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The table below looks at the demand for Language Integrated Query (LINQ) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLanguage Integrated Query (LINQ)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank312-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads310
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.512 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted300
Average minimum salary£39,667-
Average salary£43,150-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£46,633-
UK excluding London average salary£36,084£35,792
% change on same period last year+0.81 %
City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads60525518
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.503 %2.375 %
Salaries quoted53464462
Average minimum salary£46,401£49,114
Average salary£51,691£54,063
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Average maximum salary£56,981£59,012
UK excluding London average salary£35,990£36,664
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
LINQ LondonLINQ
London

LINQ
Demand Trend

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

City of London LINQ Demand Trend

LINQ
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LINQ across the City of London region.

City of London LINQ Salary Trend

LINQ
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LINQ across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London LINQ Salary Histogram

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

155 (100.00 %).NET
254 (98.18 %)C#
351 (92.73 %)SQL Server
441 (74.55 %)ASP.NET
538 (69.09 %)SQL Server 2005
634 (61.82 %)WCF
634 (61.82 %)SQL
724 (43.64 %)XML
821 (38.18 %)Transact-SQL
920 (36.36 %)Finance
1019 (34.55 %)Silverlight
1118 (32.73 %)OO
1217 (30.91 %)Windows
1217 (30.91 %)SQL Server 2008
1316 (29.09 %)Degree
1316 (29.09 %)Microsoft
1415 (27.27 %)UML
1514 (25.45 %)AJAX
1613 (23.64 %)MCTS
1613 (23.64 %)MCPD
1613 (23.64 %)MCAD
1613 (23.64 %)MCSD
1613 (23.64 %)JavaScript
1613 (23.64 %)WinForms
1613 (23.64 %)Microsoft Certification
1712 (21.82 %)BizTalk Server
1712 (21.82 %)Visual Studio
1712 (21.82 %)MS Excel
1811 (20.00 %)C++
1811 (20.00 %)Software Engineering

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
155 (100.00 %).NET
241 (74.55 %)ASP.NET
334 (61.82 %)WCF
424 (43.64 %)XML
519 (34.55 %)Silverlight
614 (25.45 %)AJAX
713 (23.64 %)WinForms
810 (18.18 %)WebServices
99 (16.36 %)ADO.NET
107 (12.73 %)HTML
116 (10.91 %)CSS
116 (10.91 %)WF
125 (9.091 %)XSL
125 (9.091 %)WPF
133 (5.455 %)Windows SharePoint Services
133 (5.455 %)XSD
133 (5.455 %)ASP.NET 2.0
141 (1.818 %)jQuery
141 (1.818 %).NET Remoting
141 (1.818 %).NET Framework
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (21.82 %)BizTalk Server
28 (14.55 %)SharePoint
35 (9.091 %)IIS
44 (7.273 %)SharePoint Server 2007
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (21.82 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.818 %)Intranet
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
151 (92.73 %)SQL Server
238 (69.09 %)SQL Server 2005
317 (30.91 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (3.636 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (1.818 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (21.82 %)Visual Studio
29 (16.36 %)CruiseControl
29 (16.36 %)Subversion
29 (16.36 %)JUnit
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (36.36 %)Finance
29 (16.36 %)Retail
37 (12.73 %)Banking
44 (7.273 %)Front Office
53 (5.455 %)Insurance
61 (1.818 %)Pensions
61 (1.818 %)Education
61 (1.818 %)Advertising
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
154 (98.18 %)Developer
245 (81.82 %).NET Developer
334 (61.82 %)C# Developer
415 (27.27 %)ASP.NET Developer
59 (16.36 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
67 (12.73 %)Junior ASP.NET Developer
67 (12.73 %)Junior Developer
67 (12.73 %)Junior .NET Developer
67 (12.73 %)Junior
76 (10.91 %)Senior Developer
76 (10.91 %)Senior .NET Developer
85 (9.091 %)Senior C# Developer
93 (5.455 %).NET Web Developer
93 (5.455 %)Web Developer
93 (5.455 %)SharePoint Developer
102 (3.636 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
102 (3.636 %)C# Web Developer
111 (1.818 %)Senior Programmer
111 (1.818 %).NET Programmer
111 (1.818 %)Senior .NET Analyst Programmer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (7.273 %)N-Tier
14 (7.273 %)Derivative
22 (3.636 %)Web 2.0
31 (1.818 %)Social Network
31 (1.818 %)Client/Server
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (30.91 %)Windows
24 (7.273 %)Windows Vista
31 (1.818 %)Windows NT
31 (1.818 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (32.73 %)OO
215 (27.27 %)UML
311 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
410 (18.18 %)Scrum
54 (7.273 %)Agile Software Development
54 (7.273 %)Unit Testing
54 (7.273 %)SOA
63 (5.455 %)E-Commerce
72 (3.636 %)System Testing
81 (1.818 %)TDD
81 (1.818 %)CRM
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
154 (98.18 %)C#
234 (61.82 %)SQL
321 (38.18 %)Transact-SQL
413 (23.64 %)JavaScript
511 (20.00 %)C++
64 (7.273 %)C
71 (1.818 %)VB.NET
71 (1.818 %)VBA
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (29.09 %)Degree
213 (23.64 %)MCAD
213 (23.64 %)MCSD
213 (23.64 %)Microsoft Certification
213 (23.64 %)MCTS
213 (23.64 %)MCPD
310 (18.18 %)MCP
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (29.09 %)Microsoft
21 (1.818 %)VMware