East of England Embedded C++ Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Embedded 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 job ads that have cited Embedded C++ over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Devon Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Exeter Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire London Middlesex Newcastle Norfolk North East North Yorkshire Norwich Romsey Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Staines Stevenage Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	139	109
Rank change on same period last year	-30
Matching contract IT job ads	12	35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.037 %
As % of the category below	0.779 %	2.232 %
Daily rates quoted	3	4
Average minimum daily rate	£280	£318
Average daily rate	£303	£324
% change on same period last year	-6.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£327	£330
UK excluding London average daily rate	£303	£337
% change on same period last year	-9.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.67	-
Average hourly rate	£40.08	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£43.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.92	£36.53
% change on same period last year	+9.26 %
Programming Languages East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1541	1568
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.032 %	1.663 %
Daily rates quoted	487	430
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£319
Average daily rate	£357	£340
% change on same period last year	+5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£332
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	144	209
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.36	£30.60
Average hourly rate	£33.22	£32.32
% change on same period last year	+2.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.08	£34.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.13	£33.16
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
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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 Embedded 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 IT contract jobs citing Embedded 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 Embedded C++ across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 Embedded 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 Embedded C++ across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 job ads citing Embedded C++ within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Cambridgeshire	-36	5	-	-
Hertfordshire	-4	3	£303	-
Essex	-	2	-	-
East Anglia	-	1	-	-
Norfolk	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Embedded 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 Embedded C++.

1 27 (100.00 %) C++ 2 25 (92.59 %) C 3 23 (85.19 %) Embedded C 4 8 (29.63 %) Linux 5 7 (25.93 %) DTV 5 7 (25.93 %) MPEG 5 7 (25.93 %) Embedded Linux 6 6 (22.22 %) Microsoft 6 6 (22.22 %) DVB 6 6 (22.22 %) MS Excel 6 6 (22.22 %) .NET 6 6 (22.22 %) IPTV 7 5 (18.52 %) UML 7 5 (18.52 %) Electronics 8 4 (14.81 %) Telecoms

8 4 (14.81 %) Automotive 8 4 (14.81 %) TCP/IP 8 4 (14.81 %) Configuration Management 9 3 (11.11 %) iDTV 9 3 (11.11 %) WCDMA 9 3 (11.11 %) Firmware 9 3 (11.11 %) Windows 9 3 (11.11 %) DAB 10 2 (7.407 %) Multimedia 10 2 (7.407 %) STB 10 2 (7.407 %) Degree 10 2 (7.407 %) Process Management 10 2 (7.407 %) Java 10 2 (7.407 %) OO 10 2 (7.407 %) VC++

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Embedded 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 Embedded C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (22.22 %) .NET 2 1 (3.704 %) MFC 2 1 (3.704 %) WebServices 2 1 (3.704 %) Middleware	Applications 1 6 (22.22 %) MS Excel 2 1 (3.704 %) MATLAB
Communications & Networking 1 6 (22.22 %) DVB 2 4 (14.81 %) TCP/IP 3 3 (11.11 %) DAB 3 3 (11.11 %) WCDMA 4 2 (7.407 %) GSM 4 2 (7.407 %) 3G 4 2 (7.407 %) CDMA2000 5 1 (3.704 %) UMTS 5 1 (3.704 %) VoIP 5 1 (3.704 %) GPRS 5 1 (3.704 %) Wireless 5 1 (3.704 %) RNC	Development Applications 1 2 (7.407 %) ClearCase 2 1 (3.704 %) Visual Studio
General 1 5 (18.52 %) Electronics 2 4 (14.81 %) Telecoms 2 4 (14.81 %) Automotive 3 2 (7.407 %) Multimedia	Job Titles 1 13 (48.15 %) Software Engineer 2 5 (18.52 %) Embedded Software Engineer 2 5 (18.52 %) Embedded C Engineer 3 4 (14.81 %) Embedded C++ Engineer 4 2 (7.407 %) Embedded C++ Software Engineer 4 2 (7.407 %) DSP Engineer 4 2 (7.407 %) Embedded C/C++ Engineer 4 2 (7.407 %) Real Time Embedded Engineer 4 2 (7.407 %) Real Time Engineer 4 2 (7.407 %) C++ Software Engineer 4 2 (7.407 %) Developer 5 1 (3.704 %) Systems Engineer 5 1 (3.704 %) C++ Developer 5 1 (3.704 %) Hardware Engineer 5 1 (3.704 %) Embedded C Software Engineer 5 1 (3.704 %) Audio Engineer 5 1 (3.704 %) Audio Software Engineer 5 1 (3.704 %) Embedded C Developer 5 1 (3.704 %) C Developer 5 1 (3.704 %) C Software Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 7 (25.93 %) MPEG 1 7 (25.93 %) DTV 2 6 (22.22 %) IPTV 3 3 (11.11 %) iDTV 3 3 (11.11 %) Firmware 4 2 (7.407 %) Computer Science 4 2 (7.407 %) STB 5 1 (3.704 %) Streaming Video	Operating Systems 1 8 (29.63 %) Linux 2 7 (25.93 %) Embedded Linux 3 3 (11.11 %) Windows 4 2 (7.407 %) VxWorks 5 1 (3.704 %) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (18.52 %) UML 2 4 (14.81 %) Configuration Management 3 2 (7.407 %) Process Management 3 2 (7.407 %) OO 3 2 (7.407 %) OOD 4 1 (3.704 %) Validation 4 1 (3.704 %) Extreme Programming 4 1 (3.704 %) Software Engineering 4 1 (3.704 %) Unit Testing	Programming Languages 1 27 (100.00 %) C++ 2 25 (92.59 %) C 3 23 (85.19 %) Embedded C 4 2 (7.407 %) Java 4 2 (7.407 %) VC++ 5 1 (3.704 %) Python 5 1 (3.704 %) VB 5 1 (3.704 %) Assembly Language
Qualifications 1 2 (7.407 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (3.704 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 1 (3.704 %) NDS	Vendors 1 6 (22.22 %) Microsoft 2 1 (3.704 %) OpenTV