The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 21 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 South Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 34 - 34
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LINQ 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.373% - 0.356%
As % of the Application Development category 1.266% - 0.826%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £275 - £265
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £300 £295
% change year-on-year
+3.75% +1.69%
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
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
79 81 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 29.48% 30.92% 43.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 41 76
Average daily rate £280 £293 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.27% -2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £220 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 8
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ
Yorkshire

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire LINQ Daily Rate 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 South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Sheffield - 1 £275 -
LINQ
Yorkshire

LINQ
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Telerik
1 1 (100.00%) Twitter

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Telerik
1 1 (100.00%) Twitter