The first table below looks at the demand for the C++ Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ Software Engineer 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 Somerset 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++ Software Engineer
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a C++ Software Engineer 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £350 £285
% change year-on-year
-17.85% +22.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £38.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
155 164 165
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.18% 96.47% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 90 75
Average daily rate £301 £320 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.93% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £433 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 22
Average hourly rate £10.00 £12.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
C++ Software Engineer
South West

C++ Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset C++ Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset C++ Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset C++ Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

C++ Software Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) MFC
1 6 (100.00%) VC++
1 6 (100.00%) Fortran
1 6 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 5 (83.33%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
2 5 (83.33%) DirectX
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms

C++ Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
1 6 (100.00%) MFC
1 6 (100.00%) OpenGL
2 5 (83.33%) DirectX
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) VC++
1 6 (100.00%) Fortran
Somerset, South West
Delphi & C++ /Somerset/ 3 months / £25-£33 per hour Our client based in Somersetis currently looking to recruit several C++ and Delphisoftware engineers. The client requires software engineers...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013