The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Silverlight skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Silverlight falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
7,446
8,629
11,280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
22.62%
22.39%
22.34%
Number of daily rates quoted
4,963
5,670
8,111
10th Percentile
£350
£350
£375
25th Percentile
£413
£425
£450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£550
£550
Median % change year-on-year
-9.09%
-
-4.35%
75th Percentile
£630
£651
£675
90th Percentile
£738
£800
£775
UK excluding London median daily rate
£470
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-6.00%
-
-3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted
180
186
172
10th Percentile
£31.20
£25.60
£36.03
25th Percentile
£41.13
£43.00
£46.18
Median hourly rate
£52.50
£61.60
£60.00
Median % change year-on-year
-14.77%
+2.67%
-
75th Percentile
£65.00
£70.00
£73.67
90th Percentile
£72.05
£74.68
£78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£55.00
£65.00
£59.03
% change year-on-year
-15.38%
+10.11%
-4.02%
Silverlight Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Silverlight as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Silverlight Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Silverlight.
Silverlight Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Silverlight.
Silverlight Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 September 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Silverlight also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Silverlight.
Silverlight Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
