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The table below looks at the demand for C++ skills within the 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 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3830
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads20823844
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.362 %4.193 %
As % of the category below11.24 %12.52 %
Daily rates quoted4981224
Average minimum daily rate£444£490
Average daily rate£475£527
% change on same period last year-9.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£507£564
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£343
% change on same period last year-5.40 %
Hourly rates quoted300355
Average minimum hourly rate£33.87£34.66
Average hourly rate£35.71£36.89
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.55£39.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.54£36.56
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching contract IT job ads1852130700
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled29.91 %33.49 %
Daily rates quoted61519926
Average minimum daily rate£353£396
Average daily rate£378£422
% change on same period last year-10.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£447
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£330
% change on same period last year-4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted15122206
Average minimum hourly rate£28.73£30.68
Average hourly rate£30.63£32.90
% change on same period last year-6.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.53£35.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.95£32.68
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
C++ UKC++
UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

England 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 England region.

England C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

England C++ Daily Rate Histogram

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the England region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

England C++ Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 3 December 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-111051£513-9.09 %
South EastUp+3397£328-5.19 %
East of EnglandUp+21215£301-7.12 %
South WestDown-7157£350-16.84 %
North WestDown-8111£337-4.68 %
East MidlandsNo change072£280-17.70 %
West MidlandsUp+745£500+89.98 %
YorkshireDown-615--
MidlandsDown-49--
North EastUp+48£258-6.70 %
South CoastUp+133£375-
C++ UKC++
UK

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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++.

11364 (30.81 %)Java
21228 (27.74 %)C
31100 (24.85 %)C#
4985 (22.25 %)Windows
5956 (21.59 %)UNIX
6923 (20.85 %)Banking
7890 (20.10 %)SQL
8743 (16.78 %)Front Office
9712 (16.08 %)Derivative
10711 (16.06 %).NET
11701 (15.83 %)OO
12675 (15.25 %)Finance
13663 (14.98 %)Investment Banking
14643 (14.52 %)Linux
15623 (14.07 %)Oracle
16552 (12.47 %)XML
17517 (11.68 %)UML
18412 (9.307 %)SQL Server
19385 (8.697 %)Perl
20382 (8.629 %)VC++
21380 (8.584 %)Sybase
22369 (8.335 %)VB
23349 (7.883 %)Security Cleared
24347 (7.838 %)Fixed Income
25332 (7.499 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
26321 (7.251 %)Visual Studio
27313 (7.070 %)Degree
28301 (6.799 %)MFC
29291 (6.573 %)STL
30282 (6.370 %)Microsoft

