The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stockport 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 Stockport 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 7 7 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing C++ 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 9.091% 6.250% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.50% 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £310 £295 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.08% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Stockport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8 8 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 72.73% 50.00% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 3
Average daily rate £350 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +30.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C++
Manchester

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) WinForms
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) WinForms
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C# Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#