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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Silverlight skills across the UK 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank382960
Rank change on same period last yearUp+578
Matching permanent IT job ads80145
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.423 %0.018 %
As % of the category below1.301 %0.059 %
Salaries quoted73044
Average minimum salary£39,971£35,091
Average salary£43,535£39,727
% change on same period last year+9.58 %
Average maximum salary£47,099£44,364
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£38,682
% change on same period last year-7.26 %
IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6155976866
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.50 %31.48 %
Salaries quoted5260762991
Average minimum salary£37,021£38,868
Average salary£40,612£42,676
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Average maximum salary£44,203£46,485
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %

Silverlight
Demand Trend

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

Silverlight Demand Trend

Silverlight
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Silverlight within the UK.

Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Silverlight Salary Histogram

Silverlight
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Silverlight within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+551781£43,652+9.87 %
LondonUp+392475£49,177+22.71 %
South EastUp+166132£37,877-13.06 %
City of LondonNew entry-61£75,983-
East of EnglandUp+6053£33,008+6.47 %
BerkshireNew entry-50£42,244-
South WestUp+4347£36,538+32.86 %
CambridgeshireNew entry-46£33,850-
North WestNew entry-40£31,409-
CambridgeNew entry-34£35,132-
WindsorNew entry-29£42,083-
HampshireUp+1823£31,739-9.31 %
ManchesterNew entry-23£30,537-
SurreyUp+4922£38,000-20.00 %
GloucestershireNew entry-20£33,625-
OxfordshireUp+1718£38,833-2.91 %
West MidlandsNew entry-18£41,000-
CheshireNew entry-17£32,794-
PeterboroughNew entry-14£29,857-
BasingstokeNew entry-14£33,464-
WilmslowNew entry-13£33,462-
DorsetNew entry-12£35,000-
YorkshireNew entry-12£52,500-
ReadingNew entry-11£36,364-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-10£31,786-
BristolDown-410£43,150+56.90 %
LeedsNew entry-10£53,750-
West YorkshireNew entry-10£53,750-
WalesNew entry-10£44,462-
ScotlandNew entry-10£31,188-

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11048 (90.50 %).NET
2919 (79.36 %)C#
3805 (69.52 %)ASP.NET
4711 (61.40 %)SQL Server
5660 (56.99 %)AJAX
6530 (45.77 %)CSS
7504 (43.52 %)WPF
8486 (41.97 %)XML
9475 (41.02 %)JavaScript
10466 (40.24 %)WCF
11439 (37.91 %)SQL Server 2005
12397 (34.28 %)Microsoft
13361 (31.17 %)WebServices
14318 (27.46 %)Internet
15315 (27.20 %)WF
16312 (26.94 %)Scrum
17298 (25.73 %)HTML
18284 (24.53 %)Extreme Programming
19265 (22.88 %)Microsoft Certification
20239 (20.64 %)XHTML
21237 (20.47 %)MCP
22223 (19.26 %)E-Commerce
23216 (18.65 %)MCAD
24209 (18.05 %)MCSD
25207 (17.88 %)SQL
26204 (17.62 %)VB.NET
27182 (15.72 %)Flash
28181 (15.63 %)SharePoint
29165 (14.25 %)Retail
30161 (13.90 %).NET Framework

