The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Buckinghamshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 71 58 65
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +7
Contract jobs citing C++ 4 14 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.438% 1.464% 1.558%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.394% 5.109% 5.484%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
Average daily rate £350 £325 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -26.13%
UK excluding London average daily rate £339 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.23% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +11.42%
All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
287 274 310
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 31.43% 28.66% 28.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 132 133
Average daily rate £335 £313 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.20% -9.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £218 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 15
Average hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £27.76
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +26.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £35.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £42.00 £37.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C++
South East

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Aylesbury - 4 £350 - 2
High Wycombe - - - - 2
Marlow - - - -
Milton Keynes - - - - 7
C++
South East

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 7 (70.00%) Perl
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) UML
2 4 (40.00%) STL
2 4 (40.00%) XML
2 4 (40.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (30.00%) Bash shell
3 3 (30.00%) XSL
3 3 (30.00%) SMTP
3 3 (30.00%) C
3 3 (30.00%) Internet
3 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (10.00%) HP
5 1 (10.00%) EMV
5 1 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) OO
5 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (10.00%) OOD
5 1 (10.00%) SOA
5 1 (10.00%) ATM
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) BASE24
5 1 (10.00%) ISO 8583
5 1 (10.00%) TDD
5 1 (10.00%) Banking

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 4 (40.00%) STL
1 4 (40.00%) XML
1 4 (40.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (30.00%) XSL
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) SMTP
1 3 (30.00%) Internet
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) NonStop SQL
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) C++ Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) EMV
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) UML
2 3 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) OOD
3 1 (10.00%) SOA
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) TDD
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (10.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Perl
2 3 (30.00%) Bash shell
2 3 (30.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 8583
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) HP
High Wycombe, Thames Valley
Experience of low level or device driver coding... Ideally you will be degree educated in software or another relevant discipline and will of had some industrial experience as...
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £38 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
An experienced developer in high Java... Experience of working with Linux platforms. Experience of C# Desirable... Knowledge of IP network design / implementation... Experience of SNMP and generating MIBs...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Senior contract QA Engineer required with extensive experience of automated testing in perl. Skills required: Test Analysis and design Expert perl knowledge, Strong Linux knowledge, Strong TCP/IP...
Intelligent Recruitment
Rate: From £350 to £420 per day Superb rate, contract to run for initial 6 m
Posted: 14 June 2013