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

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 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£313-
% 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£31.25£33.00
% change on same period last year-5.30 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads232391
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.313 %0.391 %
Daily rates quoted4439
Average minimum daily rate£341£358
Average daily rate£362£375
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted313
Average minimum hourly rate£23.50£29.22
Average hourly rate£27.13£29.79
% change on same period last year-8.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.75£30.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.45£33.05
% change on same period last year-1.82 %
Silverlight EnglandSilverlight
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Midlands Silverlight Demand Trend

Silverlight
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)NUnit
22 (66.67 %)AJAX
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (66.67 %)WCF
22 (66.67 %)WinForms
22 (66.67 %)IIS
22 (66.67 %)Visual Studio
22 (66.67 %)Oracle
22 (66.67 %)HTML
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
22 (66.67 %)CSS
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)Oracle Forms
22 (66.67 %)Oracle 10g
22 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (66.67 %)CSS
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)WinForms
22 (66.67 %)AJAX
22 (66.67 %)WCF
22 (66.67 %)HTML
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)IIS
12 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
22 (66.67 %)Oracle 10g
22 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)Visual Studio
12 (66.67 %)Oracle Forms
12 (66.67 %)NUnit
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %).NET Developer
22 (66.67 %)C# Developer
31 (33.33 %)JavaScript Developer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Windows
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Oracle