The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 18 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 Reading 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINQ to SQL (L2S)
Rank - - 74
Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL 0 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading - - 0.395%
As % of the Application Development category - - 1.852%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £33.30 -
% change year-on-year
-17.41% -
All Application Development
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
193 170 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 22.06% 14.77% 21.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 64 103
Average daily rate £375 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £250 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £19.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +15.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
LINQ to SQL
Berkshire

LINQ to SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading LINQ to SQL Jobs Demand Trend