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The table below looks at the demand for Standard Template Library (STL) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited STL over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStandard Template Library (STL)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5854
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.450 %0.505 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£290£323
% change on same period last year-10.21 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.81£34.82
% change on same period last year+5.71 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads222198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.313 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted6833
Average minimum daily rate£292£284
Average daily rate£312£313
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted1613
Average minimum hourly rate£25.80£25.10
Average hourly rate£27.96£26.32
% change on same period last year+6.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.12£27.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
STL South EastSTL
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.

STL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing STL across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Oxfordshire STL Demand Trend

STL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire STL Daily Rate Trend

STL
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing STL across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire STL Hourly Rate Trend

STL
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing STL 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 STL.

112 (100.00 %)C++
28 (66.67 %)OpenGL
35 (41.67 %)Games
44 (33.33 %)3D Graphics
44 (33.33 %)OO
53 (25.00 %)Windows
53 (25.00 %)Linux
62 (16.67 %).NET
62 (16.67 %)DirectX
62 (16.67 %)Trolltech
71 (8.333 %)Physics
71 (8.333 %)Unit Testing
71 (8.333 %)Multithreading
71 (8.333 %)Aerospace
71 (8.333 %)MFC
71 (8.333 %)UML
71 (8.333 %)MS Excel
71 (8.333 %)Microsoft
71 (8.333 %)Mac OS X

STL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing STL 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 STL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (66.67 %)OpenGL
22 (16.67 %)DirectX
22 (16.67 %).NET
31 (8.333 %)MFC
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (8.333 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (41.67 %)Games
24 (33.33 %)3D Graphics
31 (8.333 %)Aerospace
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (75.00 %)Developer
19 (75.00 %)C++ Developer
22 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
22 (16.67 %)Games Developer
22 (16.67 %)Senior C++ Developer
31 (8.333 %)Software Developer
31 (8.333 %)C++ Software Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Physics
11 (8.333 %)Multithreading
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)Windows
13 (25.00 %)Linux
21 (8.333 %)Mac OS X
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)OO
21 (8.333 %)Unit Testing
21 (8.333 %)UML
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (100.00 %)C++
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (16.67 %)Trolltech
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft