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This section looks at the demand for C++ skills within the Edinburgh 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 C++ over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5552
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads317
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.018 %
As % of the category below1.316 %5.397 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£215-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£230-
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£330
% change on same period last year+0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.18£35.20
% change on same period last year+5.61 %
Programming Languages EdinburghProgramming Languages
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads228315
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.301 %0.334 %
Daily rates quoted4756
Average minimum daily rate£294£335
Average daily rate£317£351
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£337£332
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted29
Average minimum hourly rate£100.00£28.33
Average hourly rate£103.75£29.40
% change on same period last year+252.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£107.50£30.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.13£33.16
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
C++ ScotlandC++
Scotland

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.

C++
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh C++ Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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++.

117 (80.95 %)C
210 (47.62 %)Symbian
210 (47.62 %)OpenGL
210 (47.62 %)DirectX
210 (47.62 %)Quicktime
210 (47.62 %)Multimedia
39 (42.86 %)Symbian OS
39 (42.86 %)Embedded C++
44 (19.05 %)Degree
44 (19.05 %)Mathematics
44 (19.05 %)Unix
44 (19.05 %).NET
53 (14.29 %)J2EE
53 (14.29 %)Oracle
53 (14.29 %)Windows
53 (14.29 %)C#
53 (14.29 %)Java
53 (14.29 %)SQL
53 (14.29 %)Shell Script
53 (14.29 %)Finance
53 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
62 (9.524 %)Statistics
62 (9.524 %)APACS
62 (9.524 %)Subversion
62 (9.524 %)SQLPlus
62 (9.524 %)TOAD
62 (9.524 %)VC++
62 (9.524 %)AIX
62 (9.524 %)Solaris
62 (9.524 %)SQL Server

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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
110 (47.62 %)OpenGL
110 (47.62 %)DirectX
24 (19.05 %).NET
33 (14.29 %)J2EE
41 (4.762 %)ASP.NET
41 (4.762 %)XML
41 (4.762 %)Motif
41 (4.762 %)X-Windows
41 (4.762 %)WebSphere
Applications
110 (47.62 %)Quicktime
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (9.524 %)SQL Server
12 (9.524 %)TOAD
12 (9.524 %)SQLPlus
Development Applications
12 (9.524 %)Visual Studio
12 (9.524 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (9.524 %)Subversion
General
110 (47.62 %)Multimedia
23 (14.29 %)Finance
31 (4.762 %)Banking
31 (4.762 %)Marketing
31 (4.762 %)Financial Institution
Job Titles
110 (47.62 %)Senior Consultant
110 (47.62 %)Consultant
110 (47.62 %)Technical Consultant
110 (47.62 %)Senior Technical Consultant
25 (23.81 %)Developer
33 (14.29 %)Analyst
42 (9.524 %)C Software Engineer
42 (9.524 %)C# Developer
42 (9.524 %)Software Engineer
42 (9.524 %)C++ Software Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Technical Analyst
51 (4.762 %)C Developer
51 (4.762 %).NET Developer
51 (4.762 %)C++ Developer
51 (4.762 %)Analyst Programmer
51 (4.762 %)Programmer
Miscellaneous
14 (19.05 %)Mathematics
22 (9.524 %)APACS
22 (9.524 %)Statistics
31 (4.762 %)Client/Server
31 (4.762 %)Device Driver
31 (4.762 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
19 (42.86 %)Symbian OS
24 (19.05 %)Unix
33 (14.29 %)Windows
42 (9.524 %)AIX
42 (9.524 %)Solaris
51 (4.762 %)Linux
51 (4.762 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
13 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
117 (80.95 %)C
29 (42.86 %)Embedded C++
33 (14.29 %)Shell Script
33 (14.29 %)C#
33 (14.29 %)Java
33 (14.29 %)SQL
42 (9.524 %)VC++
Qualifications
14 (19.05 %)Degree
Vendors
110 (47.62 %)Symbian
23 (14.29 %)Oracle
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