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The table below looks at the demand for Language Integrated Query (LINQ) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLanguage Integrated Query (LINQ)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank118-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.006 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£277-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£27.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.83-
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads8951008
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.260 %1.019 %
Daily rates quoted156145
Average minimum daily rate£288£310
Average daily rate£305£332
% change on same period last year-8.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted8888
Average minimum hourly rate£25.11£25.61
Average hourly rate£27.83£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.55£30.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
LINQ EnglandLINQ
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

LINQ
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LINQ across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West LINQ Demand 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 North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MerseysideNew entry-7--
CheshireNew entry-2--
LINQ EnglandLINQ
England

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

112 (100.00 %).NET
210 (83.33 %)SQL Server
38 (66.67 %)C#
47 (58.33 %)SQL
56 (50.00 %)VB
56 (50.00 %)VB.NET
56 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
56 (50.00 %)VB6
56 (50.00 %)AJAX
65 (41.67 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (33.33 %).NET Framework
74 (33.33 %)HTML
83 (25.00 %)JavaScript
83 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
83 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
83 (25.00 %)ADO
83 (25.00 %)OO
83 (25.00 %)Informix
83 (25.00 %)MSMQ
83 (25.00 %)NHibernate
83 (25.00 %)WebServices
83 (25.00 %)XML
92 (16.67 %)Telecoms
92 (16.67 %)WCF
92 (16.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
92 (16.67 %)CSS
101 (8.333 %)MS Excel
101 (8.333 %)IBM
101 (8.333 %)Microsoft

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (100.00 %).NET
26 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
26 (50.00 %)AJAX
34 (33.33 %).NET Framework
34 (33.33 %)HTML
43 (25.00 %)NHibernate
43 (25.00 %)WebServices
43 (25.00 %)XML
43 (25.00 %)ADO
52 (16.67 %)CSS
52 (16.67 %)WCF
52 (16.67 %)ASP.NET 2.0
61 (8.333 %)ADO.NET
61 (8.333 %)XSLT
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Excel
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (83.33 %)SQL Server
25 (41.67 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (33.33 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (25.00 %)Informix
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
21 (8.333 %)NUnit
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Telecoms
21 (8.333 %)Finance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)Developer
111 (91.67 %).NET Developer
25 (41.67 %)C# Developer
34 (33.33 %)VB.NET Developer
42 (16.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
42 (16.67 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)NHS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)OO
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (66.67 %)C#
27 (58.33 %)SQL
36 (50.00 %)VB
36 (50.00 %)VB.NET
36 (50.00 %)VB6
43 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
43 (25.00 %)JavaScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (25.00 %)MSMQ
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)IBM
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft