| C++ |
| 3 months to
18 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 32 | 30 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -2 |  +25 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 8 | 13 | 7 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 2.446 % | 2.802 % | 0.906 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 6.667 % | 12.62 % | 3.431 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £170 | £340 | £338 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £318 | £320 | £340 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £35.25 | £36.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £35.00 | £35.00 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 120 | 103 | 204 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 36.70 % | 22.20 % | 26.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 45 | 41 | 66 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £320 | £300 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £163 | £242 | £177 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £365 | £436 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 42 | 12 | 30 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £35.00 | £32.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.75 | £22.50 | £22.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £33.00 | £35.50 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
