Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT contracts within the Chester 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 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 C++ Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank23-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.000 %
As % of the category below4.500 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£300
% change on same period last year-4.25 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.88£42.66
% change on same period last year-18.23 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads200181
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.326 %0.198 %
Daily rates quoted2722
Average minimum daily rate£266£281
Average daily rate£269£288
% change on same period last year-6.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£272£295
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted5514
Average minimum hourly rate£22.54£26.61
Average hourly rate£24.13£26.82
% change on same period last year-10.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.73£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£23.82
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
C++ Developer CheshireC++ Developer
Cheshire

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 Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Chester C++ Developer Demand Trend

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 Chester region.

Chester C++ Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

19 (100.00 %)C
19 (100.00 %)C++
19 (100.00 %)UNIX
28 (88.89 %)Windows
28 (88.89 %)SQL
37 (77.78 %)VMS
46 (66.67 %)Banking
55 (55.56 %)Middleware
55 (55.56 %)Unit Testing
55 (55.56 %)Integration Testing
63 (33.33 %)Finance
63 (33.33 %)Java
63 (33.33 %)Perl
63 (33.33 %)C#
72 (22.22 %)MS Office
72 (22.22 %)Perforce
72 (22.22 %)Extreme Programming
72 (22.22 %)MS Excel
72 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
81 (11.11 %)OOD
81 (11.11 %)Informatica
81 (11.11 %)OOA/OOD

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (55.56 %)Middleware
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (22.22 %)MS Office
12 (22.22 %)MS Excel
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (66.67 %)Banking
23 (33.33 %)Finance
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (100.00 %)UNIX
28 (88.89 %)Windows
37 (77.78 %)VMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (55.56 %)Unit Testing
15 (55.56 %)Integration Testing
22 (22.22 %)Extreme Programming
22 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
31 (11.11 %)OOA/OOD
31 (11.11 %)OOD
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)C
19 (100.00 %)C++
28 (88.89 %)SQL
33 (33.33 %)Java
33 (33.33 %)Perl
33 (33.33 %)C#
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Perforce
21 (11.11 %)Informatica