The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 21 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank - 21 42
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 0 16 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - 10.00% 1.702%
As % of the Application Development category - 18.18% 2.778%
Number of salaries quoted 0 16 4
Average salary - £30,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Application Development
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
166 88 144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 46.89% 55.00% 61.28%
Number of salaries quoted 99 77 140
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -12.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Silverlight
Cheshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (100.00%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) Degree

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (100.00%) XML
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Junior
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 4 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 4 (100.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Junior C# Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Junior .NET Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
1 4 (100.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 4 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Chester, North West
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Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013