The first table below looks at the demand for Silverlight skills in IT jobs advertised for the York 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Silverlight
Rank 46 20 36
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +16
Permanent jobs citing Silverlight 13 46 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 3.059% 10.85% 4.534%
As % of the Application Development category 7.222% 16.97% 10.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12 41 14
Average salary £31,250 £26,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.19% -42.22%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Application Development
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
180 271 165
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 42.35% 63.92% 41.56%
Number of salaries quoted 150 210 147
Average salary £33,500 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,250 £45,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Silverlight
North Yorkshire

Silverlight
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Silverlight Salary Trend

Silverlight
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 29 (72.50%) C#
1 29 (72.50%) SQL Server
2 28 (70.00%) .NET
3 21 (52.50%) JavaScript
3 21 (52.50%) ASP.NET
4 20 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 20 (50.00%) jQuery
4 20 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (37.50%) XML
5 15 (37.50%) OO
6 14 (35.00%) WCF
6 14 (35.00%) Digital Media
6 14 (35.00%) CSS
6 14 (35.00%) BizTalk Server
7 13 (32.50%) Web Services
7 13 (32.50%) SQL
7 13 (32.50%) HTML
8 12 (30.00%) CRM
8 12 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
9 11 (27.50%) Content Management
9 11 (27.50%) MooTools
9 11 (27.50%) ActionScript
9 11 (27.50%) Visual Studio
9 11 (27.50%) Flash
10 10 (25.00%) XHTML
10 10 (25.00%) DHTML
10 10 (25.00%) XSLT
11 9 (22.50%) JSON
12 7 (17.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (17.50%) MVC

Silverlight
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 28 (70.00%) .NET
2 21 (52.50%) ASP.NET
3 20 (50.00%) jQuery
4 15 (37.50%) XML
5 14 (35.00%) WCF
5 14 (35.00%) CSS
6 13 (32.50%) Web Services
6 13 (32.50%) HTML
7 11 (27.50%) MooTools
7 11 (27.50%) Flash
8 10 (25.00%) XHTML
8 10 (25.00%) DHTML
8 10 (25.00%) XSLT
9 9 (22.50%) JSON
10 5 (12.50%) Ajax
11 4 (10.00%) Ninject
12 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET MVC
12 1 (2.500%) WPF
12 1 (2.500%) WinForms
12 1 (2.500%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 14 (35.00%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (10.00%) CMS
4 3 (7.500%) DotNetNuke
Applications
1 2 (5.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (72.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (17.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 11 (27.50%) Visual Studio
2 4 (10.00%) NUnit
2 4 (10.00%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 2 (5.000%) Finance
1 2 (5.000%) Advertising
2 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (100.00%) Developer
2 16 (40.00%) Web Developer
3 15 (37.50%) .NET Developer
4 9 (22.50%) UI Developer
4 9 (22.50%) UI Programmer
5 8 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
6 7 (17.50%) C# Developer
6 7 (17.50%) Systems Developer
7 6 (15.00%) C# .NET Developer
7 6 (15.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 4 (10.00%) Silverlight Developer
9 3 (7.500%) .NET Web Developer
10 2 (5.000%) User Experience Developer
10 2 (5.000%) CRM Developer
11 1 (2.500%) Front-End Developer
11 1 (2.500%) Front-End Web Developer
11 1 (2.500%) Junior C# Developer
11 1 (2.500%) Junior Developer
11 1 (2.500%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 20 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (35.00%) Digital Media
3 5 (12.50%) New Media
4 2 (5.000%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) OO
2 12 (30.00%) CRM
3 11 (27.50%) Content Management
4 7 (17.50%) MVC
5 2 (5.000%) Software Engineering
6 1 (2.500%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 29 (72.50%) C#
2 21 (52.50%) JavaScript
3 13 (32.50%) SQL
4 11 (27.50%) ActionScript
5 7 (17.50%) VB
6 6 (15.00%) XAML
7 3 (7.500%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 20 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.000%) Sage