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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the England 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank544948
Rank change on same period last yearUp+404
Matching permanent IT job ads4244
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.208 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.675 %0.006 %
Salaries quoted3894
Average minimum salary£42,156£32,500
Average salary£45,916£36,875
% change on same period last year+24.51 %
Average maximum salary£49,676£41,250
UK excluding London average salary£36,151-
% change on same period last year-
Application Development EnglandApplication Development
England
Matching permanent IT job ads6278868252
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled30.79 %30.22 %
Salaries quoted5356656492
Average minimum salary£37,367£38,671
Average salary£41,064£42,536
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
Average maximum salary£44,762£46,400
UK excluding London average salary£35,972£36,627
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Silverlight UKSilverlight
UK

Silverlight
Demand Trend

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

England Silverlight Demand Trend

Silverlight
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Silverlight across the England region.

England Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the England region over the past 3 months.

England Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Silverlight within the England region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1LondonUp+273251£53,189+44.24 %
2South EastNew entry-62£39,305-
3East of EnglandNew entry-43£35,909-
4North WestNew entry-23£32,435-
5West MidlandsNew entry-19£33,190-
6South WestNew entry-18£36,673-
7YorkshireNew entry-7£40,125-
8East MidlandsNew entry-2£25,375-
Silverlight UKSilverlight
UK

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing Silverlight also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Silverlight.

1598 (90.88 %).NET
2533 (81.00 %)C#
3426 (64.74 %)ASP.NET
4412 (62.61 %)SQL Server
5379 (57.60 %)AJAX
6319 (48.48 %)WPF
7299 (45.44 %)CSS
8293 (44.53 %)XML
9266 (40.43 %)JavaScript
10246 (37.39 %)SQL Server 2005
11236 (35.87 %)WCF
12220 (33.43 %)Microsoft
13208 (31.61 %)HTML
14194 (29.48 %)WebServices
15169 (25.68 %)Scrum
16154 (23.40 %)Extreme Programming
17146 (22.19 %)VB.NET
18145 (22.04 %)Internet
19139 (21.12 %)Flash
20136 (20.67 %)WF
21129 (19.60 %)Microsoft Certification
22122 (18.54 %)MCP
23108 (16.41 %).NET Framework
24100 (15.20 %)XHTML
2593 (14.13 %)MCSD
2691 (13.83 %)SharePoint
2789 (13.53 %)SQL
2789 (13.53 %)E-Commerce
2887 (13.22 %)WinForms
2986 (13.07 %)MCAD

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing Silverlight also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Silverlight. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1598 (90.88 %).NET
2426 (64.74 %)ASP.NET
3379 (57.60 %)AJAX
4319 (48.48 %)WPF
5299 (45.44 %)CSS
6293 (44.53 %)XML
7236 (35.87 %)WCF
8208 (31.61 %)HTML
9194 (29.48 %)WebServices
10136 (20.67 %)WF
11108 (16.41 %).NET Framework
12100 (15.20 %)XHTML
1387 (13.22 %)WinForms
1445 (6.839 %)XSLT
1536 (5.471 %)Adobe Flex
1626 (3.951 %)LINQ
1721 (3.191 %)ASP
1820 (3.040 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1917 (2.584 %)XSD
2015 (2.280 %)XSL
Application Platforms
191 (13.83 %)SharePoint
285 (12.92 %)BizTalk Server
370 (10.64 %)SharePoint Server 2007
452 (7.903 %)CMS
530 (4.559 %)IIS
623 (3.495 %)MQSeries
715 (2.280 %)Commerce Server
87 (1.064 %)Commerce Server 2007
87 (1.064 %)Flash Media Server
94 (0.608 %)SharePoint Portal Server
103 (0.456 %)WebLogic
103 (0.456 %)JBoss
103 (0.456 %)Apache
Applications
136 (5.471 %)MS Excel
219 (2.888 %)Photoshop
311 (1.672 %)MS Office
410 (1.520 %)Adobe Illustrator
55 (0.760 %)MS Project
63 (0.456 %)MS Visio
72 (0.304 %)Adobe Premiere
81 (0.152 %)Shockwave
Business Applications
136 (5.471 %)Summit
21 (0.152 %)Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking
1145 (22.04 %)Internet
228 (4.255 %)HTTP
324 (3.647 %)Intranet
421 (3.191 %)Extranet
510 (1.520 %)TETRA
510 (1.520 %)CTI
68 (1.216 %)VoIP
73 (0.456 %)FTP
82 (0.304 %)LDAP
82 (0.304 %)RFID
82 (0.304 %)Wi-Fi
91 (0.152 %)Wireless
91 (0.152 %)LAN
91 (0.152 %)WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1412 (62.61 %)SQL Server
2246 (37.39 %)SQL Server 2005
380 (12.16 %)SQL Server 2000
477 (11.70 %)SQL Server 7
540 (6.079 %)MySQL
626 (3.951 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
713 (1.976 %)GIS
812 (1.824 %)PostgreSQL
911 (1.672 %)RDBMS
106 (0.912 %)DTS
113 (0.456 %)Oracle 10g
113 (0.456 %)DB2
113 (0.456 %)Oracle 9i
113 (0.456 %)Oracle 11g
122 (0.304 %)SQL Server Integration Services
131 (0.152 %)SQLPlus
131 (0.152 %)Datawarehouse
131 (0.152 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1139 (21.12 %)Flash
263 (9.574 %)Visual Studio
353 (8.055 %)NUnit
415 (2.280 %)Subversion
514 (2.128 %)CruiseControl
610 (1.520 %)Dreamweaver
79 (1.368 %)Eclipse
86 (0.912 %)VSS/SourceSafe
86 (0.912 %)ReSharper
92 (0.304 %)Log4j
92 (0.304 %)JUnit
101 (0.152 %)Ant
101 (0.152 %)QuickTest Pro
101 (0.152 %)NetAdvantage
General
185 (12.92 %)Banking
275 (11.40 %)Games
374 (11.25 %)Investment Banking
467 (10.18 %)Retail
550 (7.599 %)Finance
649 (7.447 %)Front Office
737 (5.623 %)Advertising
827 (4.103 %)Music
926 (3.951 %)Pensions
1020 (3.040 %)Marketing
1020 (3.040 %)Health
1020 (3.040 %)Multimedia
1113 (1.976 %)Insurance
129 (1.368 %)Interactive Media
138 (1.216 %)Education
147 (1.064 %)Telecoms
156 (0.912 %)Online Banking
165 (0.760 %)Law
174 (0.608 %)Financial Institution
183 (0.456 %)Government
Job Titles
1545 (82.83 %)Developer
2332 (50.46 %)C# Developer
3303 (46.05 %).NET Developer
4116 (17.63 %)ASP.NET Developer
5110 (16.72 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
679 (12.01 %)Senior Developer
777 (11.70 %)Web Developer
859 (8.967 %)Senior .NET Developer
950 (7.599 %).NET Web Developer
1047 (7.143 %)C# Web Developer
1141 (6.231 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1240 (6.079 %)Senior C# Developer
1323 (3.495 %)Technical Lead
1422 (3.343 %)VB.NET Developer
1521 (3.191 %)Junior
1521 (3.191 %)Junior Developer
1617 (2.584 %)Team Leader
1617 (2.584 %).NET Team Leader
1715 (2.280 %)Junior C# Developer
1811 (1.672 %)Flash Developer
Miscellaneous
127 (4.103 %)RIA
225 (3.799 %)Social Network
324 (3.647 %)Web 2.0
418 (2.736 %)Flash Lite
515 (2.280 %)N-Tier
613 (1.976 %)W3C
613 (1.976 %)Client/Server
712 (1.824 %)Computer Science
88 (1.216 %)Physics
94 (0.608 %)BBC
103 (0.456 %)Asset Management
103 (0.456 %)Blackberry
103 (0.456 %)Spread Betting
103 (0.456 %)Mathematics
112 (0.304 %)IPTV
112 (0.304 %)iDTV
121 (0.152 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
121 (0.152 %)EPoS
121 (0.152 %)PDA
121 (0.152 %)Streaming Music
Operating Systems
177 (11.70 %)Windows
26 (0.912 %)Windows 2000
34 (0.608 %)Windows XP
42 (0.304 %)Linux
51 (0.152 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1169 (25.68 %)Scrum
2154 (23.40 %)Extreme Programming
389 (13.53 %)E-Commerce
482 (12.46 %)TDD
571 (10.79 %)Agile Software Development
654 (8.207 %)OO
749 (7.447 %)UML
830 (4.559 %)OOP
929 (4.407 %)Web Development
1024 (3.647 %)RUP
1123 (3.495 %)Continuous Integration
1217 (2.584 %)MVC
1315 (2.280 %)Unit Testing
1411 (1.672 %)Load Testing
1510 (1.520 %)Project Management
169 (1.368 %)SOA
169 (1.368 %)Web Testing
177 (1.064 %)Business Intelligence
186 (0.912 %)SEO
186 (0.912 %)Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1533 (81.00 %)C#
2266 (40.43 %)JavaScript
3146 (22.19 %)VB.NET
489 (13.53 %)SQL
553 (8.055 %)DHTML
644 (6.687 %)ActionScript
732 (4.863 %)PHP
830 (4.559 %)Transact-SQL
923 (3.495 %)C++
1020 (3.040 %)Java
1115 (2.280 %)VB
129 (1.368 %)XPath
138 (1.216 %)C
145 (0.760 %)XAML
152 (0.304 %)C++/CLI
161 (0.152 %)PHP5
161 (0.152 %)VB6
161 (0.152 %)PL/SQL
161 (0.152 %)Delphi
Qualifications
1129 (19.60 %)Microsoft Certification
2122 (18.54 %)MCP
393 (14.13 %)MCSD
486 (13.07 %)MCAD
524 (3.647 %)Degree
611 (1.672 %)MCPD
75 (0.760 %)MCTS
81 (0.152 %)A+ Certification
81 (0.152 %)HND
81 (0.152 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.672 %)QA
210 (1.520 %)WAI
31 (0.152 %)SLA
31 (0.152 %)WCAG
System Software
123 (3.495 %)MSMQ
Vendors
1220 (33.43 %)Microsoft
258 (8.815 %)Google
321 (3.191 %)SeeBeyond
418 (2.736 %)Oracle
510 (1.520 %)Adobe
62 (0.304 %)Macromedia
62 (0.304 %)Sun
62 (0.304 %)Infragistics
71 (0.152 %)HP
71 (0.152 %)Mapinfo
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