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This section looks at the demand for Language Integrated Query (LINQ) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLanguage Integrated Query (LINQ)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank817974
Rank change on same period last yearUp+157
Matching permanent IT job ads1253
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.191 %0.004 %
Salaries quoted1103
Average minimum salary£36,741£60,000
Average salary£39,871£72,500
% change on same period last year-45.00 %
Average maximum salary£43,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,324-
% change on same period last year-
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6550372002
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.12 %31.88 %
Salaries quoted5545459224
Average minimum salary£37,283£38,475
Average salary£40,983£42,326
% change on same period last year-3.17 %
Average maximum salary£44,682£46,178
UK excluding London average salary£35,972£36,627
% change on same period last year-1.78 %

LINQ
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing LINQ across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

LINQ Demand Trend

LINQ
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing LINQ across the UK.

LINQ Salary Trend

LINQ
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LINQ across the UK over the past 3 months.

LINQ Salary Histogram

LINQ
Top 26 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LINQ within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+158125£39,871-45.00 %
2LondonUp+8346£42,549-41.31 %
3South EastNew entry-45£35,500-
4East of EnglandNew entry-32£41,328-
5BerkshireNew entry-23£35,900-
6WindsorNew entry-15£35,125-
7CambridgeNew entry-12£45,000-
7CambridgeshireNew entry-12£45,000-
8EssexNew entry-9£31,944-
8HertfordshireNew entry-9£41,111-
9WeybridgeNew entry-8£50,000-
9SurreyNew entry-8£50,000-
10BuckinghamshireNew entry-7£43,286-
11HampshireNew entry-5£22,500-
11BasingstokeNew entry-5£22,500-
11Milton KeynesNew entry-5£35,600-
12City of LondonNew entry-4£40,000-
13StevenageNew entry-2£40,000-
13BournemouthNew entry-2£45,000-
13BillericayNew entry-2£38,750-
13KentNew entry-2£29,500-
13DorsetNew entry-2£45,000-
13SolihullNew entry-2£33,000-
13South WestNew entry-2£45,000-
13West MidlandsNew entry-2£33,000-
13BedfordshireNew entry-2£62,500-

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing LINQ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing LINQ.

1162 (100.00 %).NET
2152 (93.83 %)C#
3141 (87.04 %)SQL Server
4124 (76.54 %)ASP.NET
5106 (65.43 %)WCF
6103 (63.58 %)SQL Server 2005
774 (45.68 %)WebServices
866 (40.74 %)SQL
957 (35.19 %)WPF
1054 (33.33 %)AJAX
1054 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
1152 (32.10 %)XML
1246 (28.40 %)UML
1341 (25.31 %)WF
1440 (24.69 %)Microsoft
1535 (21.60 %)Windows
1634 (20.99 %)SharePoint
1732 (19.75 %)VB.NET
1732 (19.75 %)JavaScript
1830 (18.52 %)CSS
1929 (17.90 %)Agile Software Development
1929 (17.90 %)C++
1929 (17.90 %)Finance
2028 (17.28 %)HTML
2127 (16.67 %)Java
2226 (16.05 %)WinForms
2226 (16.05 %)SQL Server Integration Services
2226 (16.05 %)Silverlight
2324 (14.81 %)ADO.NET
2419 (11.73 %)Clustering

