The first table below looks at the demand for STL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited STL over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridge 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Standard Template Library (STL)
Rank 36 48 33
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -15
Contract jobs citing STL 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.298% 0.234% 0.398%
As % of the Application Development category 1.299% 0.613% 1.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+28.90% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £50.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -15.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Application Development
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
77 163 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.92% 38.08% 37.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 82 51
Average daily rate £350 £300 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £213 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £395 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 8
Average hourly rate £35.25 £35.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% +55.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £35.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.55 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
STL
Cambridgeshire

STL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge STL Hourly Rate Trend

STL
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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++
2 3 (75.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (50.00%) GoogleTest
3 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Google
3 2 (50.00%) C
3 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 2 (50.00%) LabVIEW
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) UML
3 2 (50.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) VC++
4 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (25.00%) OOD
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) GCC
4 1 (25.00%) GDB

STL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 3 (75.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) GoogleTest
1 2 (50.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (25.00%) GCC
2 1 (25.00%) GDB
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Programmer
2 1 (25.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) OOD
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft