Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the C++/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++/C# Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 C++/C# Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank171164
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads722
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.024 %
As % of the category below0.121 %0.375 %
Daily rates quoted39
Average minimum daily rate£533£550
Average daily rate£592£564
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Average maximum daily rate£650£578
UK excluding London average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
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£32.00£31.50
% change on same period last year+1.58 %
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++/C# Developer LondonC++/C# 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++/C# Developer
Demand Trend

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

City of London C++/C# Developer Demand Trend

C++/C# Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C++/C# Developer across the City of London region.

City of London C++/C# Developer Daily Rate Trend

C++/C# Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++/C# Developer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

City of London C++/C# Developer Daily Rate Histogram

C++/C# Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C++/C# Developer across the City of London region.

City of London C++/C# Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C++/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++/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++/C# Developer in their job title.

120 (100.00 %)C#
120 (100.00 %)C++
214 (70.00 %)Front Office
39 (45.00 %)Microsoft
48 (40.00 %)Banking
48 (40.00 %)Investment Banking
57 (35.00 %)SQL
66 (30.00 %).NET
75 (25.00 %)Windows
84 (20.00 %)XML
84 (20.00 %)MFC
84 (20.00 %)Java
84 (20.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
84 (20.00 %)TIBCO
84 (20.00 %)Derivative
84 (20.00 %)Equities
93 (15.00 %)Finance
93 (15.00 %)MS Excel
102 (10.00 %)OOD
102 (10.00 %)Intranet
102 (10.00 %)Internet
102 (10.00 %)Fixed Income
102 (10.00 %)WinForms
102 (10.00 %)STL
102 (10.00 %)Oracle
102 (10.00 %)SQL Server
102 (10.00 %)XSL
102 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
102 (10.00 %)UML
102 (10.00 %)Multithreading

C++/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++/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++/C# Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (30.00 %).NET
24 (20.00 %)XML
24 (20.00 %)MFC
32 (10.00 %)WinForms
32 (10.00 %)STL
32 (10.00 %)XSL
32 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
32 (10.00 %).NET Remoting
32 (10.00 %)JNI
41 (5.000 %).NET Framework
41 (5.000 %)Oracle Coherence
41 (5.000 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (5.000 %)XHTML
41 (5.000 %)COM+
41 (5.000 %)DCOM
41 (5.000 %)ADO
41 (5.000 %)ADO.NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (15.00 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.00 %)Intranet
12 (10.00 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.00 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (70.00 %)Front Office
28 (40.00 %)Banking
28 (40.00 %)Investment Banking
33 (15.00 %)Finance
41 (5.000 %)Back Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (20.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 (20.00 %)Derivative
14 (20.00 %)Equities
22 (10.00 %)Fixed Income
22 (10.00 %)Multithreading
31 (5.000 %)Computer Science
31 (5.000 %)Statistical Arbitrage
31 (5.000 %)Credit Derivative
31 (5.000 %)Equity Derivative
31 (5.000 %)Web 2.0
31 (5.000 %)Client/Server
31 (5.000 %)N-Tier
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (25.00 %)Windows
21 (5.000 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.00 %)OOD
12 (10.00 %)UML
12 (10.00 %)System Testing
21 (5.000 %)OO
21 (5.000 %)SOA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (100.00 %)C#
120 (100.00 %)C++
27 (35.00 %)SQL
34 (20.00 %)Java
41 (5.000 %)VC++
41 (5.000 %)Transact-SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.000 %)Degree
11 (5.000 %)Postgraduate
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (45.00 %)Microsoft
24 (20.00 %)TIBCO
32 (10.00 %)Oracle
41 (5.000 %)DataSynapse