The first table below looks at the demand for Expression Blend skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Expression Blend over the 3 months to 22 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 Development Applications category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Expression Blend
Rank 195 184 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Permanent jobs citing Expression Blend 4 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.080% 0.130% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.640% 0.955% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 0
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-13.33% -
All Development Applications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
625 628 410
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 12.43% 13.61% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 572 551 366
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Expression Blend
England

Expression Blend
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Expression Blend across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

West Midlands Expression Blend Jobs Demand Trend

Expression Blend
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Expression Blend Salary Trend

Expression Blend
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Expression Blend within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warwickshire - 4 £35,000 -
Expression Blend
England

Expression Blend
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Expression Blend 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 Expression Blend.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) WPF
1 5 (100.00%) MVVM
2 3 (60.00%) Big Data
3 2 (40.00%) XAML
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) Data Mining
3 2 (40.00%) Predictive Modelling

Expression Blend
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Expression Blend 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 Expression Blend. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) WPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Big Data
2 2 (40.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) WPF Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) MVVM
2 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (40.00%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) XAML