The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 17 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 Ipswich 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 15 13 25
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +12
Contract jobs citing C++ 3 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 4.110% 9.016% 1.852%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.11% 22.00% 3.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £340 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Ipswich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
27 50 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 36.99% 40.98% 60.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 33 41
Average daily rate £328 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.76% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £300 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £350 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £12.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+200.00% -43.18%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C++
Suffolk

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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 2 (66.67%) Blackberry
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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.

General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Applications Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Blackberry
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
Ipswich, East Anglia
C++, Embedded, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Cryptography, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Embedded, C++, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate requirement...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
If you haven't got direct TLS experience, you should have done cryptography programming... You should be a team player, who can work with Embedded Firmware Engineers, Electronics...
Real Staffing
Rate: £45 - £50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013