The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 15 16 27
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 36 25 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 14.46% 13.16% 7.643%
As % of the Application Development category 33.03% 29.07% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 36 25 12
Average salary £42,500 £55,000 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £26,000 £30,150
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Application Development
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
109 86 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 43.78% 45.26% 59.24%
Number of salaries quoted 106 80 89
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,650 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £43,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Silverlight
Bedfordshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Silverlight Jobs Demand Trend

Silverlight
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Silverlight across the Bedford region.

Bedford Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bedford Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Silverlight.

1 60 (98.36%) .NET
2 59 (96.72%) C#
3 55 (90.16%) SQL
4 46 (75.41%) WPF
5 44 (72.13%) WinForms
6 43 (70.49%) WCF
7 40 (65.57%) MVC
7 40 (65.57%) ASP.NET
7 40 (65.57%) SQL Server
8 39 (63.93%) Microsoft
9 34 (55.74%) WF
10 31 (50.82%) Oracle
11 30 (49.18%) T-SQL
11 30 (49.18%) Web Services
12 27 (44.26%) MSTest
13 25 (40.98%) XML
13 25 (40.98%) CSS
14 23 (37.70%) MS Excel
14 23 (37.70%) .NET Framework
14 23 (37.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 22 (36.07%) HTML
16 21 (34.43%) JavaScript
16 21 (34.43%) NUnit
16 21 (34.43%) ASP.NET MVC
17 20 (32.79%) Scrum
18 19 (31.15%) Crystal Reports
18 19 (31.15%) Windows
18 19 (31.15%) PowerBuilder
19 17 (27.87%) Visual Studio Team System
20 14 (22.95%) Project Management

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Silverlight. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 60 (98.36%) .NET
2 46 (75.41%) WPF
3 44 (72.13%) WinForms
4 43 (70.49%) WCF
5 40 (65.57%) ASP.NET
6 34 (55.74%) WF
7 30 (49.18%) Web Services
8 25 (40.98%) XML
8 25 (40.98%) CSS
9 23 (37.70%) .NET Framework
10 22 (36.07%) HTML
11 21 (34.43%) ASP.NET MVC
12 11 (18.03%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 10 (16.39%) ASP
14 4 (6.557%) ASP.NET MVC 4
14 4 (6.557%) jQuery
15 3 (4.918%) ADO.NET
15 3 (4.918%) XSLT
15 3 (4.918%) LINQ
15 3 (4.918%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 9 (14.75%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.836%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (4.918%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.639%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 23 (37.70%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (18.03%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.918%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (65.57%) SQL Server
2 23 (37.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 19 (31.15%) Crystal Reports
4 12 (19.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (9.836%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (9.836%) RDBMS
6 5 (8.197%) SQL Server 2012
7 4 (6.557%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (4.918%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (3.279%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 27 (44.26%) MSTest
2 21 (34.43%) NUnit
3 19 (31.15%) PowerBuilder
4 17 (27.87%) Visual Studio Team System
5 12 (19.67%) Visual Studio
6 11 (18.03%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (11.48%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (6.557%) JIRA
9 3 (4.918%) Rhino Mocks
9 3 (4.918%) Moq
10 1 (1.639%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 45 (73.77%) Developer
2 31 (50.82%) C# Developer
3 17 (27.87%) C# .NET Developer
4 13 (21.31%) Team Leader
4 13 (21.31%) Development Team Leader
5 10 (16.39%) Senior Developer
5 10 (16.39%) .NET Team Leader
6 9 (14.75%) Senior C# Developer
7 5 (8.197%) .NET Developer
8 4 (6.557%) Web Team Leader
8 4 (6.557%) Software Developer
9 3 (4.918%) SQL Developer
9 3 (4.918%) Consultant
9 3 (4.918%) Programmer
10 2 (3.279%) Junior C# .NET Developer
10 2 (3.279%) Development Consultant
10 2 (3.279%) C# Programmer
10 2 (3.279%) SQL Database Developer
10 2 (3.279%) Junior
10 2 (3.279%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Client/Server
2 4 (6.557%) Wiki
3 1 (1.639%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.639%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.639%) Physics
3 1 (1.639%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 19 (31.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (65.57%) MVC
2 20 (32.79%) Scrum
3 14 (22.95%) Project Management
4 12 (19.67%) TDD
5 11 (18.03%) CRM
6 10 (16.39%) Kanban
7 7 (11.48%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (6.557%) Unit Testing
8 4 (6.557%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (6.557%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (6.557%) SOA
9 3 (4.918%) ETL
9 3 (4.918%) Software Engineering
9 3 (4.918%) Knowledge Management
10 2 (3.279%) Use Case
10 2 (3.279%) Product Management
10 2 (3.279%) Business Analysis
11 1 (1.639%) OO
11 1 (1.639%) Workflow
11 1 (1.639%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 59 (96.72%) C#
2 55 (90.16%) SQL
3 30 (49.18%) T-SQL
4 21 (34.43%) JavaScript
5 7 (11.48%) VBScript
6 4 (6.557%) VB6
6 4 (6.557%) VB
6 4 (6.557%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.639%) PhD
1 1 (1.639%) Degree
Vendors
1 39 (63.93%) Microsoft
2 31 (50.82%) Oracle
3 4 (6.557%) Telerik
4 3 (4.918%) Typemock
Bedford, Bedfordshire
C# Support Developer x 2 - £30K-£45K - Bedfordshire - C#, Silverlight, PowerBuilder... This involves working on many modules of my client's global software written on the .NET platform...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
An experienced C# Developer who has a broad knowledge of the following technologies would be suitable: - C# - .NET 4.0 / 4.5 - SQL OR Oracle - ASP.NET - ASP...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
A FTSE100 software house are seeking a Dynamics CRM Developer with a deep knowledge of C# and the .NET Framework to work on a major project to develop,...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare, Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The successful developer will be working in a major project to develop, maintain and support a newly implemented Microsoft Dynamics CRM system. A fantastic opportunity to join the...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
A FTSE100 software house are hiring a strong Development Team Leader to manage a team of skilled C# Software Developers working on NEW enterprise development of Web and...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Bupa, 25 days
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 15 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £38000 - £47000 per annum + Pension + Health
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £23000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013