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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank117-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads60
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.856 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted60
Average minimum salary£34,167-
Average salary£36,167-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£38,167-
UK excluding London average salary£37,159£40,455
% change on same period last year-8.14 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads701871
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.388 %0.365 %
Salaries quoted653779
Average minimum salary£30,573£31,039
Average salary£33,626£34,601
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
Average maximum salary£36,679£38,162
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,795
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
Silverlight West MidlandsSilverlight
West Midlands

Silverlight
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Birmingham Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

113 (100.00 %).NET
211 (84.62 %)SQL Server
38 (61.54 %)VB.NET
38 (61.54 %)C#
47 (53.85 %)VB
47 (53.85 %)ASP.NET
56 (46.15 %)Microsoft
56 (46.15 %)WPF
65 (38.46 %)AJAX
74 (30.77 %).NET Framework
74 (30.77 %)VB6
74 (30.77 %)COM
74 (30.77 %)WCF
83 (23.08 %)Visual Studio
83 (23.08 %)OO
83 (23.08 %)ActiveX
83 (23.08 %)MTS
92 (15.38 %)Infragistics
92 (15.38 %)Windows
92 (15.38 %)N-Tier
92 (15.38 %)SOA
92 (15.38 %)ADO.NET
92 (15.38 %)SQL
92 (15.38 %)Wealth Management
101 (7.692 %)Unit Testing
101 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
101 (7.692 %)JavaScript
101 (7.692 %)MySQL
101 (7.692 %)ASP
101 (7.692 %)Photoshop

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (100.00 %).NET
27 (53.85 %)ASP.NET
36 (46.15 %)WPF
45 (38.46 %)AJAX
54 (30.77 %).NET Framework
54 (30.77 %)WCF
54 (30.77 %)COM
63 (23.08 %)ActiveX
72 (15.38 %)ADO.NET
81 (7.692 %)ASP
81 (7.692 %)XHTML
81 (7.692 %)CSS
81 (7.692 %)WebServices
81 (7.692 %)XML
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (23.08 %)MTS
21 (7.692 %)SharePoint
21 (7.692 %)BizTalk Server
21 (7.692 %)CMS
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.692 %)Photoshop
11 (7.692 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (84.62 %)SQL Server
21 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (7.692 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (7.692 %)MySQL
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (23.08 %)Visual Studio
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Finance
11 (7.692 %)Automotive
11 (7.692 %)Government
11 (7.692 %)Health
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (76.92 %)Developer
29 (69.23 %).NET Developer
35 (38.46 %)Senior Developer
35 (38.46 %)ASP.NET Developer
44 (30.77 %)Senior .NET Developer
53 (23.08 %).NET Web Developer
53 (23.08 %)Web Developer
53 (23.08 %)C# Developer
53 (23.08 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
53 (23.08 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
62 (15.38 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
62 (15.38 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
62 (15.38 %).NET Team Leader
62 (15.38 %)VB.NET Developer
62 (15.38 %)Senior C# Developer
62 (15.38 %)Team Leader
71 (7.692 %)Development Team Leader
71 (7.692 %)Junior Developer
71 (7.692 %)Junior .NET Developer
71 (7.692 %)VB Developer
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (15.38 %)N-Tier
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (15.38 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)OO
22 (15.38 %)SOA
22 (15.38 %)Wealth Management
31 (7.692 %)Unit Testing
31 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
31 (7.692 %)Project Management
31 (7.692 %)Migration
31 (7.692 %)Web Development
31 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
31 (7.692 %)OOD
31 (7.692 %)UML
31 (7.692 %)OOP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (61.54 %)C#
18 (61.54 %)VB.NET
27 (53.85 %)VB
34 (30.77 %)VB6
42 (15.38 %)SQL
51 (7.692 %)Transact-SQL
51 (7.692 %)JavaScript
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.692 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)Microsoft
22 (15.38 %)Infragistics