East of England MFC Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MFC over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London Coventry Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Oxfordshire Reading Redhill Scotland Somerset South East South West Stevenage Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	135	117
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	12	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	1.052 %	2.815 %
Daily rates quoted	1	16
Average minimum daily rate	£110	£251
Average daily rate	£155	£273
% change on same period last year	-43.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£200	£296
UK excluding London average daily rate	£301	£303
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.57	-
Average hourly rate	£33.57	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.57	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.26	£34.94
% change on same period last year	-1.95 %
Application Development East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1141	1279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.521 %	1.294 %
Daily rates quoted	374	371
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£337
Average daily rate	£379	£358
% change on same period last year	+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£409	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	77	155
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.30	£30.01
Average hourly rate	£31.23	£31.53
% change on same period last year	-0.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.16	£33.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
MFC England

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.

MFC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MFC across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

MFC
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MFC across the East of England region.

MFC
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MFC across the East of England region.

MFC
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MFC across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MFC
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MFC within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 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
Hertfordshire	-16	8	-	-
Cambridgeshire	-2	4	£155	-28.46 %

MFC England

MFC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing MFC 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 MFC.

1 32 (96.97 %) C++ 2 19 (57.58 %) Microsoft 3 12 (36.36 %) C 3 12 (36.36 %) Visual Studio 3 12 (36.36 %) VC++ 4 11 (33.33 %) SQL Server 5 8 (24.24 %) C# 5 8 (24.24 %) Electronics 6 7 (21.21 %) Windows 7 6 (18.18 %) .NET 8 5 (15.15 %) MPEG 8 5 (15.15 %) TCP/IP 9 4 (12.12 %) Degree 9 4 (12.12 %) Mathematics 9 4 (12.12 %) Physics

10 3 (9.091 %) Multimedia 10 3 (9.091 %) Windows NT 10 3 (9.091 %) ATL 10 3 (9.091 %) COM 10 3 (9.091 %) Manufacturing 10 3 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2000 11 2 (6.061 %) InstallShield 11 2 (6.061 %) XML 11 2 (6.061 %) PhD 11 2 (6.061 %) MS Excel 11 2 (6.061 %) Multithreading 12 1 (3.030 %) Security Cleared 12 1 (3.030 %) C++/CLI 12 1 (3.030 %) SQL 12 1 (3.030 %) OpenGL

MFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing MFC 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 MFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (18.18 %) .NET 2 3 (9.091 %) ATL 2 3 (9.091 %) COM 3 2 (6.061 %) XML 4 1 (3.030 %) OpenGL	Applications 1 2 (6.061 %) MS Excel 2 1 (3.030 %) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking 1 5 (15.15 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (33.33 %) SQL Server 2 3 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 12 (36.36 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (6.061 %) InstallShield 3 1 (3.030 %) LabVIEW	General 1 8 (24.24 %) Electronics 2 3 (9.091 %) Manufacturing 2 3 (9.091 %) Multimedia 3 1 (3.030 %) 3D Graphics
Job Titles 1 14 (42.42 %) Software Engineer 1 14 (42.42 %) Developer 2 12 (36.36 %) C++ Developer 3 8 (24.24 %) Test Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) C++ Software Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) C# Software Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) Software Test Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) Server Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) C++ Software Developer 4 1 (3.030 %) .NET Software Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) C++/CSharp Developer 4 1 (3.030 %) CSharp Software Developer 4 1 (3.030 %) C# Developer 4 1 (3.030 %) Network Engineer 4 1 (3.030 %) Software Developer	Miscellaneous 1 5 (15.15 %) MPEG 2 4 (12.12 %) Mathematics 2 4 (12.12 %) Physics 3 2 (6.061 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 7 (21.21 %) Windows 2 3 (9.091 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (3.030 %) Configuration Management 1 1 (3.030 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 32 (96.97 %) C++ 2 12 (36.36 %) C 2 12 (36.36 %) VC++ 3 8 (24.24 %) C# 4 1 (3.030 %) SQL 4 1 (3.030 %) C++/CLI	Qualifications 1 4 (12.12 %) Degree 2 2 (6.061 %) PhD
Vendors 1 19 (57.58 %) Microsoft