The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank - - 36
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 0 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton - - 1.167%
As % of the Application Development category - - 3.261%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Application Development
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
80 156 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 21.62% 41.60% 35.80%
Number of salaries quoted 60 116 86
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +22.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Silverlight
Bedfordshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 10 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) MVC
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) HTML5
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) VB.NET
2 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) XML
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) PhD
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 5 (50.00%) Physics
2 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (50.00%) WPF
2 5 (50.00%) jQuery
3 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) MS Visio

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 5 (50.00%) HTML5
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
1 5 (50.00%) XML
1 5 (50.00%) WPF
1 5 (50.00%) jQuery
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 5 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 5 (50.00%) Silverlight Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Silverlight Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 5 (50.00%) Physics
1 5 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C#
2 5 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) PhD
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft