The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 23 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 Leicestershire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 28 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Silverlight 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.948% - 0.426%
As % of the Application Development category 2.667% - 0.917%
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
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
75 59 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 35.55% 27.44% 46.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 22 26
Average daily rate £300 £275 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -6.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £406 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 20
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Silverlight
East Midlands

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Silverlight Daily Rate Trend

Silverlight
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire Silverlight Hourly Rate Trend

Silverlight
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Silverlight within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Loughborough - 1 - -
Silverlight
East Midlands

Silverlight
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 7 (77.78%) WPF
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle
2 6 (66.67%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) Visual Studio
3 5 (55.56%) .NET
4 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
4 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Infragistics
4 4 (44.44%) Expression Blend
4 4 (44.44%) MVVM
4 4 (44.44%) Telerik
5 3 (33.33%) UML
5 3 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
6 2 (22.22%) SQL
6 2 (22.22%) Logistics
7 1 (11.11%) Web Development
7 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
7 1 (11.11%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
7 1 (11.11%) HTML
7 1 (11.11%) CSS
7 1 (11.11%) XML
7 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
7 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 7 (77.78%) WPF
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
4 1 (11.11%) HTML
4 1 (11.11%) CSS
4 1 (11.11%) XML
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 4 (44.44%) Expression Blend
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Silverlight Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Architect
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
1 4 (44.44%) MVVM
2 3 (33.33%) UML
3 2 (22.22%) Logistics
4 1 (11.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Chartered Engineer
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle
2 4 (44.44%) Infragistics
2 4 (44.44%) Telerik
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft