The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 17 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 Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 49 52 48
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Contract jobs citing Silverlight 1 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.187% 1.059% 0.155%
As % of the Application Development category 0.926% 4.500% 1.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
Average daily rate £375 £325 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -10.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.50 £30.75 £190.00
% change year-on-year
+25.20% -83.81%
All Application Development
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
108 200 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 20.22% 23.53% 14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 138 36
Average daily rate £305 £320 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.84% +16.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £405 £372
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 7
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Silverlight
South West

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Silverlight Jobs Demand Trend

Silverlight
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Silverlight across the Bristol region.

Bristol Silverlight Daily Rate Trend

Silverlight
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Silverlight across the Bristol region.

Bristol Silverlight Hourly Rate Trend

Silverlight
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Silverlight 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Silverlight.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Silverlight also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Silverlight. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft