The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon 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 Devon 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 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LINQ 5 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 2.924% - -
As % of the Application Development category 7.353% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
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
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
68 56 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 39.77% 30.94% 50.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 31 36
Average daily rate £325 £308 £376
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.69% -18.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £351 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 8
Average hourly rate - £10.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -66.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ
South West

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon LINQ Daily 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 Devon 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
Exeter - 3 - -
Torquay - 1 £300 -
LINQ
South West

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) N-Tier
2 4 (80.00%) WCF
2 4 (80.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (60.00%) Dependency Injection
3 3 (60.00%) WPF
3 3 (60.00%) Silverlight
3 3 (60.00%) TDD
3 3 (60.00%) Logistics
4 2 (40.00%) Subversion
4 2 (40.00%) Ajax
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (20.00%) PHP
5 1 (20.00%) MySQL
5 1 (20.00%) CSS
5 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
5 1 (20.00%) IIS
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (20.00%) XML
5 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
5 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (20.00%) Middleware

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) WCF
2 4 (80.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (60.00%) WPF
3 3 (60.00%) Silverlight
4 2 (40.00%) Ajax
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (20.00%) CSS
5 1 (20.00%) XML
5 1 (20.00%) Middleware
5 1 (20.00%) NHibernate
5 1 (20.00%) jQuery
5 1 (20.00%) Memcached
5 1 (20.00%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (20.00%) WordPress
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL
2 1 (20.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Subversion
2 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior C# Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Dependency Injection
1 3 (60.00%) TDD
1 3 (60.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) SEO
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PHP
3 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
Exeter, South West
A C# WPF Developer is immediately required for a client in Exeter. Thie ideal candidate will have experience in WPF development and be immediately available.
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Essential skills: C# TDD WPF Ideally with Prism Silverlight WCF SQLServer LINQ to Entities N-Tier Entity Framework Dependency Injection Knowledge of connecting WPF to existing WCF services...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Marker Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013