The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINQ to SQL (L2S)
Rank - - 101
Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - - 0.108%
As % of the Application Development category - - 0.415%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £175
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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
540 523 482
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 29.03% 23.28% 25.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 319 257
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £212 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £380 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 21
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.11% -60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
LINQ to SQL
England

LINQ to SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire LINQ to SQL Daily Rate Trend

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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire LINQ to SQL Hourly Rate Trend