The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 106 97 74
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -23
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 15 12 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.833% 0.726% 1.524%
As % of the Application Development category 2.304% 2.073% 4.895%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 21
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +54.54%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
651 579 429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.17% 35.03% 31.13%
Number of salaries quoted 584 534 396
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Silverlight
West Midlands

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 31 (93.94%) .NET
2 30 (90.91%) C#
3 27 (81.82%) SQL
3 27 (81.82%) SQL Server
4 23 (69.70%) ASP.NET
5 22 (66.67%) JavaScript
6 20 (60.61%) T-SQL
6 20 (60.61%) SQL Server 2008
7 19 (57.58%) .NET Framework
7 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
8 17 (51.52%) Agile Software Development
9 16 (48.48%) MVC
10 15 (45.45%) SharePoint
10 15 (45.45%) HTML
11 14 (42.42%) CSS
11 14 (42.42%) Windows
12 13 (39.39%) OO
12 13 (39.39%) ASP.NET MVC
13 12 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
14 11 (33.33%) Kanban
14 11 (33.33%) BDD
14 11 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 11 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 11 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
14 11 (33.33%) TDD
14 11 (33.33%) Scrum
14 11 (33.33%) E-Commerce
14 11 (33.33%) IIS
15 10 (30.30%) Visual Studio
15 10 (30.30%) SharePoint 2010

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 31 (93.94%) .NET
2 23 (69.70%) ASP.NET
3 19 (57.58%) .NET Framework
4 15 (45.45%) HTML
5 14 (42.42%) CSS
6 13 (39.39%) ASP.NET MVC
7 11 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 11 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 11 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
8 10 (30.30%) Ajax
9 9 (27.27%) WCF
9 9 (27.27%) WPF
10 8 (24.24%) ADO.NET
10 8 (24.24%) WF
10 8 (24.24%) Windows SharePoint Services
11 6 (18.18%) jQuery
12 4 (12.12%) HTML5
13 2 (6.061%) Middleware
13 2 (6.061%) Flash
13 2 (6.061%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 15 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 11 (33.33%) IIS
3 10 (30.30%) SharePoint 2010
4 8 (24.24%) BizTalk Server
4 8 (24.24%) SharePoint Foundation
5 5 (15.15%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (15.15%) Lync
6 2 (6.061%) Apache
7 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (3.030%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (27.27%) InfoPath
1 9 (27.27%) MS Office
2 5 (15.15%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.030%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (81.82%) SQL Server
2 20 (60.61%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (24.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.030%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Visual Studio
2 8 (24.24%) NUnit
2 8 (24.24%) CruiseControl
2 8 (24.24%) MSBuild
2 8 (24.24%) Visual Studio Team System
3 2 (6.061%) Subversion
3 2 (6.061%) Git (software)
4 1 (3.030%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (3.030%) Finance
1 1 (3.030%) Advertising
1 1 (3.030%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (75.76%) Developer
2 13 (39.39%) .NET Developer
3 8 (24.24%) Architect
3 8 (24.24%) Agile .NET Developer
4 6 (18.18%) SharePoint Developer
5 5 (15.15%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (15.15%) CRM Solutions Architect
5 5 (15.15%) CRM Architect
6 3 (9.091%) SharePoint Architect
6 3 (9.091%) C# .NET Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Senior Developer
6 3 (9.091%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.061%) Senior Web Developer
7 2 (6.061%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (6.061%) PHP Developer
7 2 (6.061%) Web Developer
7 2 (6.061%) CRM Developer
7 2 (6.061%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Junior PHP Developer
8 1 (3.030%) Senior SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (42.42%) Windows
2 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Agile Software Development
2 16 (48.48%) MVC
3 13 (39.39%) OO
4 11 (33.33%) Kanban
4 11 (33.33%) BDD
4 11 (33.33%) TDD
4 11 (33.33%) Scrum
4 11 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 10 (30.30%) Continuous Integration
6 9 (27.27%) Software Architecture
7 8 (24.24%) RUP
7 8 (24.24%) CRM
7 8 (24.24%) UML
7 8 (24.24%) OOA/OOD
7 8 (24.24%) Unified Process
7 8 (24.24%) MSF
8 5 (15.15%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (15.15%) Technical Architecture
8 5 (15.15%) Waterfall
8 5 (15.15%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (90.91%) C#
2 27 (81.82%) SQL
3 22 (66.67%) JavaScript
4 20 (60.61%) T-SQL
5 8 (24.24%) VB.NET
6 2 (6.061%) PHP
6 2 (6.061%) PHP5
7 1 (3.030%) VBScript
7 1 (3.030%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) SC Cleared
1 8 (24.24%) DV Cleared
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) QA
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.030%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) WMI
1 1 (3.030%) SCCM
1 1 (3.030%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (57.58%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.061%) Zend
3 1 (3.030%) VMware
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
C#... Net & ERP software houses in the UK, are actively seeking 2 C#... And, 1 more established mid/senior level .Net Developer... Net Software Solutions based on the...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Keywords: php, php developer, php web developer, php 5, application development, application developer, object oriented, mvc, mvc framework, jQuery, apache, Microsoft, Microsoft iis, JavaScript, unit testing, ZEND, framework,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Keywords: php, php developer, php web developer, php 5, application development, application developer, object oriented, mvc, mvc framework, jQuery, apache, Microsoft, Microsoft iis, JavaScript, unit testing, ZEND, framework,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013