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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 50 48 38
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 7 15 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 1.336% 2.443% 4.174%
As % of the Application Development category 3.097% 5.682% 7.164%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 24
Average salary £42,500 £29,000 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.55% +0.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £29,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £34,150 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Application Development
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
226 264 335
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 43.13% 43.00% 58.26%
Number of salaries quoted 209 229 299
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £24,950 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Silverlight
South Yorkshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (76.92%) .NET
2 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
2 10 (76.92%) ASP.NET
2 10 (76.92%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (61.54%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (53.85%) CSS
4 7 (53.85%) HTML
4 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
5 6 (46.15%) C#
5 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
5 6 (46.15%) Degree
6 5 (38.46%) Resource Management
6 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
6 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (38.46%) Ajax
6 5 (38.46%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (38.46%) WPF
6 5 (38.46%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (38.46%) Oracle 10g
6 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (38.46%) Workflow
6 5 (38.46%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (38.46%) WinForms
6 5 (38.46%) Oracle
6 5 (38.46%) VB
6 5 (38.46%) VB.NET
6 5 (38.46%) XML
6 5 (38.46%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (38.46%) Oracle 9i

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 10 (76.92%) .NET
1 10 (76.92%) ASP.NET
2 7 (53.85%) CSS
2 7 (53.85%) HTML
3 5 (38.46%) Ajax
3 5 (38.46%) WPF
3 5 (38.46%) WinForms
3 5 (38.46%) XML
3 5 (38.46%) ASP
4 3 (23.08%) COM
5 2 (15.38%) Flash
5 2 (15.38%) DHTML
5 2 (15.38%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) SharePoint
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
1 10 (76.92%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (38.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (38.46%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle 9i
General
1 1 (7.692%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) C# Software Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Software Developer
2 5 (38.46%) .NET Developer
2 5 (38.46%) C# Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Lead Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Head of User Experience
4 1 (7.692%) CRM Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Lead .NET Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (38.46%) Resource Management
2 5 (38.46%) Workflow
3 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.692%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 6 (46.15%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) VB
3 5 (38.46%) VB.NET
4 4 (30.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle