The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 17 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 Northampton 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank - - 23
Contract jobs citing LINQ 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton - - 0.556%
As % of the Application Development category - - 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.73 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-17.91% -17.64%
All Application Development
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
9 30 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 6.569% 12.71% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 4
Average daily rate £300 £250 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ
Northamptonshire

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton LINQ Daily Rate Trend

LINQ
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) IIS
3 1 (33.33%) ASP
3 1 (33.33%) VBScript
3 1 (33.33%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Senior .NET Developer
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) VBScript
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) C
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft