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Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 115 Silverlight job vacancies

The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 314 250 175
Rank change year-on-year
-64 -75
Contract jobs citing Silverlight 244 401 658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.507% 0.691% 1.057%
As % of the Application Development category 1.825% 2.684% 3.816%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 299 498
Average daily rate £515 £438 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.71% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £600 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
Average hourly rate £54.00 £36.50 £190.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.94% -80.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.50 £36.50 £190.00
% change year-on-year
+5.47% -80.78%
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 13369 14943 17245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.79% 25.75% 27.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8406 8920 10221
Average daily rate £375 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -11.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 381 538
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.50 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Silverlight Daily Rate Trend

Silverlight
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Silverlight within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 within the UK.

Silverlight Hourly Rate Trend

Silverlight
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Silverlight within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Silverlight Hourly Rate Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
England -74 236 £515 +17.71% 113
London -46 155 £525 - 50
City of London -35 39 £475 -13.63% 12
South West +32 20 £525 +61.53% 10
Yorkshire +6 19 £300 - 3
South East -4 19 £325 -7.14% 8
Surrey +25 11 £325 -13.33% 2
West Midlands +4 11 £419 +19.64% 7
East of England +8 8 £450 +38.46% 23
York - 7 £303 - 3
North Yorkshire - 7 £303 - 3
Birmingham +10 6 £475 +35.71% 4
South Yorkshire +8 5 £300 -
Devon +1 5 £310 +30.52%
Exeter 0 5 £310 -
West Yorkshire -9 5 £294 -2.08%
Leeds -15 5 £294 -2.08%
Scotland -8 4 - - 2
Hampshire -14 4 £290 -3.33%
Sheffield - 4 £300 -
Berkshire +15 3 - -
Suffolk +12 3 £325 -
North West +10 3 £213 -21.29% 4
Reading +8 3 - -
Canary Wharf +2 3 £608 +21.50%
East Midlands +1 3 £550 +129.16% 7
Hertfordshire +21 2 £431 +1.47%
Manchester +3 2 - - 3
Bury St Edmunds +1 2 - -
Essex -2 2 £500 - 5

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 427 (75.84%) C#
2 391 (69.45%) .NET
3 240 (42.63%) WPF
4 209 (37.12%) SQL Server
5 196 (34.81%) ASP.NET
6 194 (34.46%) JavaScript
7 177 (31.44%) Microsoft
8 166 (29.48%) SQL
9 148 (26.29%) Windows
10 143 (25.40%) WCF
11 122 (21.67%) MVC
12 120 (21.31%) .NET Framework
13 119 (21.14%) XML
14 118 (20.96%) Finance
15 106 (18.83%) Web Services
16 105 (18.65%) TDD
17 99 (17.58%) Banking
18 95 (16.87%) MVVM
19 91 (16.16%) SQL Server 2008
19 91 (16.16%) HTML
20 86 (15.28%) Visual Studio
21 85 (15.10%) CSS
22 84 (14.92%) Ajax
23 81 (14.39%) Java
23 81 (14.39%) Agile Software Development
24 74 (13.14%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
25 72 (12.79%) jQuery
26 67 (11.90%) Oracle
27 66 (11.72%) E-Commerce
27 66 (11.72%) Unit Testing

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
1 391 (69.45%) .NET
2 240 (42.63%) WPF
3 196 (34.81%) ASP.NET
4 143 (25.40%) WCF
5 120 (21.31%) .NET Framework
6 119 (21.14%) XML
7 106 (18.83%) Web Services
8 91 (16.16%) HTML
9 85 (15.10%) CSS
10 84 (14.92%) Ajax
11 74 (13.14%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 72 (12.79%) jQuery
13 56 (9.947%) LINQ
13 56 (9.947%) ASP.NET MVC
14 52 (9.236%) REST
15 40 (7.105%) JSON
16 35 (6.217%) HTML5
17 34 (6.039%) Flash
18 27 (4.796%) SOAP
19 25 (4.440%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 61 (10.83%) SharePoint
2 28 (4.973%) IIS
3 26 (4.618%) SharePoint 2010
4 19 (3.375%) SharePoint Server
4 19 (3.375%) BizTalk Server
5 17 (3.020%) Windows Azure
5 17 (3.020%) ArcGIS
6 9 (1.599%) TIBCO EMS
7 8 (1.421%) CMS
8 6 (1.066%) Documentum
8 6 (1.066%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (1.066%) ArcSDE
9 4 (0.710%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.533%) SharePoint 2013
10 3 (0.533%) Apache
11 2 (0.355%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.355%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.355%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.178%) MS Exchange
12 1 (0.178%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 53 (9.414%) MS Excel
2 19 (3.375%) Photoshop
3 11 (1.954%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (1.776%) MS Office
5 8 (1.421%) Fireworks
6 7 (1.243%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.888%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.888%) InfoPath
8 2 (0.355%) OmniGraffle
8 2 (0.355%) Office 365
8 2 (0.355%) PowerPivot
8 2 (0.355%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (0.355%) Quicktime
Business Applications
1 60 (10.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.243%) RMDS
3 5 (0.888%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.355%) SalesLogix
5 1 (0.178%) Summit
5 1 (0.178%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.178%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.329%) HTTP
2 18 (3.197%) Internet
3 7 (1.243%) Intranet
4 5 (0.888%) Extranet
5 4 (0.710%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.533%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.533%) Broadband
6 3 (0.533%) DNS
6 3 (0.533%) xDSL
7 2 (0.355%) SNMP
7 2 (0.355%) BSS
8 1 (0.178%) Firewall
8 1 (0.178%) 3GPP
8 1 (0.178%) SMTP
8 1 (0.178%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.178%) SSL
8 1 (0.178%) SAN
8 1 (0.178%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (37.12%) SQL Server
2 91 (16.16%) SQL Server 2008
3 63 (11.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 46 (8.171%) SQL Server 2005
5 45 (7.993%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (2.487%) Oracle 8/8i
7 12 (2.131%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 12 (2.131%) TOAD
8 10 (1.776%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.599%) GIS
9 9 (1.599%) SQL Server 2000
10 7 (1.243%) BusinessObjects
10 7 (1.243%) Sybase ASE
11 6 (1.066%) SQL Server 2012
11 6 (1.066%) Data Mining
11 6 (1.066%) DTS
12 5 (0.888%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.888%) Oracle 11g
12 5 (0.888%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.710%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 86 (15.28%) Visual Studio
2 40 (7.105%) Team Foundation Server
3 28 (4.973%) Microsoft Blend
4 25 (4.440%) Subversion
4 25 (4.440%) NUnit
5 19 (3.375%) MSTest
6 17 (3.020%) TeamCity
7 14 (2.487%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
7 14 (2.487%) Moq
8 11 (1.954%) TortoiseSVN
9 9 (1.599%) NMock
10 8 (1.421%) MSBuild
10 8 (1.421%) JIRA
11 7 (1.243%) Rhino Mocks
12 6 (1.066%) Oracle Forms
13 4 (0.710%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.710%) Selenium
14 3 (0.533%) Visual Studio Team System
14 3 (0.533%) StyleCop
15 2 (0.355%) CodeRush
General
1 118 (20.96%) Finance
2 99 (17.58%) Banking
3 50 (8.881%) Investment Banking
4 29 (5.151%) Front Office
5 14 (2.487%) Retail
5 14 (2.487%) Telecoms
6 8 (1.421%) Publishing
7 7 (1.243%) Back Office
8 6 (1.066%) Games
8 6 (1.066%) Advertising
9 2 (0.355%) Marketing
10 1 (0.178%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.178%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.178%) Legal
10 1 (0.178%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.178%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 464 (82.42%) Developer
2 166 (29.48%) C# Developer
3 122 (21.67%) .NET Developer
4 100 (17.76%) Silverlight Developer
5 68 (12.08%) C# .NET Developer
6 53 (9.414%) WPF Developer
7 37 (6.572%) Architect
8 35 (6.217%) Senior Developer
9 26 (4.618%) ASP.NET Developer
9 26 (4.618%) Agile C# Developer
10 25 (4.440%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 25 (4.440%) Software Developer
11 22 (3.908%) CRM Developer
12 21 (3.730%) Dynamics CRM Developer
13 20 (3.552%) Software Engineer
13 20 (3.552%) Web Developer
14 19 (3.375%) UI Developer
14 19 (3.375%) UI Programmer
15 17 (3.020%) SharePoint Developer
15 17 (3.020%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 41 (7.282%) RIA
3 33 (5.861%) Fixed Income
4 17 (3.020%) N-Tier
5 15 (2.664%) Client/Server
6 14 (2.487%) Inversion of Control
7 13 (2.309%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.776%) Mathematics
8 10 (1.776%) Computer Science
8 10 (1.776%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.243%) Equities
9 7 (1.243%) Derivative
9 7 (1.243%) Digital Media
10 6 (1.066%) Social Media
10 6 (1.066%) Physics
10 6 (1.066%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.066%) W3C
11 4 (0.710%) Open Source
11 4 (0.710%) Kinect
11 4 (0.710%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 148 (26.29%) Windows
2 25 (4.440%) Windows 7
3 24 (4.263%) Windows 8
4 18 (3.197%) Windows Phone
5 15 (2.664%) Android
5 15 (2.664%) Apple iOS
6 13 (2.309%) Linux
6 13 (2.309%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (2.131%) Windows Mobile
8 10 (1.776%) Windows Phone 8
9 9 (1.599%) Windows Phone 7
10 8 (1.421%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (1.066%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.533%) Windows XP
13 2 (0.355%) UNIX
14 1 (0.178%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (21.67%) MVC
2 105 (18.65%) TDD
3 95 (16.87%) MVVM
4 81 (14.39%) Agile Software Development
5 66 (11.72%) E-Commerce
5 66 (11.72%) Unit Testing
6 65 (11.55%) CRM
6 65 (11.55%) OO
7 46 (8.171%) Scrum
8 39 (6.927%) Multithreading
8 39 (6.927%) Kanban
9 38 (6.750%) BDD
10 37 (6.572%) UML
11 35 (6.217%) Workflow
12 33 (5.861%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (5.329%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (4.440%) Data Analysis
15 24 (4.263%) SOA
16 22 (3.908%) Web Development
17 21 (3.730%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 427 (75.84%) C#
2 194 (34.46%) JavaScript
3 166 (29.48%) SQL
4 81 (14.39%) Java
5 57 (10.12%) XAML
6 35 (6.217%) T-SQL
7 26 (4.618%) VB.NET
8 17 (3.020%) C++
9 16 (2.842%) PL/SQL
10 15 (2.664%) Python
11 14 (2.487%) VBA
12 11 (1.954%) VB
13 7 (1.243%) ActionScript
14 5 (0.888%) C
14 5 (0.888%) XPath
14 5 (0.888%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.533%) VB6
15 3 (0.533%) VBScript
16 2 (0.355%) Perl
17 1 (0.178%) AWK
Qualifications
1 31 (5.506%) Degree
2 24 (4.263%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.197%) DV Cleared
4 10 (1.776%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.533%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.355%) PhD
7 1 (0.178%) MCP
7 1 (0.178%) MCAD
7 1 (0.178%) MCSD
7 1 (0.178%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.178%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.178%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.421%) ISO 9001
2 7 (1.243%) Basel II
3 5 (0.888%) QA
4 2 (0.355%) SLA
5 1 (0.178%) TickIT
5 1 (0.178%) WAI
5 1 (0.178%) Basel III
System Software
1 19 (3.375%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.178%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (0.355%) MOM
2 1 (0.178%) Control-M
Vendors
1 177 (31.44%) Microsoft
2 67 (11.90%) Oracle
3 17 (3.020%) ESRI
4 15 (2.664%) Sybase
4 15 (2.664%) Cadis
5 12 (2.131%) Adobe
6 11 (1.954%) Business Objects
7 10 (1.776%) TIBCO
8 7 (1.243%) Telerik
8 7 (1.243%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.243%) SAP
9 6 (1.066%) 29West
10 5 (0.888%) Infragistics
10 5 (0.888%) Reuters
10 5 (0.888%) Bloomberg
10 5 (0.888%) Charles River
11 4 (0.710%) Teradata
12 2 (0.355%) LogiXML
12 2 (0.355%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.355%) Twitter
Silverlight Developer
Surrey
Our client is looking for a Silverlight Developer to start immediately. You must have the following essential skills: .NET 4.0 Silverlight. WPF... Further details and job spec...
Proactive Appointments
Rate: Unspecified Market Rate
Posted: 18 June 2013
C# .NET Software Developer - C# .NET Contractor
York, North Yorkshire
C# /.NET / Agile / SQL Server / WCF / WPF / Silverlight / York / Leeds / Yorkshire / North Yorkshire / West Yorkshire... developing complex OO applications in C#. This is NOT an ASP.net development...
AMsource Technology
Rate: From £225 to £250 per day depending on experience
Posted: 17 June 2013
CRM Developer - (Dynamics 4.0 & 2011/C#.NET/Javascript)
London
The client is looking for a CRM Developer with strong C#.NET and JavaScript programming skills who can develop using Visual Studio and MS Dynamics CRM 2011 to...
Initi8 Recruitment
Rate: £350 - 410 Per Annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cadis Developer - SQL/.NET- Contract - Edinburgh - £Market
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Skills required include but are not limited to; Essential; - Experience in Cadis development - Experience gained from within the Investment sector - Proven experience is SQL and SQL Server - Experience...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £Market
Posted: 18 June 2013
Senior Developer
London
Developer, C#.Net, ASP.Net, SQL Server, WPF, Agile, Market Risk, Credit Risk. Developer - C#.Net / ASP.Net... The C#.NET Developer will have experience of:- * C#.Net *...
Venn Group
Rate: £500 Per Annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Dynamics CRM 2011 Developer
City of London
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £200 - £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
UI / UX Software Engineer .net, WPF, UX, UI
Woking, Surrey
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
MS Dynamics CRM Developer (contract)
City of London
Sand Resources
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Software Developer (DV)
Wiltshire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £650 - £750 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Technical Consultant
Birmingham, West Midlands
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £325 - £425 per day
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