The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Silverlight over the 3 months to 22 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 South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 68 62 53
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 8 20 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 1.100% 2.099% 2.885%
As % of the Application Development category 2.597% 5.051% 5.581%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 24
Average salary £40,000 £29,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.93% -0.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £24,700 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £32,100 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Application Development
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
308 396 430
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 42.37% 41.55% 51.68%
Number of salaries quoted 286 355 384
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Silverlight
Yorkshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Silverlight Salary Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Sheffield +1 7 £42,500 +46.55%
Silverlight
Yorkshire

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (78.57%) ASP.NET
2 11 (78.57%) .NET
3 10 (71.43%) SQL Server
3 10 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (57.14%) HTML
4 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
5 7 (50.00%) C#
5 7 (50.00%) CSS
6 6 (42.86%) XML
6 6 (42.86%) Oracle
6 6 (42.86%) Degree
6 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
6 6 (42.86%) ASP
7 5 (35.71%) Workflow
7 5 (35.71%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (35.71%) WinForms
7 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (35.71%) Ajax
7 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (35.71%) Resource Management
7 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
7 5 (35.71%) WPF
7 5 (35.71%) Oracle 11g
7 5 (35.71%) SQL
7 5 (35.71%) VB
7 5 (35.71%) VB.NET
7 5 (35.71%) Oracle 10g
7 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 11 (78.57%) ASP.NET
1 11 (78.57%) .NET
2 8 (57.14%) HTML
3 7 (50.00%) CSS
4 6 (42.86%) XML
4 6 (42.86%) ASP
5 5 (35.71%) WinForms
5 5 (35.71%) Ajax
5 5 (35.71%) WPF
6 3 (21.43%) COM
7 2 (14.29%) Flash
7 2 (14.29%) DHTML
7 2 (14.29%) Apache Flex
8 1 (7.143%) MFC
8 1 (7.143%) Web Services
8 1 (7.143%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 5 (35.71%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (7.143%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
1 1 (7.143%) SSL
1 1 (7.143%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (71.43%) SQL Server
1 10 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (35.71%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (35.71%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (35.71%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (35.71%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
1 1 (7.143%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (7.143%) InstallShield
General
1 1 (7.143%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Developer
2 6 (42.86%) Software Developer
3 5 (35.71%) .NET Developer
3 5 (35.71%) C# Developer
3 5 (35.71%) C# Software Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Head of User Experience
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Developer
5 1 (7.143%) CRM Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Lead .NET Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Windows
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (35.71%) Workflow
2 5 (35.71%) Resource Management
3 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.143%) CRM
3 1 (7.143%) UML
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 7 (50.00%) C#
3 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) VB
3 5 (35.71%) VB.NET
4 1 (7.143%) VBScript
4 1 (7.143%) C++
4 1 (7.143%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Oracle
3 1 (7.143%) Borland