The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ 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 over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LINQ 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.821% - -
As % of the Application Development category 3.636% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £291 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £288
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-21.42% -17.64%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
165 236 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.57% 29.57% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 127 176
Average daily rate £350 £336 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.32% -4.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £273 £315
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
North West

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire LINQ Daily Rate Trend

LINQ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire LINQ Hourly Rate Trend

LINQ
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LINQ within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Warrington - 3 £329 -
Chester - 2 £300 -
Wilmslow - 1 £275 -
LINQ
North West

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing LINQ 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.

1 17 (100.00%) C#
1 17 (100.00%) SQL
1 17 (100.00%) .NET
2 14 (82.35%) JavaScript
3 13 (76.47%) LINQ to SQL
4 12 (70.59%) ASP.NET
5 11 (64.71%) SQL Server
6 10 (58.82%) Web Services
6 10 (58.82%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 10 (58.82%) .NET Framework
7 9 (52.94%) jQuery
7 9 (52.94%) SQL Server 2005
8 8 (47.06%) XML
9 7 (41.18%) CSS
9 7 (41.18%) Visual Studio
9 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2008
10 5 (29.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (29.41%) WCF
10 5 (29.41%) HTML
10 5 (29.41%) WinForms
11 4 (23.53%) Contact Management
11 4 (23.53%) Finance
11 4 (23.53%) Project Management
11 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
11 4 (23.53%) T-SQL
11 4 (23.53%) VB.NET
11 4 (23.53%) Photoshop
11 4 (23.53%) IIS
11 4 (23.53%) Windows
11 4 (23.53%) Android

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing LINQ 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (100.00%) .NET
2 13 (76.47%) LINQ to SQL
3 12 (70.59%) ASP.NET
4 10 (58.82%) Web Services
4 10 (58.82%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 10 (58.82%) .NET Framework
5 9 (52.94%) jQuery
6 8 (47.06%) XML
7 7 (41.18%) CSS
8 5 (29.41%) WCF
8 5 (29.41%) HTML
8 5 (29.41%) WinForms
9 2 (11.76%) XSLT
10 1 (5.882%) Ninject
10 1 (5.882%) Unity DI Container
10 1 (5.882%) NHibernate
10 1 (5.882%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (64.71%) SQL Server
2 9 (52.94%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (29.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (23.53%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Visual Studio
2 3 (17.65%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.882%) Git (software)
3 1 (5.882%) Subversion
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 1 (5.882%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) Developer
2 13 (76.47%) .NET Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Developer
3 4 (23.53%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (17.65%) C# Developer
4 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Developer
5 2 (11.76%) Web Developer
5 2 (11.76%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (11.76%) C# .NET Developer
6 1 (5.882%) .NET Software Developer
6 1 (5.882%) C# Web Developer
6 1 (5.882%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
1 4 (23.53%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
1 4 (23.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Contact Management
1 4 (23.53%) Project Management
1 4 (23.53%) Portfolio Management
1 4 (23.53%) Demand Management
2 3 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Business Development
4 1 (5.882%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (5.882%) Refactoring
4 1 (5.882%) MVC
4 1 (5.882%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) C#
1 17 (100.00%) SQL
2 14 (82.35%) JavaScript
3 4 (23.53%) T-SQL
3 4 (23.53%) VB.NET
4 3 (17.65%) XPath
5 2 (11.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
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: 22 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