The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Reading 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++ Developer
Rank 69 82 80
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -2
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Developer 1 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.120% 0.179% 0.480%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.132% 0.195% 0.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £313 £313
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -0.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
760 1028 917
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.02% 92.20% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 347 409
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 61 42
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.58 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.56% +24.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £22.60 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C++ Developer
Berkshire

C++ Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C++ Developer across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading C++ Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading C++ Developer Daily Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading C++ Developer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Developer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited C++ Developer 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++ Developer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) VMS
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Nortel
2 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (50.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) TELNET
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited C++ Developer 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++ Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 3G
1 1 (50.00%) TELNET
1 1 (50.00%) 2G
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Perl
2 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Nortel
1 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks