WPF Jobs in the West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for WPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WPF over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) England / West Midlands
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	148	150	108
Rank change year-on-year	+2	-42
Permanent jobs citing WPF	80	91	133
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	1.57%	1.47%	2.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	3.91%	4.33%	6.12%
Number of salaries quoted	78	88	127
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£29,400	£29,000	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£45,000	£50,750	£47,500
UK excluding London median salary	£41,500	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-2.35%	+6.25%

WPF is in the industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Software Library & Framework Skills West Midlands
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	2044	2104	2172
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands	40.06%	34.00%	37.89%
Number of salaries quoted	1778	1764	1976
Median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£37,500
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£51,000	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-

WPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the West Midlands citing WPF as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category.

Job vacancy trend for WPF in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for WPF in the West Midlands

WPF
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing WPF in the West Midlands over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for WPF in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WPF within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Staffordshire	+13	35	£40,000	-	6
Birmingham	0	18	£37,500	+7.14%	1
Worcestershire	+3	10	£33,000	+20.00%
Warwickshire	+16	6	£25,000	-41.17%	4
Coventry	-16	6	£30,000	-40.00%	1
Herefordshire	-	2	£38,750	-	2
Shropshire	+7	1	£55,000	+29.41%
Halesowen	-	1	£43,500	-
WPF England

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing WPF also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for WPF.

1	158 (97.53%)	C#
2	157 (96.91%)	.NET
3	120 (74.07%)	SQL Server
4	75 (46.30%)	MVC
5	74 (45.68%)	SQL
6	66 (40.74%)	TDD
7	63 (38.89%)	Agile Software Development
7	63 (38.89%)	ASP.NET
8	55 (33.95%)	HTML
9	53 (32.72%)	WinForms
10	51 (31.48%)	ASP.NET MVC
11	49 (30.25%)	CSS
12	47 (29.01%)	SOLID
13	43 (26.54%)	VB.NET
13	43 (26.54%)	Microsoft

14	41 (25.31%)	WCF
15	40 (24.69%)	SQL Server 2008
15	40 (24.69%)	JavaScript
16	39 (24.07%)	Windows
17	35 (21.60%)	.NET Framework
17	35 (21.60%)	ASP.NET Web API
18	34 (20.99%)	Mentoring
18	34 (20.99%)	Microservices
19	32 (19.75%)	MySQL
19	32 (19.75%)	jQuery
20	31 (19.14%)	T-SQL
21	27 (16.67%)	Line Management
22	25 (15.43%)	Kanban
22	25 (15.43%)	Greenfield Project
23	24 (14.81%)	MVVM

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Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	9 (5.56%)	CMS
2	5 (3.09%)	Elasticsearch
3	1 (0.62%)	IIS
3	1 (0.62%)	ThingWorx

Applications
1	5 (3.09%)	Microsoft Excel

Cloud Services
1	9 (5.56%)	Microsoft Azure
2	4 (2.47%)	Amazon AWS
2	4 (2.47%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	18 (11.11%)	Broadband
2	1 (0.62%)	Skype

Database & Business Intelligence
1	120 (74.07%)	SQL Server
2	40 (24.69%)	SQL Server 2008
3	32 (19.75%)	MySQL
4	16 (9.88%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	15 (9.26%)	SQL Server 2016
6	11 (6.79%)	SQL Server 2014
7	10 (6.17%)	Relational Database
8	6 (3.70%)	MongoDB
9	3 (1.85%)	NoSQL
9	3 (1.85%)	RDBMS
9	3 (1.85%)	Riak
10	2 (1.23%)	Neo4j
10	2 (1.23%)	SQL Server Integration Services
11	1 (0.62%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	20 (12.35%)	Moq
1	20 (12.35%)	NUnit
1	20 (12.35%)	Rhino Mocks
2	18 (11.11%)	MSTest
3	14 (8.64%)	Team Foundation Server
4	13 (8.02%)	Visual Studio
5	5 (3.09%)	TeamCity
6	2 (1.23%)	Subversion
7	1 (0.62%)	Cucumber
7	1 (0.62%)	Git (software)
7	1 (0.62%)	JBehave
7	1 (0.62%)	Jenkins
7	1 (0.62%)	ReSharper
7	1 (0.62%)	Selenium
7	1 (0.62%)	WebDriver

General
1	19 (11.73%)	Electronics
2	18 (11.11%)	Telecoms
3	9 (5.56%)	Finance
4	4 (2.47%)	Advertising
5	3 (1.85%)	Games
6	1 (0.62%)	Automotive
6	1 (0.62%)	Manufacturing
6	1 (0.62%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	144 (88.89%)	Developer
2	90 (55.56%)	C# Developer
3	82 (50.62%)	.NET Developer
4	42 (25.93%)	C# .NET Developer
5	33 (20.37%)	Senior Developer
6	30 (18.52%)	Full Stack Developer
7	29 (17.90%)	Senior C# Developer
8	27 (16.67%)	Software Developer
9	26 (16.05%)	HTML Developer
10	24 (14.81%)	SQL Developer
11	22 (13.58%)	ASP.NET MVC Developer
12	21 (12.96%)	ASP.NET Developer
13	20 (12.35%)	C# ASP.NET Developer
14	19 (11.73%)	HTML CSS Developer
15	18 (11.11%)	C# Software Developer
15	18 (11.11%)	Senior Full Stack Developer
15	18 (11.11%)	Telecoms Developer
15	18 (11.11%)	WPF Developer
16	15 (9.26%)	.NET Software Developer
16	15 (9.26%)	C# WPF Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	157 (96.91%)	.NET
2	63 (38.89%)	ASP.NET
3	55 (33.95%)	HTML
4	53 (32.72%)	WinForms
5	51 (31.48%)	ASP.NET MVC
6	49 (30.25%)	CSS
7	41 (25.31%)	WCF
8	35 (21.60%)	.NET Framework
8	35 (21.60%)	ASP.NET Web API
9	32 (19.75%)	jQuery
10	22 (13.58%)	AngularJS
11	21 (12.96%)	HTML5
12	20 (12.35%)	Entity Framework
13	18 (11.11%)	Castle Windsor
13	18 (11.11%)	Ninject
13	18 (11.11%)	Spring.NET
13	18 (11.11%)	Unity DI Container
14	15 (9.26%)	LINQ
15	12 (7.41%)	Web Services
16	11 (6.79%)	Node.js

Miscellaneous
1	25 (15.43%)	Greenfield Project
2	10 (6.17%)	Computer Science
3	9 (5.56%)	Enterprise Software
4	4 (2.47%)	Blog
5	3 (1.85%)	N-Tier
6	2 (1.23%)	Analytical Skills
6	2 (1.23%)	Mobile App
6	2 (1.23%)	Online Gambling
6	2 (1.23%)	Streaming Music
7	1 (0.62%)	Client/Server
7	1 (0.62%)	Embedded Systems
7	1 (0.62%)	SCADA
7	1 (0.62%)	User Experience
7	1 (0.62%)	Xbox

Operating Systems
1	39 (24.07%)	Windows
2	6 (3.70%)	Windows Mobile
3	1 (0.62%)	Android

Processes & Methodologies
1	75 (46.30%)	MVC
2	66 (40.74%)	TDD
3	63 (38.89%)	Agile Software Development
4	47 (29.01%)	SOLID
5	34 (20.99%)	Mentoring
5	34 (20.99%)	Microservices
6	27 (16.67%)	Line Management
7	25 (15.43%)	Kanban
8	24 (14.81%)	MVVM
8	24 (14.81%)	Scrum
9	23 (14.20%)	Dependency Injection
10	21 (12.96%)	Continuous Integration
11	20 (12.35%)	Inversion of Control
11	20 (12.35%)	Web Development
12	19 (11.73%)	E-Commerce
13	16 (9.88%)	SDLC
13	16 (9.88%)	Software Engineering
14	14 (8.64%)	OO
15	9 (5.56%)	OOP
15	9 (5.56%)	Responsive Web Design

Programming Languages
1	158 (97.53%)	C#
2	74 (45.68%)	SQL
3	43 (26.54%)	VB.NET
4	40 (24.69%)	JavaScript
5	31 (19.14%)	T-SQL
6	12 (7.41%)	VB
7	10 (6.17%)	XAML
8	6 (3.70%)	F#
9	5 (3.09%)	Ruby
10	3 (1.85%)	Java
11	2 (1.23%)	C++
11	2 (1.23%)	Erlang
11	2 (1.23%)	TypeScript
11	2 (1.23%)	VB6
12	1 (0.62%)	VBA