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The table below looks at the demand for Language Integrated Query (LINQ) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLanguage Integrated Query (LINQ)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank113-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.340 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£267-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£283-
UK excluding London average daily rate£273-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads746814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.008 %0.803 %
Daily rates quoted179163
Average minimum daily rate£295£295
Average daily rate£314£316
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted2865
Average minimum hourly rate£29.98£29.01
Average hourly rate£31.64£31.46
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.30£33.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
LINQ EnglandLINQ
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

LINQ
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LINQ across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands LINQ Demand Trend

LINQ
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LINQ across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands LINQ Daily Rate Trend

LINQ
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LINQ across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands LINQ Daily Rate Histogram

LINQ
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LINQ across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands LINQ Hourly 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CoventryNew entry-5£267-
BirminghamNew entry-1--
LINQ EnglandLINQ
England

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

111 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
111 (100.00 %).NET
26 (54.55 %)AJAX
26 (54.55 %)C#
34 (36.36 %)Finance
34 (36.36 %)SQL
34 (36.36 %)WebServices
34 (36.36 %)Silverlight
43 (27.27 %).NET Framework
43 (27.27 %)Degree
43 (27.27 %)Computer Science
43 (27.27 %)WCF
43 (27.27 %)SQL Server
52 (18.18 %)Visual Studio
52 (18.18 %)Transact-SQL
52 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (18.18 %)XAML
52 (18.18 %)WPF
52 (18.18 %)Retail
61 (9.091 %)Workflow
61 (9.091 %)Oracle
61 (9.091 %)Oracle Workflow
61 (9.091 %)VBScript
61 (9.091 %)ADO.NET
61 (9.091 %)ASP
61 (9.091 %)XML
61 (9.091 %)XSLT
61 (9.091 %)Windows
61 (9.091 %)SOA
61 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
111 (100.00 %).NET
26 (54.55 %)AJAX
34 (36.36 %)WebServices
34 (36.36 %)Silverlight
43 (27.27 %).NET Framework
43 (27.27 %)WCF
52 (18.18 %)WPF
61 (9.091 %)XML
61 (9.091 %)XSLT
61 (9.091 %)ADO.NET
61 (9.091 %)ASP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (9.091 %)BizTalk Server
11 (9.091 %)Oracle Workflow
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (27.27 %)SQL Server
22 (18.18 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (18.18 %)Visual Studio
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (36.36 %)Finance
22 (18.18 %)Retail
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (81.82 %)Developer
25 (45.45 %).NET Developer
32 (18.18 %)C# Developer
41 (9.091 %)Analyst Developer
41 (9.091 %)ASP.NET Developer
41 (9.091 %)BizTalk Consultant
41 (9.091 %)Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Consultant
41 (9.091 %)Applications Developer
41 (9.091 %)Analyst Programmer
41 (9.091 %)Programmer
41 (9.091 %)Software Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (27.27 %)Computer Science
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (9.091 %)Windows
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (9.091 %)SOA
11 (9.091 %)Workflow
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (54.55 %)C#
24 (36.36 %)SQL
32 (18.18 %)Transact-SQL
32 (18.18 %)XAML
41 (9.091 %)VBScript
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (27.27 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (9.091 %)Oracle