Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the South East region.

 C++
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank514832
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-16
Matching contract IT job ads204192619
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East2.735 %2.567 %4.121 %
As % of the Programming Languages category8.991 %10.22 %12.88 %
Daily rates quoted563994
Average daily rate£293£350£338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.42 %+3.700 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£233£260£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£500£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£315£320£340
% change year-on-year
-1.560 %-5.880 %
Hourly rates quoted4538188
Average hourly rate£37.50£37.75£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.660 %+0.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£32.50£24.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.00£43.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£35.00£37.50
% change year-on-year
--6.660 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
226918794805
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East30.42 %25.12 %31.99 %
Daily rates quoted8055431038
Average daily rate£315£313£327
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.800 %-4.430 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£210£225£235
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£430£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted228209561
Average hourly rate£34.00£33.00£37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.030 %-10.81 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£17.59£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

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.

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South East C++ Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C++ across the South East region.

South East C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East C++ Daily Rate Histogram

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East C++ Hourly Rate Histogram

C++
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
HampshireUp+265£290-20.54 %
SurreyDown-1237£250-16.66 %
BerkshireUp+1626£273-13.14 %
OxfordshireUp+1624£463-22.91 %
West SussexDown-810£300-
BuckinghamshireDown-96£300-14.28 %
East SussexNew entry-4--
Home CountiesDown-121--
MiddlesexDown-281£225-29.68 %
M4 CorridorNew entry-1--
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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++.

1155 (43.79 %)C
288 (24.86 %)UNIX
386 (24.29 %)Windows
478 (22.03 %)C#
575 (21.19 %)SQL Server
672 (20.34 %)Linux
769 (19.49 %)XML
868 (19.21 %)Security Cleared
961 (17.23 %).NET
1059 (16.67 %)Java
1151 (14.41 %)UML
1246 (12.99 %)SC Cleared
1342 (11.86 %)SQL
1439 (11.02 %)Python
1535 (9.887 %)Microsoft
1633 (9.322 %)Oracle
1633 (9.322 %)OO
1732 (9.040 %)TCP/IP
1732 (9.040 %)Configuration Management
1831 (8.757 %)Telecoms
1928 (7.910 %)MFC
2026 (7.345 %)VB
2026 (7.345 %)Embedded C++
2026 (7.345 %)ClearCase
2124 (6.780 %)Visual Studio
2223 (6.497 %)Solaris
2223 (6.497 %)Degree
2321 (5.932 %)Multithreading
2321 (5.932 %)3G
2420 (5.650 %)WinForms