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1711 (16.06 %).NET
2552 (12.47 %)XML
3301 (6.799 %)MFC
4291 (6.573 %)STL
5207 (4.676 %)Middleware
6156 (3.524 %)ASP.NET
7149 (3.366 %)HTML
8142 (3.208 %)J2EE
9139 (3.140 %)WebServices
1092 (2.078 %).NET Framework
1187 (1.965 %)WinForms
1284 (1.897 %)CORBA
1383 (1.875 %)Spring
1474 (1.672 %)CSS
1573 (1.649 %)ASP
1669 (1.559 %)Swing
1669 (1.559 %)XSLT
1768 (1.536 %)AJAX
1857 (1.288 %)OpenGL
1955 (1.242 %)SOAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
163 (1.423 %)MQSeries
242 (0.949 %)Apache
341 (0.926 %)Rendezvous
426 (0.587 %)TIBCO EMS
524 (0.542 %)WebLogic
619 (0.429 %)Tomcat
717 (0.384 %)IIS
815 (0.339 %)Lotus Notes
815 (0.339 %)Tuxedo
815 (0.339 %)WebSphere MQ
914 (0.316 %)CICS
1012 (0.271 %)JBoss
1111 (0.248 %)CMS
129 (0.203 %)MS Exchange
136 (0.136 %)BizTalk Server
144 (0.090 %)OpenROAD
144 (0.090 %)SAS
144 (0.090 %)SharePoint
144 (0.090 %)Oracle Application Server
144 (0.090 %)Exchange Server 2003
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
193 (2.101 %)MS Excel
258 (1.310 %)MATLAB
340 (0.904 %)MS Office
432 (0.723 %)Spreadsheet
530 (0.678 %)Simulink
614 (0.316 %)Photoshop
711 (0.248 %)MS Visio
88 (0.181 %)CATIA
97 (0.158 %)Adobe Illustrator
97 (0.158 %)AutoCAD
106 (0.136 %)CA Clarity
115 (0.113 %)MS PowerPoint
115 (0.113 %)3ds Max
124 (0.090 %)Maya
124 (0.090 %)MS Project
133 (0.068 %)Fireworks
133 (0.068 %)Shockwave
142 (0.045 %)InDesign
151 (0.023 %)InfoPath
151 (0.023 %)Acrobat
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
156 (1.265 %)Sophis RISQUE
237 (0.836 %)Summit
317 (0.384 %)Endur
415 (0.339 %)Global One
511 (0.248 %)JDE OneWorld
69 (0.203 %)ZaiNet
78 (0.181 %)RMDS
85 (0.113 %)Temenos Globus
85 (0.113 %)LabWindows
94 (0.090 %)BusinessWorks
94 (0.090 %)Sophis VALUE
103 (0.068 %)Oracle General Ledger
103 (0.068 %)FRONT ARENA
103 (0.068 %)Oracle 11i
103 (0.068 %)Murex MxG2000
103 (0.068 %)Findur
103 (0.068 %)Oracle Applications
112 (0.045 %)Teamcenter
121 (0.023 %)Singl.eView
121 (0.023 %)BASE24
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1128 (2.891 %)TCP/IP
289 (2.010 %)DVB
361 (1.378 %)GSM
439 (0.881 %)Internet
439 (0.881 %)Wireless
534 (0.768 %)3G
534 (0.768 %)UMTS
629 (0.655 %)HTTP
727 (0.610 %)DNS
824 (0.542 %)Ethernet
918 (0.407 %)SS7
1015 (0.339 %)TETRA
1015 (0.339 %)GPRS
1112 (0.271 %)FTP
1211 (0.248 %)CDMA
1211 (0.248 %)2G
1211 (0.248 %)Firewall
1310 (0.226 %)RNC
1310 (0.226 %)LDAP
1310 (0.226 %)DHCP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1412 (9.307 %)SQL Server
272 (1.626 %)SQL Server 2005
351 (1.152 %)MySQL
351 (1.152 %)OLTP
351 (1.152 %)RDBMS
450 (1.129 %)GIS
541 (0.926 %)SQL Server 2000
633 (0.745 %)DB2
732 (0.723 %)Oracle 10g
829 (0.655 %)Oracle 8/8i
928 (0.632 %)Oracle 9i
1027 (0.610 %)Crystal Reports
1124 (0.542 %)Oracle Reports
1223 (0.520 %)Reference Data
1316 (0.361 %)Datawarehouse
1411 (0.248 %)BusinessObjects
1510 (0.226 %)Sybase IQ
168 (0.181 %)Sybase ASE
177 (0.158 %)InterSystems Cache
177 (0.158 %)MS Access
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1321 (7.251 %)Visual Studio
2155 (3.501 %)ClearCase
376 (1.717 %)Eclipse
468 (1.536 %)Subversion
546 (1.039 %)MSI
641 (0.926 %)ClearQuest
739 (0.881 %)VSS/SourceSafe
836 (0.813 %)Flash
931 (0.700 %)Rational Rose
1027 (0.610 %)Ant
1027 (0.610 %)JUnit
1123 (0.520 %)LabVIEW
1123 (0.520 %)JIRA
1222 (0.497 %)InstallShield
1320 (0.452 %)PVCS
1416 (0.361 %)QuickTest Pro
1416 (0.361 %)NUnit
1514 (0.316 %)Oracle Forms
1612 (0.271 %)CodeWarrior
1612 (0.271 %)FitNesse
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1923 (20.85 %)Banking
2743 (16.78 %)Front Office
3675 (15.25 %)Finance
4663 (14.98 %)Investment Banking
5147 (3.321 %)Telecoms
6125 (2.824 %)Games
7124 (2.801 %)Aerospace
879 (1.785 %)Manufacturing
975 (1.694 %)Government
1073 (1.649 %)Electronics
1157 (1.288 %)Military
1252 (1.175 %)Back Office
1351 (1.152 %)Financial Institution
1448 (1.084 %)Automotive
1448 (1.084 %)Education
1546 (1.039 %)Multimedia
1630 (0.678 %)Construction
1630 (0.678 %)Avionics
1724 (0.542 %)3D Graphics
1820 (0.452 %)Online Games
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12536 (57.28 %)Developer
21193 (26.95 %)C++ Developer
3801 (18.09 %)Software Engineer
4343 (7.748 %)C# Developer
5296 (6.686 %)Java Developer
5296 (6.686 %)Analyst
6189 (4.269 %)Senior Developer
7172 (3.885 %)C++ Software Engineer
8160 (3.614 %)Software Developer
9138 (3.117 %)Programmer
10131 (2.959 %).NET Developer
