Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Boost C++ Libraries skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Boost C++ Libraries over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkBoost C++ Libraries
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank382402577
Rank change year-on-year
Up+20Up+175
Matching contract IT job ads1063729
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.221 %0.094 %0.035 %
As % of the Application Development category0.828 %0.424 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted73289
Average daily rate£575£500£575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.00 %-13.04 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£393£366
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£700£525£610
UK excluding London average daily rate-£218£370
% change year-on-year
--41.21 %
Hourly rates quoted003
Average hourly rate--£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£37.50
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12795873519862
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.65 %22.08 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted652530156461
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4244941256
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.50£30.00£32.50
% change year-on-year
-8.330 %-7.690 %

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.

Boost C++ Libraries
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Boost C++ Libraries within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Boost C++ Libraries Demand Trend

Boost C++ Libraries
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Boost C++ Libraries within the UK.

Boost C++ Libraries Daily Rate Trend

Boost C++ Libraries
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Boost C++ Libraries within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Boost C++ Libraries Daily Rate Histogram

Boost C++ Libraries
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Boost C++ Libraries within the UK.

Boost C++ Libraries Hourly Rate Trend

Boost C++ Libraries
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Boost C++ Libraries within the UK over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+31106£575+15.00 %
LondonUp+3106£575+15.00 %
City of LondonDown-1761£575+12.14 %
Docklands, LondonDown-72--
BromleyNew entry-2£450-

Boost C++ Libraries
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Boost C++ Libraries 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 Boost C++ Libraries.

1156 (100.00 %)C++
2107 (68.59 %)STL
362 (39.74 %)SQL
461 (39.10 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
557 (36.54 %)Oracle
557 (36.54 %)Banking
656 (35.90 %)UNIX
656 (35.90 %)OO
751 (32.69 %)Investment Banking
847 (30.13 %)Fixed Income
945 (28.85 %)Front Office
1038 (24.36 %)VC++
1136 (23.08 %)XML
1234 (21.79 %)C#
1234 (21.79 %)Derivative
1330 (19.23 %)Linux
1429 (18.59 %)Java
1527 (17.31 %)Finance
1622 (14.10 %)Degree
1622 (14.10 %)Windows
1719 (12.18 %)Multithreading
1816 (10.26 %)Perl
1915 (9.615 %)Interest Rate Derivative
2014 (8.974 %)Agile Software Development
2113 (8.333 %)UML
2212 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
2212 (7.692 %)TIBCO
2311 (7.051 %)Rendezvous
2311 (7.051 %)Python
2410 (6.410 %)Solaris

Boost C++ Libraries
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Boost C++ Libraries 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 Boost C++ Libraries. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1107 (68.59 %)STL
236 (23.08 %)XML
39 (5.769 %)MFC
47 (4.487 %).NET
47 (4.487 %)WCF
47 (4.487 %)WPF
56 (3.846 %)ASP.NET
65 (3.205 %)JMS
65 (3.205 %)Middleware
65 (3.205 %)LINQ
65 (3.205 %)WebSphere
73 (1.923 %)WinForms
82 (1.282 %)Spring
82 (1.282 %)Pthreads
82 (1.282 %)DOM
82 (1.282 %)XSLT
82 (1.282 %)SAX
82 (1.282 %)XML Schema
91 (0.641 %)Flash
91 (0.641 %)Qt
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (7.051 %)Rendezvous
25 (3.205 %)WebSphere MQ
33 (1.923 %)MQSeries
41 (0.641 %)IIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (1.282 %)MS Visio
21 (0.641 %)MS Excel
21 (0.641 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (4.487 %)TCP/IP
23 (1.923 %)Internet
32 (1.282 %)DVB
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (3.846 %)Oracle 8/8i
25 (3.205 %)SQL Server
31 (0.641 %)Data Mining
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (6.410 %)ClearCase
26 (3.846 %)Visual Studio
34 (2.564 %)NUnit
41 (0.641 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
157 (36.54 %)Banking
251 (32.69 %)Investment Banking
345 (28.85 %)Front Office
427 (17.31 %)Finance
56 (3.846 %)Financial Institution
63 (1.923 %)Games
72 (1.282 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1146 (93.59 %)Developer
299 (63.46 %)C++ Developer
311 (7.051 %)Front Office Developer
48 (5.128 %)Senior Developer
56 (3.846 %)C# Developer
65 (3.205 %)Architect
65 (3.205 %)Software Engineer
65 (3.205 %)Quantitative Developer
65 (3.205 %)Senior Architect
74 (2.564 %)Excel Developer
74 (2.564 %)C++/C# Developer
74 (2.564 %)Senior C++ Developer
74 (2.564 %)Software Developer
83 (1.923 %)C++ Software Engineer
92 (1.282 %)C# Software Developer
92 (1.282 %)Senior Analyst
92 (1.282 %)Analyst Developer
92 (1.282 %)Systems Developer
92 (1.282 %)Senior Analyst Developer
92 (1.282 %)C++ Software Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
161 (39.10 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
247 (30.13 %)Fixed Income
334 (21.79 %)Derivative
419 (12.18 %)Multithreading
515 (9.615 %)Interest Rate Derivative
69 (5.769 %)Mathematics
76 (3.846 %)Credit Risk
76 (3.846 %)Grid Computing
85 (3.205 %)Equities
85 (3.205 %)STB
93 (1.923 %)Physics
93 (1.923 %)IPTV
102 (1.282 %)Computer Science
102 (1.282 %)Client/Server
102 (1.282 %)N-Tier
111 (0.641 %)DTV
111 (0.641 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
156 (35.90 %)UNIX
230 (19.23 %)Linux
322 (14.10 %)Windows
410 (6.410 %)Solaris
54 (2.564 %)Windows Server 2008
63 (1.923 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
156 (35.90 %)OO
214 (8.974 %)Agile Software Development
313 (8.333 %)UML
412 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
58 (5.128 %)OOD
67 (4.487 %)Scrum
76 (3.846 %)TDD
85 (3.205 %)SOA
94 (2.564 %)OOA/OOD
103 (1.923 %)Risk Management
103 (1.923 %)Workflow
103 (1.923 %)Monte Carlo Method
103 (1.923 %)Risk Analysis
103 (1.923 %)Algorithmic Trading
112 (1.282 %)OOP
121 (0.641 %)Migration
121 (0.641 %)Change Management
121 (0.641 %)Continuous Integration
121 (0.641 %)Electronic Trading
121 (0.641 %)Kanban
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1156 (100.00 %)C++
262 (39.74 %)SQL
338 (24.36 %)VC++
434 (21.79 %)C#
529 (18.59 %)Java
616 (10.26 %)Perl
711 (7.051 %)Python
87 (4.487 %)Shell Script
95 (3.205 %)C
104 (2.564 %)VB
104 (2.564 %)VBA
113 (1.923 %)Fortran
113 (1.923 %)JavaScript
122 (1.282 %)XPath
131 (0.641 %)Ruby
131 (0.641 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
122 (14.10 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (3.205 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.641 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
157 (36.54 %)Oracle
212 (7.692 %)TIBCO
36 (3.846 %)IBM
45 (3.205 %)Reuters
52 (1.282 %)ION Trading
52 (1.282 %)Perforce
61 (0.641 %)Sun
61 (0.641 %)HP
61 (0.641 %)Bloomberg
61 (0.641 %)Sybase