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11048 (90.50 %).NET
2805 (69.52 %)ASP.NET
3660 (56.99 %)AJAX
4530 (45.77 %)CSS
5504 (43.52 %)WPF
6486 (41.97 %)XML
7466 (40.24 %)WCF
8361 (31.17 %)WebServices
9315 (27.20 %)WF
10298 (25.73 %)HTML
11239 (20.64 %)XHTML
12161 (13.90 %).NET Framework
13107 (9.240 %)WinForms
14105 (9.067 %)LINQ
1577 (6.649 %)Adobe Flex
1668 (5.872 %)XSLT
1759 (5.095 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1848 (4.145 %)XSD
1943 (3.713 %)MVC
2038 (3.282 %)ADO.NET
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1181 (15.63 %)SharePoint
2136 (11.74 %)BizTalk Server
3130 (11.23 %)SharePoint Server 2007
472 (6.218 %)CMS
562 (5.354 %)IIS
626 (2.245 %)Commerce Server
725 (2.159 %)MQSeries
817 (1.468 %)Commerce Server 2007
915 (1.295 %)Apache
104 (0.345 %)SharePoint Portal Server
113 (0.259 %)MTS
122 (0.173 %)ColdFusion MX
122 (0.173 %)Flash Media Server
131 (0.086 %)EPiServer
131 (0.086 %)Immediacy CMS
131 (0.086 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1101 (8.722 %)MS Excel
225 (2.159 %)MS Visio
324 (2.073 %)Photoshop
421 (1.813 %)MS Office
514 (1.209 %)MS Project
612 (1.036 %)Adobe Illustrator
72 (0.173 %)Adobe Premiere
81 (0.086 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (0.086 %)InDesign
81 (0.086 %)Fireworks
81 (0.086 %)3ds Max
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
117 (1.468 %)Summit
22 (0.173 %)Oracle CRM
31 (0.086 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.086 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1318 (27.46 %)Internet
247 (4.059 %)HTTP
323 (1.986 %)Intranet
412 (1.036 %)Extranet
511 (0.950 %)TETRA
511 (0.950 %)CTI
69 (0.777 %)FTP
69 (0.777 %)VoIP
72 (0.173 %)WLAN
72 (0.173 %)LDAP
72 (0.173 %)LAN
72 (0.173 %)RFID
72 (0.173 %)Wi-Fi
72 (0.173 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1711 (61.40 %)SQL Server
2439 (37.91 %)SQL Server 2005
3141 (12.18 %)SQL Server 7
4102 (8.808 %)SQL Server 2000
559 (5.095 %)MySQL
632 (2.763 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
724 (2.073 %)GIS
823 (1.986 %)PostgreSQL
921 (1.813 %)DTS
1013 (1.123 %)RDBMS
117 (0.604 %)Oracle 10g
117 (0.604 %)Oracle 9i
117 (0.604 %)Oracle 11g
122 (0.173 %)MS Access
131 (0.086 %)Crystal Reports
131 (0.086 %)SQLPlus
131 (0.086 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1182 (15.72 %)Flash
2119 (10.28 %)Visual Studio
362 (5.354 %)NUnit
434 (2.936 %)CruiseControl
531 (2.677 %)Subversion
625 (2.159 %)Eclipse
712 (1.036 %)JUnit
712 (1.036 %)Log4j
810 (0.864 %)Dreamweaver
96 (0.518 %)VSS/SourceSafe
96 (0.518 %)ReSharper
102 (0.173 %)Oracle Forms
111 (0.086 %)Ant
111 (0.086 %)QuickTest Pro
111 (0.086 %)NetAdvantage
111 (0.086 %)Visual Studio Team System
111 (0.086 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1165 (14.25 %)Retail
2109 (9.413 %)Banking
3100 (8.636 %)Finance
492 (7.945 %)Games
578 (6.736 %)Pensions
673 (6.304 %)Health
768 (5.872 %)Investment Banking
849 (4.231 %)Marketing
945 (3.886 %)Insurance
1042 (3.627 %)Music
1131 (2.677 %)Advertising
1223 (1.986 %)Front Office
1322 (1.900 %)Automotive
1421 (1.813 %)Multimedia
1519 (1.641 %)Education
1614 (1.209 %)Auditing
1712 (1.036 %)Online Banking
1811 (0.950 %)Electronics
1910 (0.864 %)Telecoms
207 (0.604 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1943 (81.43 %)Developer
2486 (41.97 %)C# Developer
3482 (41.62 %).NET Developer
4207 (17.88 %)ASP.NET Developer
5200 (17.27 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
6155 (13.39 %)Web Developer
7114 (9.845 %)Senior Developer
885 (7.340 %)C# Web Developer
981 (6.995 %).NET Web Developer
1072 (6.218 %)Senior .NET Developer
1149 (4.231 %)Junior Developer
1149 (4.231 %)Software Developer
1149 (4.231 %)Junior
1246 (3.972 %)VB.NET Developer
1342 (3.627 %)Technical Lead
1439 (3.368 %)Architect
1536 (3.109 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1630 (2.591 %)ActionScript Developer
1728 (2.418 %)Senior C# Developer
1826 (2.245 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
163 (5.440 %)RIA
234 (2.936 %)Social Network
332 (2.763 %)Web 2.0
430 (2.591 %)N-Tier
430 (2.591 %)W3C
521 (1.813 %)Physics
620 (1.727 %)Computer Science
620 (1.727 %)Flash Lite
714 (1.209 %)Fixed Income
812 (1.036 %)Client/Server
812 (1.036 %)Spread Betting
911 (0.950 %)Contract for Difference
109 (0.777 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
118 (0.691 %)Blackberry
127 (0.604 %)BBC
127 (0.604 %)Multithreading
136 (0.518 %)Streaming Video
145 (0.432 %)MPEG
145 (0.432 %)IPTV
154 (0.345 %)PDA
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1138 (11.92 %)Windows
217 (1.468 %)Windows XP
314 (1.209 %)Linux
47 (0.604 %)Windows 2000
54 (0.345 %)Windows Vista
63 (0.259 %)Windows NT
71 (0.086 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1312 (26.94 %)Scrum
2284 (24.53 %)Extreme Programming
3223 (19.26 %)E-Commerce
4124 (10.71 %)Agile Software Development
5117 (10.10 %)TDD
6112 (9.672 %)OO
765 (5.613 %)UML
856 (4.836 %)OOP
856 (4.836 %)Continuous Integration
953 (4.577 %)Web Development
1037 (3.195 %)RUP
1124 (2.073 %)Digital Marketing
1124 (2.073 %)Unit Testing
1222 (1.900 %)Web Testing
1321 (1.813 %)Load Testing
1419 (1.641 %)CRM
1518 (1.554 %)Business Intelligence
1616 (1.382 %)Project Management
1616 (1.382 %)Content Management
1714 (1.209 %)SOA
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1919 (79.36 %)C#
2475 (41.02 %)JavaScript
3207 (17.88 %)SQL
4204 (17.62 %)VB.NET
595 (8.204 %)Java
665 (5.613 %)DHTML
762 (5.354 %)PHP
858 (5.009 %)ActionScript
945 (3.886 %)VB
1043 (3.713 %)Transact-SQL
1142 (3.627 %)C++
1222 (1.900 %)XPath
1319 (1.641 %)Perl
1319 (1.641 %)Python
1412 (1.036 %)C
1511 (0.950 %)XAML
1610 (0.864 %)VB6
1610 (0.864 %)VBA
176 (0.518 %)Ruby
185 (0.432 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1265 (22.88 %)Microsoft Certification
2237 (20.47 %)MCP
3216 (18.65 %)MCAD
4209 (18.05 %)MCSD
571 (6.131 %)MCPD
662 (5.354 %)MCTS
752 (4.491 %)Degree
81 (0.086 %)A+ Certification
81 (0.086 %)HND
81 (0.086 %)ISEB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.123 %)QA
210 (0.864 %)WCAG
210 (0.864 %)WAI
31 (0.086 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
126 (2.245 %)MSMQ
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1397 (34.28 %)Microsoft
241 (3.541 %)Oracle
334 (2.936 %)Google
432 (2.763 %)Adobe
522 (1.900 %)SeeBeyond
610 (0.864 %)VMware
79 (0.777 %)Yahoo!
88 (0.691 %)Mapinfo
95 (0.432 %)Sun
103 (0.259 %)Infragistics
111 (0.086 %)HP
111 (0.086 %)Apple
111 (0.086 %)Macromedia
111 (0.086 %)Endeca
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