11121 (2.733 %)C++/C# Developer
12117 (2.643 %)Architect
13112 (2.530 %)Embedded Software Engineer
14105 (2.372 %)C++/Java Developer
1594 (2.123 %)C Developer
1693 (2.101 %)Test Engineer
1784 (1.897 %)Analyst Developer
1784 (1.897 %)Sophis Developer
1880 (1.807 %)Excel Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1712 (16.08 %)Derivative
2347 (7.838 %)Fixed Income
3332 (7.499 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4245 (5.534 %)Equities
5219 (4.947 %)Equity Derivative
6186 (4.201 %)Multithreading
7173 (3.908 %)Credit Derivative
8155 (3.501 %)Computer Science
9121 (2.733 %)Interest Rate Derivative
10105 (2.372 %)Mathematics
11104 (2.349 %)STB
1277 (1.739 %)Client/Server
1370 (1.581 %)Grid Computing
1468 (1.536 %)Market Risk
1562 (1.400 %)iDTV
1658 (1.310 %)N-Tier
1748 (1.084 %)Handset
1846 (1.039 %)IPTV
1938 (0.858 %)Device Driver
2036 (0.813 %)DTV
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1985 (22.25 %)Windows
2956 (21.59 %)UNIX
3643 (14.52 %)Linux
4148 (3.343 %)Solaris
593 (2.101 %)VxWorks
672 (1.626 %)Windows Server 2003
769 (1.559 %)Windows XP
850 (1.129 %)VMS
949 (1.107 %)Windows Mobile
1043 (0.971 %)Embedded Linux
1135 (0.791 %)Windows CE
1233 (0.745 %)Windows 2000
1329 (0.655 %)Windows NT
1425 (0.565 %)AIX
1524 (0.542 %)Red Hat Linux
1620 (0.452 %)HPUX
1714 (0.316 %)Windows Vista
1812 (0.271 %)SUSE
1812 (0.271 %)Windows 2000 Server
1812 (0.271 %)zOS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1701 (15.83 %)OO
2517 (11.68 %)UML
3349 (7.883 %)Security Cleared
4232 (5.241 %)OOD
5189 (4.269 %)SC Cleared
6139 (3.140 %)Agile Software Development
7133 (3.004 %)Risk Management
8112 (2.530 %)Algorithmic Trading
9109 (2.462 %)Software Engineering
1098 (2.214 %)Configuration Management
1194 (2.123 %)Scrum
1280 (1.807 %)Unit Testing
1365 (1.468 %)Electronic Trading
1460 (1.355 %)Project Management
1559 (1.333 %)Migration
1650 (1.129 %)RAD
1748 (1.084 %)Asset Management
1845 (1.016 %)Business Analysis
1944 (0.994 %)OOP
2043 (0.971 %)TDD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11364 (30.81 %)Java
21228 (27.74 %)C
31100 (24.85 %)C#
4890 (20.10 %)SQL
5385 (8.697 %)Perl
6382 (8.629 %)VC++
7369 (8.335 %)VB
8234 (5.286 %)Embedded C
9210 (4.744 %)Embedded C++
10198 (4.473 %)VBA
11169 (3.817 %)Python
12131 (2.959 %)Shell Script
13124 (2.801 %)JavaScript
1486 (1.943 %)PL/SQL
1575 (1.694 %)VB.NET
1666 (1.491 %)PHP
1756 (1.265 %)Ada
1850 (1.129 %)Transact-SQL
1947 (1.062 %)VB6
2042 (0.949 %)COBOL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1313 (7.070 %)Degree
220 (0.452 %)ISEB
316 (0.361 %)PhD
47 (0.158 %)MBA
56 (0.136 %)Microsoft Certification
65 (0.113 %)MCSD
74 (0.090 %)HND
74 (0.090 %)Postgraduate
83 (0.068 %)HNC
83 (0.068 %)Sun Certification
83 (0.068 %)ISEB Practitioner
83 (0.068 %)ISTQB
92 (0.045 %)CCNA
92 (0.045 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.023 %)CCNP
101 (0.023 %)CFA
101 (0.023 %)PMP
101 (0.023 %)PMI Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
141 (0.926 %)QA
217 (0.384 %)ISO9001
39 (0.203 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
39 (0.203 %)TickIT
46 (0.136 %)ISO12207
52 (0.045 %)SLA
52 (0.045 %)ISO9000
61 (0.023 %)JSP 440
61 (0.023 %)MiFID
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
137 (0.836 %)Active Directory
29 (0.203 %)Orbix
37 (0.158 %)VMware Infrastructure
46 (0.136 %)MSMQ
53 (0.068 %)NFS
53 (0.068 %)Xen
62 (0.045 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.023 %)Citrix Presentation Server
71 (0.023 %)Samba
71 (0.023 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.023 %)ISA Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
142 (0.949 %)AutoSys
217 (0.384 %)OpenView
314 (0.316 %)CONTROL-M
412 (0.271 %)BMC PATROL
510 (0.226 %)Nagios
65 (0.113 %)Tivoli
65 (0.113 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
72 (0.045 %)Netcool
72 (0.045 %)MIIS
72 (0.045 %)OVPA
72 (0.045 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
81 (0.023 %)OpenView Configuration Management
81 (0.023 %)MOM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1623 (14.07 %)Oracle
2380 (8.584 %)Sybase
3282 (6.370 %)Microsoft
4121 (2.733 %)TIBCO
5109 (2.462 %)Sophis
674 (1.672 %)Symbian
765 (1.468 %)IBM
765 (1.468 %)DataSynapse
858 (1.310 %)Reuters
954 (1.220 %)Perforce
1050 (1.129 %)Bloomberg
1140 (0.904 %)ION Trading
1232 (0.723 %)Murex
1331 (0.700 %)Fidessa
1429 (0.655 %)HP
1527 (0.610 %)Calypso
1625 (0.565 %)Red Hat
1721 (0.474 %)Borland
1819 (0.429 %)Adobe
1916 (0.361 %)SAP