The first table below looks at the demand for VC++ skills 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 VC++ over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual C++
Rank 197 - 237
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VC++ 6 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.094% - 0.082%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.225% - 0.193%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
Average daily rate £650 - £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+32.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £27.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+37.03% -19.40%
All Programming Languages
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2664 2885 4138
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 41.76% 36.68% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2061 2166 3141
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 33 37
Average hourly rate £39.51 £32.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.55% +16.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.39 £15.00 £17.24
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £50.00 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VC++
London

VC++
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VC++ across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

City of London VC++ Jobs Demand Trend

VC++
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VC++ across the City of London region.

City of London VC++ Daily Rate Trend

VC++
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VC++ across the City of London region.

City of London VC++ Hourly Rate Trend

VC++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing VC++ also 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 that cited VC++.

1 11 (100.00%) C++
2 9 (81.82%) Windows
3 8 (72.73%) Finance
3 8 (72.73%) Banking
4 7 (63.64%) Degree
4 7 (63.64%) Computer Science
5 6 (54.55%) Linux
6 5 (45.45%) Postgraduate
6 5 (45.45%) PhD
6 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
6 5 (45.45%) Mathematics
6 5 (45.45%) Physics
6 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
6 5 (45.45%) Multithreading
6 5 (45.45%) LLVM
7 4 (36.36%) C#
8 3 (27.27%) Front Office
9 2 (18.18%) Derivative
9 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (18.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 2 (18.18%) Scrum
9 2 (18.18%) Fixed Income
9 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
9 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (18.18%) TDD
9 2 (18.18%) OO
9 2 (18.18%) Java
9 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
9 2 (18.18%) SQL
9 2 (18.18%) VB

VC++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing VC++ also 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 that cited VC++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) STL
1 2 (18.18%) XML
2 1 (9.091%) MFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) LLVM
2 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
1 8 (72.73%) Banking
2 3 (27.27%) Front Office
3 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) C++ Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Development Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) C# Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) C++ Programmer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Computer Science
2 5 (45.45%) Mathematics
2 5 (45.45%) Physics
3 2 (18.18%) Derivative
3 2 (18.18%) Fixed Income
4 1 (9.091%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Linux
3 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
1 5 (45.45%) Multithreading
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (18.18%) Scrum
2 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (18.18%) TDD
2 2 (18.18%) OO
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (36.36%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) VB
4 1 (9.091%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) Postgraduate
2 5 (45.45%) PhD
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
City of London
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Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013