LINQ to SQL Contracts

LINQ to SQL (L2S)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring LINQ to SQL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LINQ to SQL over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 690 835
Rank change year-on-year - +145 -104
Contract jobs citing LINQ to SQL 0 7 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.013% 0.015%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.055% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £490
Median % change year-on-year - -13.27% -2.00%
75th Percentile - £775 £499
90th Percentile - £820 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate - £400 £490
% change year-on-year - -18.37% -2.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

LINQ to SQL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,217 12,733 23,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.10% 22.93% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,352 9,286 17,244
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £670
90th Percentile £775 £775 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 153 227
10th Percentile £22.20 £31.60 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £51.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.81% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £67.18
90th Percentile £74.48 £80.85 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +22.22%

LINQ to SQL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing LINQ to SQL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for LINQ to SQL in the UK

LINQ to SQL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LINQ to SQL.

Daily rate trend for LINQ to SQL in the UK

LINQ to SQL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LINQ to SQL.

Hourly rate trend for LINQ to SQL in the UK