C++ Contracts in Reading
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills 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++ over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 56 69 68
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -1
Contract jobs citing C++ 14 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.687% 1.128% 1.135%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.785% 4.706% 3.200%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 3
Average daily rate £275 £281 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.22% -3.01%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £254 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £349 £338
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £44.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 242 255 375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 29.16% 23.97% 35.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 105 167
Average daily rate £350 £375 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 15
Average hourly rate £17.00 £44.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.36% +83.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.20 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.50 £44.00 £38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C++
Berkshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading C++ Daily Rate Histogram

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 14 (60.87%) C#
2 13 (56.52%) SQL
3 8 (34.78%) Perl
3 8 (34.78%) .NET
3 8 (34.78%) Oracle
3 8 (34.78%) UNIX
4 7 (30.43%) Validation
4 7 (30.43%) Web Development
4 7 (30.43%) Degree
5 6 (26.09%) Migration
5 6 (26.09%) 2G
5 6 (26.09%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 6 (26.09%) Visual Studio
5 6 (26.09%) PL/SQL
5 6 (26.09%) TELNET
5 6 (26.09%) Nortel
5 6 (26.09%) Ericsson
5 6 (26.09%) 3G
5 6 (26.09%) Radio Access Network
6 5 (21.74%) IIS
6 5 (21.74%) Web Services
6 5 (21.74%) REST
6 5 (21.74%) WCF
6 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
6 5 (21.74%) Games
7 4 (17.39%) Automated Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
7 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
7 4 (17.39%) SQL Server

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (34.78%) .NET
2 5 (21.74%) Web Services
2 5 (21.74%) WCF
2 5 (21.74%) REST
3 2 (8.696%) WPF
3 2 (8.696%) Silverlight
4 1 (4.348%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (4.348%) HTML5
4 1 (4.348%) LAMP
4 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (21.74%) IIS
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Azure
3 1 (4.348%) Apache
3 1 (4.348%) Tomcat
3 1 (4.348%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
1 2 (8.696%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) 3G
1 6 (26.09%) TELNET
1 6 (26.09%) 2G
1 6 (26.09%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.348%) DNS
2 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) Data Mining
3 1 (4.348%) GIS
3 1 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.348%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Visual Studio
2 2 (8.696%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.348%) ClearCase
3 1 (4.348%) Eclipse
General
1 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
1 5 (21.74%) Games
2 1 (4.348%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Senior Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Development Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Software Development Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Consultant
4 2 (8.696%) C++ Developer
5 1 (4.348%) C# Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Database Developer
5 1 (4.348%) GIS Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.348%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) UNIX Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Programmer
5 1 (4.348%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Architect
5 1 (4.348%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
1 4 (17.39%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (8.696%) Kinect
2 2 (8.696%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (8.696%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.696%) SCADA
3 1 (4.348%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) UNIX
2 4 (17.39%) Windows
3 3 (13.04%) Linux
4 2 (8.696%) Windows Phone
5 1 (4.348%) AIX
5 1 (4.348%) HPUX
5 1 (4.348%) Solaris
5 1 (4.348%) FreeBSD
5 1 (4.348%) VMS
5 1 (4.348%) OpenBSD
5 1 (4.348%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (4.348%) Android
5 1 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (4.348%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Validation
1 7 (30.43%) Web Development
2 6 (26.09%) Migration
3 4 (17.39%) Automated Testing
3 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
4 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.696%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.696%) Software Architecture
5 2 (8.696%) Process Architecture
5 2 (8.696%) MVVM
5 2 (8.696%) Game Development
5 2 (8.696%) Load Testing
5 2 (8.696%) Code Coverage
6 1 (4.348%) Project Management
6 1 (4.348%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.348%) Information Security
6 1 (4.348%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) C#
2 13 (56.52%) SQL
3 8 (34.78%) Perl
4 6 (26.09%) PL/SQL
5 4 (17.39%) C
6 3 (13.04%) Java
6 3 (13.04%) VB
7 2 (8.696%) VBA
7 2 (8.696%) PHP
7 2 (8.696%) XAML
8 1 (4.348%) Python
8 1 (4.348%) Embedded C
8 1 (4.348%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 2 (8.696%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.348%) RHCE
3 1 (4.348%) HPUX Certification
3 1 (4.348%) SCSA
3 1 (4.348%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (4.348%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) Xen
1 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.348%) Postfix
1 1 (4.348%) Sendmail
1 1 (4.348%) Veritas Cluster Server
1 1 (4.348%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) OpenView
1 1 (4.348%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Oracle
2 6 (26.09%) Nortel
2 6 (26.09%) Ericsson
2 6 (26.09%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 2 (8.696%) Siemens
3 2 (8.696%) Wonderware
3 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.348%) Sun
4 1 (4.348%) HP
4 1 (4.348%) Intel
4 1 (4.348%) Egenera
4 1 (4.348%) JBoss
4 1 (4.348%) IBM
4 1 (4.348%) Veritas
4 1 (4.348%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.348%) Mapinfo
4 1 (4.348%) Remedy
4 1 (4.348%) ESRI
4 1 (4.348%) VMware
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