The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 20 June 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 City of London 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Developer
Rank 126 158 74
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -84
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Developer 92 56 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 1.335% 0.736% 2.295%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.444% 0.805% 2.502%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 45 189
Average daily rate £550 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.04% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £495
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £625 £705
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £50.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +13.33%
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6373 6957 9193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.48% 91.43% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4718 5070 6689
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £285 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £619 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 166 220
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.30 £42.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C++ Developer
London

C++ Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London C++ Developer Daily Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ Developer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

City of London C++ Developer Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London C++ Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

1 139 (100.00%) C++
2 70 (50.36%) Multithreading
3 68 (48.92%) Linux
4 66 (47.48%) Finance
5 61 (43.88%) Banking
6 49 (35.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 46 (33.09%) Front Office
8 44 (31.65%) Windows
9 39 (28.06%) STL
10 35 (25.18%) Investment Banking
11 32 (23.02%) Fixed Income
11 32 (23.02%) UNIX
12 30 (21.58%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 29 (20.86%) C#
14 28 (20.14%) SQL
15 27 (19.42%) Degree
16 22 (15.83%) Computer Science
16 22 (15.83%) Derivative
17 21 (15.11%) Mathematics
17 21 (15.11%) Physics
18 18 (12.95%) E-Commerce
18 18 (12.95%) Analytics
19 17 (12.23%) ClearCase
19 17 (12.23%) Software Engineering
20 16 (11.51%) Grid Computing
20 16 (11.51%) Java
20 16 (11.51%) OO
21 14 (10.07%) PhD
22 12 (8.633%) Equities
22 12 (8.633%) Risk Management

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 39 (28.06%) STL
2 30 (21.58%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 12 (8.633%) Middleware
4 6 (4.317%) .NET
5 5 (3.597%) XML
6 4 (2.878%) Rendezvous
7 3 (2.158%) WPF
8 2 (1.439%) OpenCL
8 2 (1.439%) CSS
8 2 (1.439%) HTML
8 2 (1.439%) Django
8 2 (1.439%) WCF
8 2 (1.439%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.719%) Spring
9 1 (0.719%) JNI
9 1 (0.719%) Hibernate
9 1 (0.719%) WinForms
9 1 (0.719%) ADO
9 1 (0.719%) COM
9 1 (0.719%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.317%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (0.719%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.719%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.597%) Bond Adapt
2 1 (0.719%) Summit
2 1 (0.719%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.597%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.633%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (12.23%) ClearCase
2 7 (5.036%) LLVM
3 4 (2.878%) Subversion
4 3 (2.158%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (1.439%) Git (software)
5 2 (1.439%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.719%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.719%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.719%) MSI
General
1 66 (47.48%) Finance
2 61 (43.88%) Banking
3 46 (33.09%) Front Office
4 35 (25.18%) Investment Banking
5 5 (3.597%) Back Office
6 3 (2.158%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.719%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.719%) Automotive
7 1 (0.719%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 49 (35.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 32 (23.02%) Fixed Income
3 22 (15.83%) Computer Science
3 22 (15.83%) Derivative
4 21 (15.11%) Mathematics
4 21 (15.11%) Physics
5 16 (11.51%) Grid Computing
6 12 (8.633%) Equities
7 6 (4.317%) Credit Risk
8 5 (3.597%) Hedge funds
9 3 (2.158%) Credit Derivative
9 3 (2.158%) Interest Rate Derivative
9 3 (2.158%) N-Tier
10 2 (1.439%) GPGPU
10 2 (1.439%) CUDA
10 2 (1.439%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.719%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 1 (0.719%) Equity Derivative
11 1 (0.719%) Statistics
11 1 (0.719%) Equity Risk
Operating Systems
1 68 (48.92%) Linux
2 44 (31.65%) Windows
3 32 (23.02%) UNIX
4 2 (1.439%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.439%) Solaris
5 1 (0.719%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.719%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (50.36%) Multithreading
2 18 (12.95%) E-Commerce
2 18 (12.95%) Analytics
3 17 (12.23%) Software Engineering
4 16 (11.51%) OO
5 12 (8.633%) Risk Management
6 6 (4.317%) TDD
7 5 (3.597%) Algorithmic Trading
7 5 (3.597%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (3.597%) Straight-Through Processing
8 4 (2.878%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (2.158%) Refactoring
9 3 (2.158%) Scrum
9 3 (2.158%) UML
9 3 (2.158%) OOD
9 3 (2.158%) SOA
10 2 (1.439%) Parallel Processing
10 2 (1.439%) Metaprogramming
10 2 (1.439%) Performance Testing
10 2 (1.439%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 139 (100.00%) C++
2 29 (20.86%) C#
3 28 (20.14%) SQL
4 16 (11.51%) Java
5 12 (8.633%) VBA
6 9 (6.475%) VB
7 8 (5.755%) VC++
8 7 (5.036%) Python
9 4 (2.878%) C
10 2 (1.439%) Perl
11 1 (0.719%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.719%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.719%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 27 (19.42%) Degree
2 14 (10.07%) PhD
3 12 (8.633%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.158%) QA
2 1 (0.719%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.719%) Cygwin
Vendors
1 12 (8.633%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.475%) Oracle
3 8 (5.755%) TIBCO
3 8 (5.755%) DataSynapse
4 5 (3.597%) Sybase
5 2 (1.439%) DevExpress
5 2 (1.439%) Sun
5 2 (1.439%) CQG
5 2 (1.439%) Reuters
5 2 (1.439%) EasyScreen
5 2 (1.439%) FFastFill
6 1 (0.719%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.719%) Teradata
6 1 (0.719%) OpenLink
6 1 (0.719%) Murex
6 1 (0.719%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.719%) HP
6 1 (0.719%) Intel
6 1 (0.719%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.719%) Apple
City of London
They are looking for a C++ Developer with extensive commercial experience on the Linux platform to join their team. They are looking for a C++ Developer of the...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
The C++ Developer will have the opportunity to work on greenfield architecture designing, developing, testing and supporting new Risk Services software. This opportunity for a C++ Developer is...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
City of London
The C++ Developer will have the opportunity to work on greenfield architecture designing, developing, testing and supporting new Risk Services software. This opportunity for a C++ Developer is...
Real Staffing
Posted: 30 May 2013
City of London
The C++ Developer will have the opportunity to work on greenfield architecture designing, developing, testing and supporting new Risk Services software. This opportunity for a C++ Developer is...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
City of London
As the C++ Developer you will be working within a Front office trading environment. The role will require you to have strong C++ Development skills and experience on...
harringtonstarr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 19 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Rate: £350 - £385 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £350 - £385 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Rate: £575 - £625 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013