The first table below looks at the demand for LINQ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LINQ over the 3 months to 22 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Rank 27 43 32
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -11
Permanent jobs citing LINQ 14 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 6.512% 1.761% 2.020%
As % of the Application Development category 10.61% 3.311% 3.810%
Number of salaries quoted 14 5 4
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -23.52%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
All Application Development
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
132 151 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 61.40% 53.17% 53.03%
Number of salaries quoted 122 135 99
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
LINQ
West Midlands

LINQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire LINQ Salary Trend

LINQ
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 15 (100.00%) C#
1 15 (100.00%) HTML
1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 15 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 15 (100.00%) SQL
1 15 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 15 (100.00%) .NET
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 15 (100.00%) CSS
1 15 (100.00%) Web Services
1 15 (100.00%) XHTML
1 15 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 15 (100.00%) MVC
1 15 (100.00%) WinForms
1 15 (100.00%) Web Development
1 15 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 15 (100.00%) WPF
1 15 (100.00%) Silverlight
1 15 (100.00%) jQuery
1 15 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 15 (100.00%) MVVM
1 15 (100.00%) CSS3
1 15 (100.00%) Automation Testing

LINQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 15 (100.00%) HTML
1 15 (100.00%) .NET
1 15 (100.00%) CSS
1 15 (100.00%) Web Services
1 15 (100.00%) XHTML
1 15 (100.00%) WinForms
1 15 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 15 (100.00%) WPF
1 15 (100.00%) Silverlight
1 15 (100.00%) jQuery
1 15 (100.00%) CSS3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Developer
2 10 (66.67%) C# Developer
3 8 (53.33%) WPF Developer
4 5 (33.33%) Software Developer
5 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
6 3 (20.00%) .NET Developer
6 3 (20.00%) Senior Developer
6 3 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (13.33%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (6.667%) Senior C# Developer
8 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 15 (100.00%) MVC
1 15 (100.00%) Web Development
1 15 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 15 (100.00%) MVVM
1 15 (100.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) C#
1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 15 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 15 (100.00%) SQL
1 15 (100.00%) T-SQL
Worcestershire
Multithreaded development... - Practical MVVM experience. - Automation testing experience... javascript, css html, css3 and javascript, javascript, sql, web development, html, html/css/js, html/css/js, html/css, html/...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013