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The table below looks at the demand for Windows Forms (WinForms) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WinForms over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWindows Forms (WinForms)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank125167
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching permanent IT job ads10157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.024 %
As % of the category below3.830 %2.189 %
Salaries quoted10055
Average minimum salary£30,305£28,951
Average salary£33,910£31,426
% change on same period last year+7.90 %
Average maximum salary£37,514£33,902
UK excluding London average salary£35,366£37,354
% change on same period last year-5.32 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads26372604
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.459 %1.092 %
Salaries quoted23572343
Average minimum salary£29,947£29,940
Average salary£32,519£32,682
% change on same period last year-0.49 %
Average maximum salary£35,092£35,425
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,795
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
WinForms EnglandWinForms
England

WinForms
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands WinForms Demand Trend

WinForms
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands WinForms Salary Trend

WinForms
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WinForms across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+2126£29,865+4.94 %
HerefordshireUp+1226£41,750+3.08 %
StaffordshireUp+417£29,118+3.20 %
WorcestershireUp+811£31,318-
WarwickshireDown-67£29,429-5.37 %
CoventryDown-94£35,625+3.76 %
WolverhamptonDown-52£33,750+37.75 %
ShropshireNew entry-1£40,000-
HalesowenNew entry-1£37,500-
SolihullDown-21£40,000+110.52 %
WinForms EnglandWinForms
England

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1182 (91.00 %)C#
2181 (90.50 %).NET
3160 (80.00 %)SQL Server
494 (47.00 %)ASP.NET
568 (34.00 %)Windows
658 (29.00 %)OO
754 (27.00 %)SQL
852 (26.00 %)C++
852 (26.00 %).NET Framework
947 (23.50 %)XML
1044 (22.00 %)WebServices
1142 (21.00 %)Health
1142 (21.00 %)SQL Server 2005
1241 (20.50 %)Finance
1241 (20.50 %)Pensions
1337 (18.50 %)Microsoft
1436 (18.00 %)VB.NET
1527 (13.50 %)Visual Studio
1527 (13.50 %)Degree
1623 (11.50 %)Education
1720 (10.00 %)UML
1819 (9.500 %)SQL Server 2000
1917 (8.500 %)IIS
2015 (7.500 %)ADO.NET
2114 (7.000 %)VB
2213 (6.500 %)Transact-SQL
2213 (6.500 %)MS Excel
2311 (5.500 %)CRM
2311 (5.500 %)HTML
2410 (5.000 %)VBA

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1181 (90.50 %).NET
294 (47.00 %)ASP.NET
352 (26.00 %).NET Framework
447 (23.50 %)XML
544 (22.00 %)WebServices
615 (7.500 %)ADO.NET
711 (5.500 %)HTML
810 (5.000 %)WPF
99 (4.500 %)WCF
108 (4.000 %)ASP
108 (4.000 %)CSS
116 (3.000 %)AJAX
124 (2.000 %)WF
124 (2.000 %)XSLT
133 (1.500 %)ODBC
142 (1.000 %).NET Remoting
151 (0.500 %)Silverlight
151 (0.500 %)ASP.NET 2.0
151 (0.500 %)CGI
151 (0.500 %)SOAP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (8.500 %)IIS
26 (3.000 %)SharePoint
34 (2.000 %)BizTalk Server
42 (1.000 %)CMS
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (6.500 %)MS Excel
27 (3.500 %)MS Visio
35 (2.500 %)Spreadsheet
42 (1.000 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (2.500 %)Microsoft CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1160 (80.00 %)SQL Server
242 (21.00 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (9.500 %)SQL Server 2000
49 (4.500 %)Crystal Reports
52 (1.000 %)MS Access
52 (1.000 %)Datawarehouse
52 (1.000 %)DTS
52 (1.000 %)RDBMS
52 (1.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52 (1.000 %)MySQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (13.50 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.500 %)NUnit
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (21.00 %)Health
241 (20.50 %)Finance
241 (20.50 %)Pensions
323 (11.50 %)Education
48 (4.000 %)Banking
57 (3.500 %)Retail
66 (3.000 %)Manufacturing
74 (2.000 %)Automotive
74 (2.000 %)Marketing
83 (1.500 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (1.000 %)Back Office
92 (1.000 %)Investment Banking
92 (1.000 %)Insurance
101 (0.500 %)Government
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1176 (88.00 %)Developer
295 (47.50 %)C# Developer
372 (36.00 %).NET Developer
437 (18.50 %)Software Developer
525 (12.50 %)GUI Developer
624 (12.00 %)CSharp Software Developer
624 (12.00 %)Senior Developer
723 (11.50 %)ASP.NET Developer
821 (10.50 %)VB.NET Developer
821 (10.50 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
918 (9.000 %)WinForms Developer
918 (9.000 %)Senior C# Developer
918 (9.000 %)Senior .NET Developer
1011 (5.500 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1011 (5.500 %)Programmer
1110 (5.000 %)Junior
1110 (5.000 %)Analyst
1110 (5.000 %)Junior Developer
128 (4.000 %)Analyst Programmer
128 (4.000 %)C# Analyst Programmer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (4.500 %)Pocket PC
24 (2.000 %)PDA
24 (2.000 %)SCADA
24 (2.000 %)Fixed Income
33 (1.500 %)Client/Server
33 (1.500 %)N-Tier
33 (1.500 %)Derivative
42 (1.000 %)Mathematics
42 (1.000 %)Tandem
51 (0.500 %)Multithreading
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
168 (34.00 %)Windows
24 (2.000 %)Windows XP
24 (2.000 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (2.000 %)Windows Vista
24 (2.000 %)Windows Server 2008
32 (1.000 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
158 (29.00 %)OO
220 (10.00 %)UML
311 (5.500 %)CRM
47 (3.500 %)Logistics
56 (3.000 %)Business Intelligence
65 (2.500 %)OOP
65 (2.500 %)Content Management
74 (2.000 %)Document Management
74 (2.000 %)Workflow
74 (2.000 %)Project Management
74 (2.000 %)Creative Marketing
83 (1.500 %)Unit Testing
92 (1.000 %)Requirements Management
92 (1.000 %)Web Development
92 (1.000 %)OOA/OOD
92 (1.000 %)RAD
92 (1.000 %)Scrum
101 (0.500 %)Extreme Programming
101 (0.500 %)Data Management
101 (0.500 %)RUP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1182 (91.00 %)C#
254 (27.00 %)SQL
352 (26.00 %)C++
436 (18.00 %)VB.NET
514 (7.000 %)VB
613 (6.500 %)Transact-SQL
710 (5.000 %)VBA
89 (4.500 %)JavaScript
96 (3.000 %)Delphi
104 (2.000 %)VB6
113 (1.500 %)DHTML
113 (1.500 %)C
122 (1.000 %)Java
131 (0.500 %)FoxPro (VFP)
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
127 (13.50 %)Degree
26 (3.000 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (0.500 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.500 %)MCAD
31 (0.500 %)MCSD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.500 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (18.50 %)Microsoft
25 (2.500 %)Borland
34 (2.000 %)Onyx
42 (1.000 %)Oracle
42 (1.000 %)Infragistics
42 (1.000 %)RedDot