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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the C++/Java 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++/Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

 C++/Java Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank198139191
Rank change year-on-year
Down-59Up+52
Matching contract IT job ads191116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London0.222 %0.272 %0.199 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.242 %0.290 %0.212 %
Daily rates quoted11117
Average daily rate£675£550£525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.72 %+4.760 %
UK excluding London average daily rate-£999£370
% change year-on-year
-+170.00 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
785737957539
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London91.61 %93.84 %93.57 %
Daily rates quoted495820093524
Average daily rate£500£450£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11 %-5.260 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£275£295
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted131117292
Average hourly rate£21.00£19.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.52 %-9.520 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£12.00£14.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£49.25£35.00£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
C++/Java Developer LondonC++/Java Developer
London

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.

C++/Java Developer
Demand Trend

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

City of London C++/Java Developer Demand Trend

C++/Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

C++/Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++/Java Developer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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

C++/Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

C++/Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited C++/Java 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++/Java Developer in their job title.

131 (100.00 %)C++
131 (100.00 %)Java
215 (48.39 %)Banking
313 (41.94 %)Investment Banking
411 (35.48 %)C#
510 (32.26 %)Sybase
69 (29.03 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
78 (25.81 %)SQL
78 (25.81 %)Risk Management
87 (22.58 %)Derivative
87 (22.58 %)Front Office
96 (19.35 %)TIBCO
96 (19.35 %)Swing
105 (16.13 %)Market Risk
105 (16.13 %)Finance
105 (16.13 %)Perl
114 (12.90 %)Windows
114 (12.90 %)OO
114 (12.90 %)Murex
123 (9.677 %)UNIX
123 (9.677 %)Linux
123 (9.677 %)SQL Server
123 (9.677 %)JavaScript
123 (9.677 %)Degree
132 (6.452 %)Oracle Coherence
132 (6.452 %)Multithreading
132 (6.452 %)Spring
132 (6.452 %)Equity Derivative
132 (6.452 %)WebSphere
132 (6.452 %).NET

C++/Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited C++/Java 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++/Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (19.35 %)Swing
22 (6.452 %)Oracle Coherence
22 (6.452 %)Spring
22 (6.452 %)WebSphere
22 (6.452 %).NET
22 (6.452 %)XML
22 (6.452 %)ATL
31 (3.226 %)J2SE
31 (3.226 %)JDBC
31 (3.226 %)JSP
31 (3.226 %)ASP.NET
31 (3.226 %)Java SE
31 (3.226 %)Hibernate
31 (3.226 %)WCF
31 (3.226 %)WPF
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (6.452 %)WebLogic
21 (3.226 %)Progress Apama
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (9.677 %)SQL Server
21 (3.226 %)SQL Server 2008
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (48.39 %)Banking
213 (41.94 %)Investment Banking
37 (22.58 %)Front Office
45 (16.13 %)Finance
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (29.03 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
27 (22.58 %)Derivative
35 (16.13 %)Market Risk
42 (6.452 %)Multithreading
42 (6.452 %)Equity Derivative
51 (3.226 %)Credit Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (12.90 %)Windows
23 (9.677 %)UNIX
23 (9.677 %)Linux
31 (3.226 %)Windows NT
31 (3.226 %)Solaris
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (25.81 %)Risk Management
24 (12.90 %)OO
31 (3.226 %)SOA
31 (3.226 %)Migration
31 (3.226 %)Unit Testing
31 (3.226 %)Continuous Integration
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131 (100.00 %)C++
131 (100.00 %)Java
211 (35.48 %)C#
38 (25.81 %)SQL
45 (16.13 %)Perl
53 (9.677 %)JavaScript
61 (3.226 %)Shell Script
61 (3.226 %)Python
61 (3.226 %)VBA
61 (3.226 %)Korn
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (9.677 %)Degree
21 (3.226 %)PhD
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (32.26 %)Sybase
26 (19.35 %)TIBCO
34 (12.90 %)Murex
42 (6.452 %)Oracle
51 (3.226 %)Reuters