Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the South East region.

 Microsoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank149267450
Rank change year-on-year
Up+118Up+183
Matching permanent IT job ads1976243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East1.271 %0.349 %0.100 %
As % of the Application Development category3.527 %1.148 %0.319 %
Salaries quoted1946141
Average salary£40,000£42,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.880 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£30,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£32,500£37,250
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-12.75 %
South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
5586540113465
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East36.05 %30.41 %31.41 %
Salaries quoted4926471411582
Average salary£37,500£37,500£35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+5.630 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Silverlight EnglandSilverlight
England

Silverlight
Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+3963£40,000-
OxfordshireUp+4557£40,000+14.28 %
SurreyUp+4150£42,500-5.55 %
HampshireNew entry-14£33,750-
BuckinghamshireUp+17£40,000+6.66 %
KentDown-53£42,500+13.33 %
West SussexNew entry-2£25,000-
Home CountiesNew entry-1--
Silverlight EnglandSilverlight
England

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1247 (80.19 %).NET
2229 (74.35 %)C#
3171 (55.52 %)ASP.NET
4158 (51.30 %)SQL Server
595 (30.84 %)Microsoft
692 (29.87 %)WCF
790 (29.22 %)JavaScript
879 (25.65 %)XML
978 (25.32 %)WPF
1075 (24.35 %)Web Services
1169 (22.40 %)SQL Server 2005
1264 (20.78 %)AJAX
1362 (20.13 %)SQL Server 2008
1459 (19.16 %)HTML
1556 (18.18 %)CSS
1653 (17.21 %)Web Development
1653 (17.21 %)SQL
1653 (17.21 %)Flash
1749 (15.91 %)Marketing
1847 (15.26 %)MCTS
1945 (14.61 %)Degree
1945 (14.61 %)Agile Software Development
1945 (14.61 %)Windows
2041 (13.31 %)TDD
2140 (12.99 %)Photoshop
2239 (12.66 %)VB.NET
2239 (12.66 %)MS Excel
2338 (12.34 %)Microsoft Certification
2437 (12.01 %)Internet
2437 (12.01 %)Visual Studio

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1247 (80.19 %).NET
2171 (55.52 %)ASP.NET
392 (29.87 %)WCF
479 (25.65 %)XML
578 (25.32 %)WPF
675 (24.35 %)Web Services
764 (20.78 %)AJAX
859 (19.16 %)HTML
956 (18.18 %)CSS
1053 (17.21 %)Flash
1125 (8.117 %)NHibernate
1222 (7.143 %).NET Framework
1317 (5.519 %)Adobe AIR
1317 (5.519 %)MonoRail
1416 (5.195 %)XSLT
1512 (3.896 %)Adobe Flex
1611 (3.571 %)GWT
1611 (3.571 %)WF
1611 (3.571 %)LINQ
1710 (3.247 %)Windows SharePoint Services
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
134 (11.04 %)CMS
226 (8.442 %)Joomla!
226 (8.442 %)Drupal
313 (4.221 %)SharePoint
410 (3.247 %)SharePoint Server 2007
55 (1.623 %)IIS
62 (0.649 %)BizTalk Server
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
140 (12.99 %)Photoshop
239 (12.66 %)MS Excel
330 (9.740 %)Adobe Illustrator
44 (1.299 %)InDesign
44 (1.299 %)InfoPath
44 (1.299 %)Acrobat
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (2.273 %)Microsoft CRM
24 (1.299 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.325 %)Google Analytics
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
137 (12.01 %)Internet
26 (1.948 %)Intranet
35 (1.623 %)Broadband
44 (1.299 %)TCP/IP
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1158 (51.30 %)SQL Server
269 (22.40 %)SQL Server 2005
362 (20.13 %)SQL Server 2008
416 (5.195 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (1.948 %)MySQL
64 (1.299 %)DTS
73 (0.974 %)Datawarehouse
82 (0.649 %)RDBMS
82 (0.649 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
137 (12.01 %)Visual Studio
221 (6.818 %)NUnit
316 (5.195 %)Subversion
414 (4.545 %)Eclipse
56 (1.948 %)Expression Blend
56 (1.948 %)Expression Studio
64 (1.299 %)ClearCase
64 (1.299 %)Flash Builder
64 (1.299 %)Flex Builder
64 (1.299 %)Dreamweaver
72 (0.649 %)WinRunner
72 (0.649 %)QuickTest Pro
72 (0.649 %)Team Foundation Server
72 (0.649 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
149 (15.91 %)Marketing
235 (11.36 %)Finance
329 (9.416 %)Social Media
428 (9.091 %)Pensions
525 (8.117 %)Education
622 (7.143 %)Health
718 (5.844 %)Banking
718 (5.844 %)Multimedia
813 (4.221 %)Retail
911 (3.571 %)Insurance
109 (2.922 %)Telecoms
117 (2.273 %)Graphic Design
126 (1.948 %)Animation
126 (1.948 %)Construction
135 (1.623 %)Music
144 (1.299 %)Manufacturing
153 (0.974 %)Pharmaceutical
161 (0.325 %)Publishing
161 (0.325 %)Games
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1245 (79.55 %)Developer
2115 (37.34 %)C# Developer
3106 (34.42 %).NET Developer
462 (20.13 %)ASP.NET Developer
554 (17.53 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
639 (12.66 %)Web Developer
639 (12.66 %)Senior Developer
731 (10.06 %)Software Developer
827 (8.766 %)Architect
827 (8.766 %)Silverlight Developer
926 (8.442 %)Senior C# Developer
1024 (7.792 %)Software Engineer
1123 (7.468 %)Designer
1222 (7.143 %)Senior .NET Developer
1320 (6.494 %)Senior Architect
1417 (5.519 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1513 (4.221 %).NET Web Developer
1612 (3.896 %)Senior Software Engineer
1711 (3.571 %)Web Designer
1810 (3.247 %)Analyst
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
133 (10.71 %)Web 2.0
224 (7.792 %)Computer Science
316 (5.195 %)RIA
413 (4.221 %)N-Tier
512 (3.896 %)iPhone
69 (2.922 %)Blackberry
77 (2.273 %)Client/Server
85 (1.623 %)SaaS
94 (1.299 %)Open Source
94 (1.299 %)W3C
94 (1.299 %)Mathematics
94 (1.299 %)Tandem
103 (0.974 %)Management Information System
103 (0.974 %)Dependency Injection
112 (0.649 %)Blog
112 (0.649 %)Social Network
112 (0.649 %)Smartcard
121 (0.325 %)Streaming Video
121 (0.325 %)Streaming Media
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
145 (14.61 %)Windows
210 (3.247 %)Linux
39 (2.922 %)Windows Mobile
39 (2.922 %)Android
44 (1.299 %)Windows Server 2008
44 (1.299 %)Windows XP
44 (1.299 %)Windows Server 2003
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
153 (17.21 %)Web Development
245 (14.61 %)Agile Software Development
341 (13.31 %)TDD
433 (10.71 %)Project Management
532 (10.39 %)SEO
532 (10.39 %)Pay per click
630 (9.740 %)Workflow
630 (9.740 %)Scrum
630 (9.740 %)SOA
729 (9.416 %)Image Processing
729 (9.416 %)Software Architecture
826 (8.442 %)Digital Marketing
925 (8.117 %)MVC
1023 (7.468 %)CRM
1121 (6.818 %)E-Commerce
1219 (6.169 %)Web Design
1312 (3.896 %)OO
1410 (3.247 %)UML
157 (2.273 %)Time Management
157 (2.273 %)Software Engineering
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1229 (74.35 %)C#
290 (29.22 %)JavaScript
353 (17.21 %)SQL
439 (12.66 %)VB.NET
533 (10.71 %)Java
627 (8.766 %)XAML
726 (8.442 %)ActionScript
825 (8.117 %)VB
922 (7.143 %)T-SQL
1015 (4.870 %)Objective-C
1015 (4.870 %)VB6
118 (2.597 %)C++
122 (0.649 %)Delphi
122 (0.649 %)PHP
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
147 (15.26 %)MCTS
245 (14.61 %)Degree
338 (12.34 %)Microsoft Certification
435 (11.36 %)MCSD
531 (10.06 %)MCAD
628 (9.091 %)MCPD
719 (6.169 %)MCP
82 (0.649 %)Security Cleared
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (0.649 %)Active Directory
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
195 (30.84 %)Microsoft
224 (7.792 %)Adobe
314 (4.545 %)Google
49 (2.922 %)Oracle
54 (1.299 %)Avaya
54 (1.299 %)Sony
62 (0.649 %)HP
71 (0.325 %)Yahoo!