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.

Location
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
- +7.54%
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 £27.50 £33.31 -
% change year-on-year
-17.44% -
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
+14.28% +12.00%
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
-42.85% -
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
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ to SQL
East of England

LINQ to SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire LINQ to SQL Jobs Demand Trend

LINQ to SQL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire LINQ to SQL Daily Rate Trend