East of England C++ Contracts

This section looks at the demand for C++ skills within the East of England 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abbots Langley Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Crewe Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Fife Filton Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Hampshire Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hungerford Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Jersey Kent Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Pontypridd Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Rhondda Cynon Taff Rochester Romsey Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Helens Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Teesside Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	35	17
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	175	273
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.225 %	0.307 %
As % of the category below	10.71 %	17.82 %
Daily rates quoted	28	61
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£277
Average daily rate	£317	£297
% change on same period last year	+6.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£318
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£344
% change on same period last year	+1.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	44	33
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.52	£31.76
Average hourly rate	£38.18	£33.27
% change on same period last year	+14.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.84	£34.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.08	£34.51
% change on same period last year	+7.44 %
Programming Languages East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1634	1532
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.096 %	1.721 %
Daily rates quoted	528	398
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£305
Average daily rate	£348	£330
% change on same period last year	+5.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£332
% change on same period last year	+2.61 %
Hourly rates quoted	179	195
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.59	£29.83
Average hourly rate	£34.55	£31.55
% change on same period last year	+9.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.51	£33.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.36	£32.37
% change on same period last year	+3.05 %
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing C++ across the East of England 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 contract IT jobs ads citing C++ across the East of England 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 of England region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing C++ across the East of England 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 of England region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Cambridgeshire	-12	92	£375	+40.39 %
2	Hertfordshire	-20	51	£276	-11.86 %
3	Suffolk	+9	14	£351	-
4	East Anglia	0	7	£263	-
4	Essex	-16	7	£338	+6.57 %
5	Norfolk	+9	4	-	-
6	Bedfordshire	-4	2	£263	-22.22 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing C++ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing C++.

1 196 (49.62 %) C 2 110 (27.85 %) Windows 3 86 (21.77 %) C# 4 74 (18.73 %) .NET 5 71 (17.97 %) Java 6 58 (14.68 %) Linux 7 55 (13.92 %) Microsoft 8 53 (13.42 %) MFC 9 49 (12.41 %) UML 10 43 (10.89 %) Electronics 11 41 (10.38 %) SQL Server 12 39 (9.873 %) XML 13 38 (9.620 %) SQL 14 36 (9.114 %) Degree 15 34 (8.608 %) TCP/IP

16 32 (8.101 %) DTV 16 32 (8.101 %) DVB 17 31 (7.848 %) MPEG 18 30 (7.595 %) VC++ 19 29 (7.342 %) Visual Studio 19 29 (7.342 %) Windows CE 20 27 (6.835 %) OO 21 23 (5.823 %) WebServices 21 23 (5.823 %) Embedded C++ 22 21 (5.316 %) Telecoms 22 21 (5.316 %) Embedded C 22 21 (5.316 %) Oracle 22 21 (5.316 %) Mathematics 23 20 (5.063 %) PHP 23 20 (5.063 %) SOAP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing C++ also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 74 (18.73 %) .NET 2 53 (13.42 %) MFC 3 39 (9.873 %) XML 4 23 (5.823 %) WebServices 5 20 (5.063 %) SOAP 6 19 (4.810 %) HTML 6 19 (4.810 %) .NET Framework 7 14 (3.544 %) OpenGL 8 11 (2.785 %) ASP.NET 9 10 (2.532 %) J2SE 10 9 (2.278 %) J2ME 10 9 (2.278 %) UIQ 10 9 (2.278 %) Series 60 10 9 (2.278 %) ASP 11 8 (2.025 %) XSL 11 8 (2.025 %) NetBeans 11 8 (2.025 %) AJAX 12 7 (1.772 %) J2EE 13 6 (1.519 %) ATL 14 5 (1.266 %) WinForms	Application Platforms 1 12 (3.038 %) JBoss 2 9 (2.278 %) Apache 3 3 (0.759 %) MQSeries 3 3 (0.759 %) WebLogic 4 2 (0.506 %) MS Exchange 5 1 (0.253 %) CICS 5 1 (0.253 %) Tomcat 5 1 (0.253 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 11 (2.785 %) MS Excel 2 5 (1.266 %) Acrobat 3 3 (0.759 %) MS Office 3 3 (0.759 %) Pro/ENGINEER 4 2 (0.506 %) MATLAB 5 1 (0.253 %) AutoCAD 5 1 (0.253 %) NASTRAN 5 1 (0.253 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 34 (8.608 %) TCP/IP 2 32 (8.101 %) DVB 3 18 (4.557 %) SNMP 4 16 (4.051 %) Wireless 5 10 (2.532 %) VoIP 6 9 (2.278 %) Wi-Fi 7 8 (2.025 %) CTI 8 7 (1.772 %) Cisco IOS 8 7 (1.772 %) TETRA 9 5 (1.266 %) GSM 10 4 (1.013 %) 3G 11 3 (0.759 %) RIP 11 3 (0.759 %) Ethernet 11 3 (0.759 %) DAB 12 2 (0.506 %) HTTP 12 2 (0.506 %) 3GPP 12 2 (0.506 %) UMTS 12 2 (0.506 %) Bluetooth 12 2 (0.506 %) GPRS 13 1 (0.253 %) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 41 (10.38 %) SQL Server 2 18 (4.557 %) MySQL 3 12 (3.038 %) SQL Server 2005 4 10 (2.532 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 10 (2.532 %) MS Access 5 8 (2.025 %) DB2 5 8 (2.025 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 7 (1.772 %) PostgreSQL 7 5 (1.266 %) SQL Server 2000 8 3 (0.759 %) RDBMS 8 3 (0.759 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 2 (0.506 %) Crystal Reports 9 2 (0.506 %) Oracle Reports	Development Applications 1 29 (7.342 %) Visual Studio 2 15 (3.797 %) Flash 3 11 (2.785 %) Eclipse 4 10 (2.532 %) JUnit 5 9 (2.278 %) Telelogic Rhapsody 6 7 (1.772 %) Subversion 6 7 (1.772 %) ClearCase 7 4 (1.013 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 4 (1.013 %) ClearQuest 7 4 (1.013 %) LabVIEW 8 2 (0.506 %) IntelliJ 8 2 (0.506 %) JBuilder 8 2 (0.506 %) Ant 8 2 (0.506 %) PVCS 9 1 (0.253 %) Rational Rose 9 1 (0.253 %) WinRunner 9 1 (0.253 %) Bugzilla
General 1 43 (10.89 %) Electronics 2 21 (5.316 %) Telecoms 3 8 (2.025 %) Government 3 8 (2.025 %) Multimedia 4 5 (1.266 %) Manufacturing 4 5 (1.266 %) 3D Graphics 4 5 (1.266 %) Automotive 5 4 (1.013 %) Finance 5 4 (1.013 %) Games 6 3 (0.759 %) Marketing 7 2 (0.506 %) Pharmaceutical 7 2 (0.506 %) Military 7 2 (0.506 %) Banking 7 2 (0.506 %) Retail 8 1 (0.253 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.253 %) Education 8 1 (0.253 %) Mobile Games 8 1 (0.253 %) Health	Job Titles 1 172 (43.54 %) Developer 2 113 (28.61 %) Software Engineer 3 82 (20.76 %) C++ Developer 4 31 (7.848 %) Software Developer 5 24 (6.076 %) C++ Software Engineer 6 22 (5.570 %) C# Developer 7 18 (4.557 %) Architect 8 16 (4.051 %) Test Engineer 9 15 (3.797 %) Java Developer 10 12 (3.038 %) .NET Developer 10 12 (3.038 %) Embedded Software Engineer 10 12 (3.038 %) C Developer 11 11 (2.785 %) Programmer 11 11 (2.785 %) C++/CSharp Developer 12 10 (2.532 %) Software Architect 13 8 (2.025 %) CAD Engineer 14 7 (1.772 %) Design Engineer 14 7 (1.772 %) C++ Software Developer 15 6 (1.519 %) Senior Software Engineer 15 6 (1.519 %) Senior Software Architect
Miscellaneous 1 32 (8.101 %) DTV 2 31 (7.848 %) MPEG 3 21 (5.316 %) Mathematics 4 17 (4.304 %) PDA 5 12 (3.038 %) Physics 5 12 (3.038 %) Handset 6 11 (2.785 %) Multithreading 7 9 (2.278 %) IPTV 8 8 (2.025 %) Computer Science 8 8 (2.025 %) PKI 9 7 (1.772 %) STB 9 7 (1.772 %) Device Driver 10 6 (1.519 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 11 4 (1.013 %) Cryptography 11 4 (1.013 %) Client/Server 12 3 (0.759 %) iDTV 13 2 (0.506 %) Firmware 13 2 (0.506 %) VHDL 13 2 (0.506 %) Smartphone 14 1 (0.253 %) Speech Recognition	Operating Systems 1 110 (27.85 %) Windows 2 58 (14.68 %) Linux 3 29 (7.342 %) Windows CE 4 18 (4.557 %) Unix 5 15 (3.797 %) Windows NT 6 14 (3.544 %) Embedded Linux 7 11 (2.785 %) Windows Mobile 8 10 (2.532 %) Solaris 9 9 (2.278 %) VxWorks 10 7 (1.772 %) Windows 2000 10 7 (1.772 %) HPUX 11 4 (1.013 %) Windows XP 12 3 (0.759 %) Symbian OS 12 3 (0.759 %) Ubuntu 13 2 (0.506 %) Mac OS X 14 1 (0.253 %) zOS 14 1 (0.253 %) MVS
Processes & Methodologies 1 49 (12.41 %) UML 2 27 (6.835 %) OO 3 15 (3.797 %) CAD 4 13 (3.291 %) OOA/OOD 5 12 (3.038 %) Configuration Management 6 11 (2.785 %) OOD 7 10 (2.532 %) Software Engineering 8 7 (1.772 %) Data Management 9 6 (1.519 %) Security Testing 10 5 (1.266 %) Software Testing 10 5 (1.266 %) CAE 11 4 (1.013 %) Time Management 12 3 (0.759 %) Workflow 12 3 (0.759 %) Unit Testing 12 3 (0.759 %) Integration Testing 13 2 (0.506 %) Web Testing 13 2 (0.506 %) Web Development 13 2 (0.506 %) Resource Management 13 2 (0.506 %) Network Planning 13 2 (0.506 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 196 (49.62 %) C 2 86 (21.77 %) C# 3 71 (17.97 %) Java 4 38 (9.620 %) SQL 5 30 (7.595 %) VC++ 6 23 (5.823 %) Embedded C++ 7 21 (5.316 %) Embedded C 8 20 (5.063 %) PHP 9 15 (3.797 %) JavaScript 10 14 (3.544 %) VB 11 12 (3.038 %) VB.NET 12 11 (2.785 %) Python 13 10 (2.532 %) Perl 14 9 (2.278 %) Assembly Language 15 8 (2.025 %) Tcl 16 7 (1.772 %) Ruby 16 7 (1.772 %) DHTML 17 6 (1.519 %) Delphi 18 3 (0.759 %) VBA 18 3 (0.759 %) XAML
Qualifications 1 36 (9.114 %) Degree 2 12 (3.038 %) PhD 3 4 (1.013 %) ISEB 4 2 (0.506 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.506 %) QA 2 1 (0.253 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 1 (0.253 %) NDS	Systems Management 1 1 (0.253 %) OMEGAMON
Vendors 1 55 (13.92 %) Microsoft 2 21 (5.316 %) Oracle 3 14 (3.544 %) Symbian 4 9 (2.278 %) Telelogic 5 8 (2.025 %) Sybase 6 7 (1.772 %) Cisco 6 7 (1.772 %) HP 6 7 (1.772 %) Intel 6 7 (1.772 %) Alcatel 6 7 (1.772 %) Siemens 7 6 (1.519 %) Adobe 8 4 (1.013 %) IBM 9 3 (0.759 %) SolidWorks 9 3 (0.759 %) MKS 10 2 (0.506 %) Apple 10 2 (0.506 %) BT 10 2 (0.506 %) OpenTV 10 2 (0.506 %) Xilinx 10 2 (0.506 %) BEA 11 1 (0.253 %) Sun