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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 70 53 47
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -6
Permanent jobs citing LINQ 11 22 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.583% 3.143% 2.841%
As % of the Application Development category 3.427% 6.162% 6.024%
Number of salaries quoted 11 22 15
Average salary £36,000 £36,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.68% -9.37%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
All Application Development
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
321 357 249
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 46.19% 51.00% 47.16%
Number of salaries quoted 281 325 232
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LINQ
East Midlands

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester -17 3 £35,000 -6.66%
LINQ
East Midlands

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 30 (96.77%) C#
1 30 (96.77%) .NET
2 27 (87.10%) SQL Server
3 22 (70.97%) ASP.NET
4 20 (64.52%) WCF
5 19 (61.29%) WPF
6 17 (54.84%) jQuery
7 15 (48.39%) MVC
7 15 (48.39%) .NET Framework
7 15 (48.39%) HTML
7 15 (48.39%) JavaScript
8 13 (41.94%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 11 (35.48%) CSS
9 11 (35.48%) WinForms
10 10 (32.26%) SQL Server 2008
10 10 (32.26%) MVVM
11 9 (29.03%) Silverlight
11 9 (29.03%) ASP.NET MVC
12 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
13 7 (22.58%) Windows
13 7 (22.58%) Visual Studio
13 7 (22.58%) Ajax
14 6 (19.35%) SQL
14 6 (19.35%) XML
14 6 (19.35%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 5 (16.13%) T-SQL
15 5 (16.13%) VB.NET
15 5 (16.13%) N-Tier
15 5 (16.13%) SOA
15 5 (16.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 30 (96.77%) .NET
2 22 (70.97%) ASP.NET
3 20 (64.52%) WCF
4 19 (61.29%) WPF
5 17 (54.84%) jQuery
6 15 (48.39%) .NET Framework
6 15 (48.39%) HTML
7 13 (41.94%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 11 (35.48%) CSS
8 11 (35.48%) WinForms
9 9 (29.03%) Silverlight
9 9 (29.03%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (22.58%) Ajax
11 6 (19.35%) XML
11 6 (19.35%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 3 (9.677%) WF
13 2 (6.452%) NHibernate
13 2 (6.452%) XSLT
13 2 (6.452%) Web Services
14 1 (3.226%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.226%) CMS
1 1 (3.226%) Umbraco
1 1 (3.226%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (87.10%) SQL Server
2 10 (32.26%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (16.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (16.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Visual Studio
2 3 (9.677%) NUnit
3 2 (6.452%) NCover
4 1 (3.226%) ReSharper
4 1 (3.226%) GitHub
4 1 (3.226%) Rhino Mocks
4 1 (3.226%) Moq
4 1 (3.226%) TeamCity
4 1 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (3.226%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (80.65%) Developer
2 18 (58.06%) .NET Developer
3 9 (29.03%) Software Developer
4 5 (16.13%) .NET Software Developer
4 5 (16.13%) ASP.NET Developer
4 5 (16.13%) C# Developer
5 4 (12.90%) Junior Developer
5 4 (12.90%) .NET Web Developer
5 4 (12.90%) Junior .NET Developer
5 4 (12.90%) Junior
5 4 (12.90%) Web Developer
6 3 (9.677%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (6.452%) Junior C# .NET Developer
7 2 (6.452%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (6.452%) Junior C# Developer
7 2 (6.452%) Junior Software Developer
7 2 (6.452%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (6.452%) Senior Developer
7 2 (6.452%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.226%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) N-Tier
1 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.226%) PMI
2 1 (3.226%) W3C
2 1 (3.226%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) MVC
2 10 (32.26%) MVVM
3 5 (16.13%) SOA
4 4 (12.90%) Web Development
4 4 (12.90%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (12.90%) TDD
5 3 (9.677%) OOP
5 3 (9.677%) Workflow
5 3 (9.677%) Unit Testing
5 3 (9.677%) Multithreading
6 2 (6.452%) ERP
6 2 (6.452%) OO
6 2 (6.452%) CRM
7 1 (3.226%) UML
7 1 (3.226%) Project Management
7 1 (3.226%) Scrum
7 1 (3.226%) Web Application Development
7 1 (3.226%) Kanban
7 1 (3.226%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 30 (96.77%) C#
2 15 (48.39%) JavaScript
3 6 (19.35%) SQL
4 5 (16.13%) T-SQL
4 5 (16.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.226%) MCP
2 1 (3.226%) MCAD
2 1 (3.226%) MCSD
2 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.226%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.226%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.226%) Sitecore
Leicestershire
Web Developer/.NET Developer (Version 3.5/4) - C# or VB.NET/ASP.NET/Microsoft SQL Server/LINQ using Microsoft Visual Studio. A growing business requires a .NET...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
C# .NET 4.0+ ASP.NET MVC with Razor Entity Framework and LINQ HTML Javascript/jQuery CSS Experience in the following areas will also be beneficial: ASP.NET...
Topps Tiles
Salary: Up to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013