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
169 (19.49 %)XML
261 (17.23 %).NET
328 (7.910 %)MFC
420 (5.650 %)WinForms
518 (5.085 %)Web Services
616 (4.520 %)ASP.NET
714 (3.955 %)ASP
813 (3.672 %)HTML
813 (3.672 %)Motif
912 (3.390 %)ATL
912 (3.390 %)SOAP
1011 (3.107 %)J2EE
119 (2.542 %)J2SE
119 (2.542 %)Middleware
119 (2.542 %)X-Windows
128 (2.260 %)STL
128 (2.260 %)CSS
137 (1.977 %)AJAX
146 (1.695 %)OpenGL
146 (1.695 %)Hibernate
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (3.107 %)BizTalk Server
25 (1.412 %)WebLogic
25 (1.412 %)CMS
33 (0.847 %)Apache
33 (0.847 %)OpenROAD
42 (0.565 %)Tomcat
42 (0.565 %)GlassFish
42 (0.565 %)Oracle Spatial
51 (0.282 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (0.282 %)SharePoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (1.977 %)MATLAB
17 (1.977 %)Simulink
24 (1.130 %)MS Office
33 (0.847 %)MS Project
33 (0.847 %)MS Excel
42 (0.565 %)Windchill
42 (0.565 %)MS Visio
51 (0.282 %)GIMP
51 (0.282 %)Photoshop
51 (0.282 %)Adobe Illustrator
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.412 %)AWD
22 (0.565 %)Endur
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (9.040 %)TCP/IP
221 (5.932 %)3G
319 (5.367 %)LTE
414 (3.955 %)NAS
511 (3.107 %)WCDMA
610 (2.825 %)SAN
79 (2.542 %)Wireless
87 (1.977 %)3GPP
95 (1.412 %)OFDM
95 (1.412 %)UTRAN
104 (1.130 %)UMTS
113 (0.847 %)ATM
113 (0.847 %)SSL
113 (0.847 %)Wi-Fi
122 (0.565 %)Intranet
122 (0.565 %)Internet
122 (0.565 %)Firewall
122 (0.565 %)TDMA
122 (0.565 %)2G
122 (0.565 %)DNS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
175 (21.19 %)SQL Server
213 (3.672 %)Ingres
312 (3.390 %)SQL Server 2005
312 (3.390 %)SQL Server 2008
48 (2.260 %)Oracle 8/8i
55 (1.412 %)BusinessObjects
64 (1.130 %)GIS
64 (1.130 %)Oracle 10g
64 (1.130 %)OLTP
64 (1.130 %)DB2
64 (1.130 %)Oracle 11g
73 (0.847 %)MySQL
73 (0.847 %)RDBMS
82 (0.565 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.282 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (0.282 %)Crystal Reports
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
126 (7.345 %)ClearCase
224 (6.780 %)Visual Studio
316 (4.520 %)VSS/SourceSafe
411 (3.107 %)Subversion
411 (3.107 %)ClearQuest
510 (2.825 %)Eclipse
67 (1.977 %)PVCS
76 (1.695 %)NUnit
84 (1.130 %)TestDirector
93 (0.847 %)JUnit
102 (0.565 %)ARTiSAN
102 (0.565 %)Rational Rose
111 (0.282 %)Selenium
111 (0.282 %)Team Foundation Server
111 (0.282 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
111 (0.282 %)WinRunner
111 (0.282 %)LoadRunner
111 (0.282 %)JDeveloper
111 (0.282 %)Xcode
111 (0.282 %)Bugzilla
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
131 (8.757 %)Telecoms
214 (3.955 %)3D Graphics
310 (2.825 %)Games
49 (2.542 %)Finance
58 (2.260 %)Insurance
67 (1.977 %)Government
76 (1.695 %)Manufacturing
76 (1.695 %)Education
76 (1.695 %)Electronics
76 (1.695 %)Military
84 (1.130 %)Aerospace
84 (1.130 %)Banking
93 (0.847 %)Retail
93 (0.847 %)Marketing
93 (0.847 %)Health
102 (0.565 %)Advertising
102 (0.565 %)Electric
102 (0.565 %)Animation
111 (0.282 %)Billing
111 (0.282 %)Auditing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1156 (44.07 %)Developer
2125 (35.31 %)Software Engineer
350 (14.12 %)C++ Developer
429 (8.192 %)Software Developer
528 (7.910 %)Senior Software Engineer
626 (7.345 %)C++ Software Engineer
717 (4.802 %)C# Developer
717 (4.802 %)Senior Developer
813 (3.672 %)Test Engineer
813 (3.672 %)Junior
813 (3.672 %)Programmer
912 (3.390 %)Architect
912 (3.390 %)Embedded Software Engineer
912 (3.390 %)Software Test Engineer
912 (3.390 %)PHP Developer
1011 (3.107 %)C Developer
1110 (2.825 %).NET Developer
129 (2.542 %)C# Software Engineer
129 (2.542 %)Analyst
129 (2.542 %)Solutions Architect
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
121 (5.932 %)Multithreading
216 (4.520 %)MPEG
314 (3.955 %)VHDL
412 (3.390 %)Device Driver
511 (3.107 %)Clustering
610 (2.825 %)Client/Server
79 (2.542 %)Mathematics
79 (2.542 %)Computer Science
88 (2.260 %)HACMP
95 (1.412 %)Statistics
104 (1.130 %)Smartcard
104 (1.130 %)N-Tier
104 (1.130 %)iSeries
113 (0.847 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
113 (0.847 %)iPhone
113 (0.847 %)Firmware
113 (0.847 %)Mainframe
122 (0.565 %)ASIC
122 (0.565 %)Replication
122 (0.565 %)Handset
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
188 (24.86 %)UNIX
286 (24.29 %)Windows
372 (20.34 %)Linux
423 (6.497 %)Solaris
511 (3.107 %)AIX
69 (2.542 %)HPUX
78 (2.260 %)Windows XP
78 (2.260 %)NetWare
86 (1.695 %)Embedded Linux
95 (1.412 %)Windows Mobile
95 (1.412 %)Windows Server 2008
95 (1.412 %)pSOS
104 (1.130 %)Windows Server 2003
104 (1.130 %)Windows CE
104 (1.130 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.847 %)VxWorks
113 (0.847 %)ThreadX
121 (0.282 %)Windows XP Embedded
121 (0.282 %)Windows 7
121 (0.282 %)Windows NT
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
151 (14.41 %)UML
233 (9.322 %)OO
332 (9.040 %)Configuration Management
416 (4.520 %)Software Engineering
512 (3.390 %)Automated Testing
611 (3.107 %)Refactoring
710 (2.825 %)OOD
710 (2.825 %)TDD
710 (2.825 %)Test Scripting
89 (2.542 %)Unit Testing
89 (2.542 %)Document Management
89 (2.542 %)Requirements Management
98 (2.260 %)RUP
98 (2.260 %)Content Management
107 (1.977 %)Workflow
107 (1.977 %)Validation
116 (1.695 %)Migration
116 (1.695 %)Unified Process
116 (1.695 %)Requirements Analysis
116 (1.695 %)AOP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1155 (43.79 %)C
278 (22.03 %)C#
359 (16.67 %)Java
442 (11.86 %)SQL
539 (11.02 %)Python
626 (7.345 %)VB
626 (7.345 %)Embedded C++
720 (5.650 %)Embedded C
819 (5.367 %)JavaScript
918 (5.085 %)Perl
1017 (4.802 %)PHP
1115 (4.237 %)Shell Script
1214 (3.955 %)Ada
1311 (3.107 %)Bash shell
1311 (3.107 %)Korn
1311 (3.107 %)T-SQL
147 (1.977 %)TTCN
147 (1.977 %)Assembly Language
147 (1.977 %)VB.NET
154 (1.130 %)VC++
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
168 (19.21 %)Security Cleared
246 (12.99 %)SC Cleared
323 (6.497 %)Degree
43 (0.847 %)DV Cleared
52 (0.565 %)ISEB
52 (0.565 %)Sun Certification
52 (0.565 %)HNC
52 (0.565 %)HND
52 (0.565 %)SCJA
52 (0.565 %)SCDJWS
52 (0.565 %)SCJP
52 (0.565 %)SCJD
61 (0.282 %)ISTQB
61 (0.282 %)Chartered Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.260 %)TickIT
23 (0.847 %)QA
23 (0.847 %)ISO12207
31 (0.282 %)ISO9001
31 (0.282 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (1.977 %)VMware Infrastructure
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (2.260 %)Tivoli
21 (0.282 %)SCOM
21 (0.282 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.282 %)MSI
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
135 (9.887 %)Microsoft
233 (9.322 %)Oracle
310 (2.825 %)HP
310 (2.825 %)IBM
48 (2.260 %)VMware
48 (2.260 %)EMC
48 (2.260 %)Veritas
57 (1.977 %)Hitachi
57 (1.977 %)Compaq
57 (1.977 %)Perforce
65 (1.412 %)Business Objects
73 (0.847 %)Xilinx
73 (0.847 %)Green Hills
73 (0.847 %)JBoss
73 (0.847 %)Sun
82 (0.565 %)OpenLink
82 (0.565 %)SAP
91 (0.282 %)Mentor Graphics
91 (0.282 %)Wonderware
91 (0.282 %)Sybase