The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Software Engineer
Rank 93 91 89
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -2
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 8 7 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.499% 0.450% 0.797%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.533% 0.484% 0.855%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
Average daily rate £288 - £288
UK excluding London average daily rate £294 £350 £285
% change year-on-year
-16.14% +22.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 11
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.75 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-0.66% -1.94%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1501 1445 1755
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.70% 92.93% 93.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 689 752
Average daily rate £340 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.21% +7.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £511 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 193 237
Average hourly rate £18.88 £20.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.62% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
C++ Software Engineer
South East

C++ Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hampshire C++ Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire C++ Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire C++ Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Basingstoke - - - - 1
Southampton - - - - 3
C++ Software Engineer
South East

C++ Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C++ Software Engineer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) C++
2 8 (88.89%) Linux
3 7 (77.78%) UML
3 7 (77.78%) OOD
3 7 (77.78%) C
3 7 (77.78%) Subversion
3 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
4 6 (66.67%) CppUnit
4 6 (66.67%) GoogleTest
4 6 (66.67%) Ant
4 6 (66.67%) RUP
4 6 (66.67%) UNIX
4 6 (66.67%) NUnit
4 6 (66.67%) Unified Process
4 6 (66.67%) ClearCase
4 6 (66.67%) Configuration Management
5 4 (44.44%) Windows
6 3 (33.33%) OO
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 3 (33.33%) Use Case
7 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
7 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
7 2 (22.22%) wxWidgets
7 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) Derivative
7 2 (22.22%) Refactoring
7 2 (22.22%) Memory Management
7 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

C++ Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title 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 with C++ Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) wxWidgets
1 2 (22.22%) Motif
1 2 (22.22%) XML
2 1 (11.11%) MFC
2 1 (11.11%) STL
2 1 (11.11%) WinForms
2 1 (11.11%) OpenGL
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (11.11%) Qt
2 1 (11.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (22.22%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Subversion
2 6 (66.67%) CppUnit
2 6 (66.67%) GoogleTest
2 6 (66.67%) Ant
2 6 (66.67%) NUnit
2 6 (66.67%) ClearCase
3 2 (22.22%) ClearQuest
3 2 (22.22%) CruiseControl
3 2 (22.22%) Rational Rose
4 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 6 (66.67%) UNIX
3 4 (44.44%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) UML
1 7 (77.78%) OOD
2 6 (66.67%) RUP
2 6 (66.67%) Unified Process
2 6 (66.67%) Configuration Management
3 3 (33.33%) OO
3 3 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Use Case
4 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Multithreading
4 2 (22.22%) Refactoring
4 2 (22.22%) Memory Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (11.11%) TDD
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) C++
2 7 (77.78%) C
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Red Hat