The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 20 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 166 120 103
Rank change year-on-year
-46 -17
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 25 57 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.585% 1.543% 1.606%
As % of the Application Development category 1.144% 3.110% 3.879%
Number of salaries quoted 23 56 63
Average salary £36,500 £33,750 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.14% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2186 1833 1650
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 51.18% 49.61% 41.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1976 1690 1529
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Silverlight
North West

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Manchester Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Silverlight within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Stockport 0 5 £36,500 +8.95% 2
Altrincham -11 1 £37,000 +17.46%
Silverlight
North West

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 71 (100.00%) C#
1 71 (100.00%) .NET
2 50 (70.42%) ASP.NET
3 48 (67.61%) WPF
4 46 (64.79%) Windows
5 42 (59.15%) SQL
6 37 (52.11%) SQL Server
7 34 (47.89%) Microsoft
8 33 (46.48%) WCF
8 33 (46.48%) .NET Framework
9 28 (39.44%) Agile Software Development
10 25 (35.21%) JavaScript
10 25 (35.21%) NUnit
11 22 (30.99%) NHibernate
11 22 (30.99%) Degree
12 21 (29.58%) Ajax
12 21 (29.58%) MVC
13 20 (28.17%) Scrum
14 18 (25.35%) CSS
15 17 (23.94%) Visual Studio
16 16 (22.54%) XML
16 16 (22.54%) TDD
17 15 (21.13%) OO
17 15 (21.13%) ADO.NET
17 15 (21.13%) HTML
17 15 (21.13%) LINQ
17 15 (21.13%) Web Application Development
18 14 (19.72%) WinForms
18 14 (19.72%) T-SQL
18 14 (19.72%) IIS

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 71 (100.00%) .NET
2 50 (70.42%) ASP.NET
3 48 (67.61%) WPF
4 33 (46.48%) WCF
4 33 (46.48%) .NET Framework
5 22 (30.99%) NHibernate
6 21 (29.58%) Ajax
7 18 (25.35%) CSS
8 16 (22.54%) XML
9 15 (21.13%) ADO.NET
9 15 (21.13%) HTML
9 15 (21.13%) LINQ
10 14 (19.72%) WinForms
11 12 (16.90%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (14.08%) Castle Windsor
12 10 (14.08%) Razor View Engine
13 8 (11.27%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 7 (9.859%) MonoRail
14 7 (9.859%) Windows SharePoint Services
14 7 (9.859%) WF
Application Platforms
1 14 (19.72%) IIS
2 9 (12.68%) Windows Azure
2 9 (12.68%) SharePoint
3 7 (9.859%) SharePoint Foundation
3 7 (9.859%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (9.859%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (5.634%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (18.31%) MS Excel
2 7 (9.859%) InfoPath
2 7 (9.859%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.817%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (52.11%) SQL Server
2 11 (15.49%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (9.859%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.817%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.817%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (1.408%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 25 (35.21%) NUnit
2 17 (23.94%) Visual Studio
3 12 (16.90%) MSBuild
4 10 (14.08%) Rhino Mocks
5 8 (11.27%) Subversion
6 7 (9.859%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (9.859%) Visual Studio Team System
6 7 (9.859%) CruiseControl
7 3 (4.225%) Cucumber
7 3 (4.225%) Selenium
8 2 (2.817%) Moq
General
1 9 (12.68%) Retail
2 7 (9.859%) Games
3 5 (7.042%) Finance
4 2 (2.817%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.408%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 56 (78.87%) Developer
2 39 (54.93%) .NET Developer
3 35 (49.30%) C# Developer
4 29 (40.85%) C# .NET Developer
5 15 (21.13%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 12 (16.90%) Programmer
7 11 (15.49%) Analyst
8 10 (14.08%) ASP.NET Developer
8 10 (14.08%) Analyst Programmer
9 9 (12.68%) C# Programmer
10 7 (9.859%) Junior C# .NET Developer
10 7 (9.859%) C# Analyst Programmer
10 7 (9.859%) Junior
10 7 (9.859%) Junior Developer
10 7 (9.859%) Junior C# Developer
11 6 (8.451%) Software Developer
12 5 (7.042%) .NET Software Engineer
12 5 (7.042%) Software Engineer
12 5 (7.042%) C# Software Engineer
13 4 (5.634%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) LIMS
2 4 (5.634%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.225%) Digital Media
3 3 (4.225%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.225%) RIA
3 3 (4.225%) Social Media
3 3 (4.225%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.408%) Informatics
4 1 (1.408%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.408%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 46 (64.79%) Windows
2 2 (2.817%) Windows Phone
2 2 (2.817%) Windows 8
2 2 (2.817%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (39.44%) Agile Software Development
2 21 (29.58%) MVC
3 20 (28.17%) Scrum
4 16 (22.54%) TDD
5 15 (21.13%) OO
5 15 (21.13%) Web Application Development
6 14 (19.72%) UML
7 9 (12.68%) Continuous Integration
7 9 (12.68%) Information Management
8 7 (9.859%) MVVM
8 7 (9.859%) MSF
8 7 (9.859%) OOA/OOD
8 7 (9.859%) Unified Process
8 7 (9.859%) E-Commerce
8 7 (9.859%) RUP
9 5 (7.042%) Workflow
10 3 (4.225%) Kanban
10 3 (4.225%) BDD
10 3 (4.225%) Scrum-ban
11 2 (2.817%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 71 (100.00%) C#
2 42 (59.15%) SQL
3 25 (35.21%) JavaScript
4 14 (19.72%) T-SQL
5 11 (15.49%) VB.NET
6 9 (12.68%) XAML
7 1 (1.408%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.408%) Java
7 1 (1.408%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Degree
2 12 (16.90%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.859%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.859%) DV Cleared
3 7 (9.859%) MCTS
3 7 (9.859%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (9.859%) MCP
3 7 (9.859%) MCAD
3 7 (9.859%) MCSD
Vendors
1 34 (47.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.042%) Oracle
3 2 (2.817%) Fujitsu
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