Silverlight Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 22 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 City of London 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 158 153 119
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -34
Contract jobs citing Silverlight 47 62 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.731% 0.777% 1.335%
As % of the Application Development category 2.557% 3.027% 4.797%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 57 118
Average daily rate £475 £525 £623
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.52% -15.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £379
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £725
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 £31.00 £190.00
% change year-on-year
+24.19% -83.68%
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 1838 2048 2689
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.59% 25.67% 27.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1451 1521 2090
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 27 22
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £43.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -42.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.50 £119.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Silverlight
London

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Silverlight Daily Rate Trend

Silverlight
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Silverlight across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Silverlight Daily Rate Histogram

Silverlight
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Silverlight Hourly Rate Trend

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 48 (71.64%) .NET
2 44 (65.67%) C#
3 27 (40.30%) WPF
4 24 (35.82%) Microsoft
5 23 (34.33%) SQL
5 23 (34.33%) ASP.NET
6 21 (31.34%) JavaScript
7 18 (26.87%) SQL Server
7 18 (26.87%) Finance
7 18 (26.87%) Banking
8 17 (25.37%) Agile Software Development
8 17 (25.37%) WCF
9 15 (22.39%) .NET Framework
9 15 (22.39%) TDD
10 14 (20.90%) Windows
10 14 (20.90%) jQuery
10 14 (20.90%) SQL Server 2008
11 13 (19.40%) OO
12 12 (17.91%) Java
12 12 (17.91%) MVC
12 12 (17.91%) MVVM
13 11 (16.42%) Web Services
13 11 (16.42%) XML
13 11 (16.42%) MS Excel
14 10 (14.93%) E-Commerce
14 10 (14.93%) CSS
14 10 (14.93%) Oracle
14 10 (14.93%) XAML
14 10 (14.93%) Front Office
14 10 (14.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 48 (71.64%) .NET
2 27 (40.30%) WPF
3 23 (34.33%) ASP.NET
4 17 (25.37%) WCF
5 15 (22.39%) .NET Framework
6 14 (20.90%) jQuery
7 11 (16.42%) Web Services
7 11 (16.42%) XML
8 10 (14.93%) CSS
8 10 (14.93%) LINQ
9 8 (11.94%) Ajax
9 8 (11.94%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (8.955%) Flash
10 6 (8.955%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 4 (5.970%) SOAP
11 4 (5.970%) XHTML
11 4 (5.970%) REST
12 3 (4.478%) Apache Flex
12 3 (4.478%) HTML5
12 3 (4.478%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.463%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.478%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (2.985%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (2.985%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.493%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (1.493%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (1.493%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.493%) ArcGIS
4 1 (1.493%) Rendezvous
4 1 (1.493%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (16.42%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.463%) Photoshop
3 4 (5.970%) MS Office
3 4 (5.970%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (2.985%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.493%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (1.493%) Quicktime
Business Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.970%) Internet
2 3 (4.478%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (26.87%) SQL Server
2 14 (20.90%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (14.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (13.43%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (5.970%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (4.478%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (4.478%) TOAD
8 2 (2.985%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (2.985%) Sybase ASE
8 2 (2.985%) SSDT
8 2 (2.985%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (1.493%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (1.493%) GIS
9 1 (1.493%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (1.493%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.493%) DTS
9 1 (1.493%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (1.493%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Visual Studio
2 6 (8.955%) Expression Blend
3 4 (5.970%) Subversion
3 4 (5.970%) JIRA
4 3 (4.478%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 3 (4.478%) Rhino Mocks
4 3 (4.478%) MSTest
5 2 (2.985%) NUnit
5 2 (2.985%) TortoiseSVN
5 2 (2.985%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (2.985%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (1.493%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (1.493%) Selenium
6 1 (1.493%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.493%) NCover
6 1 (1.493%) FishEye
6 1 (1.493%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.493%) QUnit
6 1 (1.493%) Jasmine
6 1 (1.493%) MSBuild
General
1 18 (26.87%) Finance
1 18 (26.87%) Banking
2 10 (14.93%) Front Office
3 6 (8.955%) Investment Banking
4 4 (5.970%) Retail
5 1 (1.493%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.493%) Games
Job Titles
1 51 (76.12%) Developer
2 12 (17.91%) .NET Developer
2 12 (17.91%) C# Developer
3 9 (13.43%) Silverlight Developer
4 8 (11.94%) Senior Developer
5 5 (7.463%) WPF Developer
5 5 (7.463%) Analyst
6 4 (5.970%) Consultant
6 4 (5.970%) Analyst Developer
6 4 (5.970%) ASP.NET Developer
6 4 (5.970%) Senior C# Developer
6 4 (5.970%) CRM Consultant
6 4 (5.970%) C# .NET Developer
7 3 (4.478%) UI Developer
7 3 (4.478%) UI Programmer
7 3 (4.478%) SharePoint Developer
7 3 (4.478%) Architect
8 2 (2.985%) Software Developer
8 2 (2.985%) Business Developer
8 2 (2.985%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) RIA
2 6 (8.955%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.478%) Mathematics
3 3 (4.478%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.985%) N-Tier
4 2 (2.985%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.985%) Derivative
4 2 (2.985%) Economics
4 2 (2.985%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.985%) iPad
5 1 (1.493%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.493%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.493%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.493%) Spread Betting
5 1 (1.493%) Physics
5 1 (1.493%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.493%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.493%) Social Media
5 1 (1.493%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.493%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.90%) Windows
2 6 (8.955%) Windows 8
3 2 (2.985%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (2.985%) Windows Phone
3 2 (2.985%) Windows Phone 8
4 1 (1.493%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.493%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.493%) Windows Phone 7
4 1 (1.493%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.493%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.37%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (22.39%) TDD
3 13 (19.40%) OO
4 12 (17.91%) MVC
4 12 (17.91%) MVVM
5 10 (14.93%) E-Commerce
5 10 (14.93%) Multithreading
6 9 (13.43%) CRM
7 8 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (8.955%) Unit Testing
8 6 (8.955%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (5.970%) OOP
9 4 (5.970%) Scrum
9 4 (5.970%) Workflow
9 4 (5.970%) Time Management
9 4 (5.970%) Data Analysis
10 3 (4.478%) Dimensional Modelling
10 3 (4.478%) Analytics
10 3 (4.478%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (4.478%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 44 (65.67%) C#
2 23 (34.33%) SQL
3 21 (31.34%) JavaScript
4 12 (17.91%) Java
5 10 (14.93%) XAML
6 9 (13.43%) VB.NET
7 5 (7.463%) T-SQL
8 4 (5.970%) VBA
8 4 (5.970%) Python
9 3 (4.478%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.493%) XPath
10 1 (1.493%) ActionScript
10 1 (1.493%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (5.970%) Degree
2 2 (2.985%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.970%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.493%) QA
2 1 (1.493%) Basel III
System Software
1 2 (2.985%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (35.82%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.93%) Oracle
3 6 (8.955%) Cadis
4 5 (7.463%) Adobe
4 5 (7.463%) Charles River
5 4 (5.970%) Business Objects
6 2 (2.985%) Sybase
6 2 (2.985%) Telerik
7 1 (1.493%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.493%) 29West
7 1 (1.493%) GoldenSource
7 1 (1.493%) Google
7 1 (1.493%) ESRI
7 1 (1.493%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.493%) Apple
7 1 (1.493%) SAP
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Rate: £450 - £500 per day
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City, London
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
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