The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ to SQL skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ to SQL 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 South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
LINQ to SQL (L2S)
Rank 68 74 72
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -2
Permanent jobs citing LINQ to SQL 3 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.420% 1.179% 0.120%
As % of the Application Development category 0.980% 2.865% 0.231%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 1
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All Application Development
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
306 384 433
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 42.80% 41.16% 51.79%
Number of salaries quoted 286 344 389
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £23,250
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LINQ to SQL
Yorkshire

LINQ to SQL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire LINQ to SQL Jobs Demand Trend

LINQ to SQL
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LINQ to SQL across the South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire LINQ to SQL Salary Trend

LINQ to SQL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LINQ to SQL within the South Yorkshire 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
Sheffield -2 3 £30,000 -
LINQ to SQL
Yorkshire

LINQ to SQL
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing LINQ to SQL 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 to SQL.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) LINQ
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) jQuery
2 7 (87.50%) WCF
2 7 (87.50%) HTML
2 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
2 7 (87.50%) CSS
2 7 (87.50%) SOAP
2 7 (87.50%) XML
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (87.50%) Visual Studio
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) MVC
3 6 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 6 (75.00%) TDD
3 6 (75.00%) QA
4 1 (12.50%) XHTML
4 1 (12.50%) Smartphone

LINQ to SQL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing LINQ to SQL 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 to SQL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (100.00%) LINQ
2 7 (87.50%) jQuery
2 7 (87.50%) WCF
2 7 (87.50%) HTML
2 7 (87.50%) CSS
2 7 (87.50%) SOAP
2 7 (87.50%) XML
3 6 (75.00%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (12.50%) XHTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server 2005
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
1 8 (100.00%) .NET Developer
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) MVC
1 6 (75.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
1 8 (100.00%) C#
2 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft