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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

 Microsoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank89165221
Rank change year-on-year
Up+76Up+56
Matching permanent IT job ads581115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands1.619 %0.237 %0.171 %
As % of the Application Development category4.731 %0.569 %0.540 %
Salaries quoted40912
Average salary£30,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-6.250 %
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£32,500£37,250
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-12.75 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
122619322779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands34.22 %41.63 %31.63 %
Salaries quoted106915992454
Average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
SolihullNew entry-26£26,500-
BirminghamUp+189£35,000-6.66 %
WarwickshireNew entry-8£35,000-
CoventryNew entry-7£30,000-
West BromwichNew entry-1--
WolverhamptonNew entry-1£52,500-
Silverlight EnglandSilverlight
England

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

174 (88.10 %).NET
273 (86.90 %)C#
356 (66.67 %)SQL Server
455 (65.48 %)Microsoft
553 (63.10 %)ASP.NET
635 (41.67 %)SharePoint
732 (38.10 %)SQL
732 (38.10 %)JavaScript
830 (35.71 %)CSS
830 (35.71 %)WCF
929 (34.52 %)WPF
1025 (29.76 %)LINQ
1122 (26.19 %)Team Foundation Server
1221 (25.00 %)T-SQL
1320 (23.81 %)MS Excel
1419 (22.62 %)HTML
1419 (22.62 %)SQL Server 2005
1518 (21.43 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1518 (21.43 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1617 (20.24 %)PL/SQL
1716 (19.05 %)Flash
1815 (17.86 %)XHTML
1815 (17.86 %)Oracle
1815 (17.86 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1815 (17.86 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1913 (15.48 %)Degree
2012 (14.29 %).NET Framework
2111 (13.10 %)AJAX
2111 (13.10 %)Computer Science
2111 (13.10 %)XML

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
174 (88.10 %).NET
253 (63.10 %)ASP.NET
330 (35.71 %)CSS
330 (35.71 %)WCF
429 (34.52 %)WPF
525 (29.76 %)LINQ
619 (22.62 %)HTML
716 (19.05 %)Flash
815 (17.86 %)XHTML
912 (14.29 %).NET Framework
1011 (13.10 %)AJAX
1011 (13.10 %)XML
118 (9.524 %)Web Services
127 (8.333 %)WinForms
136 (7.143 %)jQuery
145 (5.952 %)XSLT
154 (4.762 %)Windows SharePoint Services
163 (3.571 %)ASP
163 (3.571 %)XML Schema
163 (3.571 %)WF
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
135 (41.67 %)SharePoint
215 (17.86 %)SharePoint Server 2007
33 (3.571 %)BizTalk Server
41 (1.190 %)IIS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (23.81 %)MS Excel
29 (10.71 %)Photoshop
38 (9.524 %)Fireworks
42 (2.381 %)MS Visio
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (66.67 %)SQL Server
219 (22.62 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (21.43 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
318 (21.43 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
415 (17.86 %)SQL Server Integration Services
57 (8.333 %)BusinessObjects
57 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (8.333 %)OLAP
57 (8.333 %)Datawarehouse
64 (4.762 %)RDBMS
72 (2.381 %)SQL Server 2008
81 (1.190 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (26.19 %)Team Foundation Server
211 (13.10 %)Visual Studio
211 (13.10 %)VSS/SourceSafe
38 (9.524 %)Dreamweaver
45 (5.952 %)Subversion
51 (1.190 %)Expression Studio
51 (1.190 %)NUnit
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (9.524 %)Graphic Design
27 (8.333 %)Education
35 (5.952 %)Multimedia
43 (3.571 %)Pensions
52 (2.381 %)Health
61 (1.190 %)Law
61 (1.190 %)Home Office
61 (1.190 %)Games
61 (1.190 %)Insurance
61 (1.190 %)Telecoms
61 (1.190 %)Finance
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
171 (84.52 %)Developer
235 (41.67 %).NET Developer
235 (41.67 %)C# Developer
333 (39.29 %)Senior Developer
425 (29.76 %)ASP.NET Developer
524 (28.57 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
617 (20.24 %)Senior C# Developer
714 (16.67 %)Senior .NET Developer
813 (15.48 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
910 (11.90 %)Web Designer
910 (11.90 %)Web Developer
910 (11.90 %)Designer
108 (9.524 %)UI Designer
117 (8.333 %).NET Web Developer
126 (7.143 %)Applications Developer
126 (7.143 %).NET Applications Developer
135 (5.952 %)Web Applications Developer
144 (4.762 %)Junior .NET Developer
144 (4.762 %)Junior
144 (4.762 %)Junior Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (13.10 %)Computer Science
26 (7.143 %)iPhone
32 (2.381 %)E-Learning
32 (2.381 %)VLE
41 (1.190 %)Dependency Injection
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (4.762 %)Windows
21 (1.190 %)UNIX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (10.71 %)Unit Testing
28 (9.524 %)Web Accessibility
28 (9.524 %)Web Design
35 (5.952 %)OO
35 (5.952 %)Business Intelligence
44 (4.762 %)OOP
53 (3.571 %)Web Development
53 (3.571 %)TDD
53 (3.571 %)SOA
53 (3.571 %)MVC
62 (2.381 %)SEO
62 (2.381 %)Workflow
71 (1.190 %)Agile Software Development
71 (1.190 %)Project Management
71 (1.190 %)Requirements Analysis
71 (1.190 %)Customer Engagement
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
173 (86.90 %)C#
232 (38.10 %)JavaScript
232 (38.10 %)SQL
321 (25.00 %)T-SQL
417 (20.24 %)PL/SQL
59 (10.71 %)VB.NET
65 (5.952 %)PowerShell
74 (4.762 %)ActionScript
83 (3.571 %)PHP
92 (2.381 %)C++
92 (2.381 %)C
101 (1.190 %)VB
101 (1.190 %)Java
101 (1.190 %)XAML
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (15.48 %)Degree
24 (4.762 %)Microsoft Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
155 (65.48 %)Microsoft
215 (17.86 %)Oracle
37 (8.333 %)Business Objects
41 (1.190 %)Adobe