The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 22 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 Surrey 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINQ to SQL (L2S)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £33.31 -
% change year-on-year
-17.44% -
All Application Development
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
327 478 534
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 28.26% 29.04% 29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 275 294
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £248 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 15
Average hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.75 £19.00 £17.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £41.50 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ to SQL
South East

LINQ to SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey LINQ to SQL Daily Rate Trend