The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lincolnshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 24 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 Lincolnshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 10 12 8
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -4
Contract jobs citing C++ 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 3.704% 2.222% 4.167%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.38% 33.33% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £20.50 £43.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-52.32% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Lincolnshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
13 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 24.07% 6.667% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
Average daily rate £250 - £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 - £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £43.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.48% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C++
East Midlands

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Lincoln - 2 - -
C++
East Midlands

C++
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) CPLD
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lincolnshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) VHDL
1 2 (100.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (50.00%) CPLD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C++