The first table below looks at the demand for Embedded C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Embedded C++ over the 3 months to 23 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 Birmingham 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C++
Rank - 55 47
Contract jobs citing Embedded C++ 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.160% 0.387%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.407% 1.370%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £315 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
132 246 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 30.21% 39.30% 28.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 138 89
Average daily rate £325 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
Average hourly rate £37.00 £31.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.35% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Embedded C++
West Midlands

Embedded C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Embedded C++ Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Embedded C++ Hourly Rate Trend

Embedded C++
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Embedded 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 Embedded C++.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development

Embedded C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Embedded 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 Embedded C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C