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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 83 93 80
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -13
Permanent jobs citing LINQ 9 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.729% 0.172% 0.575%
As % of the Application Development category 1.689% 0.441% 1.313%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 6
Average salary £30,000 £37,000 £80,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.91% -53.75%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
All Application Development
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
533 454 457
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 43.16% 38.94% 43.77%
Number of salaries quoted 488 406 424
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -14.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £52,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LINQ
UK

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales 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
South Wales +6 5 £31,000 -16.21%
North Wales - 3 £30,000 -
LINQ
UK

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 12 (100.00%) C#
1 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (75.00%) XML
2 9 (75.00%) SQL
2 9 (75.00%) MVC
3 8 (66.67%) jQuery
3 8 (66.67%) HTML
3 8 (66.67%) CSS
4 7 (58.33%) XSLT
4 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
5 6 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 6 (50.00%) .NET Framework
6 5 (41.67%) WCF
6 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (41.67%) Visual Studio
7 3 (25.00%) ASP
7 3 (25.00%) Web Services
7 3 (25.00%) MCSD
7 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
7 3 (25.00%) Windows
7 3 (25.00%) Oracle
7 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (25.00%) GIS
7 3 (25.00%) Back Office
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (25.00%) NHS

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 12 (100.00%) .NET
1 12 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 9 (75.00%) XML
3 8 (66.67%) jQuery
3 8 (66.67%) HTML
3 8 (66.67%) CSS
4 7 (58.33%) XSLT
5 6 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 6 (50.00%) .NET Framework
6 5 (41.67%) WCF
7 3 (25.00%) ASP
7 3 (25.00%) Web Services
7 3 (25.00%) WPF
7 3 (25.00%) Silverlight
7 3 (25.00%) WinForms
8 2 (16.67%) HTML5
8 2 (16.67%) Ajax
9 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Azure
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (41.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (25.00%) GIS
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Visual Studio
2 3 (25.00%) Mercurial
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (25.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (83.33%) .NET Developer
3 7 (58.33%) C# Developer
3 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET Developer
3 7 (58.33%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 7 (58.33%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Junior Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Senior C# Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Junior C# Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Senior .NET Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Junior .NET Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Junior ASP.NET Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Junior C# .NET Developer
4 3 (25.00%) Junior
5 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
1 3 (25.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (25.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) MVC
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (16.67%) OOD
3 2 (16.67%) Web Design
3 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 2 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
3 2 (16.67%) OO
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) C#
2 9 (75.00%) SQL
3 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
4 2 (16.67%) VB
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) MCSD
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft