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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank220-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.141 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£425-
Average daily rate£438-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£384-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.63-
% change on same period last year-
Application Development City of LondonApplication Development
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads21251679
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.822 %1.723 %
Daily rates quoted1233741
Average minimum daily rate£399£455
Average daily rate£436£491
% change on same period last year-11.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£526
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£336
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted6030
Average minimum hourly rate£30.51£25.73
Average hourly rate£32.70£29.12
% change on same period last year+12.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.88£32.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.60£33.11
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
Silverlight LondonSilverlight
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Silverlight Hourly Rate Trend

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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.

114 (82.35 %)C#
213 (76.47 %).NET
39 (52.94 %)SQL Server
47 (41.18 %)ASP.NET
55 (29.41 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (23.53 %)LINQ
64 (23.53 %)AJAX
64 (23.53 %)Flash
64 (23.53 %)HTML
73 (17.65 %)SQL
73 (17.65 %)Visual Studio
73 (17.65 %)ActionScript
73 (17.65 %)CSS
73 (17.65 %)Microsoft
73 (17.65 %)Law
73 (17.65 %)Cuyahoga
82 (11.76 %).NET Framework
82 (11.76 %)Adobe Flex
82 (11.76 %)WCF
82 (11.76 %)Adobe
82 (11.76 %)WebServices
82 (11.76 %)XML
82 (11.76 %)Oracle
82 (11.76 %)JavaScript
82 (11.76 %)Perl
91 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
91 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
91 (5.882 %)VB.NET
91 (5.882 %)Java
91 (5.882 %)DHTML

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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
113 (76.47 %).NET
27 (41.18 %)ASP.NET
34 (23.53 %)AJAX
34 (23.53 %)LINQ
34 (23.53 %)HTML
43 (17.65 %)Cuyahoga
43 (17.65 %)CSS
52 (11.76 %)WebServices
52 (11.76 %)XML
52 (11.76 %).NET Framework
52 (11.76 %)Adobe Flex
52 (11.76 %)WCF
61 (5.882 %)WPF
61 (5.882 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (5.882 %)XSLT
61 (5.882 %)SOAP
61 (5.882 %)J2EE
61 (5.882 %)ADO.NET
61 (5.882 %)ASP
Application Platforms
11 (5.882 %)BizTalk Server
11 (5.882 %)CMS
11 (5.882 %)DotNetNuke
Database & Business Intelligence
19 (52.94 %)SQL Server
25 (29.41 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
14 (23.53 %)Flash
23 (17.65 %)Visual Studio
General
13 (17.65 %)Law
21 (5.882 %)Banking
21 (5.882 %)Marketing
21 (5.882 %)Interactive Media
Job Titles
19 (52.94 %)Developer
25 (29.41 %)Web Developer
25 (29.41 %)Senior Developer
34 (23.53 %)Senior Web Developer
43 (17.65 %).NET Project Manager
43 (17.65 %)Project Manager
43 (17.65 %)C# Developer
52 (11.76 %)Software Engineer
52 (11.76 %).NET Software Engineer
61 (5.882 %)Senior C# Developer
61 (5.882 %)Web Designer
61 (5.882 %)Programmer
61 (5.882 %).NET Developer
Operating Systems
11 (5.882 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
11 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
11 (5.882 %)Scrum
11 (5.882 %)TDD
11 (5.882 %)Content Management
11 (5.882 %)Enterprise Architecture
11 (5.882 %)Facility Management
11 (5.882 %)Web Development
11 (5.882 %)Wealth Management
Programming Languages
114 (82.35 %)C#
23 (17.65 %)SQL
23 (17.65 %)ActionScript
32 (11.76 %)JavaScript
32 (11.76 %)Perl
41 (5.882 %)PL/SQL
41 (5.882 %)DHTML
41 (5.882 %)Java
41 (5.882 %)Transact-SQL
41 (5.882 %)VB.NET
Vendors
13 (17.65 %)Microsoft
22 (11.76 %)Adobe
22 (11.76 %)Oracle
31 (5.882 %)Reuters
31 (5.882 %)Infragistics
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