The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 - 38 33
Contract jobs citing C++ 0 9 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - 1.822% 2.746%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 5.294% 7.895%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £238
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
63 170 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 22.50% 34.41% 34.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 97 78
Average daily rate £275 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £238 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +70.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C++
England

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 3 (75.00%) VC++
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Cocoa
3 1 (25.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) iOS SDK
3 1 (25.00%) CSS3
3 1 (25.00%) Cocoa Touch
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Cocoa
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) HTML5
2 1 (25.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (25.00%) CSS3
2 1 (25.00%) Cocoa Touch
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C Developer
3 1 (25.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) VC++
2 2 (50.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) Objective-C
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
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