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This section looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT contracts within the Canary Wharf region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 C++ Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3231
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1735
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.035 %
As % of the category below4.645 %6.119 %
Daily rates quoted77
Average minimum daily rate£536£526
Average daily rate£550£536
% change on same period last year+2.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£564£547
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£323
% change on same period last year-0.37 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£6.00
Average hourly rate-£6.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£7.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.32£37.95
% change on same period last year-4.30 %
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads366572
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.483 %0.570 %
Daily rates quoted192268
Average minimum daily rate£436£461
Average daily rate£457£484
% change on same period last year-5.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£478£506
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted1618
Average minimum hourly rate£27.58£19.37
Average hourly rate£28.71£20.94
% change on same period last year+37.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.83£22.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
C++ Developer LondonC++ Developer
London

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++ Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C++ Developer across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Canary Wharf C++ Developer Demand Trend

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C++ Developer across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf C++ Developer Daily Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ Developer across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Canary Wharf C++ Developer Daily Rate Histogram

C++ Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C++ Developer across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf C++ Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited C++ Developer in their job title 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 with C++ Developer in their job title.

122 (100.00 %)C++
213 (59.09 %)Derivative
311 (50.00 %)Front Office
49 (40.91 %)Banking
58 (36.36 %)Equities
58 (36.36 %)Finance
58 (36.36 %)Java
58 (36.36 %)SQL
67 (31.82 %)UNIX
67 (31.82 %)Investment Banking
76 (27.27 %)Windows
76 (27.27 %)OO
85 (22.73 %)Equity Derivative
94 (18.18 %)Software Testing
94 (18.18 %)Electronic Trading
94 (18.18 %)Degree
94 (18.18 %)STL
103 (13.64 %)SQL Server
103 (13.64 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
112 (9.091 %)Murex
112 (9.091 %)Calypso
112 (9.091 %)MS Excel
112 (9.091 %)IONA
112 (9.091 %)Orbix
112 (9.091 %)C#
112 (9.091 %)CORBA
112 (9.091 %)Monte Carlo Method
112 (9.091 %)Greeks
112 (9.091 %)Black-Scholes
112 (9.091 %)Algorithmic Trading

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited C++ Developer in their job title 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 with C++ Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (18.18 %)STL
22 (9.091 %)CORBA
31 (4.545 %)JNI
31 (4.545 %)Murex Flex
31 (4.545 %)Java SE
31 (4.545 %)Swing
31 (4.545 %)XML
31 (4.545 %)Middleware
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (9.091 %)MS Excel
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.545 %)Summit
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (13.64 %)SQL Server
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.545 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (50.00 %)Front Office
29 (40.91 %)Banking
38 (36.36 %)Finance
47 (31.82 %)Investment Banking
51 (4.545 %)Government
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (59.09 %)Derivative
28 (36.36 %)Equities
35 (22.73 %)Equity Derivative
43 (13.64 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
52 (9.091 %)Market Risk
52 (9.091 %)Fixed Income
61 (4.545 %)Multithreading
61 (4.545 %)Swaptions
61 (4.545 %)Computer Science
61 (4.545 %)Client/Server
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (31.82 %)UNIX
26 (27.27 %)Windows
31 (4.545 %)Linux
31 (4.545 %)Windows NT
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (27.27 %)OO
24 (18.18 %)Software Testing
24 (18.18 %)Electronic Trading
32 (9.091 %)Monte Carlo Method
32 (9.091 %)Greeks
32 (9.091 %)Black-Scholes
32 (9.091 %)Algorithmic Trading
41 (4.545 %)Data Analysis
41 (4.545 %)OOP
41 (4.545 %)Risk Management
41 (4.545 %)Workflow
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (100.00 %)C++
28 (36.36 %)Java
28 (36.36 %)SQL
32 (9.091 %)C#
41 (4.545 %)VC++
41 (4.545 %)C
41 (4.545 %)Perl
41 (4.545 %)Shell Script
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (18.18 %)Degree
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (9.091 %)Orbix
Canary Wharf IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (9.091 %)Murex
12 (9.091 %)Calypso
12 (9.091 %)IONA
12 (9.091 %)ION Trading
21 (4.545 %)Tradeweb
21 (4.545 %)Microsoft