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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 67 90 98
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +8
Permanent jobs citing LINQ 154 90 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 3.795% 2.482% 1.951%
As % of the Application Development category 7.240% 5.190% 4.479%
Number of salaries quoted 148 82 72
Average salary £35,000 £32,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.37% +1.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,000 £39,850
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
All Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2127 1734 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 52.41% 47.82% 43.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1947 1588 1604
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester LINQ Salary Trend

LINQ
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LINQ across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester LINQ Salary Histogram

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wigan +4 16 £33,500 +34.00%
Stockport -6 7 £36,000 +10.76%
Cheadle - 7 £32,500 -
LINQ
North West

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 312 (100.00%) .NET
2 305 (97.76%) C#
3 292 (93.59%) ASP.NET
4 255 (81.73%) SQL Server
5 242 (77.56%) MVC
6 187 (59.94%) WCF
7 179 (57.37%) TDD
8 151 (48.40%) ASP.NET MVC
9 130 (41.67%) .NET Framework
10 127 (40.71%) SQL
11 126 (40.38%) CSS
12 117 (37.50%) JavaScript
13 115 (36.86%) Scrum
14 114 (36.54%) HTML
15 104 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 97 (31.09%) Agile Software Development
17 94 (30.13%) NHibernate
17 94 (30.13%) Razor View Engine
18 90 (28.85%) NUnit
19 88 (28.21%) jQuery
20 87 (27.88%) Rhino Mocks
21 84 (26.92%) Microsoft Certification
22 80 (25.64%) Ajax
23 75 (24.04%) MCTS
23 75 (24.04%) OO
23 75 (24.04%) MCP
24 74 (23.72%) WPF
24 74 (23.72%) SQL Server 2008
25 72 (23.08%) MCAD
25 72 (23.08%) MCSD

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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
1 312 (100.00%) .NET
2 292 (93.59%) ASP.NET
3 187 (59.94%) WCF
4 151 (48.40%) ASP.NET MVC
5 130 (41.67%) .NET Framework
6 126 (40.38%) CSS
7 114 (36.54%) HTML
8 104 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 94 (30.13%) Razor View Engine
9 94 (30.13%) NHibernate
10 88 (28.21%) jQuery
11 80 (25.64%) Ajax
12 74 (23.72%) WPF
13 67 (21.47%) Web Services
14 64 (20.51%) ASP.NET MVC 4
15 57 (18.27%) XML
16 47 (15.06%) HTML5
17 42 (13.46%) Castle Windsor
18 39 (12.50%) MonoRail
19 29 (9.295%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 32 (10.26%) Windows Azure
2 27 (8.654%) CMS
3 26 (8.333%) SharePoint
4 22 (7.051%) IIS
5 4 (1.282%) EPiServer CMS
6 3 (0.962%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.962%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.641%) Zen Cart
7 2 (0.641%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 24 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.603%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.282%) BusinessWorks
2 4 (1.282%) TIBCO iProcess
3 3 (0.962%) Bond Adapt
4 1 (0.321%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.244%) Intranet
2 5 (1.603%) CTI
3 4 (1.282%) Internet
4 2 (0.641%) Extranet
5 1 (0.321%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 255 (81.73%) SQL Server
2 74 (23.72%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (8.333%) SQL Server 2012
4 12 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (2.244%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (0.962%) MySQL
7 1 (0.321%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 90 (28.85%) NUnit
2 87 (27.88%) Rhino Mocks
3 53 (16.99%) Visual Studio
4 38 (12.18%) Subversion
5 33 (10.58%) Moq
6 28 (8.974%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.962%) Selenium
7 3 (0.962%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.962%) MSTest
8 1 (0.321%) VisualSVN
8 1 (0.321%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 34 (10.90%) Games
2 15 (4.808%) Retail
3 12 (3.846%) Finance
4 6 (1.923%) Telecoms
4 6 (1.923%) Marketing
5 3 (0.962%) Legal
6 1 (0.321%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.321%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 304 (97.44%) Developer
2 175 (56.09%) .NET Developer
3 114 (36.54%) C# Developer
4 99 (31.73%) C# .NET Developer
5 62 (19.87%) Web Developer
6 50 (16.03%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 40 (12.82%) ASP.NET Developer
8 39 (12.50%) Software Developer
9 29 (9.295%) .NET Web Developer
10 26 (8.333%) C# Web Developer
11 25 (8.013%) Agile C# Developer
12 24 (7.692%) Senior Developer
13 18 (5.769%) Agile .NET Developer
14 14 (4.487%) Lead Developer
15 12 (3.846%) Junior
15 12 (3.846%) Software Engineer
15 12 (3.846%) Junior Developer
16 11 (3.526%) .NET Software Engineer
16 11 (3.526%) C# Software Engineer
17 10 (3.205%) Lead C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.82%) Computer Science
2 34 (10.90%) N-Tier
3 27 (8.654%) Social Network
4 24 (7.692%) Client/Server
5 21 (6.731%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (3.846%) Mobile App
7 10 (3.205%) RIA
8 6 (1.923%) iPhone
9 3 (0.962%) Social Media
9 3 (0.962%) iPad
9 3 (0.962%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.641%) New Media
10 2 (0.641%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.769%) Windows
2 6 (1.923%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (77.56%) MVC
2 179 (57.37%) TDD
3 115 (36.86%) Scrum
4 97 (31.09%) Agile Software Development
5 75 (24.04%) OO
6 70 (22.44%) Web Application Development
7 69 (22.12%) E-Commerce
8 56 (17.95%) Web Development
9 53 (16.99%) BDD
10 36 (11.54%) Kanban
11 26 (8.333%) OOP
12 23 (7.372%) UML
13 20 (6.410%) Project Management
14 17 (5.449%) Unit Testing
15 16 (5.128%) Enterprise Architecture
16 14 (4.487%) MVVM
16 14 (4.487%) Agile Project Management
17 9 (2.885%) Time Management
18 8 (2.564%) Business Intelligence
19 7 (2.244%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 305 (97.76%) C#
2 127 (40.71%) SQL
3 117 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 66 (21.15%) T-SQL
5 41 (13.14%) VB.NET
6 28 (8.974%) VB
7 11 (3.526%) C
8 5 (1.603%) C++
9 3 (0.962%) Java
9 3 (0.962%) XPath
10 2 (0.641%) PHP
11 1 (0.321%) Perl
11 1 (0.321%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 84 (26.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 75 (24.04%) MCTS
2 75 (24.04%) MCP
3 72 (23.08%) MCAD
3 72 (23.08%) MCSD
4 50 (16.03%) Degree
5 3 (0.962%) MCPD
5 3 (0.962%) MCSE
5 3 (0.962%) MCSA
Vendors
1 61 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.731%) Telerik
3 14 (4.487%) MicroStrategy
4 11 (3.526%) EPiServer
5 7 (2.244%) Infragistics
6 6 (1.923%) DevExpress
6 6 (1.923%) Oracle
7 4 (1.282%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.321%) SAP
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