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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5766
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.980 %0.444 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£320-
Average daily rate£321-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£321-
UK excluding London average daily rate£263£325
% change on same period last year-19.14 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.63£33.00
% change on same period last year+7.95 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads202225
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.282 %0.226 %
Daily rates quoted4569
Average minimum daily rate£284£299
Average daily rate£315£337
% change on same period last year-6.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted3445
Average minimum hourly rate£32.57£32.18
Average hourly rate£34.48£37.67
% change on same period last year-8.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.39£43.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Silverlight South WestSilverlight
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Silverlight
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Silverlight across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol Silverlight Demand Trend

Silverlight
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)WPF
33 (60.00 %)SQL Server
33 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (60.00 %)C#
42 (40.00 %)XML
42 (40.00 %)Windows
42 (40.00 %)Microsoft
42 (40.00 %)CMS
42 (40.00 %)Content Management
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (40.00 %).NET Framework
51 (20.00 %)WCF
51 (20.00 %)Scrum
51 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
51 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
51 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
51 (20.00 %)NUnit
51 (20.00 %)CruiseControl
51 (20.00 %)VB6
51 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
51 (20.00 %)Back Office
51 (20.00 %)MVC
51 (20.00 %)XAML
51 (20.00 %)Migration
51 (20.00 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (20.00 %)Internet
51 (20.00 %)UML
51 (20.00 %)MSMQ

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)WPF
33 (60.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (40.00 %)XML
42 (40.00 %).NET Framework
51 (20.00 %)WCF
51 (20.00 %)MVC
51 (20.00 %)COM+
51 (20.00 %)ASP
51 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)CMS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft CRM
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)Internet
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)SQL Server
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)NUnit
11 (20.00 %)CruiseControl
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Back Office
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Developer
23 (60.00 %).NET Developer
32 (40.00 %)C# Developer
41 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (20.00 %).NET Software Engineer
41 (20.00 %)UI Developer
41 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Content Management
21 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (20.00 %)UML
21 (20.00 %)CRM
21 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
21 (20.00 %)Migration
21 (20.00 %)Scrum
21 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)C#
21 (20.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)VB
21 (20.00 %)VB.NET
21 (20.00 %)XAML
21 (20.00 %)VB6
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)MSMQ
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Microsoft