The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dundee region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 24 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 Dundee 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Silverlight 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
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
Dundee
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
10 19 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dundee 50.00% 44.19% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
Average daily rate £225 £225 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 0
Average hourly rate - £32.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Silverlight
Scotland