The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 20 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 Chester 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINQ to SQL (L2S)
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 1.449% - -
As % of the Application Development category 13.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
15 15 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 10.87% 12.93% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 22
Average daily rate £375 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -1.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £9.00 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ to SQL
Cheshire

LINQ to SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester LINQ to SQL Jobs Demand 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 Chester region.

Chester LINQ to SQL Hourly Rate Trend

LINQ to SQL
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) WinForms
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) IIS
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government

LINQ to SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) WinForms
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 5 (100.00%) WCF
1 5 (100.00%) LINQ
1 5 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL