The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Shropshire 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++
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing C++ 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
31 62 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 28.44% 48.06% 50.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 44 27
Average daily rate £328 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.96% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C++
West Midlands

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL