The first table below looks at the demand for X++ 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 X++ over the 3 months to 22 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 South East 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
X++
Rank 225 241 241
Rank change year-on-year
+16 0
Contract jobs citing X++ 4 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.050% 0.048% 0.010%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.153% 0.161% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £460 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +22.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2619 3106 3477
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.06% 30.03% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1291 1506 1520
Average daily rate £342 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.23% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 206 291
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.64 £20.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
X++
England

X++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East X++ Jobs Demand Trend

X++
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East X++ Daily Rate Trend

X++
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing X++ 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 X++.

1 8 (100.00%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (75.00%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (75.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) CRM
2 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (75.00%) ERP
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (12.50%) MorphX
5 1 (12.50%) Advertising
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

X++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing X++ 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 X++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) SharePoint Server
1 6 (75.00%) BizTalk Server
1 6 (75.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (75.00%) Dynamics CRM
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MorphX
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Dynamics AX Consultant
1 6 (75.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Axapta Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) CRM
1 6 (75.00%) ERP
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft