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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the Lancashire 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank36-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.471 %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£321£325
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
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£40.00£23.33
% change on same period last year+71.42 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads68161
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.110 %0.176 %
Daily rates quoted925
Average minimum daily rate£253£282
Average daily rate£266£304
% change on same period last year-12.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£279£326
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted2316
Average minimum hourly rate£21.37£23.60
Average hourly rate£23.01£25.47
% change on same period last year-9.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.65£27.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
Silverlight North WestSilverlight
North West

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

Lancashire Silverlight Demand Trend

Silverlight
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
21 (50.00 %)WCF
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2008
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)XHTML
21 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
21 (50.00 %)Construction
21 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
21 (50.00 %)Scrum

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %).NET
12 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
21 (50.00 %)CSS
21 (50.00 %)XHTML
21 (50.00 %).NET Framework
21 (50.00 %)WCF
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)BizTalk Server
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2008
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Construction
11 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Programmer
11 (50.00 %).NET Developer
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
11 (50.00 %).NET Programmer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Scrum
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft