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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the Reading 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same 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£351-
% 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£33.33£35.00
% change on same period last year-4.76 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads243238
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.324 %0.241 %
Daily rates quoted7377
Average minimum daily rate£296£334
Average daily rate£316£353
% change on same period last year-10.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1910
Average minimum hourly rate£30.29£29.53
Average hourly rate£34.03£29.91
% change on same period last year+13.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.76£30.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Silverlight BerkshireSilverlight
Berkshire

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

Reading Silverlight Demand Trend

Silverlight
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Silverlight across the Reading region.

Reading Silverlight Daily Rate Trend

Silverlight
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Silverlight Hourly Rate Trend

Silverlight
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

18 (100.00 %)C#
18 (100.00 %).NET
18 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
26 (75.00 %)Microsoft
33 (37.50 %)WebServices
33 (37.50 %)SQL Server
33 (37.50 %)HTML
41 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %).NET
18 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
23 (37.50 %)WebServices
23 (37.50 %)HTML
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (37.50 %)SQL Server
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Developer
15 (62.50 %).NET Developer
24 (50.00 %)C# Developer
24 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
24 (50.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
31 (12.50 %)SQL Developer
31 (12.50 %)SQL Server Developer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)C#
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (75.00 %)Microsoft
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