The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 17 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 Bath region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 50 28 29
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +1
Permanent jobs citing LINQ 2 13 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 0.510% 6.280% 4.854%
As % of the Application Development category 1.143% 10.00% 8.696%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 10
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +4.47%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
All Application Development
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
175 130 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 44.64% 62.80% 55.83%
Number of salaries quoted 160 129 109
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LINQ
Somerset

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath LINQ Jobs Demand Trend

LINQ
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LINQ across the Bath region.

Bath LINQ Salary Trend

LINQ
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 IT job ads sampled that cited LINQ.

1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (100.00%) WCF
2 7 (87.50%) Continuous Integration
2 7 (87.50%) Scrum
2 7 (87.50%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (87.50%) TDD
2 7 (87.50%) Automated Testing
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
3 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (62.50%) Degree
4 5 (62.50%) WinForms
5 1 (12.50%) XML
5 1 (12.50%) Ajax
5 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
5 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (12.50%) MVC
5 1 (12.50%) Games

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 IT job ads sampled that cited LINQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (100.00%) WCF
2 5 (62.50%) WinForms
3 1 (12.50%) Ajax
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (87.50%) Senior Developer
2 7 (87.50%) .NET Developer
2 7 (87.50%) ScrumMaster
3 6 (75.00%) Agile .NET Developer
3 6 (75.00%) Team Leader
3 6 (75.00%) Senior .NET Developer
3 6 (75.00%) .NET Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Scrum
1 7 (87.50%) Agile Software Development
1 7 (87.50%) TDD
1 7 (87.50%) Automated Testing
1 7 (87.50%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree