The first table below looks at the demand for Qt skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Qt over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Qt
Rank 377 378 422
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +44
Contract jobs citing Qt 12 27 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.054% 0.100% 0.026%
As % of the Application Development category 0.188% 0.357% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 2
Average daily rate £400 £300 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £300 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £300 £354
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
-11.66% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 1
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6388 7563 9347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.00% 28.03% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4622 4989 6271
Average daily rate £406 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 106 133
Average hourly rate £41.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.96% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.45 £17.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Qt
England

Qt
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Qt across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London Qt Jobs Demand Trend

Qt
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Qt Daily Rate Trend

Qt
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Qt across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Qt Daily Rate Histogram

Qt
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Qt Hourly Rate Trend

Qt
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Qt within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London - 1 - -
Qt
England

Qt
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Qt 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 Qt.

1 15 (83.33%) C++
2 5 (27.78%) Python
2 5 (27.78%) Electronics
2 5 (27.78%) Linux
2 5 (27.78%) TDD
3 3 (16.67%) OpenGL
3 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 3 (16.67%) QML
3 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
4 2 (11.11%) C
4 2 (11.11%) Digital Media
4 2 (11.11%) Embedded Software Development
4 2 (11.11%) bada
4 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 2 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
4 2 (11.11%) Android
4 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) JSON
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.11%) Symbian
4 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 2 (11.11%) UML
4 2 (11.11%) OO
4 2 (11.11%) Web Services
4 2 (11.11%) XML
4 2 (11.11%) MFC
4 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.11%) OOD
5 1 (5.556%) Eclipse

Qt
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Qt 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 Qt. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) OpenGL
1 3 (16.67%) QML
2 2 (11.11%) JSON
2 2 (11.11%) Web Services
2 2 (11.11%) XML
2 2 (11.11%) MFC
3 1 (5.556%) HTML5
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Eclipse
1 1 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (27.78%) Electronics
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.556%) Finance
3 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.556%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Developer
2 7 (38.89%) C++ Developer
3 5 (27.78%) Software Developer
4 4 (22.22%) GUI Designer
4 4 (22.22%) Software Designer
4 4 (22.22%) Software Programmer
4 4 (22.22%) C++ Programmer
4 4 (22.22%) C++ Software Developer
4 4 (22.22%) Designer
4 4 (22.22%) Programmer
5 2 (11.11%) Blackberry Developer
5 2 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Embedded C Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) QA Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Test Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Embedded C Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) C Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blackberry
1 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 2 (11.11%) Digital Media
2 2 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.556%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) bada
2 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 2 (11.11%) Android
3 1 (5.556%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) TDD
2 2 (11.11%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (11.11%) Multithreading
2 2 (11.11%) UML
2 2 (11.11%) OO
2 2 (11.11%) OOD
3 1 (5.556%) Scrum
3 1 (5.556%) Programme Management
3 1 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.556%) Project Management
3 1 (5.556%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.556%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) C++
2 5 (27.78%) Python
3 2 (11.11%) C
4 1 (5.556%) Java
4 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.556%) Embedded C
4 1 (5.556%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Symbian
2 1 (5.556%) SAP