Oxfordshire C++ Software Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the C++ Software Engineer role in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

C++ Software Engineer
Location Aberdeen Avon Berkshire Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Crawley Dorset East Anglia East of England England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow High Wycombe Home Counties Kent London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Petersfield Portsmouth Redhill Scotland Sevenoaks Somerset South Coast South East South West Southampton Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wells West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	56	54
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	3	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.497 %	0.178 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£264	£309
% change on same period last year	-14.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.15	£36.07
% change on same period last year	+2.99 %
Job Titles Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	604	562
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.850 %	0.568 %
Daily rates quoted	159	99
Average minimum daily rate	£283	£297
Average daily rate	£302	£318
% change on same period last year	-4.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£321	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	98	103
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.94	£16.23
Average hourly rate	£19.08	£17.44
% change on same period last year	+9.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.22	£18.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
C++ Software Engineer South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

C++ Software Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

C++ Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C++ Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region.

C++ Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Oxford	-6	1	-	-

C++ Software Engineer South East

C++ Software Engineer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited C++ Software Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) C++ 2 1 (33.33 %) TickIT 2 1 (33.33 %) Government 2 1 (33.33 %) Local Government 2 1 (33.33 %) Software Testing 2 1 (33.33 %) Degree 2 1 (33.33 %) Computer Science 2 1 (33.33 %) SQL 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 2 1 (33.33 %) XML 2 1 (33.33 %) UNIX 2 1 (33.33 %) Linux 2 1 (33.33 %) ISO9001 2 1 (33.33 %) MATLAB 2 1 (33.33 %) C#

C++ Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited C++ Software Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) XML	Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MATLAB
General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government 1 1 (33.33 %) Local Government	Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) Computer Science
Operating Systems 1 1 (33.33 %) UNIX 1 1 (33.33 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Software Testing
Programming Languages 1 3 (100.00 %) C++ 2 1 (33.33 %) SQL 2 1 (33.33 %) C#	Qualifications 1 1 (33.33 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (33.33 %) ISO9001 1 1 (33.33 %) TickIT	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle