The first table below looks at the demand for VC++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VC++ 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 Programming Languages category for the Manchester 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
Microsoft Visual C++
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing VC++ 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
+28.69% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £27.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+37.03% -19.40%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
337 479 299
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 35.70% 36.85% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 284 169
Average daily rate £290 £301 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.49% +9.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £226 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 30 16
Average hourly rate £27.75 £27.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.90% +22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.58 £14.73 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £126.90 £37.00 £35.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
VC++
North West

VC++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester VC++ Daily Rate Trend

VC++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester VC++ Hourly Rate Trend

VC++
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) ADO.NET
1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) DCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSL
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) ActiveX
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Finance

VC++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ADO
1 1 (100.00%) ADO.NET
1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) DCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSL
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) ActiveX
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) VB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft