The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Developer
Rank 62 65 75
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +10
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Developer 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.136% 0.124% 0.103%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.149% 0.136% 0.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £313 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.03%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
671 734 892
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.29% 91.18% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 492
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £481 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C++ Developer
North West

C++ Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C++ Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire C++ Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire C++ Developer Daily Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire C++ Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) XPath
3 1 (25.00%) WCF
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) REST
3 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) MFC
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) Servlets
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) XSL
3 1 (25.00%) XSLT
3 1 (25.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) PhD
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) MVC

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) WCF
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) MFC
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) Servlets
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XSL
1 1 (25.00%) XSLT
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Web Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) OO
1 1 (25.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) XPath
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PhD