The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 24 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 Suffolk 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 24 30 23
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Contract jobs citing C++ 4 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 2.759% 4.435% 5.263%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.557% 11.11% 9.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
Average daily rate £265 £340 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.05% +25.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
61 99 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 42.07% 39.92% 53.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 70 56
Average daily rate £275 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £366 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +36.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C++
East of England

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Ipswich -4 3 - -
Bury St Edmunds - 1 £265 -
C++
East of England

C++
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Image Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) MFC
2 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) VC++
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 (25.00%) MFC
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Applications Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Android Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) VC++
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
Ipswich, East Anglia
C++, Embedded, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Cryptography, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Embedded, C++, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate requirement...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
If you haven't got direct TLS experience, you should have done cryptography programming... You should be a team player, who can work with Embedded Firmware Engineers, Electronics...
Real Staffing
Rate: £45 - £50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Transport Layer Security, TLS, Testing, Automated Testing, Ipswich, Suffolk, South East, £40ph THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in Ipswich have an immediate requirement for someone who has...
Real Staffing
Rate: £37 - £40 per hour
Posted: 23 May 2013