The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Bedford region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank - - 9
Contract jobs citing LINQ 0 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford - - 18.18%
As % of the Application Development category - - 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £185
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £280
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.75 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-26.42% -17.64%
All Application Development
Bedford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
9 6 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 40.91% 23.08% 48.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 8
Average daily rate £240 £325 £185
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.15% +75.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £325 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £325 £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £190.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
LINQ
Bedfordshire

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford LINQ Jobs Demand Trend

LINQ
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LINQ across the Bedford region.

Bedford LINQ Daily Rate Trend