The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LINQ to SQL over the 3 months to 17 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.

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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINQ to SQL (L2S)
Rank 536 551 562
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +11
Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL 17 27 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.035% 0.046% 0.067%
As % of the Application Development category 0.126% 0.181% 0.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 22
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £285 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £300 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £36.00 £33.30 £65.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% -48.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £33.30 -
% change year-on-year
-17.41% -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
13473 14907 16926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.66% 25.65% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 8484 8881 10039
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 381 519
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.14 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.25 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%

LINQ to SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

LINQ to SQL Daily Rate Trend

LINQ to SQL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LINQ to SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

LINQ to SQL Daily Rate Histogram

LINQ to SQL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LINQ to SQL within the UK.

LINQ to SQL Hourly Rate Trend

LINQ to SQL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LINQ to SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

LINQ to SQL Hourly Rate Histogram

LINQ to SQL
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LINQ to SQL within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +27 16 £300 - 8
London +26 8 £340 +13.33% 1
North West +17 7 £288 - 6
Cheshire - 6 £288 -
Wilmslow - 2 £275 -
Manchester +16 1 - - 6
East Midlands - 1 £250 -
Bedfordshire - - - -
Scotland - - - -
East of England - - - -
Northern Ireland - - - -
Sheffield - - - -
Swindon - - - -
Wigan - - - -
South East - - - - 1
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Essex - - - -
Hampshire - - - -
Hertfordshire - - - -
Kent - - - -
Leicestershire - - - -
South Yorkshire - - - -
Wiltshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
City of London - - - -
Aberdeen - - - -
County Antrim - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Bedford - - - -

LINQ to SQL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LINQ to SQL 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 to SQL.

1 29 (100.00%) SQL
1 29 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (89.66%) C#
2 26 (89.66%) LINQ
3 25 (86.21%) SQL Server
3 25 (86.21%) ASP.NET
4 24 (82.76%) .NET Framework
5 23 (79.31%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 22 (75.86%) JavaScript
7 20 (68.97%) CSS
7 20 (68.97%) XML
7 20 (68.97%) SQL Server 2008
8 16 (55.17%) HTML
9 15 (51.72%) Windows
9 15 (51.72%) MVC
10 14 (48.28%) WCF
10 14 (48.28%) jQuery
11 13 (44.83%) Web Services
12 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
13 10 (34.48%) IIS
14 9 (31.03%) Visual Studio
14 9 (31.03%) ASP.NET MVC
15 8 (27.59%) Ajax
15 8 (27.59%) SQL Server 2005
15 8 (27.59%) ADO.NET
16 7 (24.14%) XSLT
16 7 (24.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 7 (24.14%) JSON
17 6 (20.69%) VB.NET
18 5 (17.24%) ASP

LINQ to SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing LINQ to SQL 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 to SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (100.00%) .NET
2 26 (89.66%) LINQ
3 25 (86.21%) ASP.NET
4 24 (82.76%) .NET Framework
5 23 (79.31%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 20 (68.97%) CSS
6 20 (68.97%) XML
7 16 (55.17%) HTML
8 14 (48.28%) jQuery
8 14 (48.28%) WCF
9 13 (44.83%) Web Services
10 9 (31.03%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (27.59%) ADO.NET
11 8 (27.59%) Ajax
12 7 (24.14%) JSON
12 7 (24.14%) XSLT
13 5 (17.24%) WinForms
13 5 (17.24%) NHibernate
13 5 (17.24%) ASP
13 5 (17.24%) REST
Application Platforms
1 10 (34.48%) IIS
2 4 (13.79%) Windows Azure
3 2 (6.897%) MS Exchange
3 2 (6.897%) CMS
4 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.448%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) Internet
2 1 (3.448%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (86.21%) SQL Server
2 20 (68.97%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (27.59%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (24.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (6.897%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (6.897%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (3.448%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (3.448%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Visual Studio
2 5 (17.24%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (13.79%) Git (software)
3 4 (13.79%) Subversion
4 2 (6.897%) TeamCity
4 2 (6.897%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 2 (6.897%) CruiseControl
4 2 (6.897%) LLBLGen Pro
4 2 (6.897%) Redmine
General
1 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Banking
2 2 (6.897%) Retail
3 1 (3.448%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (93.10%) Developer
2 22 (75.86%) .NET Developer
3 5 (17.24%) C# Developer
3 5 (17.24%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Senior .NET Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Software Developer
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Developer
4 4 (13.79%) C# .NET Developer
5 2 (6.897%) .NET Software Developer
5 2 (6.897%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (6.897%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Dynamics CRM Developer
6 1 (3.448%) C# Programmer
6 1 (3.448%) CRM Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Programmer
6 1 (3.448%) Architect
6 1 (3.448%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Applications Developer
6 1 (3.448%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) N-Tier
2 3 (10.34%) NHS
3 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.448%) Inversion of Control
3 1 (3.448%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (51.72%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (6.897%) Linux
3 2 (6.897%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (6.897%) Windows 2000 Server
3 2 (6.897%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.448%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) MVC
2 5 (17.24%) Workflow
3 3 (10.34%) Scrum
3 3 (10.34%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
3 3 (10.34%) Kanban
3 3 (10.34%) Dependency Injection
3 3 (10.34%) MVVM
3 3 (10.34%) Waterfall
4 2 (6.897%) Refactoring
4 2 (6.897%) Unit Testing
4 2 (6.897%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (6.897%) SOA
4 2 (6.897%) OOP
4 2 (6.897%) OO
4 2 (6.897%) CRM
4 2 (6.897%) E-Commerce
4 2 (6.897%) Validation
4 2 (6.897%) Project Management
5 1 (3.448%) UML
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) SQL
2 26 (89.66%) C#
3 22 (75.86%) JavaScript
4 6 (20.69%) VB.NET
5 2 (6.897%) Perl
6 1 (3.448%) PL/SQL
6 1 (3.448%) XAML
6 1 (3.448%) XPath
6 1 (3.448%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.448%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) Dublin Core
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Telerik
3 1 (3.448%) Oracle
3 1 (3.448%) Apple
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