Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Central London > City of London
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring LINQ skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited LINQ over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 135 | 175 | 228 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +40 | +53 | +57 |
| Permanent jobs citing LINQ | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London | 0.20% | 0.090% | 0.045% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.69% | 0.35% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £63,500 | £77,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £66,875 | £80,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £75,000 | £90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | -16.67% | +44.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £50,000 | £88,750 | £100,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £51,500 | £95,500 | £103,000 |
| Central London median annual salary | £45,000 | £75,000 | £90,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.00% | -16.67% | +44.00% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of London
LINQ falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the City of London.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 583 | 851 | 1,545 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London | 29.81% | 25.43% | 34.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 482 | 683 | 1,357 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £46,250 | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,750 | £58,750 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.13% | +3.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £105,000 | £100,000 | £102,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £117,725 | £118,150 | £117,500 |
| Central London median annual salary | £78,750 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.25% | +3.23% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing LINQ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
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Salary Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing LINQ in the City of London.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: