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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the Hertfordshire 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£263£325
% change on same period last year-19.14 %
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£35.63£33.00
% change on same period last year+7.95 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads294519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.418 %0.524 %
Daily rates quoted118208
Average minimum daily rate£323£317
Average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted2123
Average minimum hourly rate£29.58£34.58
Average hourly rate£29.96£35.82
% change on same period last year-16.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.34£37.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Silverlight East of EnglandSilverlight
East of England

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

Hertfordshire Silverlight Demand Trend

Silverlight
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Forms
11 (100.00 %)CRM
11 (100.00 %)Oracle CRM
11 (100.00 %)WinForms
11 (100.00 %)VB6
11 (100.00 %)Smartphone
11 (100.00 %)PDA
11 (100.00 %).NET Framework
11 (100.00 %)WPF

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)WinForms
11 (100.00 %).NET Framework
11 (100.00 %)WPF
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (100.00 %)Oracle CRM
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Forms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Smartphone
11 (100.00 %)PDA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)CRM
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C#
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %)VB6
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle