LINQ Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 171 190 204
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +14
Contract jobs citing LINQ 32 28 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.502% 0.356% 0.419%
As % of the Application Development category 1.757% 1.389% 1.496%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 25 32
Average daily rate £507 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.63% +11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £325 £346
10% offered a daily rate of more than £553 £620 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £285
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-21.42% -17.64%
Search 15 LINQ jobs in the City of London
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 1821 2016 2741
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 28.55% 25.63% 27.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1439 1499 2137
Average daily rate £405 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.70% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 28 22
Average hourly rate £41.50 £25.00 £43.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+66.00% -42.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.58 £15.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £75.00 £45.00 £119.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ
London

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London LINQ Daily Rate Trend

LINQ
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LINQ across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London LINQ Daily Rate Histogram

LINQ
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London LINQ Hourly Rate Trend

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 47 (88.68%) .NET
2 45 (84.91%) C#
3 34 (64.15%) WCF
4 29 (54.72%) SQL
5 28 (52.83%) SQL Server
6 22 (41.51%) Finance
6 22 (41.51%) WPF
7 19 (35.85%) JavaScript
8 18 (33.96%) jQuery
9 17 (32.08%) Banking
10 16 (30.19%) TDD
10 16 (30.19%) ASP.NET
10 16 (30.19%) MVC
11 15 (28.30%) Visual Studio
12 14 (26.42%) Oracle
12 14 (26.42%) XML
13 13 (24.53%) Investment Banking
14 12 (22.64%) .NET Framework
14 12 (22.64%) HTML
14 12 (22.64%) ASP.NET MVC
15 11 (20.75%) Multithreading
15 11 (20.75%) CSS
16 10 (18.87%) Windows
16 10 (18.87%) Silverlight
16 10 (18.87%) Scrum
17 9 (16.98%) Front Office
17 9 (16.98%) OO
18 8 (15.09%) Java
18 8 (15.09%) VB.NET
18 8 (15.09%) Agile Software Development

