The first table below looks at the demand for the C++/Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++/Java 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 Scotland 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++/Java Developer
Rank 102 109 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs requiring a C++/Java Developer 16 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.656% 0.038% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.707% 0.040% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 0
Average daily rate £431 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £431 £400 -
% change year-on-year
+7.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 -
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2264 2495 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.82% 93.80% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1098 1214 1273
Average daily rate £355 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.41% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £453 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 110 100
Average hourly rate £14.50 £21.50 £15.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.55% +39.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.60 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C++/Java Developer
UK

C++/Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland C++/Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C++/Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland C++/Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

C++/Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++/Java Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland C++/Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

C++/Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++/Java Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow - 16 £450 -
Edinburgh +6 1 £413 +3.12%
C++/Java Developer
UK

C++/Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (100.00%) C++
1 20 (100.00%) Java
2 16 (80.00%) C#
3 12 (60.00%) Perl
4 11 (55.00%) Multithreading
5 10 (50.00%) XML
6 8 (40.00%) Spring
7 7 (35.00%) Electronic Trading
7 7 (35.00%) UNIX
7 7 (35.00%) OOP
7 7 (35.00%) OO
7 7 (35.00%) Finance
8 6 (30.00%) Scala
8 6 (30.00%) Banking
9 5 (25.00%) Investment Banking
9 5 (25.00%) Hibernate
9 5 (25.00%) Fixed Income
9 5 (25.00%) Python
10 4 (20.00%) Derivative
10 4 (20.00%) Equity Derivative
10 4 (20.00%) WPF
11 3 (15.00%) Apache CXF
11 3 (15.00%) RESTful
11 3 (15.00%) XML Messaging
11 3 (15.00%) SQL
12 1 (5.000%) Games
12 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
12 1 (5.000%) Open Source
12 1 (5.000%) MongoDB
12 1 (5.000%) NoSQL

C++/Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 10 (50.00%) XML
2 8 (40.00%) Spring
3 5 (25.00%) Hibernate
4 4 (20.00%) WPF
5 3 (15.00%) Apache CXF
5 3 (15.00%) RESTful
5 3 (15.00%) XML Messaging
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.000%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Banking
3 5 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.000%) Games
4 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.000%) Retail
4 1 (5.000%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Fixed Income
2 4 (20.00%) Derivative
2 4 (20.00%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (5.000%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Multithreading
2 7 (35.00%) Electronic Trading
2 7 (35.00%) OOP
2 7 (35.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) C++
1 20 (100.00%) Java
2 16 (80.00%) C#
3 12 (60.00%) Perl
4 6 (30.00%) Scala
5 5 (25.00%) Python
6 3 (15.00%) SQL