The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank - 62 72
Contract jobs citing Silverlight 0 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - 0.497% 0.411%
As % of the Application Development category - 1.702% 1.544%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £270 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
163 235 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.18% 29.19% 26.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 126 174
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £495 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Silverlight
North West

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Silverlight Hourly Rate Trend