East Midlands C++ Contracts

This section looks at the demand for C++ skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Avon Banbury Barnet Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnham Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harrow Havant Henley-on-Thames Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hounslow Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Kidderminster Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Liverpool Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Petersfield Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Rotherham Scotland Sevenoaks Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warminster Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	33	21
Rank change on same period last year	-12
Matching contract IT job ads	67	94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.088 %	0.094 %
As % of the category below	11.61 %	14.92 %
Daily rates quoted	21	4
Average minimum daily rate	£307	£250
Average daily rate	£330	£275
% change on same period last year	+19.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£340
% change on same period last year	-4.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.20	£31.25
Average hourly rate	£39.70	£35.00
% change on same period last year	+13.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£42.20	£38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.62	£35.71
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Programming Languages East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	577	630
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.761 %	0.627 %
Daily rates quoted	130	80
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£286
Average daily rate	£314	£301
% change on same period last year	+4.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£332	£316
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	46	74
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.76	£26.33
Average hourly rate	£34.08	£28.20
% change on same period last year	+20.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.39	£30.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.40	£33.03
% change on same period last year	+1.11 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Nottinghamshire	+18	29	£330	-
Derbyshire	+12	22	£330	+20.00 %
Leicestershire	-17	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 50 (38.17 %) Java 2 49 (37.40 %) C# 3 38 (29.01 %) .NET 4 31 (23.66 %) C 5 30 (22.90 %) Windows 5 30 (22.90 %) Oracle 6 26 (19.85 %) UML 7 22 (16.79 %) Manufacturing 7 22 (16.79 %) SQL 8 19 (14.50 %) OO 8 19 (14.50 %) UNIX 9 17 (12.98 %) Security Cleared 10 15 (11.45 %) Perl 10 15 (11.45 %) Visual Studio 11 14 (10.69 %) VB

12 13 (9.924 %) Borland 12 13 (9.924 %) Degree 13 12 (9.160 %) JavaScript 14 11 (8.397 %) Microsoft 15 10 (7.634 %) TCP/IP 15 10 (7.634 %) Finance 15 10 (7.634 %) OOD 16 9 (6.870 %) Linux 16 9 (6.870 %) Windows Server 2003 16 9 (6.870 %) SC Cleared 17 8 (6.107 %) Software Engineering 17 8 (6.107 %) Delphi 17 8 (6.107 %) HTML 17 8 (6.107 %) SQL Server 18 7 (5.344 %) VB.NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Development 1 38 (29.01 %) .NET 2 8 (6.107 %) HTML 3 7 (5.344 %) ASP.NET 3 7 (5.344 %) XML 4 5 (3.817 %) J2EE 4 5 (3.817 %) STL 4 5 (3.817 %) AJAX 5 4 (3.053 %) WinForms 6 3 (2.290 %) ActiveX 6 3 (2.290 %) JDBC 6 3 (2.290 %) JSP 6 3 (2.290 %) EJB 6 3 (2.290 %) OpenGL 6 3 (2.290 %) DirectX 6 3 (2.290 %) .NET Framework 7 2 (1.527 %) WPF 7 2 (1.527 %) JTA 7 2 (1.527 %) JNDI 7 2 (1.527 %) XML Schema 7 2 (1.527 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 2 (1.527 %) Oracle Application Server 1 2 (1.527 %) IIS 2 1 (0.763 %) Apache 2 1 (0.763 %) JBoss 2 1 (0.763 %) Tuxedo 2 1 (0.763 %) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications 1 2 (1.527 %) MS Office 2 1 (0.763 %) Acrobat 2 1 (0.763 %) Maya 2 1 (0.763 %) 3ds Max	Business Applications 1 1 (0.763 %) Oracle Applications 1 1 (0.763 %) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking 1 10 (7.634 %) TCP/IP 2 2 (1.527 %) Internet 3 1 (0.763 %) SDH 3 1 (0.763 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (6.107 %) SQL Server 2 7 (5.344 %) Oracle Reports 2 7 (5.344 %) Oracle 10g 3 5 (3.817 %) Crystal Reports 4 3 (2.290 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (1.527 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (1.527 %) MySQL 5 2 (1.527 %) Informix 6 1 (0.763 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (0.763 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.763 %) PostgreSQL
Development Applications 1 15 (11.45 %) Visual Studio 2 6 (4.580 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 5 (3.817 %) Subversion 4 4 (3.053 %) Eclipse 5 3 (2.290 %) Oracle Forms 5 3 (2.290 %) MSI 6 1 (0.763 %) ClearCase 6 1 (0.763 %) WinRunner 6 1 (0.763 %) TestDirector 6 1 (0.763 %) QuickTest Pro 6 1 (0.763 %) NUnit	General 1 22 (16.79 %) Manufacturing 2 10 (7.634 %) Finance 3 7 (5.344 %) Government 4 5 (3.817 %) Aerospace 4 5 (3.817 %) Telecoms 5 4 (3.053 %) Automotive 5 4 (3.053 %) 3D Graphics 5 4 (3.053 %) Games 6 2 (1.527 %) Banking 6 2 (1.527 %) Multimedia 6 2 (1.527 %) Pensions 6 2 (1.527 %) Marketing 7 1 (0.763 %) Military 7 1 (0.763 %) Front Office 7 1 (0.763 %) Health 7 1 (0.763 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 67 (51.15 %) Developer 2 31 (23.66 %) C++ Developer 3 26 (19.85 %) Software Engineer 4 12 (9.160 %) C# Developer 5 9 (6.870 %) Programmer 5 9 (6.870 %) Real Time Software Engineer 5 9 (6.870 %) Real Time Engineer 6 8 (6.107 %) Java Developer 6 8 (6.107 %) Software Developer 7 7 (5.344 %) C++ Software Engineer 7 7 (5.344 %) Java Software Engineer 7 7 (5.344 %) Delphi Developer 8 6 (4.580 %) Technical Lead 8 6 (4.580 %) Architect 9 5 (3.817 %) Project Manager 9 5 (3.817 %) C++/Java Developer 10 4 (3.053 %) Real Time Developer 10 4 (3.053 %) C++/C# Developer 11 3 (2.290 %) Analyst 11 3 (2.290 %) C Developer	Miscellaneous 1 6 (4.580 %) Mathematics 2 4 (3.053 %) Client/Server 3 3 (2.290 %) Semantic Web 4 2 (1.527 %) CCTV 4 2 (1.527 %) E-Learning 5 1 (0.763 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.763 %) Robotics 5 1 (0.763 %) Physics 5 1 (0.763 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.763 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 30 (22.90 %) Windows 2 19 (14.50 %) UNIX 3 9 (6.870 %) Linux 3 9 (6.870 %) Windows Server 2003 4 4 (3.053 %) Windows XP 4 4 (3.053 %) Solaris 5 1 (0.763 %) HPUX 5 1 (0.763 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (19.85 %) UML 2 19 (14.50 %) OO 3 17 (12.98 %) Security Cleared 4 10 (7.634 %) OOD 5 9 (6.870 %) SC Cleared 6 8 (6.107 %) Software Engineering 7 7 (5.344 %) Configuration Management 8 6 (4.580 %) Data Management 8 6 (4.580 %) CAD 9 5 (3.817 %) Project Management 9 5 (3.817 %) PLM 9 5 (3.817 %) PDM 10 3 (2.290 %) Stakeholder Management 10 3 (2.290 %) BC Cleared 11 2 (1.527 %) Software Testing 11 2 (1.527 %) Requirements Analysis 11 2 (1.527 %) Quality Management 11 2 (1.527 %) RUP 11 2 (1.527 %) PRINCE2 12 1 (0.763 %) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages 1 50 (38.17 %) Java 2 49 (37.40 %) C# 3 31 (23.66 %) C 4 22 (16.79 %) SQL 5 15 (11.45 %) Perl 6 14 (10.69 %) VB 7 12 (9.160 %) JavaScript 8 8 (6.107 %) Delphi 9 7 (5.344 %) VB.NET 10 6 (4.580 %) VC++ 10 6 (4.580 %) PHP 11 5 (3.817 %) Python 12 4 (3.053 %) VB6 13 2 (1.527 %) Embedded C++ 14 1 (0.763 %) PL/SQL 14 1 (0.763 %) VBScript 14 1 (0.763 %) Embedded C 14 1 (0.763 %) Shell Script 14 1 (0.763 %) Jython	Qualifications 1 13 (9.924 %) Degree 2 3 (2.290 %) HNC 3 2 (1.527 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 2 (1.527 %) ISTQB 3 2 (1.527 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (3.053 %) QA 1 4 (3.053 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 4 (3.053 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 3 (2.290 %) Tivoli 1 3 (2.290 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 30 (22.90 %) Oracle 2 13 (9.924 %) Borland 3 11 (8.397 %) Microsoft 4 3 (2.290 %) Business Objects 5 1 (0.763 %) Sybase 5 1 (0.763 %) Sun 5 1 (0.763 %) Adobe 5 1 (0.763 %) Northgate