The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 51 49 50
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Permanent jobs citing LINQ 12 15 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.469% 2.732% 0.779%
As % of the Application Development category 4.380% 5.245% 1.339%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 3
Average salary £35,000 £22,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+55.55% -30.76%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
274 286 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 56.38% 52.09% 58.18%
Number of salaries quoted 255 271 203
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LINQ
North West

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire LINQ Salary Trend

LINQ
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LINQ within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Preston +4 7 £35,000 +7.69%
Lancaster - 5 £40,000 -
LINQ
North West

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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#
1 19 (100.00%) .NET
1 19 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 17 (89.47%) WCF
3 12 (63.16%) ASP.NET MVC
3 12 (63.16%) MVC
3 12 (63.16%) TDD
3 12 (63.16%) SQL
4 10 (52.63%) HTML
4 10 (52.63%) CSS
4 10 (52.63%) WinForms
5 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
6 7 (36.84%) MCP
6 7 (36.84%) MCAD
6 7 (36.84%) MCSD
6 7 (36.84%) XML
6 7 (36.84%) OO
6 7 (36.84%) NUnit
6 7 (36.84%) Lucene
6 7 (36.84%) Advertising
6 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
6 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (36.84%) Rhino Mocks
6 7 (36.84%) Cucumber
6 7 (36.84%) BDD
6 7 (36.84%) jQuery
6 7 (36.84%) Kanban
6 7 (36.84%) MCTS
6 7 (36.84%) NHibernate
6 7 (36.84%) Scrum

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 19 (100.00%) .NET
1 19 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 17 (89.47%) WCF
3 12 (63.16%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (52.63%) HTML
4 10 (52.63%) CSS
4 10 (52.63%) WinForms
5 7 (36.84%) XML
5 7 (36.84%) Lucene
5 7 (36.84%) jQuery
5 7 (36.84%) NHibernate
5 7 (36.84%) Castle Windsor
5 7 (36.84%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 5 (26.32%) WPF
6 5 (26.32%) JSON
6 5 (26.32%) XSL
6 5 (26.32%) Web Services
7 2 (10.53%) Ajax
7 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
7 2 (10.53%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) CMS
2 2 (10.53%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (36.84%) NUnit
1 7 (36.84%) Rhino Mocks
1 7 (36.84%) Cucumber
1 7 (36.84%) Selenium
General
1 7 (36.84%) Advertising
2 5 (26.32%) Back Office
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (47.37%) .NET Developer
3 7 (36.84%) C# Developer
3 7 (36.84%) C# .NET Developer
3 7 (36.84%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (26.32%) Web Developer
5 2 (10.53%) VB.NET Developer
5 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET Developer
5 2 (10.53%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) MVC
1 12 (63.16%) TDD
2 7 (36.84%) OO
2 7 (36.84%) BDD
2 7 (36.84%) Kanban
2 7 (36.84%) Scrum
2 7 (36.84%) Scrum-ban
2 7 (36.84%) Web Application Development
3 5 (26.32%) Web Development
3 5 (26.32%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (63.16%) SQL
3 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) MCP
1 7 (36.84%) MCAD
1 7 (36.84%) MCSD
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (36.84%) MCTS
2 5 (26.32%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
Lancaster, Lancashire
My client in Lancaster, a young, growing company with strong financial backing and a truly unique product range are currently recruiting for a C# Developer to work on...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Preston, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognized training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, Castle Windsor, Lucene.net, TDD, BDD, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Cucumber, Selenium,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013