The first 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 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 127 110 126
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +16
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 72 80 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.431% 1.733% 1.105%
As % of the Application Development category 3.536% 4.057% 2.943%
Number of salaries quoted 71 63 45
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2036 1972 1529
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 40.48% 42.73% 37.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1820 1773 1397
Average salary £37,000 £36,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.06% +3.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,985 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Silverlight
England

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Silverlight across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

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 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
Worcestershire +14 15 £40,000 +60.00%
Warwickshire +9 15 £37,500 +10.29%
Birmingham -9 13 £45,000 +5.88%
Coventry -15 13 £45,000 +20.00%
Shropshire 0 5 £30,000 -
West Bromwich - 4 £40,000 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £32,000 -
Silverlight
England

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 142 (90.45%) .NET
2 139 (88.54%) C#
3 121 (77.07%) SQL Server
4 91 (57.96%) ASP.NET
5 90 (57.32%) JavaScript
6 83 (52.87%) SQL
7 78 (49.68%) HTML
8 75 (47.77%) Microsoft
8 75 (47.77%) .NET Framework
9 68 (43.31%) CSS
10 64 (40.76%) WPF
11 56 (35.67%) SharePoint
12 55 (35.03%) MVC
13 48 (30.57%) WCF
14 42 (26.75%) jQuery
15 41 (26.11%) SQL Server 2008
15 41 (26.11%) Visual Studio
15 41 (26.11%) T-SQL
16 40 (25.48%) OO
17 38 (24.20%) Windows
17 38 (24.20%) XML
17 38 (24.20%) LINQ
18 36 (22.93%) PL/SQL
19 35 (22.29%) Oracle
19 35 (22.29%) Web Services
20 32 (20.38%) Agile Software Development
21 30 (19.11%) BizTalk Server
22 29 (18.47%) SharePoint 2010
23 28 (17.83%) Scrum
24 27 (17.20%) InfoPath

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 142 (90.45%) .NET
2 91 (57.96%) ASP.NET
3 78 (49.68%) HTML
4 75 (47.77%) .NET Framework
5 68 (43.31%) CSS
6 64 (40.76%) WPF
7 48 (30.57%) WCF
8 42 (26.75%) jQuery
9 38 (24.20%) XML
9 38 (24.20%) LINQ
10 35 (22.29%) Web Services
11 27 (17.20%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 23 (14.65%) ASP.NET MVC
13 20 (12.74%) XHTML
14 19 (12.10%) ADO.NET
14 19 (12.10%) CSS3
15 18 (11.46%) WinForms
16 17 (10.83%) HTML5
17 15 (9.554%) Ajax
18 14 (8.917%) WF
Application Platforms
1 56 (35.67%) SharePoint
2 30 (19.11%) BizTalk Server
3 29 (18.47%) SharePoint 2010
4 21 (13.38%) SharePoint Server
5 16 (10.19%) IIS
6 12 (7.643%) SAP Portal
6 12 (7.643%) SharePoint Foundation
6 12 (7.643%) NetWeaver
7 5 (3.185%) Lync
8 2 (1.274%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (1.274%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (1.274%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.637%) CMS
9 1 (0.637%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (17.20%) InfoPath
2 19 (12.10%) MS Excel
3 14 (8.917%) MS Office
4 1 (0.637%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (10.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (5.732%) SAP Business One
3 7 (4.459%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (2.548%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.274%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (77.07%) SQL Server
2 41 (26.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (12.10%) Oracle 8/8i
4 16 (10.19%) SQL Server 2005
5 14 (8.917%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (8.280%) Oracle 10g
6 13 (8.280%) Oracle 11g
7 12 (7.643%) DB2
8 6 (3.822%) TOAD
8 6 (3.822%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (2.548%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (26.11%) Visual Studio
2 15 (9.554%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 12 (7.643%) Visual Studio Team System
3 12 (7.643%) MSBuild
3 12 (7.643%) Xcode
3 12 (7.643%) CruiseControl
3 12 (7.643%) NUnit
4 6 (3.822%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.274%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (13.38%) Retail
2 16 (10.19%) Finance
3 9 (5.732%) Banking
4 7 (4.459%) Legal
5 1 (0.637%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 136 (86.62%) Developer
2 54 (34.39%) .NET Developer
3 43 (27.39%) C# Developer
4 33 (21.02%) Senior Developer
4 33 (21.02%) C# .NET Developer
5 23 (14.65%) SharePoint Developer
6 19 (12.10%) Oracle Developer
7 18 (11.46%) Architect
8 13 (8.280%) Senior .NET Developer
8 13 (8.280%) Software Developer
8 13 (8.280%) Senior SharePoint Developer
9 12 (7.643%) Designer
10 10 (6.369%) WPF Developer
11 9 (5.732%) Senior C# Developer
12 7 (4.459%) Java Developer
12 7 (4.459%) Agile .NET Developer
12 7 (4.459%) User Experience Architect
13 6 (3.822%) Software Engineer
14 5 (3.185%) Solutions Architect
14 5 (3.185%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.643%) Blackberry
2 10 (6.369%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.637%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (24.20%) Windows
2 14 (8.917%) UNIX
3 12 (7.643%) Android
3 12 (7.643%) Windows Phone 7
3 12 (7.643%) Windows Phone
4 9 (5.732%) Solaris
4 9 (5.732%) OpenVMS
5 3 (1.911%) Windows CE
6 2 (1.274%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.274%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (35.03%) MVC
2 40 (25.48%) OO
3 32 (20.38%) Agile Software Development
4 28 (17.83%) Scrum
5 24 (15.29%) CRM
6 19 (12.10%) Web Development
7 17 (10.83%) PRINCE
7 17 (10.83%) Automation Testing
7 17 (10.83%) MVVM
8 15 (9.554%) Continuous Integration
8 15 (9.554%) Multithreading
9 14 (8.917%) Waterfall
10 12 (7.643%) MSF
10 12 (7.643%) Unified Process
10 12 (7.643%) OOD
10 12 (7.643%) UML
10 12 (7.643%) OOA/OOD
10 12 (7.643%) RUP
11 11 (7.006%) Validation
11 11 (7.006%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 139 (88.54%) C#
2 90 (57.32%) JavaScript
3 83 (52.87%) SQL
4 41 (26.11%) T-SQL
5 36 (22.93%) PL/SQL
6 27 (17.20%) VB.NET
7 12 (7.643%) Java
8 10 (6.369%) VB
9 8 (5.096%) C++
10 4 (2.548%) COBOL
10 4 (2.548%) ABAP
11 3 (1.911%) C
12 2 (1.274%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.274%) VBScript
13 1 (0.637%) VB6
Qualifications
1 22 (14.01%) Degree
2 17 (10.83%) Security Cleared
3 12 (7.643%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.643%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.459%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.274%) MCTS
5 2 (1.274%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.185%) QA
System Software
1 7 (4.459%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.274%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.274%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.274%) WMI
1 2 (1.274%) SCCM
1 2 (1.274%) SCOM
Vendors
1 75 (47.77%) Microsoft
2 35 (22.29%) Oracle
3 21 (13.38%) SAP
4 12 (7.643%) Sybase
5 2 (1.274%) VMware
6 1 (0.637%) BT
6 1 (0.637%) Facebook
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