The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 20 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 Hertfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 52 53 10
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -43
Contract jobs citing C++ 8 17 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.235% 1.771% 8.792%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.930% 4.187% 25.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
Average daily rate £301 £310 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.06% +3.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 26
Average hourly rate - £38.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
273 406 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 42.13% 42.29% 35.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 163 106
Average daily rate £375 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 37 56
Average hourly rate £20.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.55 £31.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.80 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C++
East of England

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire C++ Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Royston - 4 - -
Letchworth -5 2 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
C++
East of England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 12 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 11 (52.38%) Degree
3 10 (47.62%) OO
4 8 (38.10%) Embedded C++
5 7 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (33.33%) C
5 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 4 (19.05%) LTE
6 4 (19.05%) Signal Processing
6 4 (19.05%) Java
6 4 (19.05%) JavaScript
6 4 (19.05%) Embedded C
6 4 (19.05%) 3GPP
7 3 (14.29%) UML
7 3 (14.29%) SQL
7 3 (14.29%) C#
7 3 (14.29%) HTML
7 3 (14.29%) XHTML
7 3 (14.29%) CSS
7 3 (14.29%) Web Services
7 3 (14.29%) XML
7 3 (14.29%) Ajax
8 2 (9.524%) LabWindows
8 2 (9.524%) Spring
8 2 (9.524%) JNI
8 2 (9.524%) JSON
8 2 (9.524%) WebSphere
8 2 (9.524%) Image Processing
8 2 (9.524%) Video Processing
8 2 (9.524%) Multithreading

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 3 (14.29%) HTML
1 3 (14.29%) Web Services
1 3 (14.29%) XML
1 3 (14.29%) XHTML
1 3 (14.29%) Ajax
1 3 (14.29%) CSS
2 2 (9.524%) Struts
2 2 (9.524%) WebSphere
2 2 (9.524%) JSON
2 2 (9.524%) WPF
2 2 (9.524%) Hibernate
2 2 (9.524%) Spring
2 2 (9.524%) JNI
2 2 (9.524%) XSLT
2 2 (9.524%) Swing
2 2 (9.524%) .NET
2 2 (9.524%) J2EE
3 1 (4.762%) ASP
3 1 (4.762%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) Tomcat
2 1 (4.762%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) LabWindows
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) 3GPP
1 4 (19.05%) LTE
2 2 (9.524%) 3G
2 2 (9.524%) Wireless
2 2 (9.524%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.762%) MySQL
2 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.762%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.762%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) JUnit
1 2 (9.524%) Eclipse
1 2 (9.524%) LabVIEW
1 2 (9.524%) Subversion
2 1 (4.762%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (9.524%) Telecoms
1 2 (9.524%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Publishing
2 1 (4.762%) Billing
2 1 (4.762%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) DSP Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) J2EE Developer
3 2 (9.524%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Java Developer
3 2 (9.524%) C Software Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (4.762%) Designer
4 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Systems Designer
4 1 (4.762%) DSP Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.762%) Open Source
2 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
1 1 (4.762%) Linux
1 1 (4.762%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 10 (47.62%) OO
3 7 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (19.05%) Signal Processing
5 3 (14.29%) UML
6 2 (9.524%) Configuration Management
6 2 (9.524%) MVC
6 2 (9.524%) Image Processing
6 2 (9.524%) Video Processing
6 2 (9.524%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (9.524%) Unit Testing
6 2 (9.524%) Integration Testing
6 2 (9.524%) Multithreading
7 1 (4.762%) Time Management
7 1 (4.762%) Data Mapping
7 1 (4.762%) Business Analysis
7 1 (4.762%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.762%) Scrum
7 1 (4.762%) TDD
7 1 (4.762%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) Embedded C++
2 7 (33.33%) C
3 4 (19.05%) Embedded C
3 4 (19.05%) Java
3 4 (19.05%) JavaScript
4 3 (14.29%) SQL
4 3 (14.29%) C#
5 2 (9.524%) MATLAB
6 1 (4.762%) F#
6 1 (4.762%) T-SQL
6 1 (4.762%) VBScript
6 1 (4.762%) VB
6 1 (4.762%) VBA
6 1 (4.762%) Perl
6 1 (4.762%) PHP
6 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Degree
2 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.524%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (9.524%) Oracle
1 2 (9.524%) JBoss
1 2 (9.524%) Serena
2 1 (4.762%) Microsoft
Hertfordshire, South East
You will be working on a UK defence project so you will require eligibility for SC clearance... The role: + Experience with ADA + Experience with Rhapsody + Experience with C++...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £35 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
1. Experience in Rf Technologies such as LTE and 802.11ac. 2. Matlab Experience. 3. Strong Mathematical understanding of DSP Technologies. 4. Knowledge of RF Test and measurement...
Anantha Limited
Rate: From £250 to £300 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013