The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills 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++ over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 36 25 22
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -3
Contract jobs citing C++ 74 90 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 4.762% 5.590% 6.369%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.94% 15.13% 15.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 18 29
Average daily rate £325 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £261 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £365 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 38 42
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +2.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.50 £31.00 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.45 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
620 595 735
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 39.90% 36.96% 40.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 270 287
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 84 98
Average hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.36% +4.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £22.95 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
C++
South East

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hampshire C++ Daily Rate Histogram

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Portsmouth +8 8 £425 +28.78%
Southampton -6 6 £330 +10.00%
Winchester -3 2 - -
Basingstoke -21 2 £403 -
Havant - 1 - -
Romsey - 1 - -
C++
South East

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 73 (62.93%) C
2 42 (36.21%) SQL
2 42 (36.21%) Security Cleared
3 41 (35.34%) C#
4 38 (32.76%) Linux
5 34 (29.31%) OO
6 31 (26.72%) Python
6 31 (26.72%) UNIX
6 31 (26.72%) SC Cleared
7 29 (25.00%) UML
8 27 (23.28%) XML
9 25 (21.55%) OOD
9 25 (21.55%) Microsoft
10 23 (19.83%) ClearCase
11 21 (18.10%) Multithreading
12 20 (17.24%) Windows
12 20 (17.24%) Perl
13 19 (16.38%) Java
14 18 (15.52%) Ant
14 18 (15.52%) MS Excel
14 18 (15.52%) Configuration Management
14 18 (15.52%) Telecoms
14 18 (15.52%) Continuous Integration
14 18 (15.52%) NUnit
14 18 (15.52%) Subversion
14 18 (15.52%) GoogleTest
15 17 (14.66%) CppUnit
15 17 (14.66%) Motif
16 15 (12.93%) Scrum
16 15 (12.93%) Unified Process

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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 27 (23.28%) XML
2 17 (14.66%) Motif
3 13 (11.21%) .NET
4 11 (9.483%) wxWidgets
5 9 (7.759%) HTML
6 5 (4.310%) WCF
6 5 (4.310%) ASP.NET
6 5 (4.310%) CSS
7 4 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 4 (3.448%) jQuery
7 4 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (3.448%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.586%) Django
8 3 (2.586%) OpenGL
9 2 (1.724%) Swing
9 2 (1.724%) STL
9 2 (1.724%) Web Services
9 2 (1.724%) Qt
9 2 (1.724%) soapUI
9 2 (1.724%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.897%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.310%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.724%) CMS
3 2 (1.724%) SAS
4 1 (0.862%) IIS
4 1 (0.862%) Mathematica
Applications
1 18 (15.52%) MS Excel
2 11 (9.483%) MS Office
3 8 (6.897%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (0.862%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.21%) TCP/IP
2 11 (9.483%) LTE
3 10 (8.621%) CDMA
3 10 (8.621%) Wireless
4 9 (7.759%) 3G
5 8 (6.897%) GPRS
5 8 (6.897%) GSM
5 8 (6.897%) Internet
5 8 (6.897%) VLAN
6 7 (6.034%) SNMP
6 7 (6.034%) UTRAN
7 6 (5.172%) 3GPP
8 5 (4.310%) UMTS
9 4 (3.448%) ISDN
10 2 (1.724%) DVB
10 2 (1.724%) 2G
10 2 (1.724%) NFC
10 2 (1.724%) 4G
10 2 (1.724%) WiMAX
11 1 (0.862%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.34%) Ingres
1 12 (10.34%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.621%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.172%) MS Access
4 5 (4.310%) MySQL
5 1 (0.862%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.862%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.862%) GIS
Development Applications
1 23 (19.83%) ClearCase
2 18 (15.52%) Ant
2 18 (15.52%) NUnit
2 18 (15.52%) Subversion
2 18 (15.52%) GoogleTest
3 17 (14.66%) CppUnit
4 12 (10.34%) CruiseControl
5 11 (9.483%) Rational Rose
6 10 (8.621%) Visual Studio
6 10 (8.621%) ClearQuest
7 9 (7.759%) Selenium
7 9 (7.759%) SpecFlow
8 5 (4.310%) FitNesse
8 5 (4.310%) WebDriver
8 5 (4.310%) WATIR
8 5 (4.310%) Git (software)
9 4 (3.448%) ReSharper
10 2 (1.724%) NetBeans
10 2 (1.724%) JUnit
10 2 (1.724%) Hudson
General
1 18 (15.52%) Telecoms
2 5 (4.310%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.448%) Electronics
4 3 (2.586%) Billing
4 3 (2.586%) Military
5 2 (1.724%) Games
5 2 (1.724%) Finance
5 2 (1.724%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.862%) Marketing
6 1 (0.862%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 37 (31.90%) Developer
2 34 (29.31%) Software Engineer
3 15 (12.93%) C++ Developer
4 12 (10.34%) Senior Software Engineer
5 10 (8.621%) Team Leader
6 8 (6.897%) Network Engineer
6 8 (6.897%) C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (5.172%) Analyst
7 6 (5.172%) Test Analyst
7 6 (5.172%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (5.172%) Perl Developer
8 5 (4.310%) Test Engineer
8 5 (4.310%) C# Developer
8 5 (4.310%) Test Team Leader
8 5 (4.310%) Development Team Leader
8 5 (4.310%) Software Developer
9 4 (3.448%) Agile C# Developer
9 4 (3.448%) Development Engineer
10 3 (2.586%) Software Tester
10 3 (2.586%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.759%) Device Driver
2 5 (4.310%) Derivative
2 5 (4.310%) SaaS
2 5 (4.310%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (3.448%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.448%) Handset
4 3 (2.586%) VHDL
4 3 (2.586%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.724%) CUDA
5 2 (1.724%) STB
6 1 (0.862%) Statistics
6 1 (0.862%) Open Source
6 1 (0.862%) Online Gambling
6 1 (0.862%) Visualisation
6 1 (0.862%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.862%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.862%) Mobile Games
6 1 (0.862%) Clustering
6 1 (0.862%) Firmware
6 1 (0.862%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 38 (32.76%) Linux
2 31 (26.72%) UNIX
3 20 (17.24%) Windows
4 5 (4.310%) Android
4 5 (4.310%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (3.448%) AIX
5 4 (3.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (3.448%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.724%) Windows CE
6 2 (1.724%) Windows Mobile
6 2 (1.724%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.862%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.862%) HPUX
7 1 (0.862%) Solaris
7 1 (0.862%) NetWare
7 1 (0.862%) Windows NT
7 1 (0.862%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.31%) OO
2 29 (25.00%) UML
3 25 (21.55%) OOD
4 21 (18.10%) Multithreading
5 18 (15.52%) Configuration Management
5 18 (15.52%) Continuous Integration
6 15 (12.93%) Scrum
6 15 (12.93%) Unified Process
6 15 (12.93%) RUP
7 14 (12.07%) Software Engineering
8 13 (11.21%) Project Management
9 9 (7.759%) Memory Management
9 9 (7.759%) Integration Testing
10 8 (6.897%) BDD
10 8 (6.897%) TDD
11 6 (5.172%) OOP
11 6 (5.172%) Agile Software Development
12 5 (4.310%) Refactoring
12 5 (4.310%) RAD
12 5 (4.310%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 73 (62.93%) C
2 42 (36.21%) SQL
3 41 (35.34%) C#
4 31 (26.72%) Python
5 20 (17.24%) Perl
6 19 (16.38%) Java
7 14 (12.07%) JavaScript
8 13 (11.21%) VB
9 9 (7.759%) Embedded C
10 8 (6.897%) Embedded C++
11 7 (6.034%) PHP
12 4 (3.448%) VB.NET
12 4 (3.448%) VBA
12 4 (3.448%) VC++
13 2 (1.724%) Tcl
14 1 (0.862%) Korn
14 1 (0.862%) Bash shell
14 1 (0.862%) R
14 1 (0.862%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 31 (26.72%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.897%) Degree
4 3 (2.586%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.862%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.448%) QA
2 1 (0.862%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.862%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (0.862%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 25 (21.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.310%) Oracle
3 4 (3.448%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.724%) Perforce
4 2 (1.724%) Anite
4 2 (1.724%) Agilent
5 1 (0.862%) Coverity
5 1 (0.862%) SAP
5 1 (0.862%) IBM
5 1 (0.862%) VMware
5 1 (0.862%) HP
5 1 (0.862%) Compaq
5 1 (0.862%) EMC
5 1 (0.862%) Cognizant
5 1 (0.862%) Hitachi
5 1 (0.862%) Veritas
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