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing LINQ also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing LINQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1162 (100.00 %).NET
2124 (76.54 %)ASP.NET
3106 (65.43 %)WCF
474 (45.68 %)WebServices
557 (35.19 %)WPF
654 (33.33 %)AJAX
752 (32.10 %)XML
841 (25.31 %)WF
930 (18.52 %)CSS
1028 (17.28 %)HTML
1126 (16.05 %)Silverlight
1126 (16.05 %)WinForms
1224 (14.81 %)ADO.NET
1316 (9.877 %)SOAP
1414 (8.642 %)ASP
1414 (8.642 %).NET Framework
1511 (6.790 %)ADO
168 (4.938 %)COM+
177 (4.321 %)DCOM
177 (4.321 %)MFC
Application Platforms
134 (20.99 %)SharePoint
217 (10.49 %)IIS
312 (7.407 %)ColdFusion
44 (2.469 %)SharePoint Portal Server
53 (1.852 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (1.235 %)Apache
62 (1.235 %)Tomcat
71 (0.617 %)BizTalk Server
Applications
18 (4.938 %)Photoshop
21 (0.617 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
19 (5.556 %)FTP
19 (5.556 %)TCP/IP
19 (5.556 %)DNS
28 (4.938 %)Internet
28 (4.938 %)SSH
34 (2.469 %)SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1141 (87.04 %)SQL Server
2103 (63.58 %)SQL Server 2005
326 (16.05 %)SQL Server Integration Services
418 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2000
516 (9.877 %)RDBMS
611 (6.790 %)MySQL
76 (3.704 %)Oracle OLAP
76 (3.704 %)OLAP
76 (3.704 %)Oracle 8/8i
76 (3.704 %)Datawarehouse
85 (3.086 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (1.852 %)Crystal Reports
93 (1.852 %)SQL Server 7
101 (0.617 %)GIS
101 (0.617 %)PostgreSQL
Development Applications
154 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
219 (11.73 %)NUnit
314 (8.642 %)Subversion
47 (4.321 %)Dreamweaver
56 (3.704 %)JUnit
64 (2.469 %)CruiseControl
73 (1.852 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (1.235 %)Log4j
91 (0.617 %)Flash
91 (0.617 %)NetAdvantage
General
129 (17.90 %)Finance
27 (4.321 %)Financial Institution
36 (3.704 %)Telecoms
45 (3.086 %)Retail
54 (2.469 %)Advertising
62 (1.235 %)Front Office
71 (0.617 %)Back Office
71 (0.617 %)Banking
71 (0.617 %)Billing
Job Titles
1138 (85.19 %)Developer
295 (58.64 %).NET Developer
357 (35.19 %)C# Developer
434 (20.99 %)ASP.NET Developer
530 (18.52 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
627 (16.67 %)SQL Developer
627 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
722 (13.58 %)SQL Server Developer
817 (10.49 %)Senior .NET Developer
817 (10.49 %)Junior
916 (9.877 %)Junior Developer
1015 (9.259 %)Junior .NET Developer
1114 (8.642 %)Analyst Developer
1114 (8.642 %)Analyst
1212 (7.407 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1311 (6.790 %)Software Engineer
1311 (6.790 %)Senior C# Developer
1410 (6.173 %)Junior C# Developer
159 (5.556 %)Software Developer
167 (4.321 %)Web Developer
Miscellaneous
119 (11.73 %)Clustering
218 (11.11 %)Client/Server
218 (11.11 %)N-Tier
311 (6.790 %)Replication
49 (5.556 %)Computer Science
57 (4.321 %)APACS
62 (1.235 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.617 %)Photography
71 (0.617 %)EPoS
71 (0.617 %)Management Information System
Operating Systems
135 (21.60 %)Windows
211 (6.790 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
146 (28.40 %)UML
229 (17.90 %)Agile Software Development
316 (9.877 %)OOP
414 (8.642 %)Scrum
511 (6.790 %)CRM
511 (6.790 %)SOA
511 (6.790 %)Project Management
511 (6.790 %)Workflow
610 (6.173 %)OO
79 (5.556 %)E-Commerce
88 (4.938 %)MVC
97 (4.321 %)Process Management
97 (4.321 %)BPEL
106 (3.704 %)Web Development
115 (3.086 %)Unit Testing
115 (3.086 %)BPM
124 (2.469 %)OOD
124 (2.469 %)Resource Management
132 (1.235 %)Software Engineering
132 (1.235 %)Software Testing
Programming Languages
1152 (93.83 %)C#
266 (40.74 %)SQL
332 (19.75 %)JavaScript
332 (19.75 %)VB.NET
429 (17.90 %)C++
527 (16.67 %)Java
614 (8.642 %)Transact-SQL
711 (6.790 %)VC++
810 (6.173 %)VB
810 (6.173 %)PHP
97 (4.321 %)DHTML
104 (2.469 %)XAML
113 (1.852 %)PL/SQL
122 (1.235 %)VBScript
122 (1.235 %)XPath
131 (0.617 %)C
131 (0.617 %)Delphi
Qualifications
117 (10.49 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (8.642 %)Degree
310 (6.173 %)MCAD
310 (6.173 %)MCSD
46 (3.704 %)MCPD
55 (3.086 %)MCP
61 (0.617 %)HND
61 (0.617 %)CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
17 (4.321 %)ISO8583
24 (2.469 %)ISO9001
31 (0.617 %)QA
Vendors
140 (24.69 %)Microsoft
217 (10.49 %)Oracle
38 (4.938 %)Adobe
41 (0.617 %)Infragistics
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