The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 44 62 61
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -1
Permanent jobs citing LINQ 8 4 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 2.768% 1.130% 2.251%
As % of the Application Development category 6.202% 1.970% 4.270%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 12
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +45.45%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Application Development
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
129 203 281
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 44.64% 57.34% 52.72%
Number of salaries quoted 86 121 207
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
LINQ
Hertfordshire

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford LINQ Salary Trend

LINQ
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LINQ across the Watford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Watford LINQ Salary Histogram

LINQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Mobile
2 8 (88.89%) Web Development
2 8 (88.89%) .NET Framework
2 8 (88.89%) JSON
2 8 (88.89%) WCF
2 8 (88.89%) WPF
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Blend
2 8 (88.89%) HTML5
2 8 (88.89%) PHP
2 8 (88.89%) C++
2 8 (88.89%) ASP.NET
2 8 (88.89%) CSS
2 8 (88.89%) SOAP
2 8 (88.89%) Web Services
2 8 (88.89%) XML
2 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) OO
2 8 (88.89%) Web Application Development
2 8 (88.89%) OOD
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) Advertising
3 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 9 (100.00%) .NET
2 8 (88.89%) .NET Framework
2 8 (88.89%) JSON
2 8 (88.89%) WCF
2 8 (88.89%) WPF
2 8 (88.89%) HTML5
2 8 (88.89%) ASP.NET
2 8 (88.89%) CSS
2 8 (88.89%) SOAP
2 8 (88.89%) Web Services
2 8 (88.89%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) Silverlight
3 1 (11.11%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Blend
General
1 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) .NET Developer
1 8 (88.89%) C# Developer
1 8 (88.89%) ASP.NET Developer
1 8 (88.89%) C# ASP.NET Developer
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
1 8 (88.89%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (11.11%) CRM Technical Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft CRM Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) CRM Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Consultant
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows Mobile
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
1 8 (88.89%) Web Development
1 8 (88.89%) OO
1 8 (88.89%) Web Application Development
1 8 (88.89%) OOD
2 1 (11.11%) CRM
2 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
2 1 (11.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C#
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
2 8 (88.89%) PHP
2 8 (88.89%) C++
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft