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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 65 64 57
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 3 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.457% 0.905% 0.758%
As % of the Application Development category 1.786% 3.750% 2.353%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 4
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +22.95%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
All Application Development
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
168 160 170
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 25.61% 24.13% 32.20%
Number of salaries quoted 155 137 162
Average salary £57,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+43.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Silverlight
Berkshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the Slough region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Slough Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) jQuery
3 3 (60.00%) JSON
3 3 (60.00%) CSS
3 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (60.00%) Ajax
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (20.00%) C++
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) PhD
5 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) OLAP

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) jQuery
3 3 (60.00%) CSS
3 3 (60.00%) Web Services
3 3 (60.00%) Ajax
3 3 (60.00%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) OLAP
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (20.00%) Physics
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) F#
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PhD
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
Slough, Thames Valley
To be considered for this role you'll be required to have experience with some of the following technologies - .NET / C# / C++ / Silverlight / F# Due to the complexity...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013