Microsoft Silverlight
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Silverlight skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Silverlight over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
519 |
- |
715 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+110 |
| Contract jobs citing Silverlight |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK |
0.003% |
- |
0.005% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category |
0.015% |
- |
0.022% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£480 |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
- |
£506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
- |
- |
£550 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
-26.67% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
- |
£713 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£810 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
- |
- |
£475 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+11.76% |
Silverlight falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills |
6,644 |
8,946 |
13,890 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK |
22.70% |
20.54% |
23.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
4,558 |
6,207 |
10,141 |
| 10th Percentile |
£363 |
£338 |
£400 |
| 25th Percentile |
£425 |
£425 |
£463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£525 |
£530 |
£550 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-0.94% |
-3.64% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£650 |
£650 |
£675 |
| 90th Percentile |
£780 |
£771 |
£775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate |
£490 |
£500 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-2.00% |
- |
- |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
112 |
233 |
153 |
| 10th Percentile |
£27.14 |
£21.25 |
£31.60 |
| 25th Percentile |
£48.25 |
£40.00 |
£48.50 |
| Median hourly rate |
£65.00 |
£46.18 |
£65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+40.75% |
-28.95% |
+32.65% |
| 75th Percentile |
£68.75 |
£65.00 |
£75.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82.87 |
£74.89 |
£80.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate |
£65.00 |
£47.50 |
£64.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+36.84% |
-25.78% |
+30.61% |