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 47 (88.68%) .NET
2 34 (64.15%) WCF
3 22 (41.51%) WPF
4 18 (33.96%) jQuery
5 16 (30.19%) ASP.NET
6 14 (26.42%) XML
7 12 (22.64%) .NET Framework
7 12 (22.64%) HTML
7 12 (22.64%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (20.75%) CSS
9 10 (18.87%) Silverlight
10 8 (15.09%) HTML5
11 7 (13.21%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 7 (13.21%) Web Services
12 6 (11.32%) LINQ to SQL
13 5 (9.434%) Ajax
14 4 (7.547%) XSLT
14 4 (7.547%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 4 (7.547%) Task Parallel Library
14 4 (7.547%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.547%) Windows Azure
2 3 (5.660%) IIS
3 2 (3.774%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.774%) TIBCO EMS
3 2 (3.774%) CMS
4 1 (1.887%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.887%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.660%) HTTP
2 2 (3.774%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (52.83%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.09%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (7.547%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (7.547%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (7.547%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (5.660%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (5.660%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (3.774%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.774%) Sybase ASE
5 2 (3.774%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.887%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (28.30%) Visual Studio
2 6 (11.32%) Subversion
3 4 (7.547%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (5.660%) JIRA
5 2 (3.774%) NUnit
5 2 (3.774%) CruiseControl
5 2 (3.774%) TortoiseSVN
5 2 (3.774%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 2 (3.774%) MSBuild
6 1 (1.887%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.887%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.887%) NCover
6 1 (1.887%) MSTest
6 1 (1.887%) Moq
6 1 (1.887%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.887%) ClearCase
General
1 22 (41.51%) Finance
2 17 (32.08%) Banking
3 13 (24.53%) Investment Banking
4 9 (16.98%) Front Office
5 7 (13.21%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.887%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (94.34%) Developer
2 29 (54.72%) C# Developer
3 15 (28.30%) .NET Developer
4 7 (13.21%) ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (11.32%) Analyst
6 5 (9.434%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (9.434%) C# Web Developer
6 5 (9.434%) Web Developer
7 4 (7.547%) Senior Developer
7 4 (7.547%) Analyst Developer
8 3 (5.660%) WPF Developer
8 3 (5.660%) Senior C# Developer
8 3 (5.660%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 2 (3.774%) Programmer
9 2 (3.774%) Software Engineer
9 2 (3.774%) Senior Programmer
9 2 (3.774%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (3.774%) C# Software Engineer
9 2 (3.774%) Developer Analyst
9 2 (3.774%) Senior C# Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.434%) Equities
1 5 (9.434%) Market Risk
2 3 (5.660%) Derivative
2 3 (5.660%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.774%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.774%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.774%) N-Tier
3 2 (3.774%) RIA
4 1 (1.887%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.887%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.87%) Windows
2 3 (5.660%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (5.660%) Linux
3 2 (3.774%) UNIX
3 2 (3.774%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.774%) Windows 2000 Server
3 2 (3.774%) Windows 8
4 1 (1.887%) Windows Phone 8
4 1 (1.887%) Windows Phone
4 1 (1.887%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.887%) Windows Phone 7
4 1 (1.887%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.19%) TDD
1 16 (30.19%) MVC
2 11 (20.75%) Multithreading
3 10 (18.87%) Scrum
4 9 (16.98%) OO
5 8 (15.09%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (15.09%) Analytics
6 7 (13.21%) MVVM
6 7 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (11.32%) Asset Management
8 4 (7.547%) E-Commerce
8 4 (7.547%) Time Management
9 3 (5.660%) Risk Management
9 3 (5.660%) Workflow
9 3 (5.660%) Kanban
10 2 (3.774%) OOD
10 2 (3.774%) Project Management
10 2 (3.774%) Unit Testing
10 2 (3.774%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (3.774%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 45 (84.91%) C#
2 29 (54.72%) SQL
3 19 (35.85%) JavaScript
4 8 (15.09%) Java
4 8 (15.09%) VB.NET
5 5 (9.434%) Perl
6 3 (5.660%) VBA
6 3 (5.660%) T-SQL
7 2 (3.774%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.774%) C++
7 2 (3.774%) XAML
8 1 (1.887%) F#
8 1 (1.887%) VB6
8 1 (1.887%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.887%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.547%) ISO 9001
2 3 (5.660%) Dublin Core
3 1 (1.887%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.774%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) Oracle
2 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) Charles River
3 6 (11.32%) Cadis
4 5 (9.434%) Fidessa
5 4 (7.547%) Sybase
6 2 (3.774%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.887%) Perforce
7 1 (1.887%) Reuters
7 1 (1.887%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.887%) Apple
C# Developer - Contract - Finance - London City
City of London
The C# Developer will develop using the latest technologies such as WPF, WCF and SQL Server... Key Experience: Agile/Scrum/TDD C#/.NET/WPF/WCF/Visual Studio/SQL...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
ASP.Net MVC 3 Developer - CONTRACT - LONDON
City of London
C#, .Net 4.0, ASP.Net MVC 3, MVC, ASP.Net, Ecommerce, WCF, Linq, SQL Server, Visual Studio 2010, SSRS, JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS, Insurance, Finance, Accounting) ASP...
ITHR
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
C# Developer
City, London
We are looking for an experienced 'front to back' C# developer, to work on this GREENFIELD project for our client based in the city of London. You will...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
MS Dynamics CRM Developer
City of London
We deal with both Microsoft Partners & End Users globally and we have never had more live requirements & jobs for Microsoft Dynamics professionals. By specialising solely in placing candidates...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 2 May 2013
SharePoint Developer
City, London
MOSS, 2007, 2010, ASP, LINQ, XML, WSS, SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint SQL Server, SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL SSRS, OOP, UML, SharePoint Developer, Microsoft Investment Bank - London City 3...
Harrington Starr
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Java, JMS Integration Developer
City of London
You will have extensive experience with Middleware technologies such as Java, J2SE, TIBCO EMS, JMS, and bridged bus configuration. Also you will need to be highly skilled with...
harringtonstarr
Rate: £400 - £430 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
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