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The table below looks at the demand for C++ skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.001 %
As % of the category below8.000 %2.222 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£210
Average daily rate-£228
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£245
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£340
% change on same period last year-4.85 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.84£36.49
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads7545
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.122 %0.049 %
Daily rates quoted167
Average minimum daily rate£356£233
Average daily rate£377£238
% change on same period last year+58.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£243
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£330
% change on same period last year-4.23 %
Hourly rates quoted72
Average minimum hourly rate£24.56£36.67
Average hourly rate£28.50£38.33
% change on same period last year-25.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.44£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.08£32.56
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
C++ County AntrimC++
County Antrim

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Belfast C++ Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 5 December 2008, 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++.

15 (62.50 %)Java
15 (62.50 %)JUnit
15 (62.50 %)J2EE
15 (62.50 %)OO
15 (62.50 %)Linux
23 (37.50 %)Shell Script
23 (37.50 %)MySQL
32 (25.00 %)Hibernate
32 (25.00 %)Spring
32 (25.00 %)EJB 3.0
32 (25.00 %)EJB
32 (25.00 %)JavaScript
32 (25.00 %)C
32 (25.00 %)MVC
32 (25.00 %)JBoss
32 (25.00 %)JSP
32 (25.00 %)Servlets
32 (25.00 %)XML
41 (12.50 %)Windows
41 (12.50 %)Flash
41 (12.50 %)Windows XP
41 (12.50 %)Embedded C
41 (12.50 %)Embedded C++
41 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (12.50 %)Aerospace
41 (12.50 %)Education
41 (12.50 %)Middleware
41 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
41 (12.50 %)C#
41 (12.50 %)DHTML

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, 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.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (62.50 %)J2EE
22 (25.00 %)JSP
22 (25.00 %)Servlets
22 (25.00 %)XML
22 (25.00 %)MVC
22 (25.00 %)Hibernate
22 (25.00 %)Spring
22 (25.00 %)EJB 3.0
22 (25.00 %)EJB
31 (12.50 %)CSS
31 (12.50 %)Middleware
31 (12.50 %)ASP
31 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
31 (12.50 %)HTML
31 (12.50 %).NET
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)JBoss
21 (12.50 %)IIS
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (37.50 %)MySQL
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (62.50 %)JUnit
21 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
21 (12.50 %)Flash
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Aerospace
11 (12.50 %)Education
11 (12.50 %)Avionics
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Developer
13 (37.50 %)C++ Developer
22 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Senior Software Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Embedded C Engineer
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)STB
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (62.50 %)Linux
21 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
21 (12.50 %)Windows XP
21 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (12.50 %)Windows Vista
21 (12.50 %)Windows
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)OO
21 (12.50 %)Software Testing
21 (12.50 %)SC Cleared
21 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)Java
23 (37.50 %)Shell Script
32 (25.00 %)C
32 (25.00 %)JavaScript
41 (12.50 %)SQL
41 (12.50 %)VBScript
41 (12.50 %)VB
41 (12.50 %)ActionScript
41 (12.50 %)Embedded C
41 (12.50 %)Embedded C++
41 (12.50 %)C#
41 (12.50 %)DHTML