The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 71 66 46
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -20
Contract jobs citing C++ 15 20 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.189% 1.431% 2.937%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.876% 4.808% 9.302%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 8
Average daily rate £350 £181 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+93.10% -48.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 10
Average hourly rate £20.50 £35.00 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.42% +14.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.10 £35.00 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.90 £35.00 £41.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
387 416 430
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 30.67% 29.76% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 212 154
Average daily rate £313 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -15.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £413 £406
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 19 49
Average hourly rate £21.00 £17.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -46.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.80 £8.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
C++
England

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands C++ Daily Rate Histogram

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Contract Locations

The table below 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 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicestershire -9 7 £350 +154.54%
Nottinghamshire -2 3 £350 +55.55%
Lincolnshire - 2 - -
Derbyshire +8 1 £325 -
Northamptonshire - 1 £135 -
C++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 28 (62.22%) Java
1 28 (62.22%) C
2 20 (44.44%) Linux
3 16 (35.56%) Device Driver
4 14 (31.11%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (28.89%) Streaming Video
5 13 (28.89%) Bluetooth
5 13 (28.89%) C#
5 13 (28.89%) JNI
5 13 (28.89%) Embedded Linux
5 13 (28.89%) Android
6 9 (20.00%) SQL
6 9 (20.00%) .NET
7 5 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 5 (11.11%) Windows
7 5 (11.11%) Data Mining
7 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
7 5 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 5 (11.11%) Degree
8 4 (8.889%) Computer Science
8 4 (8.889%) WPF
8 4 (8.889%) LINQ
8 4 (8.889%) Automated Testing
8 4 (8.889%) Multithreading
8 4 (8.889%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.889%) OO
8 4 (8.889%) MS Visio
8 4 (8.889%) SQL Server
8 4 (8.889%) Electronics

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 13 (28.89%) JNI
2 9 (20.00%) .NET
3 4 (8.889%) WPF
3 4 (8.889%) LINQ
3 4 (8.889%) WinForms
4 3 (6.667%) WF
4 3 (6.667%) WCF
5 2 (4.444%) Middleware
5 2 (4.444%) LAMP
5 2 (4.444%) HTML
5 2 (4.444%) Struts
5 2 (4.444%) XML
6 1 (2.222%) MFC
6 1 (2.222%) ASP
6 1 (2.222%) ASP.NET
6 1 (2.222%) Ajax
6 1 (2.222%) WebSphere
6 1 (2.222%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) Papyrus
1 2 (4.444%) Apache
1 2 (4.444%) Tomcat
1 2 (4.444%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.889%) MS Visio
3 2 (4.444%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 14 (31.11%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (28.89%) Bluetooth
3 1 (2.222%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) Data Mining
2 4 (8.889%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.444%) MySQL
4 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.222%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.222%) NUnit
1 1 (2.222%) JIRA
General
1 4 (8.889%) Electronics
1 4 (8.889%) Games
2 2 (4.444%) Marketing
2 2 (4.444%) Retail
2 2 (4.444%) Automotive
3 1 (2.222%) Finance
3 1 (2.222%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.222%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (51.11%) Developer
2 14 (31.11%) Software Engineer
3 13 (28.89%) Android Developer
4 6 (13.33%) Analyst
5 4 (8.889%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.667%) C# Developer
6 3 (6.667%) WPF Developer
6 3 (6.667%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (6.667%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) Analyst Developer
7 2 (4.444%) PHP Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Development Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Business Systems Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.222%) Design Engineer
8 1 (2.222%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.222%) C++ Developer
8 1 (2.222%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (35.56%) Device Driver
2 13 (28.89%) Streaming Video
3 4 (8.889%) Computer Science
4 2 (4.444%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 2 (4.444%) Firmware
4 2 (4.444%) VHDL
5 1 (2.222%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.222%) EMV
5 1 (2.222%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.222%) CPLD
Operating Systems
1 20 (44.44%) Linux
2 13 (28.89%) Embedded Linux
2 13 (28.89%) Android
3 5 (11.11%) Windows
4 2 (4.444%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.11%) Test Automation
2 4 (8.889%) Automated Testing
2 4 (8.889%) Multithreading
2 4 (8.889%) Waterfall
2 4 (8.889%) OO
3 3 (6.667%) CAE
3 3 (6.667%) Workflow
3 3 (6.667%) Game Development
3 3 (6.667%) MVVM
3 3 (6.667%) Software Engineering
3 3 (6.667%) Business Analysis
3 3 (6.667%) TDD
3 3 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (6.667%) Unit Testing
4 2 (4.444%) Web Development
4 2 (4.444%) Knowledge Management
4 2 (4.444%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (4.444%) Test Strategy
4 2 (4.444%) Software Architecture
4 2 (4.444%) Process Architecture
Programming Languages
1 28 (62.22%) Java
1 28 (62.22%) C
2 13 (28.89%) C#
3 9 (20.00%) SQL
4 5 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.444%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.444%) VBA
5 2 (4.444%) PHP
5 2 (4.444%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.444%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.444%) Embedded C++
6 1 (2.222%) Tcl
6 1 (2.222%) VBScript
6 1 (2.222%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.444%) QNX
3 1 (2.222%) Perforce