The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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 24 19 29
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +10
Contract jobs citing C++ 7 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 3.333% 3.286% 3.433%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.368% 10.29% 6.897%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £350 £138 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+154.54% -57.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £35.00 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +14.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
95 68 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 45.24% 31.92% 49.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 23 29
Average daily rate £325 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £148 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £413 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 24
Average hourly rate £35.00 £13.25 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+164.15% -60.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C++
East Midlands

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leicester -5 5 £350 -
C++
East Midlands

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (75.00%) C
2 7 (43.75%) C#
2 7 (43.75%) Java
3 5 (31.25%) SQL
3 5 (31.25%) Data Mining
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Degree
4 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 4 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 4 (25.00%) Games
5 3 (18.75%) CAE
5 3 (18.75%) Automated Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Game Development
6 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
6 2 (12.50%) WPF
6 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
6 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
6 2 (12.50%) Process Architecture
6 2 (12.50%) Code Coverage
6 2 (12.50%) Linux
6 2 (12.50%) Apache
6 2 (12.50%) .NET
6 2 (12.50%) MySQL
6 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 2 (12.50%) PHP
6 2 (12.50%) LAMP
6 2 (12.50%) WinForms
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (12.50%) .NET
1 2 (12.50%) LAMP
1 2 (12.50%) WinForms
1 2 (12.50%) WPF
2 1 (6.250%) WF
2 1 (6.250%) LINQ
2 1 (6.250%) WCF
2 1 (6.250%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (25.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Data Mining
2 2 (12.50%) MySQL
3 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) NUnit
1 1 (6.250%) JIRA
General
1 4 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) PHP Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Software Development Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Development Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) WPF Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.250%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.250%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
2 3 (18.75%) Game Development
2 3 (18.75%) CAE
2 3 (18.75%) Automated Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
3 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 2 (12.50%) Code Coverage
3 2 (12.50%) Software Architecture
3 2 (12.50%) Process Architecture
4 1 (6.250%) MVVM
4 1 (6.250%) TDD
4 1 (6.250%) Workflow
4 1 (6.250%) Manual Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) C
2 7 (43.75%) C#
2 7 (43.75%) Java
3 5 (31.25%) SQL
4 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Perforce
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