Silverlight Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 20 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 North West 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 115 129 119
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -10
Contract jobs citing Silverlight 4 7 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.173% 0.220% 0.432%
As % of the Application Development category 0.638% 0.743% 1.766%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 8
Average daily rate £213 £270 £369
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.29% -26.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.50 £30.75 £190.00
% change year-on-year
+25.20% -83.81%
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 627 942 736
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 27.06% 29.67% 24.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 522 427
Average daily rate £300 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £407
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 28 23
Average hourly rate £29.96 £19.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.64% -29.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.50 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.37 £33.32 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Silverlight
England

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester +9 2 - -
Lancashire - 1 £213 -
Silverlight
England

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 5 (83.33%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) WCF
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (33.33%) MVC
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) UML
4 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) VB
4 2 (33.33%) jQuery
5 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
5 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 1 (16.67%) VBA
5 1 (16.67%) IIS
5 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
5 1 (16.67%) COM
5 1 (16.67%) DCOM
5 1 (16.67%) CSS
5 1 (16.67%) SOAP

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 4 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 3 (50.00%) WCF
3 2 (33.33%) jQuery
3 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 1 (16.67%) WPF
4 1 (16.67%) COM
4 1 (16.67%) DCOM
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) SOAP
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) XSD
4 1 (16.67%) ActiveX
4 1 (16.67%) Ajax
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Remoting
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) MSMQ
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) InfoPath
1 1 (16.67%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) PerformancePoint
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 1 (16.67%) NUnit
1 1 (16.67%) Subversion
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (16.67%) TortoiseSVN
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Silverlight Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Phone 7
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Phone 8
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) OOD
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
2 1 (16.67%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (16.67%) VBA
3 1 (16.67%) VB6
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
1 1 (16.67%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Twitter
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