The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 78 65 60
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -5
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 45 64 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.479% 3.184% 3.220%
As % of the Application Development category 5.214% 6.208% 6.491%
Number of salaries quoted 45 62 62
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £35,000 £32,600
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £50,000 £44,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Application Development
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
863 1031 1063
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 47.55% 51.29% 49.60%
Number of salaries quoted 803 917 952
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Silverlight
Cambridgeshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 48 (97.96%) C#
1 48 (97.96%) .NET
2 38 (77.55%) SQL Server
2 38 (77.55%) ASP.NET
3 34 (69.39%) Web Services
3 34 (69.39%) WPF
4 29 (59.18%) XML
4 29 (59.18%) Microsoft
4 29 (59.18%) SQL
5 28 (57.14%) JavaScript
5 28 (57.14%) HTML
5 28 (57.14%) CSS
6 27 (55.10%) VB.NET
7 24 (48.98%) T-SQL
8 23 (46.94%) Agile Software Development
9 22 (44.90%) Ajax
10 16 (32.65%) Degree
11 15 (30.61%) WinForms
11 15 (30.61%) Oracle
12 13 (26.53%) Windows
13 10 (20.41%) Macromedia
13 10 (20.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (20.41%) SQL Server 2005
13 10 (20.41%) ERP
13 10 (20.41%) SQL Server 2008
14 9 (18.37%) WCF
14 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
15 8 (16.33%) HTTP
15 8 (16.33%) .NET Compact Framework
15 8 (16.33%) .NET Framework

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 48 (97.96%) .NET
2 38 (77.55%) ASP.NET
3 34 (69.39%) Web Services
3 34 (69.39%) WPF
4 29 (59.18%) XML
5 28 (57.14%) HTML
5 28 (57.14%) CSS
6 22 (44.90%) Ajax
7 15 (30.61%) WinForms
8 9 (18.37%) WCF
9 8 (16.33%) .NET Compact Framework
9 8 (16.33%) .NET Framework
10 7 (14.29%) SOAP
11 1 (2.041%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 1 (2.041%) HTML5
11 1 (2.041%) STL
11 1 (2.041%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
2 5 (10.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (6.122%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (4.082%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) HTTP
2 1 (2.041%) xDSL
2 1 (2.041%) Broadband
2 1 (2.041%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.041%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.041%) DNS
2 1 (2.041%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (77.55%) SQL Server
2 10 (20.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 10 (20.41%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (20.41%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (10.20%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (10.20%) Oracle 9i
3 5 (10.20%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (10.20%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Visual Studio
2 5 (10.20%) Team Foundation Server
Job Titles
1 38 (77.55%) Developer
2 32 (65.31%) C# Developer
3 26 (53.06%) .NET Developer
4 23 (46.94%) C# .NET Developer
5 15 (30.61%) ASP.NET Developer
5 15 (30.61%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 11 (22.45%) Web Developer
7 10 (20.41%) .NET Web Developer
7 10 (20.41%) C# Web Developer
8 7 (14.29%) VB.NET Developer
9 5 (10.20%) Senior .NET Developer
9 5 (10.20%) Analyst
9 5 (10.20%) Software Developer
9 5 (10.20%) Senior Developer
9 5 (10.20%) Analyst Programmer
9 5 (10.20%) Programmer
9 5 (10.20%) C# Software Developer
10 2 (4.082%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
10 2 (4.082%) Senior C# Developer
11 1 (2.041%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (10.20%) Replication
3 1 (2.041%) Streaming Media
3 1 (2.041%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.53%) Windows
2 1 (2.041%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.94%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (20.41%) ERP
3 6 (12.24%) CRM
4 5 (10.20%) Web Development
4 5 (10.20%) Project Management
4 5 (10.20%) Workflow
5 3 (6.122%) TDD
6 2 (4.082%) Unit Testing
7 1 (2.041%) Test Automation
7 1 (2.041%) Product Management
7 1 (2.041%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 48 (97.96%) C#
2 29 (59.18%) SQL
3 28 (57.14%) JavaScript
4 27 (55.10%) VB.NET
5 24 (48.98%) T-SQL
6 7 (14.29%) Java
7 5 (10.20%) VB
8 2 (4.082%) XAML
8 2 (4.082%) C++
9 1 (2.041%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 29 (59.18%) Microsoft
2 15 (30.61%) Oracle
3 10 (20.41%) Macromedia
4 1 (2.041%) Adobe
Cambridge, East Anglia
Skills, experience and qualificationsQualifications:Candidate should be educated to degree level - desirableExperience:* Minimum of 2 years' experience developing multi layered web applications within acommercial environment - essential.* Development within...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Extensive Benefits Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Skills: C# Developer with experience of; .Net Compact Framework, or other suitable mobile skillset... SQL Server. ASP.Net/Winforms/Silverlight... Degree Educated... Keywords: C#/ ASP.NET/ SQL...
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Java. C# Visual Studio. T-SQL... SQL Server. ASP.Net/Winforms/Silverlight... Degree Educated... Keywords: C#/ ASP.NET/ SQL Server/ ERP/ Microsoft Dynamics Navision/ Cambridge/ Peterborough/ East Anglia.
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013