The first table below looks at the demand for VC++ 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 VC++ 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual C++
Rank 358 393 383
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -10
Contract jobs citing VC++ 19 22 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.088% 0.082% 0.190%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.214% 0.217% 0.447%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 20 50
Average daily rate £525 £550 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £454 £500
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £583 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £280 £300
% change year-on-year
+32.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £27.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+37.03% -19.40%
All Programming Languages
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8875 10154 13197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.98% 37.69% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6378 6878 8900
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 157 180
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.85 £18.00 £18.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VC++
England

VC++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London VC++ Jobs Demand Trend

VC++
Daily Rate Trend

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

London VC++ Daily Rate Trend

VC++
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VC++ across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London VC++ Daily Rate Histogram

VC++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London VC++ Hourly Rate Trend

VC++
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VC++ within the London 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
City of London - 6 £650 -
Canary Wharf +3 5 £600 -
VC++
England

VC++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing VC++ 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 VC++.

1 42 (95.45%) C++
2 39 (88.64%) Windows
3 29 (65.91%) Linux
4 26 (59.09%) Computer Science
5 25 (56.82%) Degree
6 24 (54.55%) Software Engineering
6 24 (54.55%) Microsoft
7 22 (50.00%) Mathematics
8 20 (45.45%) Physics
9 17 (38.64%) Finance
10 13 (29.55%) Maven
10 13 (29.55%) TeamCity
11 12 (27.27%) XML
11 12 (27.27%) Java
12 11 (25.00%) SQL
12 11 (25.00%) Oracle
12 11 (25.00%) STL
12 11 (25.00%) Multithreading
12 11 (25.00%) Artifactory
12 11 (25.00%) Banking
13 10 (22.73%) LLVM
13 10 (22.73%) JavaScript
13 10 (22.73%) PhD
14 8 (18.18%) VB
14 8 (18.18%) OO
14 8 (18.18%) UNIX
15 7 (15.91%) SOAP
15 7 (15.91%) XSLT
15 7 (15.91%) C#
15 7 (15.91%) Python

VC++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing VC++ 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 VC++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (27.27%) XML
2 11 (25.00%) STL
3 7 (15.91%) SOAP
3 7 (15.91%) XSLT
4 5 (11.36%) Web Services
4 5 (11.36%) WSDL
4 5 (11.36%) Django
5 4 (9.091%) .NET
6 3 (6.818%) MFC
7 2 (4.545%) REST
7 2 (4.545%) HTML5
7 2 (4.545%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (4.545%) FpML
7 2 (4.545%) DOM
7 2 (4.545%) XSL
7 2 (4.545%) ATL
7 2 (4.545%) CSS
8 1 (2.273%) ODBC
8 1 (2.273%) ADO
8 1 (2.273%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.36%) Apache
1 5 (11.36%) nginx
2 2 (4.545%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (2.273%) Oracle Coherence
3 1 (2.273%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.36%) FTP
1 5 (11.36%) HTTP
1 5 (11.36%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.273%) ISDN
2 1 (2.273%) VoIP
2 1 (2.273%) RTP
2 1 (2.273%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) MySQL
2 3 (6.818%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.818%) Data Mining
3 2 (4.545%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.273%) Hadoop
4 1 (2.273%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 13 (29.55%) Maven
1 13 (29.55%) TeamCity
2 11 (25.00%) Artifactory
3 10 (22.73%) LLVM
4 7 (15.91%) Subversion
5 5 (11.36%) Eclipse
6 3 (6.818%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (38.64%) Finance
2 11 (25.00%) Banking
3 6 (13.64%) Front Office
4 5 (11.36%) Investment Banking
5 2 (4.545%) Back Office
6 1 (2.273%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.273%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (79.55%) Developer
2 24 (54.55%) C++ Developer
3 6 (13.64%) Programmer
4 5 (11.36%) C++ Quantitative Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Quantitative Developer
5 4 (9.091%) Python Developer
5 4 (9.091%) C++ Programmer
5 4 (9.091%) C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (9.091%) Software Engineer
6 3 (6.818%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Senior Programmer
7 2 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.545%) Senior C++ Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Senior Analyst Programmer
7 2 (4.545%) SQL Developer
7 2 (4.545%) Analyst Programmer
7 2 (4.545%) Analyst
8 1 (2.273%) Consultant
8 1 (2.273%) Development Specialist
8 1 (2.273%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (59.09%) Computer Science
2 22 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 20 (45.45%) Physics
4 6 (13.64%) Open Source
5 5 (11.36%) Fixed Income
5 5 (11.36%) Derivative
6 3 (6.818%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 3 (6.818%) Visualisation
6 3 (6.818%) Social Media
6 3 (6.818%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (4.545%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (2.273%) Credit Risk
8 1 (2.273%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 39 (88.64%) Windows
2 29 (65.91%) Linux
3 8 (18.18%) UNIX
4 5 (11.36%) Windows XP
4 5 (11.36%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (54.55%) Software Engineering
2 11 (25.00%) Multithreading
3 8 (18.18%) OO
4 6 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (13.64%) OOP
5 3 (6.818%) TDD
6 2 (4.545%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (4.545%) Unit Testing
6 2 (4.545%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (4.545%) Time Management
6 2 (4.545%) Scrum
6 2 (4.545%) Data Modelling
6 2 (4.545%) RDF
6 2 (4.545%) Workflow
6 2 (4.545%) Regression Testing
6 2 (4.545%) MVC
7 1 (2.273%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.273%) Information Security
7 1 (2.273%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (2.273%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (95.45%) C++
2 12 (27.27%) Java
3 11 (25.00%) SQL
4 10 (22.73%) JavaScript
5 8 (18.18%) VB
6 7 (15.91%) C#
6 7 (15.91%) Python
7 5 (11.36%) Perl
7 5 (11.36%) PHP
8 1 (2.273%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.273%) VBA
8 1 (2.273%) VB6
Qualifications
1 25 (56.82%) Degree
2 10 (22.73%) PhD
3 5 (11.36%) Postgraduate
4 3 (6.818%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.273%) SLA
Vendors
1 24 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (4.545%) Tradeweb
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