Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills within the Oxford 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
Rank8099
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads101
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.661 %0.135 %
Salaries quoted101
Average minimum salary£43,000£30,000
Average salary£43,750£32,500
% change on same period last year+34.61 %
Average maximum salary£44,500£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,235£38,492
% change on same period last year-8.46 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads602743
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.408 %0.338 %
Salaries quoted563685
Average minimum salary£33,012£30,754
Average salary£36,153£34,087
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Average maximum salary£39,293£37,420
UK excluding London average salary£36,052£36,567
% change on same period last year-1.40 %
Silverlight OxfordshireSilverlight
Oxfordshire

Silverlight
Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

119 (100.00 %)C#
119 (100.00 %).NET
218 (94.74 %)WCF
218 (94.74 %)WPF
317 (89.47 %)OO
317 (89.47 %)Microsoft
44 (21.05 %)SQL Server
52 (10.53 %)CRM
52 (10.53 %)ASP.NET
52 (10.53 %)Ruby
52 (10.53 %)AJAX
52 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (10.53 %)LINQ
61 (5.263 %)Workflow
61 (5.263 %)WinForms
61 (5.263 %)WF
61 (5.263 %)Degree
61 (5.263 %)Windows Vista
61 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (5.263 %)Computer Science
61 (5.263 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (5.263 %)CSS
61 (5.263 %)XML
61 (5.263 %)XSL
61 (5.263 %)Windows
61 (5.263 %)Linux
61 (5.263 %)SharePoint
61 (5.263 %)IIS
61 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
61 (5.263 %)HTML

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (100.00 %).NET
218 (94.74 %)WCF
218 (94.74 %)WPF
32 (10.53 %)AJAX
32 (10.53 %)ASP.NET
32 (10.53 %)LINQ
41 (5.263 %)CSS
41 (5.263 %)XML
41 (5.263 %)XSL
41 (5.263 %)WinForms
41 (5.263 %)HTML
41 (5.263 %)WF
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.263 %)IIS
11 (5.263 %)SharePoint
11 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (21.05 %)SQL Server
22 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (5.263 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Oxford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.263 %)Visual Studio
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (100.00 %)C# Developer
119 (100.00 %)Developer
218 (94.74 %).NET Developer
32 (10.53 %)Software Developer
32 (10.53 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
32 (10.53 %)CSharp Software Developer
32 (10.53 %)ASP.NET Developer
32 (10.53 %)SQL Developer
32 (10.53 %)SQL Server Developer
41 (5.263 %)Web Applications Developer
41 (5.263 %).NET Web Developer
41 (5.263 %)C# Web Developer
41 (5.263 %)WinForms Developer
41 (5.263 %)C# Application Developer
41 (5.263 %).NET Applications Developer
41 (5.263 %)Lead Software Developer
41 (5.263 %)Web Developer
41 (5.263 %)Applications Developer
41 (5.263 %)Lead Developer
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Computer Science
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.263 %)Windows
11 (5.263 %)Linux
11 (5.263 %)Windows Vista
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (89.47 %)OO
22 (10.53 %)CRM
31 (5.263 %)Workflow
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (100.00 %)C#
22 (10.53 %)Ruby
31 (5.263 %)Java
31 (5.263 %)JavaScript
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.263 %)Degree
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (89.47 %)Microsoft