The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WinForms over the 3 months to 21 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 Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 28 25 24
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -1
Permanent jobs citing WinForms 5 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 3.650% 4.040% 3.000%
As % of the Application Development category 10.00% 10.81% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 3
Average salary £40,000 £33,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.40% +11.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Application Development
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
50 37 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 36.50% 37.37% 22.00%
Number of salaries quoted 47 29 22
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +13.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £30,000 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WinForms
West Yorkshire

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield WinForms Salary Trend

WinForms
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) C#
3 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
4 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 6 (66.67%) .NET Framework
4 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (22.22%) Ajax
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 2 (22.22%) Java
6 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (11.11%) SQL
6 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (11.11%) IIS
6 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
6 1 (11.11%) SOAP
6 1 (11.11%) Web Services
6 1 (11.11%) XML
6 1 (11.11%) MySQL
6 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (11.11%) Workflow
6 1 (11.11%) jQuery

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) .NET Framework
3 2 (22.22%) Ajax
3 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 1 (11.11%) SOAP
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) SQL Server
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (11.11%) MySQL
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (66.67%) Systems Developer
3 3 (33.33%) .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft