South West C++ Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for C++ skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Avon Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dronfield Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Filton Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Malvern Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Queensferry Reading Redhill Rugby Saffron Walden Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	30	29
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	178	232
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.280 %	0.249 %
As % of the category below	13.14 %	12.71 %
Daily rates quoted	10	25
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£381
Average daily rate	£344	£407
% change on same period last year	-15.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£432
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£346
% change on same period last year	-7.43 %
Hourly rates quoted	79	62
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.95	£33.75
Average hourly rate	£35.47	£36.29
% change on same period last year	-2.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.98	£38.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.74	£36.62
% change on same period last year	-2.39 %
Programming Languages South West
Matching contract IT job ads	1355	1825
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.134 %	1.956 %
Daily rates quoted	290	375
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£317
Average daily rate	£325	£336
% change on same period last year	-3.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£332
% change on same period last year	-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	279	276
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.95	£32.44
Average hourly rate	£31.74	£35.11
% change on same period last year	-9.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.54	£37.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.21	£32.89
% change on same period last year	-5.10 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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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 West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Somerset	+8	47	-	-
Bristol	+6	42	-	-
Wiltshire	-2	30	£338	-0.16 %
Gloucestershire	-15	12	-	-
Avon	+9	4	-	-
Dorset	+1	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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++.

1 167 (45.75 %) C 2 102 (27.95 %) UML 3 98 (26.85 %) Java 4 97 (26.58 %) Security Cleared 5 72 (19.73 %) Linux 6 68 (18.63 %) Aerospace 7 67 (18.36 %) Windows 8 65 (17.81 %) UNIX 9 56 (15.34 %) Visual Studio 10 55 (15.07 %) C# 11 49 (13.42 %) MFC 12 45 (12.33 %) .NET 13 40 (10.96 %) OO 13 40 (10.96 %) SC Cleared 14 39 (10.68 %) Embedded C++

15 31 (8.493 %) Embedded C 15 31 (8.493 %) VC++ 16 29 (7.945 %) Eclipse 17 28 (7.671 %) XML 18 27 (7.397 %) Configuration Management 18 27 (7.397 %) Telecoms 19 25 (6.849 %) Military 20 24 (6.575 %) OOD 21 23 (6.301 %) STL 21 23 (6.301 %) GIS 22 22 (6.027 %) VB 23 20 (5.479 %) SQL Server 23 20 (5.479 %) Microsoft 23 20 (5.479 %) TCP/IP 24 19 (5.205 %) PVCS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development 1 49 (13.42 %) MFC 2 45 (12.33 %) .NET 3 28 (7.671 %) XML 4 23 (6.301 %) STL 5 17 (4.658 %) CORBA 5 17 (4.658 %) Middleware 6 15 (4.110 %) LuciadMap 7 12 (3.288 %) JNI 8 10 (2.740 %) .NET Framework 9 8 (2.192 %) wxWidgets 9 8 (2.192 %) WebServices 10 7 (1.918 %) DirectX 11 6 (1.644 %) HTML 12 5 (1.370 %) OpenGL 13 4 (1.096 %) XSLT 13 4 (1.096 %) ADO.NET 13 4 (1.096 %) ASP 13 4 (1.096 %) ASP.NET 14 2 (0.548 %) ATL 14 2 (0.548 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 4 (1.096 %) MS Exchange 1 4 (1.096 %) CMS 2 3 (0.822 %) SharePoint 3 1 (0.274 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (0.274 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 6 (1.644 %) CATIA 2 4 (1.096 %) Simulink 3 3 (0.822 %) MS Office 3 3 (0.822 %) MATLAB 4 1 (0.274 %) Stateflow 4 1 (0.274 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 1 (0.274 %) BASE24
Communications & Networking 1 20 (5.479 %) TCP/IP 2 15 (4.110 %) UMTS 3 14 (3.836 %) 3G 4 13 (3.562 %) Wireless 5 9 (2.466 %) GSM 5 9 (2.466 %) Ethernet 6 7 (1.918 %) DHCP 6 7 (1.918 %) DNS 7 6 (1.644 %) DVB 7 6 (1.644 %) Wi-Fi 8 5 (1.370 %) RTP 8 5 (1.370 %) Firewall 8 5 (1.370 %) RTSP 8 5 (1.370 %) PPP 8 5 (1.370 %) SNMP 9 4 (1.096 %) Internet 9 4 (1.096 %) TETRA 10 3 (0.822 %) GPRS 11 2 (0.548 %) 3GPP 11 2 (0.548 %) SMTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (6.301 %) GIS 2 20 (5.479 %) SQL Server 3 8 (2.192 %) SQL Server 2005 4 6 (1.644 %) SQL Server 2000 5 4 (1.096 %) Oracle 9i 5 4 (1.096 %) RDBMS 5 4 (1.096 %) Oracle 10g 6 2 (0.548 %) DB2 7 1 (0.274 %) MySQL 7 1 (0.274 %) PostgreSQL
Development Applications 1 56 (15.34 %) Visual Studio 2 29 (7.945 %) Eclipse 3 19 (5.205 %) PVCS 3 19 (5.205 %) ClearCase 4 10 (2.740 %) ClearQuest 5 5 (1.370 %) Rational Rose 6 4 (1.096 %) InstallShield 6 4 (1.096 %) LabVIEW 6 4 (1.096 %) Subversion 7 3 (0.822 %) ProC 7 3 (0.822 %) Ant 8 2 (0.548 %) ARTiSAN 8 2 (0.548 %) C++Builder 8 2 (0.548 %) Telelogic DOORS 8 2 (0.548 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 2 (0.548 %) Telelogic Rhapsody 9 1 (0.274 %) QARun 9 1 (0.274 %) WATIR 9 1 (0.274 %) FitNesse 9 1 (0.274 %) WinRunner	General 1 68 (18.63 %) Aerospace 2 27 (7.397 %) Telecoms 3 25 (6.849 %) Military 4 19 (5.205 %) Avionics 5 18 (4.932 %) Manufacturing 6 15 (4.110 %) Government 7 9 (2.466 %) Games 8 8 (2.192 %) Electronics 8 8 (2.192 %) Finance 8 8 (2.192 %) Automotive 9 5 (1.370 %) Multimedia 10 4 (1.096 %) Banking 11 3 (0.822 %) Education 12 1 (0.274 %) Electric 12 1 (0.274 %) Health 12 1 (0.274 %) Insurance 12 1 (0.274 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 203 (55.62 %) Software Engineer 2 85 (23.29 %) Developer 3 48 (13.15 %) C++ Software Engineer 4 33 (9.041 %) C++ Developer 5 25 (6.849 %) Test Engineer 6 24 (6.575 %) Java Software Engineer 7 22 (6.027 %) Software Developer 8 18 (4.932 %) Embedded Software Engineer 9 16 (4.384 %) Software Test Engineer 10 14 (3.836 %) .NET Developer 11 13 (3.562 %) C# Developer 11 13 (3.562 %) C Software Engineer 12 11 (3.014 %) C Developer 12 11 (3.014 %) Embedded C++ Engineer 13 7 (1.918 %) Embedded C Engineer 14 6 (1.644 %) Real Time Engineer 14 6 (1.644 %) C++ Software Developer 14 6 (1.644 %) Java Developer 15 5 (1.370 %) Programmer 15 5 (1.370 %) Linux Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 18 (4.932 %) Device Driver 2 7 (1.918 %) DTV 3 6 (1.644 %) IPTV 3 6 (1.644 %) MPEG 4 5 (1.370 %) Firmware 4 5 (1.370 %) Computer Science 4 5 (1.370 %) Multithreading 5 4 (1.096 %) VHDL 6 3 (0.822 %) Pocket PC 6 3 (0.822 %) Handset 6 3 (0.822 %) STB 6 3 (0.822 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 6 3 (0.822 %) Mathematics 7 2 (0.548 %) Grid Computing 7 2 (0.548 %) E-Learning 8 1 (0.274 %) ASIC 8 1 (0.274 %) iDTV 8 1 (0.274 %) PDA 8 1 (0.274 %) Derivative 8 1 (0.274 %) Verilog
Operating Systems 1 72 (19.73 %) Linux 2 67 (18.36 %) Windows 3 65 (17.81 %) UNIX 4 17 (4.658 %) Solaris 5 15 (4.110 %) Embedded Linux 6 13 (3.562 %) VxWorks 7 12 (3.288 %) Windows CE 8 8 (2.192 %) VMS 9 3 (0.822 %) pSOS 9 3 (0.822 %) Red Hat Linux 10 2 (0.548 %) Windows Mobile 11 1 (0.274 %) Symbian OS 11 1 (0.274 %) Windows Vista 11 1 (0.274 %) Windows Server 2008 11 1 (0.274 %) Windows Server 2003 11 1 (0.274 %) Windows XP 11 1 (0.274 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 102 (27.95 %) UML 2 97 (26.58 %) Security Cleared 3 40 (10.96 %) SC Cleared 3 40 (10.96 %) OO 4 27 (7.397 %) Configuration Management 5 24 (6.575 %) OOD 6 19 (5.205 %) Agile Software Development 6 19 (5.205 %) Software Engineering 7 15 (4.110 %) Scrum 8 13 (3.562 %) Unit Testing 9 9 (2.466 %) Integration Testing 9 9 (2.466 %) RUP 9 9 (2.466 %) DV Cleared 10 8 (2.192 %) Requirements Analysis 11 7 (1.918 %) Project Management 12 6 (1.644 %) Test Scripting 12 6 (1.644 %) Unified Process 13 5 (1.370 %) Yourdon 14 4 (1.096 %) Data Modelling 14 4 (1.096 %) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages 1 167 (45.75 %) C 2 98 (26.85 %) Java 3 55 (15.07 %) C# 4 39 (10.68 %) Embedded C++ 5 31 (8.493 %) VC++ 5 31 (8.493 %) Embedded C 6 22 (6.027 %) VB 7 13 (3.562 %) Ada 8 11 (3.014 %) SQL 9 9 (2.466 %) Perl 10 7 (1.918 %) Fortran 10 7 (1.918 %) Tcl 11 5 (1.370 %) Delphi 12 4 (1.096 %) COBOL 12 4 (1.096 %) Assembly Language 13 3 (0.822 %) VBA 13 3 (0.822 %) VB.NET 13 3 (0.822 %) Python 14 2 (0.548 %) ActionScript 14 2 (0.548 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 13 (3.562 %) Degree 2 2 (0.548 %) HND 2 2 (0.548 %) ISEB 2 2 (0.548 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (0.274 %) Sun Certification 3 1 (0.274 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.548 %) ISO9000 1 2 (0.548 %) ISO9001	Vendors 1 20 (5.479 %) Microsoft 2 15 (4.110 %) Serena 3 12 (3.288 %) Oracle 4 5 (1.370 %) ESRI 5 3 (0.822 %) Borland 5 3 (0.822 %) Red Hat 5 3 (0.822 %) Northgate 6 2 (0.548 %) Green Hills 6 2 (0.548 %) Telelogic 6 2 (0.548 %) HP 7 1 (0.274 %) Nokia 7 1 (0.274 %) Lotus 7 1 (0.274 %) Sun 7 1 (0.274 %) Sybase 7 1 (0.274 %) SAP 7 1 (0.274 %) Symbian 7 1 (0.274 %) Hummingbird 7 1 (0.274 %) MathWorks