The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Software Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Software Developer
Rank 380 407 434
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +27
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Software Developer 6 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.026% 0.008% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.008% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
Average daily rate £600 - £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £350 £293
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +19.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £42.50
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21332 24237 29116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 91.99% 92.49% 92.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 14410 15699 18765
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 463 597 655
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C++ Software Developer
England

C++ Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C++ Software Developer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London C++ Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London C++ Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

C++ Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ Software Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London C++ Software Developer Daily Rate Histogram

C++ Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London C++ Software Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Software Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Software Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +1 3 £600 - 1
Teddington - - - -
C++ Software Developer
England

C++ Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited C++ Software Developer in their job title 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 with C++ Software Developer in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) OO
3 4 (40.00%) Electronics
3 4 (40.00%) UNIX
3 4 (40.00%) Qt
4 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) Windows
5 1 (10.00%) C
5 1 (10.00%) Firewall
5 1 (10.00%) Xerces
5 1 (10.00%) STB
5 1 (10.00%) IPTV
5 1 (10.00%) JIRA
5 1 (10.00%) QA
5 1 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (10.00%) SSL
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++
5 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (10.00%) Internet
5 1 (10.00%) DVB
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) Perl
5 1 (10.00%) PHP
5 1 (10.00%) MFC
5 1 (10.00%) MySQL

C++ Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited C++ Software Developer in their job title 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 with C++ Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) Qt
2 1 (10.00%) Xerces
2 1 (10.00%) MFC
2 1 (10.00%) STL
2 1 (10.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) SSL
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
1 1 (10.00%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (10.00%) GCC
1 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) STB
1 1 (10.00%) IPTV
1 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (10.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) UNIX
3 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 5 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (10.00%) C
2 1 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) Perl
2 1 (10.00%) PHP
2 1 (10.00%) Bash shell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Twitter