South West C++ Developer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

C++ Developer
Location Banbury Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Brighton Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chippenham City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent Lancashire Leeds London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Redhill Rotherham Scotland Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	139	113
Rank change on same period last year	-26
Matching contract IT job ads	13	57
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.057 %
As % of the category below	0.297 %	0.991 %
Daily rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum daily rate	£275	£300
Average daily rate	£305	£320
% change on same period last year	-4.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£323
% change on same period last year	+0.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	£32.50
Average hourly rate	£40.63	£35.33
% change on same period last year	+14.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.25	£38.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.95	£37.95
% change on same period last year	-5.27 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4373	5752
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.771 %	5.729 %
Daily rates quoted	1408	1536
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£341
Average daily rate	£369	£360
% change on same period last year	+2.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	572	696
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.25	£24.90
Average hourly rate	£27.16	£26.57
% change on same period last year	+2.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.07	£28.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
C++ Developer England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

C++ Developer
Demand Trend

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

C++ Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

C++ Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

C++ Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ Developer across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

C++ Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	-8	5	£260	-
Somerset	+7	3	-	-
Gloucestershire	-	1	£350	-
Dorset	-1	1	-	-

C++ Developer England

C++ Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited C++ 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++ Developer in their job title.

1 37 (100.00 %) C++ 2 11 (29.73 %) Windows 2 11 (29.73 %) C 3 7 (18.92 %) .NET 4 6 (16.22 %) Games 5 4 (10.81 %) C# 5 4 (10.81 %) MFC 5 4 (10.81 %) Borland 5 4 (10.81 %) Windows CE 6 3 (8.108 %) SQL Server 6 3 (8.108 %) Java 6 3 (8.108 %) Linux 6 3 (8.108 %) Visual Studio 6 3 (8.108 %) Aerospace 6 3 (8.108 %) Multithreading

6 3 (8.108 %) Security Cleared 7 2 (5.405 %) .NET Remoting 7 2 (5.405 %) DirectX 7 2 (5.405 %) ASP.NET 7 2 (5.405 %) XML 7 2 (5.405 %) UNIX 7 2 (5.405 %) VC++ 7 2 (5.405 %) VB.NET 8 1 (2.703 %) GIS 8 1 (2.703 %) ESRI 8 1 (2.703 %) Infragistics 8 1 (2.703 %) C++Builder 8 1 (2.703 %) Telecoms 8 1 (2.703 %) 2G 8 1 (2.703 %) PBX

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited C++ 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++ Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (18.92 %) .NET 2 4 (10.81 %) MFC 3 2 (5.405 %) .NET Remoting 3 2 (5.405 %) DirectX 3 2 (5.405 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (5.405 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 1 (2.703 %) Lotus Notes 1 1 (2.703 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 1 (2.703 %) CATIA	Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.703 %) 2G 1 1 (2.703 %) PBX 1 1 (2.703 %) INAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (8.108 %) SQL Server 2 1 (2.703 %) GIS 2 1 (2.703 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (2.703 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 3 (8.108 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (2.703 %) C++Builder 2 1 (2.703 %) Ant 2 1 (2.703 %) ProC
General 1 6 (16.22 %) Games 2 3 (8.108 %) Aerospace 3 1 (2.703 %) Telecoms 3 1 (2.703 %) Automotive 3 1 (2.703 %) Military 3 1 (2.703 %) Pensions	Miscellaneous 1 3 (8.108 %) Multithreading 2 1 (2.703 %) Firmware 2 1 (2.703 %) Device Driver
Operating Systems 1 11 (29.73 %) Windows 2 4 (10.81 %) Windows CE 3 3 (8.108 %) Linux 4 2 (5.405 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (8.108 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (2.703 %) UML 2 1 (2.703 %) OO 2 1 (2.703 %) Data Management 2 1 (2.703 %) Software Engineering 2 1 (2.703 %) Integration Testing
Programming Languages 1 37 (100.00 %) C++ 2 11 (29.73 %) C 3 4 (10.81 %) C# 4 3 (8.108 %) Java 5 2 (5.405 %) VC++ 5 2 (5.405 %) VB.NET 6 1 (2.703 %) Embedded C 6 1 (2.703 %) Perl 6 1 (2.703 %) SQL 6 1 (2.703 %) VB	Vendors 1 4 (10.81 %) Borland 2 1 (2.703 %) ESRI 2 1 (2.703 %) Infragistics 2 1 (2.703 %) Microsoft 2 1 (2.703 %) Lotus 2 1 (2.703 %) ComponentOne 2 1 (2.703 %) Syncfusion