The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the Belfast region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 26 26 20
Rank change year-on-year
0 -6
Contract jobs citing C++ 6 2 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 2.857% 1.282% 8.929%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.651% 4.000% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £36.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
129 50 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 61.43% 32.05% 44.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 15 42
Average daily rate £325 £275 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -17.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.42 £36.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.97% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C++
County Antrim

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Belfast C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C++ across the Belfast region.

Belfast C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the Belfast region.

Belfast C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing C++ 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited C++.

1 13 (54.17%) OO
2 12 (50.00%) C#
2 12 (50.00%) jQuery
3 11 (45.83%) Java
3 11 (45.83%) JavaScript
3 11 (45.83%) BizTalk Server
4 8 (33.33%) TDD
4 8 (33.33%) HTML
5 7 (29.17%) SQL
5 7 (29.17%) E-Commerce
5 7 (29.17%) CSS
5 7 (29.17%) Web Design
5 7 (29.17%) Web Development
5 7 (29.17%) Degree
5 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
5 7 (29.17%) Dojo
5 7 (29.17%) HTML5
5 7 (29.17%) CSS3
5 7 (29.17%) Responsive Web Design
6 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (20.83%) Linux
6 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
7 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET
7 4 (16.67%) .NET
7 4 (16.67%) C
7 4 (16.67%) UNIX
7 4 (16.67%) MVC
7 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (16.67%) Ajax
7 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing C++ also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (50.00%) jQuery
2 8 (33.33%) HTML
3 7 (29.17%) CSS
3 7 (29.17%) Dojo
3 7 (29.17%) HTML5
3 7 (29.17%) CSS3
4 4 (16.67%) Ajax
4 4 (16.67%) .NET
4 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 2 (8.333%) STL
6 1 (4.167%) MDX
6 1 (4.167%) WPF
6 1 (4.167%) Django
6 1 (4.167%) GStreamer
6 1 (4.167%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 11 (45.83%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.167%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Developer
2 5 (20.83%) C++ Developer
3 4 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 2 (8.333%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Software Development Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (4.167%) C Developer
5 1 (4.167%) C Software Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) JavaScript Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.167%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (4.167%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) OO
2 8 (33.33%) TDD
3 7 (29.17%) E-Commerce
3 7 (29.17%) Web Development
3 7 (29.17%) Web Design
3 7 (29.17%) Responsive Web Design
4 4 (16.67%) MVC
5 2 (8.333%) Software Engineering
5 2 (8.333%) Electronic Trading
6 1 (4.167%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) C#
2 11 (45.83%) Java
2 11 (45.83%) JavaScript
3 7 (29.17%) SQL
4 4 (16.67%) C
5 2 (8.333%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 1 (4.167%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle
2 1 (4.167%) Microsoft