The first table below looks at the demand for WPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Rank 30 27 21
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -6
Permanent jobs citing WPF 12 21 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 5.286% 7.925% 7.656%
As % of the Application Development category 9.091% 13.55% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 16
Average salary £40,000 £25,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+60.00% -44.44%
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
+5.33% +4.16%
All Application Development
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
132 155 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 58.15% 58.49% 55.50%
Number of salaries quoted 120 134 111
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
WPF
West Midlands

WPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire WPF Salary Trend

WPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 23 (100.00%) C#
2 22 (95.65%) SQL Server
2 22 (95.65%) Silverlight
3 20 (86.96%) WinForms
3 20 (86.96%) .NET
4 19 (82.61%) HTML
4 19 (82.61%) JavaScript
4 19 (82.61%) PL/SQL
4 19 (82.61%) SQL
4 19 (82.61%) T-SQL
4 19 (82.61%) XHTML
4 19 (82.61%) PRINCE
4 19 (82.61%) CSS
4 19 (82.61%) Web Services
4 19 (82.61%) MVC
4 19 (82.61%) Web Development
4 19 (82.61%) .NET Framework
4 19 (82.61%) jQuery
4 19 (82.61%) CSS3
4 19 (82.61%) Automation Testing
5 17 (73.91%) Multithreading
5 17 (73.91%) MVVM
5 17 (73.91%) LINQ
6 4 (17.39%) WCF
7 3 (13.04%) Degree
7 3 (13.04%) Finance
8 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
8 2 (8.696%) Windows
8 2 (8.696%) MFC
8 2 (8.696%) Razor View Engine

WPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 22 (95.65%) Silverlight
2 20 (86.96%) WinForms
2 20 (86.96%) .NET
3 19 (82.61%) HTML
3 19 (82.61%) XHTML
3 19 (82.61%) CSS
3 19 (82.61%) Web Services
3 19 (82.61%) .NET Framework
3 19 (82.61%) jQuery
3 19 (82.61%) CSS3
4 17 (73.91%) LINQ
5 4 (17.39%) WCF
6 2 (8.696%) MFC
6 2 (8.696%) Razor View Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (95.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.348%) Automotive
2 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (95.65%) Developer
2 13 (56.52%) C# Developer
3 12 (52.17%) WPF Developer
4 7 (30.43%) Software Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Software Developer
5 6 (26.09%) Senior Developer
6 5 (21.74%) .NET Developer
7 4 (17.39%) Senior C# Developer
8 3 (13.04%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (8.696%) Architect
9 2 (8.696%) Junior
9 2 (8.696%) Test Engineer
9 2 (8.696%) C# Architect
9 2 (8.696%) Junior Test Engineer
9 2 (8.696%) Senior Architect
9 2 (8.696%) Junior Software Developer
9 2 (8.696%) Junior Software Engineer
9 2 (8.696%) Software Test Engineer
9 2 (8.696%) Junior Developer
9 2 (8.696%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.348%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.696%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) PRINCE
1 19 (82.61%) MVC
1 19 (82.61%) Web Development
1 19 (82.61%) Automation Testing
2 17 (73.91%) Multithreading
2 17 (73.91%) MVVM
3 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
4 1 (4.348%) CAD
4 1 (4.348%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) C#
2 19 (82.61%) JavaScript
2 19 (82.61%) PL/SQL
2 19 (82.61%) SQL
2 19 (82.61%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.348%) C++
3 1 (4.348%) VC++
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree