VB etc) as well as experience with relational databases and MySQL or...
Boston Capel
Salary: Depending on experience
Posted: 25 May 2013