The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LINQ to SQL over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINQ to SQL (L2S)
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.277% - -
As % of the Application Development category 1.212% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.73 £33.32 -
% change year-on-year
-13.77% -
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
165 238 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.85% 29.46% 26.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 127 175
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ to SQL
North West

LINQ to SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire LINQ to SQL Jobs Demand Trend

LINQ to SQL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire LINQ to SQL Daily Rate Trend

LINQ to SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LINQ to SQL across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire LINQ to SQL Hourly Rate Trend

LINQ to SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LINQ to SQL within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester - 2 £300 -
LINQ to SQL
North West

LINQ to SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing LINQ to SQL 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited LINQ to SQL.

1 14 (100.00%) SQL
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 13 (92.86%) ASP.NET
3 12 (85.71%) JavaScript
3 12 (85.71%) LINQ
4 8 (57.14%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 8 (57.14%) XML
5 7 (50.00%) CSS
5 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 7 (50.00%) .NET Framework
6 6 (42.86%) Web Services
6 6 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (35.71%) WCF
7 5 (35.71%) jQuery
7 5 (35.71%) HTML
7 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (35.71%) WinForms
8 4 (28.57%) Finance
8 4 (28.57%) Project Management
8 4 (28.57%) IIS
8 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
8 4 (28.57%) Windows
8 4 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
8 4 (28.57%) Demand Management
8 4 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (21.43%) Dependency Injection
9 3 (21.43%) Unity DI Container
9 3 (21.43%) Ninject

LINQ to SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing LINQ to SQL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited LINQ to SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (92.86%) ASP.NET
3 12 (85.71%) LINQ
4 8 (57.14%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 8 (57.14%) XML
5 7 (50.00%) CSS
5 7 (50.00%) .NET Framework
6 6 (42.86%) Web Services
7 5 (35.71%) WinForms
7 5 (35.71%) WCF
7 5 (35.71%) jQuery
7 5 (35.71%) HTML
8 3 (21.43%) Ninject
8 3 (21.43%) Unity DI Container
8 3 (21.43%) NHibernate
9 2 (14.29%) XSLT
9 2 (14.29%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (42.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (35.71%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Visual Studio
1 4 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (14.29%) Subversion
2 2 (14.29%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (7.143%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Developer
1 14 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Senior Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Senior .NET Developer
3 3 (21.43%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
4 2 (14.29%) C# Developer
5 1 (7.143%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
1 4 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
1 4 (28.57%) Demand Management
2 3 (21.43%) Dependency Injection
3 2 (14.29%) Business Development
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.143%) MVC
4 1 (7.143%) Workflow
4 1 (7.143%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
1 14 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (85.71%) JavaScript
3 3 (21.43%) XPath
4 2 (14.29%) Java
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) Telerik
Wilmslow, North West
Our client based in Wilmslow is currently looking for a .NET Developer for a 1-3 month rolling contract. This role will suit a motivated and pro-active...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Our client based in Wilmslow is currently looking for a .NET Developer for a 1-3 month rolling contract. This role will suit a motivated and pro-active...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Rate: £200 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Required Skills / Experience: Web development experience with C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ and SQL... Keywords: C#, .Net, SSRS, LINQ, MVC, SQL, CRM, SMS, Web Developer, Design Patterns, Model-View-...
1 Greenplace
Rate: From £250 to £350 per day dependent upon experience
Posted: 8 May 2013