Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the City of London 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank262262
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads5156
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.025 %
As % of the category below1.007 %1.177 %
Salaries quoted5056
Average minimum salary£49,700£118,304
Average salary£54,530£118,437
% change on same period last year-53.95 %
Average maximum salary£59,360£118,571
UK excluding London average salary£35,235£38,492
% change on same period last year-8.46 %
City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads50654759
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.429 %2.163 %
Salaries quoted44793901
Average minimum salary£46,250£48,357
Average salary£51,708£53,624
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Average maximum salary£57,166£58,891
UK excluding London average salary£36,052£36,567
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Silverlight LondonSilverlight
London

Silverlight
Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the City of London region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

City of London Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1107 (98.17 %).NET
276 (69.72 %)C#
354 (49.54 %)ASP.NET
445 (41.28 %)Banking
445 (41.28 %)SQL Server
544 (40.37 %)WPF
643 (39.45 %)XML
734 (31.19 %)Finance
833 (30.28 %)Investment Banking
932 (29.36 %)AJAX
932 (29.36 %)SharePoint
932 (29.36 %)LINQ
1031 (28.44 %)Microsoft
1031 (28.44 %)SQL Server 2005
1128 (25.69 %)SQL
1225 (22.94 %)WebServices
1322 (20.18 %)OO
1420 (18.35 %)CSS
1420 (18.35 %)JavaScript
1519 (17.43 %)Agile Software Development
1618 (16.51 %)MCTS
1618 (16.51 %)MCPD
1618 (16.51 %)MCP
1618 (16.51 %)Microsoft Certification
1713 (11.93 %)WinForms
1713 (11.93 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1812 (11.01 %)Insurance
1812 (11.01 %)Windows
1812 (11.01 %)Flash
1911 (10.09 %)HTML

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1107 (98.17 %).NET
254 (49.54 %)ASP.NET
344 (40.37 %)WPF
443 (39.45 %)XML
532 (29.36 %)AJAX
532 (29.36 %)LINQ
625 (22.94 %)WebServices
720 (18.35 %)CSS
813 (11.93 %)WinForms
911 (10.09 %)HTML
1010 (9.174 %)ADO.NET
1010 (9.174 %)ASP.NET 2.0
119 (8.257 %)Windows SharePoint Services
128 (7.339 %)WCF
128 (7.339 %)WF
135 (4.587 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
135 (4.587 %)JSON
135 (4.587 %)XSLT
144 (3.670 %)XHTML
153 (2.752 %)Spring
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
132 (29.36 %)SharePoint
213 (11.93 %)SharePoint Server 2007
39 (8.257 %)BizTalk Server
41 (0.917 %)Commerce Server
41 (0.917 %)Content Management Server
41 (0.917 %)Commerce Server 2007
41 (0.917 %)Apache
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (9.174 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (4.587 %)TELNET
22 (1.835 %)HTTP
31 (0.917 %)Internet
31 (0.917 %)Cisco IOS
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
145 (41.28 %)SQL Server
231 (28.44 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (4.587 %)SQL Server 2008
44 (3.670 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (1.835 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52 (1.835 %)DTS
52 (1.835 %)MySQL
52 (1.835 %)SQL Server Integration Services
52 (1.835 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (0.917 %)RDBMS
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (11.01 %)Flash
29 (8.257 %)Visual Studio
32 (1.835 %)NUnit
41 (0.917 %)Selenium
41 (0.917 %)FitNesse
41 (0.917 %)JUnit
41 (0.917 %)Log4j
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
145 (41.28 %)Banking
234 (31.19 %)Finance
333 (30.28 %)Investment Banking
412 (11.01 %)Insurance
510 (9.174 %)Pensions
68 (7.339 %)Retail
74 (3.670 %)Education
83 (2.752 %)Front Office
92 (1.835 %)Music
101 (0.917 %)Marketing
101 (0.917 %)Online Games
101 (0.917 %)Health
101 (0.917 %)Games
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
171 (65.14 %)Developer
249 (44.95 %)C# Developer
341 (37.61 %).NET Developer
422 (20.18 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
521 (19.27 %)ASP.NET Developer
67 (6.422 %)Senior Developer
75 (4.587 %)Web Developer
75 (4.587 %)Software Developer
84 (3.670 %)Analyst
84 (3.670 %)Consultant
84 (3.670 %)Technical Consultant
84 (3.670 %)Analyst Developer
84 (3.670 %)Senior .NET Developer
84 (3.670 %)Software Analyst
93 (2.752 %).NET Web Developer
102 (1.835 %)Flash Developer
102 (1.835 %)Senior .NET Web Developer
102 (1.835 %)ActionScript Developer
102 (1.835 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
102 (1.835 %)UI Developer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (2.752 %)Derivative
22 (1.835 %)Spread Betting
22 (1.835 %)Credit Risk
22 (1.835 %)N-Tier
22 (1.835 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
22 (1.835 %)Equities
22 (1.835 %)Web 2.0
31 (0.917 %)Social Network
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (11.01 %)Windows
24 (3.670 %)Windows Vista
31 (0.917 %)Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (20.18 %)OO
219 (17.43 %)Agile Software Development
39 (8.257 %)SOA
48 (7.339 %)TDD
56 (5.505 %)UML
65 (4.587 %)Asset Management
65 (4.587 %)Web Development
74 (3.670 %)Network Design
74 (3.670 %)E-Commerce
74 (3.670 %)HOOD
83 (2.752 %)Continuous Integration
92 (1.835 %)Data Migration
92 (1.835 %)Migration
92 (1.835 %)Web Design
92 (1.835 %)Unit Testing
92 (1.835 %)Pair Programming
101 (0.917 %)Content Management
101 (0.917 %)Refactoring
101 (0.917 %)Digital Marketing
101 (0.917 %)Scrum
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (69.72 %)C#
228 (25.69 %)SQL
320 (18.35 %)JavaScript
410 (9.174 %)VBA
58 (7.339 %)ActionScript
67 (6.422 %)Transact-SQL
67 (6.422 %)C
76 (5.505 %)Java
76 (5.505 %)C++
85 (4.587 %)Delphi
92 (1.835 %)PHP
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (16.51 %)MCP
118 (16.51 %)Microsoft Certification
118 (16.51 %)MCTS
118 (16.51 %)MCPD
29 (8.257 %)MCAD
29 (8.257 %)MCSD
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (28.44 %)Microsoft
210 (9.174 %)VMware
35 (4.587 %)Cisco
42 (1.835 %)Infragistics
51 (0.917 %)Oracle
51 (0.917 %)Sony