Hampshire C++ Contracts

This section looks at the demand for C++ skills within the Hampshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardigan Ceredigion Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Guildford Halifax Hampshire Havant Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hounslow Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Kidderminster Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Redhill Rotherham Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warminster Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	23	14
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	120	240
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.160 %	0.243 %
As % of the category below	16.11 %	19.67 %
Daily rates quoted	11	21
Average minimum daily rate	£295	£290
Average daily rate	£309	£323
% change on same period last year	-4.60 %
Average maximum daily rate	£322	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£339
% change on same period last year	-4.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	87
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.65	£33.99
Average hourly rate	£37.55	£36.32
% change on same period last year	+3.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.44	£38.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.95	£35.43
% change on same period last year	+4.28 %
Programming Languages Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	745	1220
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.993 %	1.234 %
Daily rates quoted	131	264
Average minimum daily rate	£334	£302
Average daily rate	£353	£323
% change on same period last year	+9.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	160	247
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.29	£33.84
Average hourly rate	£36.97	£36.09
% change on same period last year	+2.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.66	£38.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
C++ South East

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Hampshire 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
Portsmouth	+2	38	-	-
Basingstoke	-11	20	£225	-30.76 %
Winchester	+5	5	£348	+6.92 %
Fareham	+6	4	-	-
Southampton	-5	4	-	-
Andover	-	1	£225	-
Havant	-5	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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++.

1 174 (59.59 %) C 2 90 (30.82 %) Java 3 72 (24.66 %) UML 4 61 (20.89 %) Embedded C 4 61 (20.89 %) Embedded C++ 5 56 (19.18 %) OO 6 54 (18.49 %) Windows 7 53 (18.15 %) UNIX 8 50 (17.12 %) Linux 9 48 (16.44 %) Security Cleared 10 42 (14.38 %) DVB 11 38 (13.01 %) STB 12 34 (11.64 %) Middleware 13 33 (11.30 %) Perl 14 30 (10.27 %) C#

