The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 17 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 Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 33 26 36
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +10
Contract jobs citing C++ 1 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.373% 2.745% 1.053%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.124% 6.195% 2.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £233 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +16.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
89 113 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 33.21% 44.31% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 58 65
Average daily rate £280 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £175 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £406 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 14
Average hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.95% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.70 £22.20 £14.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £26.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C++
Yorkshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (100.00%) Windows CE
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Android

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Real Time Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows CE
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
South Yorkshire
For you to be successful, the essential skills that are required will be: Embedded C and C++ programming (OO) Understanding of 2G, 3G AND LTE multi-mode communications...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £50k - 65k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013
South Yorkshire
Some of the responsibilities you will be involved in will include: Development of DSP software for SIMD architectures Design and development of physical layer algorithms for LTE and...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £50k - 60k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013