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The table below looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT contracts within the City of London 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 C++ Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank8756
Rank change on same period last yearDown-31
Matching contract IT job ads98189
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.154 %0.203 %
As % of the category below1.698 %3.221 %
Daily rates quoted5170
Average minimum daily rate£442£527
Average daily rate£485£556
% change on same period last year-12.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£529£585
UK excluding London average daily rate£288£309
% change on same period last year-6.92 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.69£41.31
% change on same period last year-16.01 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads57705867
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.088 %6.287 %
Daily rates quoted30262493
Average minimum daily rate£400£451
Average daily rate£433£477
% change on same period last year-9.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted267232
Average minimum hourly rate£22.85£22.62
Average hourly rate£24.72£23.87
% change on same period last year+3.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.60£25.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London C++ Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

1257 (100.00 %)C++
2123 (47.86 %)Banking
3103 (40.08 %)Investment Banking
4100 (38.91 %)Derivative
594 (36.58 %)UNIX
690 (35.02 %)Front Office
763 (24.51 %)OO
859 (22.96 %)Java
958 (22.57 %)Finance
1054 (21.01 %)Windows
1150 (19.46 %)C#
1249 (19.07 %)SQL
1249 (19.07 %)Sybase
1249 (19.07 %)VC++
1348 (18.68 %)Equities
1440 (15.56 %)Linux
1533 (12.84 %)Fixed Income
1632 (12.45 %)Algorithmic Trading
1731 (12.06 %)Oracle
1731 (12.06 %)XML
1830 (11.67 %)VB
1830 (11.67 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1830 (11.67 %)Multithreading
1929 (11.28 %)OOD
2025 (9.728 %)STL
2124 (9.339 %)MFC
2222 (8.560 %)Scrum
2321 (8.171 %)Perl
2321 (8.171 %)ClearCase
2321 (8.171 %)Microsoft

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131 (12.06 %)XML
225 (9.728 %)STL
324 (9.339 %)MFC
419 (7.393 %).NET
518 (7.004 %)Middleware
613 (5.058 %)FIX Protocol
78 (3.113 %)ATL
87 (2.724 %)WebSphere
95 (1.946 %)COM
95 (1.946 %)Oracle Coherence
104 (1.556 %)JNI
112 (0.778 %).NET Remoting
112 (0.778 %)ASP.NET
112 (0.778 %)XSD
112 (0.778 %)XSL
112 (0.778 %)DirectX
112 (0.778 %)WinForms
121 (0.389 %)OpenGL
121 (0.389 %)ADO
121 (0.389 %)ADO.NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (2.335 %)TIBCO EMS
25 (1.946 %)WebSphere MQ
33 (1.167 %)MQSeries
42 (0.778 %)WebLogic
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (5.837 %)MS Excel
21 (0.389 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.167 %)Oracle General Ledger
21 (0.389 %)Sophis RISQUE
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.167 %)Internet
13 (1.167 %)TCP/IP
22 (0.778 %)Intranet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (3.891 %)SQL Server
25 (1.946 %)Crystal Reports
33 (1.167 %)Oracle 8/8i
33 (1.167 %)RDBMS
42 (0.778 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.389 %)ObjectStore
51 (0.389 %)Reference Data
51 (0.389 %)SQL Server 2005
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (8.171 %)ClearCase
212 (4.669 %)Visual Studio
311 (4.280 %)ClearQuest
44 (1.556 %)Flash
53 (1.167 %)Subversion
62 (0.778 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.389 %)Ant
71 (0.389 %)Eclipse
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1123 (47.86 %)Banking
2103 (40.08 %)Investment Banking
390 (35.02 %)Front Office
458 (22.57 %)Finance
515 (5.837 %)Back Office
68 (3.113 %)Games
76 (2.335 %)Education
85 (1.946 %)Financial Institution
93 (1.167 %)Pensions
102 (0.778 %)General Ledger
102 (0.778 %)Government
111 (0.389 %)3D Graphics
111 (0.389 %)Construction
111 (0.389 %)Insurance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1100 (38.91 %)Derivative
248 (18.68 %)Equities
333 (12.84 %)Fixed Income
430 (11.67 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
430 (11.67 %)Multithreading
521 (8.171 %)Credit Derivative
619 (7.393 %)Equity Derivative
714 (5.447 %)Interest Rate Derivative
810 (3.891 %)Grid Computing
810 (3.891 %)Computer Science
98 (3.113 %)Client/Server
107 (2.724 %)N-Tier
116 (2.335 %)Mathematics
123 (1.167 %)Physics
132 (0.778 %)Exotic Derivative
132 (0.778 %)Market Risk
132 (0.778 %)Swaptions
141 (0.389 %)Handset
141 (0.389 %)Statistical Arbitrage
141 (0.389 %)Credit Risk
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
194 (36.58 %)UNIX
254 (21.01 %)Windows
340 (15.56 %)Linux
412 (4.669 %)Solaris
57 (2.724 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (1.946 %)VMS
71 (0.389 %)SUSE
71 (0.389 %)Windows 2000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
163 (24.51 %)OO
232 (12.45 %)Algorithmic Trading
329 (11.28 %)OOD
422 (8.560 %)Scrum
516 (6.226 %)UML
615 (5.837 %)Agile Software Development
712 (4.669 %)Asset Management
712 (4.669 %)Business Analysis
89 (3.502 %)Extreme Programming
89 (3.502 %)Risk Management
97 (2.724 %)Workflow
105 (1.946 %)Business Development
114 (1.556 %)SOA
114 (1.556 %)Regression Testing
123 (1.167 %)Electronic Trading
123 (1.167 %)Monte Carlo Method
123 (1.167 %)Requirements Analysis
132 (0.778 %)System Testing
132 (0.778 %)Usability Testing
132 (0.778 %)Stress Testing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1257 (100.00 %)C++
259 (22.96 %)Java
350 (19.46 %)C#
449 (19.07 %)SQL
449 (19.07 %)VC++
530 (11.67 %)VB
621 (8.171 %)Perl
718 (7.004 %)VBA
815 (5.837 %)C
911 (4.280 %)Shell Script
103 (1.167 %)DCL
112 (0.778 %)VB6
112 (0.778 %)Pascal
121 (0.389 %)PHP
121 (0.389 %)Transact-SQL
121 (0.389 %)Korn
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
118 (7.004 %)Degree
25 (1.946 %)PhD
31 (0.389 %)Postgraduate
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (3.113 %)AutoSys
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
149 (19.07 %)Sybase
231 (12.06 %)Oracle
321 (8.171 %)Microsoft
413 (5.058 %)TIBCO
511 (4.280 %)DataSynapse
610 (3.891 %)Sophis
77 (2.724 %)Fidessa
85 (1.946 %)Yolus
94 (1.556 %)Murex
102 (0.778 %)ION Trading
111 (0.389 %)eSpeed
111 (0.389 %)Charles River
111 (0.389 %)IBM
111 (0.389 %)Calypso
111 (0.389 %)Tradeweb