The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 22 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 Devon 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 27 28 26
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Contract jobs citing C++ 1 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 0.581% 2.174% 1.389%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.587% 4.938% 2.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
63 81 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 36.63% 44.02% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 43 44
Average daily rate £320 £315 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.58% +8.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £200 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £450 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £15.50 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+158.06% -47.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
C++
South West

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C++ across the Devon region.

Devon C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the Devon region.

Devon C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing C++ 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 C++.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Motorola
1 1 (100.00%) Tcl
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (100.00%) Green Hills
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx
1 1 (100.00%) Altera

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing C++ 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 C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
1 1 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) Tcl
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Motorola
1 1 (100.00%) Green Hills
1 1 (100.00%) Xilinx
1 1 (100.00%) Altera
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