The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 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 Hertfordshire 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.
|
3 months to 23 May 2013 |
Same period 2012 |
Same period 2011 |
| LINQ to SQL (L2S) |
| Rank |
- |
69 |
62 |
| Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire |
- |
0.103% |
0.227% |
| As % of the Application Development category |
- |
0.358% |
0.935% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Average daily rate |
- |
£285 |
£265 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
|
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£275 |
£300 |
£300 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Average hourly rate |
- |
- |
- |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£27.50 |
£33.31 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
|
All Application Development Hertfordshire |
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Application Development category |
210 |
279 |
214 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire |
32.97% |
28.73% |
24.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
105 |
118 |
93 |
| Average daily rate |
£400 |
£350 |
£313 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year |
|
| 90% offered a daily rate of more than |
£213 |
£275 |
£212 |
| 10% offered a daily rate of more than |
£450 |
£490 |
£500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate |
£325 |
£325 |
£325 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
4 |
18 |
24 |
| Average hourly rate |
£20.00 |
£35.00 |
£35.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year |
|
| 90% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£15.00 |
£20.00 |
£33.00 |
| 10% offered a hourly rate of more than |
£39.50 |
£36.00 |
£37.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate |
£35.00 |
£32.00 |
£36.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
|
LINQ to SQL East of England |
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