Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

 Microsoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank102139251
Rank change year-on-year
Up+37Up+112
Matching permanent IT job ads622722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire1.572 %0.578 %0.187 %
As % of the Application Development category4.309 %2.009 %0.706 %
Salaries quoted602622
Average salary£40,000£40,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--5.880 %
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£32,500£37,000
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-12.16 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
143913443114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire36.49 %28.75 %26.48 %
Salaries quoted125011372678
Average salary£37,500£40,000£39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.250 %+1.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Silverlight South EastSilverlight
South East

Silverlight
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Silverlight across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire Silverlight Demand Trend

Silverlight
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Berkshire Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Silverlight within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewburyNew entry-12£40,000-
WindsorDown-28£40,000-11.11 %
MaidenheadNew entry-8£40,000-
BracknellUp+55£40,000+23.07 %
ReadingUp+154£40,000+45.45 %
HungerfordNew entry-4£36,000-
SloughNew entry-2£45,000-
WokinghamNew entry-2£35,000-
Silverlight South EastSilverlight
South East

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

191 (69.47 %).NET
275 (57.25 %)C#
367 (51.15 %)JavaScript
464 (48.85 %)ASP.NET
552 (39.69 %)SQL Server
647 (35.88 %)HTML
745 (34.35 %)CSS
843 (32.82 %)Marketing
941 (31.30 %)SQL Server 2005
1038 (29.01 %)AJAX
1137 (28.24 %)Flash
1236 (27.48 %)Photoshop
1236 (27.48 %)Microsoft
1334 (25.95 %)CMS
1334 (25.95 %)Web Development
1433 (25.19 %)Web 2.0
1532 (24.43 %)SEO
1532 (24.43 %)Pay per click
1629 (22.14 %)SQL Server 2008
1629 (22.14 %)Image Processing
1629 (22.14 %)Social Media
1727 (20.61 %)Internet
1826 (19.85 %)ActionScript
1826 (19.85 %)Adobe Illustrator
1826 (19.85 %)Joomla!
1826 (19.85 %)Drupal
1826 (19.85 %)Digital Marketing
1925 (19.08 %)Web Services
2020 (15.27 %)SQL
2119 (14.50 %)XML

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
191 (69.47 %).NET
264 (48.85 %)ASP.NET
347 (35.88 %)HTML
445 (34.35 %)CSS
538 (29.01 %)AJAX
637 (28.24 %)Flash
725 (19.08 %)Web Services
819 (14.50 %)XML
819 (14.50 %)WPF
918 (13.74 %)WCF
1011 (8.397 %).NET Framework
1011 (8.397 %)Adobe Flex
117 (5.344 %)NHibernate
126 (4.580 %)WF
135 (3.817 %)MonoRail
135 (3.817 %)jQuery
135 (3.817 %)ASP.NET MVC
144 (3.053 %)RESTful
153 (2.290 %)Adobe AIR
153 (2.290 %)XSLT
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
134 (25.95 %)CMS
226 (19.85 %)Joomla!
226 (19.85 %)Drupal
36 (4.580 %)SharePoint
45 (3.817 %)IIS
51 (0.763 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
136 (27.48 %)Photoshop
226 (19.85 %)Adobe Illustrator
34 (3.053 %)InfoPath
42 (1.527 %)MS Excel
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.763 %)Google Analytics
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
127 (20.61 %)Internet
25 (3.817 %)Broadband
34 (3.053 %)Intranet
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
152 (39.69 %)SQL Server
241 (31.30 %)SQL Server 2005
329 (22.14 %)SQL Server 2008
47 (5.344 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (3.053 %)DTS
63 (2.290 %)MySQL
63 (2.290 %)Datawarehouse
72 (1.527 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (9.924 %)Visual Studio
27 (5.344 %)NUnit
35 (3.817 %)Subversion
35 (3.817 %)Rhino Mocks
44 (3.053 %)Expression Blend
53 (2.290 %)Flex Builder
53 (2.290 %)Team Foundation Server
53 (2.290 %)Flash Builder
53 (2.290 %)ClearCase
53 (2.290 %)Eclipse
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
143 (32.82 %)Marketing
229 (22.14 %)Social Media
317 (12.98 %)Multimedia
46 (4.580 %)Construction
55 (3.817 %)Telecoms
55 (3.817 %)Music
64 (3.053 %)Finance
73 (2.290 %)Pharmaceutical
73 (2.290 %)Graphic Design
82 (1.527 %)Retail
91 (0.763 %)Pensions
91 (0.763 %)Health
91 (0.763 %)Publishing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
194 (71.76 %)Developer
240 (30.53 %).NET Developer
337 (28.24 %)C# Developer
426 (19.85 %)Web Developer
523 (17.56 %)ASP.NET Developer
621 (16.03 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
719 (14.50 %)Architect
818 (13.74 %)Senior Architect
912 (9.160 %)Designer
1011 (8.397 %)Silverlight Developer
1011 (8.397 %)Senior Developer
1110 (7.634 %)Web Designer
129 (6.870 %)Photoshop Designer
134 (3.053 %)Web Manager
134 (3.053 %).NET Programmer
134 (3.053 %)Programmer
134 (3.053 %)Software Engineer
134 (3.053 %)VB.NET Programmer
143 (2.290 %)Senior C# Developer
152 (1.527 %).NET Architect
Berkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (25.19 %)Web 2.0
26 (4.580 %)Computer Science
35 (3.817 %)SaaS
44 (3.053 %)RIA
44 (3.053 %)Mathematics
53 (2.290 %)Open Source
62 (1.527 %)Blog
62 (1.527 %)Social Network
71 (0.763 %)Dependency Injection
71 (0.763 %)Streaming Media
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (4.580 %)Windows
24 (3.053 %)Windows XP
24 (3.053 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (3.053 %)Windows Server 2008
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
134 (25.95 %)Web Development
232 (24.43 %)Pay per click
232 (24.43 %)SEO
329 (22.14 %)Image Processing
426 (19.85 %)Digital Marketing
518 (13.74 %)Agile Software Development
612 (9.160 %)Web Design
711 (8.397 %)TDD
87 (5.344 %)Scrum
87 (5.344 %)OO
87 (5.344 %)CRM
96 (4.580 %)MVC
105 (3.817 %)E-Commerce
105 (3.817 %)SOA
114 (3.053 %)Business Intelligence
114 (3.053 %)Project Management
114 (3.053 %)Time Management
123 (2.290 %)Kanban
123 (2.290 %)User Experience Design
123 (2.290 %)Continuous Integration
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
175 (57.25 %)C#
267 (51.15 %)JavaScript
326 (19.85 %)ActionScript
420 (15.27 %)SQL
514 (10.69 %)VB.NET
611 (8.397 %)T-SQL
78 (6.107 %)C++
86 (4.580 %)VB
86 (4.580 %)VB6
92 (1.527 %)XAML
Berkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (12.21 %)Degree
211 (8.397 %)MCSD
211 (8.397 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (5.344 %)MCTS
37 (5.344 %)MCP
37 (5.344 %)MCAD
42 (1.527 %)Security Cleared
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (27.48 %)Microsoft
25 (3.817 %)Adobe
34 (3.053 %)Avaya
34 (3.053 %)Sony
41 (0.763 %)Yahoo!
41 (0.763 %)Google
41 (0.763 %)Oracle