14 30 (10.27 %) XML 15 27 (9.247 %) Telecoms 15 27 (9.247 %) CORBA 16 26 (8.904 %) .NET 16 26 (8.904 %) 3G 16 26 (8.904 %) iDTV 17 25 (8.562 %) SC Cleared 18 24 (8.219 %) VC++ 19 22 (7.534 %) OOD 19 22 (7.534 %) SQL Server 19 22 (7.534 %) GSM 19 22 (7.534 %) Aerospace 19 22 (7.534 %) Degree 19 22 (7.534 %) Unit Testing 20 21 (7.192 %) SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 1 34 (11.64 %) Middleware 2 30 (10.27 %) XML 3 27 (9.247 %) CORBA 4 26 (8.904 %) .NET 5 12 (4.110 %) J2SE 6 9 (3.082 %) XML Schema 6 9 (3.082 %) .NET Framework 7 7 (2.397 %) MFC 8 5 (1.712 %) HTML 9 4 (1.370 %) WebSphere 9 4 (1.370 %) OpenGL 9 4 (1.370 %) AJAX 9 4 (1.370 %) CSS 10 3 (1.027 %) ASP.NET 10 3 (1.027 %) XMPP 11 2 (0.685 %) Motif 11 2 (0.685 %) ADO 11 2 (0.685 %) XSD 12 1 (0.342 %) WebServices 12 1 (0.342 %) RSS	Application Platforms 1 4 (1.370 %) WebSphere Application Server 1 4 (1.370 %) MQSeries 2 1 (0.342 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (0.342 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 1 (0.342 %) Apache
Applications 1 1 (0.342 %) MS Office 1 1 (0.342 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (0.342 %) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking 1 42 (14.38 %) DVB 2 26 (8.904 %) 3G 3 22 (7.534 %) GSM 4 16 (5.479 %) UTRAN 5 10 (3.425 %) iSCSI 5 10 (3.425 %) ATM 5 10 (3.425 %) TCP/IP 5 10 (3.425 %) SAN 6 9 (3.082 %) UMTS 6 9 (3.082 %) WCDMA 7 7 (2.397 %) TETRA 8 6 (2.055 %) Internet 9 5 (1.712 %) Wi-Fi 9 5 (1.712 %) WiMAX 9 5 (1.712 %) SMTP 9 5 (1.712 %) CDMA 10 4 (1.370 %) GPRS 11 3 (1.027 %) LAN 11 3 (1.027 %) DECT 11 3 (1.027 %) Bluetooth	Database & Business Intelligence 1 22 (7.534 %) SQL Server 2 6 (2.055 %) Oracle Reports 3 4 (1.370 %) DB2 3 4 (1.370 %) RDBMS 3 4 (1.370 %) SQL Server 7 4 3 (1.027 %) GIS 4 3 (1.027 %) Oracle 10g 4 3 (1.027 %) MySQL 5 2 (0.685 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (0.685 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (0.342 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.342 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 14 (4.795 %) Visual Studio 2 8 (2.740 %) ClearCase 3 7 (2.397 %) JUnit 4 4 (1.370 %) ARTiSAN 5 3 (1.027 %) LabVIEW 6 2 (0.685 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 2 (0.685 %) Oracle Forms 7 1 (0.342 %) Rational Rose 7 1 (0.342 %) ClearQuest 7 1 (0.342 %) Rational Robot 7 1 (0.342 %) InstallShield	General 1 27 (9.247 %) Telecoms 2 22 (7.534 %) Aerospace 3 18 (6.164 %) Government 4 17 (5.822 %) Military 5 12 (4.110 %) Electronics 6 6 (2.055 %) Back Office 6 6 (2.055 %) Finance 7 5 (1.712 %) Education 8 4 (1.370 %) Banking 8 4 (1.370 %) Multimedia 9 3 (1.027 %) Marketing 9 3 (1.027 %) Construction 10 1 (0.342 %) Electric 10 1 (0.342 %) Insurance
Job Titles 1 111 (38.01 %) Software Engineer 2 76 (26.03 %) Developer 3 29 (9.932 %) C++ Developer 4 27 (9.247 %) Test Engineer 5 19 (6.507 %) Embedded Software Engineer 6 16 (5.479 %) Software Developer 6 16 (5.479 %) Embedded C Engineer 6 16 (5.479 %) Embedded C/C++ Engineer 7 15 (5.137 %) Architect 7 15 (5.137 %) Software Architect 8 13 (4.452 %) Embedded C++ Engineer 9 11 (3.767 %) Applications Developer 10 10 (3.425 %) Principal Software Engineer 10 10 (3.425 %) C++ Software Engineer 10 10 (3.425 %) Principal Engineer 11 9 (3.082 %) Senior Software Engineer 12 8 (2.740 %) C# Developer 12 8 (2.740 %) C Developer 13 7 (2.397 %) C Software Engineer 13 7 (2.397 %) C++ Software Developer	Miscellaneous 1 38 (13.01 %) STB 2 26 (8.904 %) iDTV 3 18 (6.164 %) DTV 4 15 (5.137 %) Computer Science 5 11 (3.767 %) VHDL 6 10 (3.425 %) PDA 7 9 (3.082 %) MPEG 8 8 (2.740 %) Handset 9 2 (0.685 %) Device Driver 9 2 (0.685 %) Smartphone 9 2 (0.685 %) Mathematics 10 1 (0.342 %) Multithreading 10 1 (0.342 %) Pocket PC 10 1 (0.342 %) PKI
Operating Systems 1 54 (18.49 %) Windows 2 53 (18.15 %) UNIX 3 50 (17.12 %) Linux 4 16 (5.479 %) Solaris 5 14 (4.795 %) AIX 6 9 (3.082 %) Windows Mobile 7 8 (2.740 %) Embedded Linux 7 8 (2.740 %) VxWorks 8 7 (2.397 %) HPUX 8 7 (2.397 %) Windows NT 9 4 (1.370 %) Mac OS X 10 2 (0.685 %) Windows CE 10 2 (0.685 %) Windows XP 11 1 (0.342 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 72 (24.66 %) UML 2 56 (19.18 %) OO 3 48 (16.44 %) Security Cleared 4 25 (8.562 %) SC Cleared 5 22 (7.534 %) Unit Testing 5 22 (7.534 %) OOD 6 19 (6.507 %) Agile Software Development 7 13 (4.452 %) Software Engineering 8 11 (3.767 %) BC Cleared 8 11 (3.767 %) Migration 9 9 (3.082 %) Configuration Management 9 9 (3.082 %) Project Management 9 9 (3.082 %) Software Testing 10 8 (2.740 %) Validation 11 5 (1.712 %) Service Delivery 11 5 (1.712 %) SSADM 12 4 (1.370 %) OOP 12 4 (1.370 %) OOA/OOD 12 4 (1.370 %) Risk Assessment 13 3 (1.027 %) Load Balancing
Programming Languages 1 174 (59.59 %) C 2 90 (30.82 %) Java 3 61 (20.89 %) Embedded C 3 61 (20.89 %) Embedded C++ 4 33 (11.30 %) Perl 5 30 (10.27 %) C# 6 24 (8.219 %) VC++ 7 21 (7.192 %) SQL 8 16 (5.479 %) Korn 9 12 (4.110 %) Shell Script 10 11 (3.767 %) VB 11 9 (3.082 %) Ada 12 7 (2.397 %) JavaScript 13 5 (1.712 %) PHP 14 4 (1.370 %) Python 14 4 (1.370 %) Assembly Language 15 2 (0.685 %) VB6 16 1 (0.342 %) VB.NET 16 1 (0.342 %) PL/SQL 16 1 (0.342 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 22 (7.534 %) Degree 2 8 (2.740 %) ISEB 3 1 (0.342 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.370 %) ISO12207	System Software 1 1 (0.342 %) NDS 1 1 (0.342 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 20 (6.849 %) Oracle 2 12 (4.110 %) Microsoft 3 4 (1.370 %) Symbian 4 3 (1.027 %) Intel 5 2 (0.685 %) ESRI 5 2 (0.685 %) IBM 5 2 (0.685 %) Business Objects 6 1 (0.342 %) OpenTV 6 1 (0.342 %) Sun 6 1 (0.342 %) HP