The first table below looks at the demand for STL 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 STL 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 Application Development 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Standard Template Library (STL)
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing STL 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.123% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.481% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £316 £300
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year
- +2.04%
All Application Development
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
208 184 237
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 25.65% 18.64% 21.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 94 103
Average daily rate £325 £308 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.69% -6.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 9
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +59.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
STL
South East

STL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing STL across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Buckinghamshire STL Jobs Demand Trend

STL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire STL Daily Rate Trend

STL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire STL Hourly Rate Trend

STL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing STL within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Aylesbury - 1 - -
STL
South East

STL
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing STL 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 STL.

1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (75.00%) Bash shell
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) XSL
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Multithreading
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) OOD
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing

STL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing STL 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 STL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) XSL
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) OOD
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Bash shell
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA