The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 17 June 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 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINQ to SQL (L2S)
Rank 382 408 436
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +28
Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL 8 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.035% 0.030% 0.016%
As % of the Application Development category 0.115% 0.105% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 4
Average daily rate £340 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £409 £320 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £44.50 - £65.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £33.30 -
% change year-on-year
-17.41% -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6982 7653 9454
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 30.31% 28.70% 30.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5055 5173 6426
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 103 112
Average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +4.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £19.44 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £67.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
LINQ to SQL
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London 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 London region.

London LINQ to SQL Daily Rate Trend

LINQ to SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London LINQ to SQL Hourly Rate Trend

LINQ to SQL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LINQ to SQL within the London region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
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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
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LINQ to SQL
England

LINQ to SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing LINQ to SQL 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 to SQL.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) LINQ
2 12 (92.31%) .NET Framework
3 11 (84.62%) ASP.NET
4 10 (76.92%) CSS
4 10 (76.92%) XML
4 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
4 10 (76.92%) C#
4 10 (76.92%) MVC
4 10 (76.92%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (76.92%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 9 (69.23%) jQuery
5 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
5 9 (69.23%) Windows
6 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
6 8 (61.54%) Visual Studio
6 8 (61.54%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (53.85%) HTML
8 6 (46.15%) XSLT
8 6 (46.15%) ADO.NET
8 6 (46.15%) Web Services
8 6 (46.15%) IIS
8 6 (46.15%) WCF
8 6 (46.15%) JSON
9 5 (38.46%) VB.NET
10 4 (30.77%) Ajax
10 4 (30.77%) Workflow
10 4 (30.77%) Finance
10 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC 3

LINQ to SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing LINQ to SQL 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 to SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (100.00%) .NET
1 13 (100.00%) LINQ
2 12 (92.31%) .NET Framework
3 11 (84.62%) ASP.NET
4 10 (76.92%) CSS
4 10 (76.92%) XML
4 10 (76.92%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 9 (69.23%) jQuery
6 8 (61.54%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (53.85%) HTML
8 6 (46.15%) ADO.NET
8 6 (46.15%) Web Services
8 6 (46.15%) JSON
8 6 (46.15%) WCF
8 6 (46.15%) XSLT
9 4 (30.77%) Ajax
9 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 3 (23.08%) Task Parallel Library
10 3 (23.08%) REST
Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) IIS
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Azure
3 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
3 2 (15.38%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (76.92%) SQL Server
1 10 (76.92%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) Visual Studio
2 3 (23.08%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (15.38%) LLBLGen Pro
3 2 (15.38%) CruiseControl
3 2 (15.38%) TeamCity
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.692%) Investment Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Banking
3 1 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Developer
2 10 (76.92%) .NET Developer
3 4 (30.77%) C# Developer
4 3 (23.08%) ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (23.08%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (15.38%) Software Developer
5 2 (15.38%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (7.692%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Applications Developer
6 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (7.692%) C# Application Developer
6 1 (7.692%) .NET Applications Developer
6 1 (7.692%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.692%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) MVC
2 4 (30.77%) Workflow
3 3 (23.08%) Kanban
3 3 (23.08%) MVVM
3 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
3 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.692%) User Stories
5 1 (7.692%) OOP
5 1 (7.692%) SOA
5 1 (7.692%) Code Coverage
5 1 (7.692%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.692%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (76.92%) C#
3 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
4 5 (38.46%) VB.NET
5 2 (15.38%) Perl
6 1 (7.692%) XAML
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Dublin Core
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Telerik
3 1 (7.692%) Apple
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