The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 21 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 South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 199 193 203
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +10
Contract jobs citing Silverlight 21 52 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.265% 0.512% 0.487%
As % of the Application Development category 1.075% 2.243% 1.859%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 30 31
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £451 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £38.50 £55.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.50 £30.75 £190.00
% change year-on-year
+25.20% -83.81%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1954 2318 2690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.67% 22.82% 26.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1020 1151 1233
Average daily rate £350 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.87% +0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 105 196
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.60 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £40.00 £45.00
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Silverlight Daily Rate Trend

Silverlight
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Silverlight across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Silverlight Daily Rate Histogram

Silverlight
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Surrey +13 6 £325 -7.14%
Berkshire +13 5 - -
Hampshire -21 5 £290 -3.33%
Kent -2 3 - -
Buckinghamshire 0 1 - -
Silverlight
England

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 51 (83.61%) C#
2 45 (73.77%) .NET
3 28 (45.90%) XML
3 28 (45.90%) Windows
4 24 (39.34%) SQL Server
4 24 (39.34%) Microsoft
5 22 (36.07%) CRM
5 22 (36.07%) Dynamics CRM
6 21 (34.43%) WPF
7 19 (31.15%) SQL
8 17 (27.87%) SOA
9 16 (26.23%) Telecoms
10 15 (24.59%) JavaScript
10 15 (24.59%) Web Services
11 14 (22.95%) SharePoint
11 14 (22.95%) Oracle
12 13 (21.31%) WCF
13 12 (19.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (16.39%) .NET Framework
14 10 (16.39%) XSD
15 9 (14.75%) Visual Studio
15 9 (14.75%) Agile Software Development
16 8 (13.11%) Scrum
16 8 (13.11%) SalesLogix
16 8 (13.11%) Degree
16 8 (13.11%) MVVM
16 8 (13.11%) Windows Phone
17 7 (11.48%) Moq
17 7 (11.48%) MS Excel
17 7 (11.48%) Data Modelling

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 45 (73.77%) .NET
2 28 (45.90%) XML
3 21 (34.43%) WPF
4 15 (24.59%) Web Services
5 13 (21.31%) WCF
6 10 (16.39%) .NET Framework
6 10 (16.39%) XSD
7 7 (11.48%) XSL
8 6 (9.836%) SOAP
8 6 (9.836%) HTML
9 5 (8.197%) Middleware
10 3 (4.918%) CORBA
10 3 (4.918%) XSLT
11 2 (3.279%) WSDL
11 2 (3.279%) XML Schema
12 1 (1.639%) J2EE
12 1 (1.639%) CSS
12 1 (1.639%) Servlets
12 1 (1.639%) Ajax
12 1 (1.639%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 14 (22.95%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.836%) IIS
3 5 (8.197%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (8.197%) Windows Azure
4 4 (6.557%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (1.639%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) MS Excel
2 5 (8.197%) Fireworks
2 5 (8.197%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.639%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 22 (36.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (13.11%) SalesLogix
3 5 (8.197%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.557%) BSS
2 3 (4.918%) 3GPP
2 3 (4.918%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (39.34%) SQL Server
2 12 (19.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (8.197%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (6.557%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (6.557%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (6.557%) GIS
5 3 (4.918%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (3.279%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.639%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.639%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.639%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 9 (14.75%) Visual Studio
2 7 (11.48%) Moq
2 7 (11.48%) NUnit
3 3 (4.918%) Rational Rose
3 3 (4.918%) Telelogic TAU
3 3 (4.918%) Selenium
3 3 (4.918%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (3.279%) JIRA
4 2 (3.279%) Subversion
General
1 16 (26.23%) Telecoms
2 6 (9.836%) Finance
3 1 (1.639%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.639%) Advertising
3 1 (1.639%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (57.38%) Developer
2 14 (22.95%) Silverlight Developer
3 8 (13.11%) Software Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
4 7 (11.48%) Consultant
4 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Consultant
4 7 (11.48%) CRM Consultant
4 7 (11.48%) C# Developer
5 6 (9.836%) .NET Developer
6 5 (8.197%) Design Engineer
7 4 (6.557%) Architect
8 3 (4.918%) CRM Developer
8 3 (4.918%) CRM Architect
8 3 (4.918%) WPF Developer
8 3 (4.918%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (3.279%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
9 2 (3.279%) Dynamics CRM Developer
9 2 (3.279%) Senior .NET Developer
9 2 (3.279%) C# Software Engineer
9 2 (3.279%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.557%) Mathematics
1 4 (6.557%) Physics
1 4 (6.557%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.918%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.279%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (45.90%) Windows
2 8 (13.11%) Windows Phone
3 4 (6.557%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (4.918%) Windows 8
4 3 (4.918%) Windows Phone 8
5 2 (3.279%) Windows Phone 7
6 1 (1.639%) Linux
6 1 (1.639%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.639%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.07%) CRM
2 17 (27.87%) SOA
3 9 (14.75%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (13.11%) Scrum
4 8 (13.11%) MVVM
5 7 (11.48%) Data Modelling
5 7 (11.48%) UML
5 7 (11.48%) Unit Testing
6 6 (9.836%) Migration
7 5 (8.197%) Project Management
7 5 (8.197%) EAI
7 5 (8.197%) Workflow
7 5 (8.197%) Data Analysis
7 5 (8.197%) Use Case
7 5 (8.197%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (8.197%) User Stories
8 4 (6.557%) Product Management
9 3 (4.918%) TDD
9 3 (4.918%) Test Automation
9 3 (4.918%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (83.61%) C#
2 19 (31.15%) SQL
3 15 (24.59%) JavaScript
4 7 (11.48%) XAML
5 6 (9.836%) AWK
5 6 (9.836%) Perl
6 5 (8.197%) Python
7 4 (6.557%) sed
7 4 (6.557%) Java
8 2 (3.279%) XPath
8 2 (3.279%) C++
9 1 (1.639%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) Degree
2 1 (1.639%) HND
2 1 (1.639%) BC Cleared
2 1 (1.639%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.279%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.197%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 24 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.95%) Oracle
3 7 (11.48%) Teradata
4 6 (9.836%) Sage
5 3 (4.918%) Telelogic
5 3 (4.918%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 1 (1.639%) ESRI
6 1 (1.639%) Nokia
6 1 (1.639%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.639%) WSO2
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