The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Yorkshire 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 East Yorkshire 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing LINQ 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £300 £285
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +5.26%
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
East Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
9 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Yorkshire 20.45% 17.65% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
Average daily rate £300 £285 £266
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +7.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £8.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ
Yorkshire

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Yorkshire 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 East Yorkshire region.

East Yorkshire LINQ Daily Rate Trend

LINQ
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Yorkshire 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%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Star Schema
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (100.00%) Statistics
1 5 (100.00%) MDX
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (100.00%) PowerPivot
1 5 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) PerformancePoint
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Yorkshire 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%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) PowerPivot
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) Star Schema
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft