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 Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft Silverlight
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank106115-
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads860
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire0.389 %0.256 %-
As % of the Application Development category1.114 %0.734 %-
Salaries quoted850
Average salary£34,075£31,882-
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.880 %-
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£32,500£37,250
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-12.75 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7188172380
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire34.92 %34.90 %41.65 %
Salaries quoted6417302130
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Silverlight YorkshireSilverlight
Yorkshire

Silverlight
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
LeedsUp+176£34,075+6.88 %
BradfordUp+92£36,250+13.70 %
Silverlight YorkshireSilverlight
Yorkshire

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

131 (73.81 %).NET
226 (61.90 %)C#
318 (42.86 %)XML
415 (35.71 %)SQL Server
514 (33.33 %)CSS
613 (30.95 %)Degree
712 (28.57 %)XHTML
810 (23.81 %)Flash
810 (23.81 %)Finance
810 (23.81 %)JavaScript
810 (23.81 %)WCF
99 (21.43 %)AJAX
99 (21.43 %)HTML
108 (19.05 %)OO
108 (19.05 %)ASP.NET
108 (19.05 %)Web Development
108 (19.05 %)Pensions
108 (19.05 %)SaaS
117 (16.67 %)Business Analysis
117 (16.67 %)Adobe Flex
117 (16.67 %)jQuery
117 (16.67 %)Asset Management
117 (16.67 %)Insurance
117 (16.67 %)Health
117 (16.67 %)ADO.NET
126 (14.29 %)XSLT
126 (14.29 %)Windows
126 (14.29 %)DHTML
126 (14.29 %)ActionScript
126 (14.29 %)GIS

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
131 (73.81 %).NET
218 (42.86 %)XML
314 (33.33 %)CSS
412 (28.57 %)XHTML
510 (23.81 %)Flash
510 (23.81 %)WCF
69 (21.43 %)AJAX
69 (21.43 %)HTML
78 (19.05 %)ASP.NET
87 (16.67 %)ADO.NET
87 (16.67 %)jQuery
87 (16.67 %)Adobe Flex
96 (14.29 %)MooTools
96 (14.29 %)DHTML
96 (14.29 %)XSLT
105 (11.90 %)WinForms
114 (9.524 %).NET Framework
123 (7.143 %)WPF
132 (4.762 %)ASP.NET 2.0
141 (2.381 %)LINQ
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (9.524 %)IIS
14 (9.524 %)SharePoint
22 (4.762 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (2.381 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (2.381 %)MS Exchange
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (7.143 %)MS Excel
22 (4.762 %)InfoPath
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (2.381 %)Dynamics CRM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (2.381 %)Broadband
11 (2.381 %)SNMP
11 (2.381 %)Firewall
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (35.71 %)SQL Server
26 (14.29 %)GIS
34 (9.524 %)MySQL
43 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2008
52 (4.762 %)OLAP
61 (2.381 %)SQL Server 2005
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (23.81 %)Finance
28 (19.05 %)Pensions
37 (16.67 %)Health
37 (16.67 %)Insurance
45 (11.90 %)Marketing
51 (2.381 %)Telecoms
51 (2.381 %)Electric
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
140 (95.24 %)Developer
214 (33.33 %).NET Developer
310 (23.81 %)Web Developer
48 (19.05 %)Senior Developer
48 (19.05 %)C# Developer
55 (11.90 %)Software Developer
55 (11.90 %)Senior .NET Developer
64 (9.524 %)PHP Developer
73 (7.143 %)C# Web Developer
73 (7.143 %)Applications Developer
73 (7.143 %)C# Application Developer
82 (4.762 %)SharePoint Developer
91 (2.381 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
91 (2.381 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
91 (2.381 %)Senior SharePoint Developer
91 (2.381 %)VB.NET Developer
91 (2.381 %)ASP.NET Developer
91 (2.381 %)Graduate
91 (2.381 %)Lead Developer
91 (2.381 %)Architect
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (19.05 %)SaaS
22 (4.762 %)NHS
31 (2.381 %)Taxonomies
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (14.29 %)Windows
21 (2.381 %)Linux
21 (2.381 %)Windows Server 2008
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (19.05 %)OO
18 (19.05 %)Web Development
27 (16.67 %)Asset Management
27 (16.67 %)Business Analysis
36 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
44 (9.524 %)HOOD
44 (9.524 %)SEO
53 (7.143 %)Web Design
62 (4.762 %)System Testing
62 (4.762 %)Business Intelligence
71 (2.381 %)UML
71 (2.381 %)CRM
71 (2.381 %)SOA
71 (2.381 %)Workflow
71 (2.381 %)Stakeholder Management
71 (2.381 %)MVC
71 (2.381 %)Information Architecture
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
126 (61.90 %)C#
210 (23.81 %)JavaScript
36 (14.29 %)ActionScript
45 (11.90 %)SQL
54 (9.524 %)PHP
63 (7.143 %)VB.NET
72 (4.762 %)Java
72 (4.762 %)VB
81 (2.381 %)C
81 (2.381 %)T-SQL
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (30.95 %)Degree
23 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
32 (4.762 %)MCP
32 (4.762 %)MCAD
32 (4.762 %)MCSD
32 (4.762 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (4.762 %)MCTS
41 (2.381 %)SC Cleared
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.381 %)Active Directory
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (11.90 %)Microsoft
24 (9.524 %)Adobe