The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 24 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 80 66 70
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +4
Permanent jobs citing LINQ 15 8 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.281% 0.943% 1.437%
As % of the Application Development category 2.451% 2.083% 3.599%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 13
Average salary £45,000 £34,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.43% -40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
All Application Development
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
612 384 389
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 52.26% 45.28% 39.94%
Number of salaries quoted 355 310 306
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -11.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LINQ
Scotland

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow LINQ Salary Trend

LINQ
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LINQ across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Glasgow LINQ Salary Histogram

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 19 (100.00%) C#
2 16 (84.21%) WPF
3 12 (63.16%) Software Engineering
3 12 (63.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (52.63%) C++
4 10 (52.63%) Java
4 10 (52.63%) Front Office
4 10 (52.63%) TDD
4 10 (52.63%) Derivative
4 10 (52.63%) Electronic Trading
5 8 (42.11%) WCF
6 7 (36.84%) .NET
7 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
7 6 (31.58%) Finance
8 5 (26.32%) WinForms
8 5 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
9 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET
10 3 (15.79%) MVC
10 3 (15.79%) Banking
10 3 (15.79%) Silverlight
10 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
10 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 3 (15.79%) Financial Modelling
10 3 (15.79%) F#
10 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (10.53%) Windows Azure
11 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
11 2 (10.53%) Reactive Extensions

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 16 (84.21%) WPF
2 8 (42.11%) WCF
3 7 (36.84%) .NET
4 5 (26.32%) WinForms
5 4 (21.05%) ASP.NET
6 3 (15.79%) Silverlight
6 3 (15.79%) .NET Framework
6 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 3 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (10.53%) Reactive Extensions
8 1 (5.263%) HTML
8 1 (5.263%) CSS
8 1 (5.263%) Web Services
8 1 (5.263%) XML
8 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Windows Azure
2 1 (5.263%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (52.63%) Front Office
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Banking
4 1 (5.263%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Developer
2 12 (63.16%) C# Developer
3 10 (52.63%) WPF Developer
4 8 (42.11%) Front Office Developer
5 3 (15.79%) Programmer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (10.53%) Analyst
6 2 (10.53%) Software Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) Web Developer
7 1 (5.263%) .NET Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Senior Web Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Senior C# Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (5.263%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (5.263%) Systems Programmer
7 1 (5.263%) Senior Programmer
7 1 (5.263%) .NET Programmer
7 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (52.63%) Derivative
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
3 2 (10.53%) NHS
3 2 (10.53%) DTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Software Engineering
2 10 (52.63%) TDD
2 10 (52.63%) Electronic Trading
3 5 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (15.79%) MVC
4 3 (15.79%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (5.263%) Parallel Programming
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C#
2 10 (52.63%) C++
2 10 (52.63%) Java
3 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
4 3 (15.79%) F#
5 2 (10.53%) SQL
5 2 (10.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
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