The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 18 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 134 84 99
Rank change year-on-year
-50 +15
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 16 56 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.611% 2.564% 0.938%
As % of the Application Development category 1.536% 5.606% 2.078%
Number of salaries quoted 15 56 17
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +21.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £29,748 £31,098
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Application Development
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1042 999 818
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 39.82% 45.74% 45.12%
Number of salaries quoted 820 874 715
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Silverlight
West Yorkshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 32 (96.97%) C#
1 32 (96.97%) .NET
2 23 (69.70%) HTML
2 23 (69.70%) ASP.NET
2 23 (69.70%) CSS
2 23 (69.70%) WPF
3 19 (57.58%) Web Services
4 16 (48.48%) JavaScript
4 16 (48.48%) XAML
5 15 (45.45%) SQL Server
5 15 (45.45%) Microsoft
6 14 (42.42%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (42.42%) MVC
7 13 (39.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (36.36%) Degree
9 10 (30.30%) UNIX
9 10 (30.30%) Java
10 9 (27.27%) C++
10 9 (27.27%) SQL
10 9 (27.27%) J2EE
10 9 (27.27%) Windows
10 9 (27.27%) Linux
10 9 (27.27%) Apache
10 9 (27.27%) JSP
10 9 (27.27%) Blackberry
10 9 (27.27%) Apple
10 9 (27.27%) XML
10 9 (27.27%) XSL
10 9 (27.27%) XHTML
10 9 (27.27%) Smartphone

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 32 (96.97%) .NET
2 23 (69.70%) ASP.NET
2 23 (69.70%) CSS
2 23 (69.70%) WPF
2 23 (69.70%) HTML
3 19 (57.58%) Web Services
4 9 (27.27%) XML
4 9 (27.27%) XSL
4 9 (27.27%) JSP
4 9 (27.27%) J2EE
4 9 (27.27%) XHTML
4 9 (27.27%) Cocoa
5 8 (24.24%) ASP.NET MVC
6 7 (21.21%) WinForms
7 6 (18.18%) .NET Framework
7 6 (18.18%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 5 (15.15%) CSS3
8 5 (15.15%) Apache Cordova
8 5 (15.15%) HTML5
9 2 (6.061%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 9 (27.27%) Apache
2 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
3 5 (15.15%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.030%) HTTP
1 1 (3.030%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 13 (39.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (21.21%) Oracle 11g
4 7 (21.21%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (21.21%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (21.21%) Oracle 9i
4 7 (21.21%) Oracle 10g
5 6 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.030%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (3.030%) LoadRunner
1 1 (3.030%) JMeter
1 1 (3.030%) Selenium
1 1 (3.030%) OpenSTA
General
1 9 (27.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (96.97%) Developer
2 16 (48.48%) C# Developer
3 14 (42.42%) Software Developer
4 9 (27.27%) Software Engineer
5 8 (24.24%) .NET Developer
5 8 (24.24%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 8 (24.24%) C# .NET Developer
6 7 (21.21%) C# Software Developer
7 6 (18.18%) Senior Developer
7 6 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (18.18%) ASP.NET Developer
7 6 (18.18%) Senior Software Developer
8 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 4 (12.12%) Applications Developer
10 2 (6.061%) Business Developer
11 1 (3.030%) Consultant
11 1 (3.030%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Blackberry
1 9 (27.27%) Smartphone
2 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
3 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.030%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) UNIX
2 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 9 (27.27%) Linux
2 9 (27.27%) Android
2 9 (27.27%) Windows Phone
3 5 (15.15%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Business Intelligence
1 14 (42.42%) MVC
2 8 (24.24%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (18.18%) Scrum
4 5 (15.15%) Workflow
5 2 (6.061%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.030%) Test Strategy
6 1 (3.030%) Information Management
6 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (96.97%) C#
2 16 (48.48%) JavaScript
2 16 (48.48%) XAML
3 10 (30.30%) Java
4 9 (27.27%) Objective-C
4 9 (27.27%) SQL
4 9 (27.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Degree
2 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.030%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 9 (27.27%) Apple
3 8 (24.24%) Oracle
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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