Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank3144
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads14042440
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK4.087 %3.169 %
As % of the Programming Languages category12.30 %9.589 %
Daily rates quoted532782
Average daily rate£470£500
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£675
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£325
% change on same period last year-7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted138273
Average hourly rate£35.00£37.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-5.400 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.78£31.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£37.00
% change on same period last year-5.400 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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.

C++
Demand Trend

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

C++ Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

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

C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

C++ Daily Rate Histogram

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

C++ Hourly Rate Histogram

C++
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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+141373£470-6.00 %
LondonUp+17839£525-4.54 %
South EastUp+22343£300-9.09 %
City of LondonUp+9334£500-
HampshireUp+22163£285-8.80 %
East of EnglandUp+582£250-16.66 %
BerkshireUp+4361£338-3.57 %
South WestDown-1849£303+1.00 %
Docklands, LondonUp+437£525-12.50 %
CambridgeshireDown-134£253-34.83 %
MiddlesexUp+2532£188-39.51 %
HertfordshireUp+1330£175-32.69 %
CambridgeDown-129£253-36.87 %
SurreyUp+726£325-
North WestUp+521£300-4.00 %
BristolDown-419£383+30.38 %
Canary WharfUp+218£450-25.00 %
FarehamNo change015--
ReadingUp+2714£350-
ScotlandUp+3713£275-21.42 %
GloucestershireUp+812£289-
GuildfordUp+1710£300-25.00 %
EssexUp+249£310-20.00 %
WalesUp+199£325-
West MidlandsUp+169£350+6.06 %
East MidlandsUp+79£475+62.39 %
East SussexUp+218£300-
BrightonUp+188£300-
BracknellNew entry-8£265-
West SussexUp+207--

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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++.

1852 (30.78 %)C#
2812 (29.34 %)Java
3767 (27.71 %)UNIX
4734 (26.52 %)C
5639 (23.09 %)Banking
6598 (21.60 %)SQL
7531 (19.18 %)Windows
8496 (17.92 %)Linux
9495 (17.88 %)Investment Banking
9495 (17.88 %)Derivative
10443 (16.00 %).NET
10443 (16.00 %)Oracle
11437 (15.79 %)Front Office
12416 (15.03 %)Finance
13368 (13.29 %)XML
13368 (13.29 %)OO
14364 (13.15 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
15304 (10.98 %)Security Cleared
16243 (8.779 %)STL
17238 (8.598 %)UML
18229 (8.273 %)SQL Server
19222 (8.020 %)Python
20209 (7.551 %)Perl
21206 (7.442 %)Solaris
22197 (7.117 %)SC Cleared
23191 (6.900 %)ClearCase
24183 (6.611 %)VC++
25181 (6.539 %)Sybase
26164 (5.925 %)Degree
27158 (5.708 %)TIBCO

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1443 (16.00 %).NET
2368 (13.29 %)XML
3243 (8.779 %)STL
4108 (3.902 %)J2EE
5103 (3.721 %)MFC
690 (3.251 %)WebServices
789 (3.215 %)Middleware
882 (2.962 %).NET Framework
980 (2.890 %)HTML
1073 (2.637 %)Motif
1170 (2.529 %)JMS
1269 (2.493 %)Murex Flex
1360 (2.168 %)WinForms
1360 (2.168 %)Spring
1360 (2.168 %)ASP.NET
1452 (1.879 %)XSLT
1550 (1.806 %)OpenGL
1648 (1.734 %)AJAX
1747 (1.698 %)ASP
1747 (1.698 %)Java EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
182 (2.962 %)Rendezvous
277 (2.782 %)Apache
357 (2.059 %)TIBCO EMS
426 (0.939 %)MQSeries
520 (0.723 %)IIS
618 (0.650 %)Tomcat
712 (0.434 %)Tuxedo
712 (0.434 %)WebLogic
810 (0.361 %)BizTalk Server
96 (0.217 %)iPlanet
96 (0.217 %)MapXtreme
105 (0.181 %)SharePoint
114 (0.145 %)Oracle Application Server
114 (0.145 %)WebSphere MQ
123 (0.108 %)WebSphere Message Broker
123 (0.108 %)Lotus Domino
132 (0.072 %)Lotus Notes
132 (0.072 %)MS Exchange
132 (0.072 %)Joomla!
132 (0.072 %)Alfresco
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
184 (3.035 %)MS Excel
226 (0.939 %)MATLAB
321 (0.759 %)MS Project
417 (0.614 %)Spreadsheet
514 (0.506 %)Simulink
69 (0.325 %)MS Office
77 (0.253 %)Doxygen
86 (0.217 %)CA Clarity
95 (0.181 %)MS PowerPoint
104 (0.145 %)MS Visio
113 (0.108 %)AutoCAD
113 (0.108 %)3ds Max
122 (0.072 %)CATIA
122 (0.072 %)Maya
131 (0.036 %)Adobe Illustrator
131 (0.036 %)Pro/ENGINEER
131 (0.036 %)DOC1
131 (0.036 %)Photoshop
131 (0.036 %)Quicktime
131 (0.036 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
139 (1.409 %)RMDS
234 (1.228 %)Sophis RISQUE
327 (0.975 %)ION MarketView
424 (0.867 %)Summit
513 (0.470 %)BusinessWorks
67 (0.253 %)TIBCO iProcess
76 (0.217 %)Metrica
84 (0.145 %)Endur
84 (0.145 %)TIBCO BusinessEvents
84 (0.145 %)SunGard Martini
92 (0.072 %)ENOVIA
92 (0.072 %)MAXIMO
101 (0.036 %)Oracle 11i
101 (0.036 %)Oracle Applications
101 (0.036 %)BASE24
101 (0.036 %)Academy Housing
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
186 (3.107 %)3G
264 (2.312 %)LTE
361 (2.204 %)TCP/IP
441 (1.481 %)UMTS
540 (1.445 %)WCDMA
540 (1.445 %)UTRAN
632 (1.156 %)Ethernet
727 (0.975 %)GSM
825 (0.903 %)HTTP
825 (0.903 %)Internet
923 (0.831 %)Wireless
1022 (0.795 %)LDAP
1022 (0.795 %)GPRS
1120 (0.723 %)SMTP
1120 (0.723 %)DVB
1219 (0.686 %)WiMAX
1314 (0.506 %)3GPP
1413 (0.470 %)VoIP
1511 (0.397 %)SSL
1610 (0.361 %)CDMA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1229 (8.273 %)SQL Server
260 (2.168 %)RDBMS
358 (2.095 %)GIS
448 (1.734 %)OLTP
535 (1.264 %)Ingres
632 (1.156 %)MySQL
726 (0.939 %)SQL Server 2000
825 (0.903 %)SQL Server 2005
923 (0.831 %)ETL
1020 (0.723 %)Oracle 10g
1118 (0.650 %)Crystal Reports
1214 (0.506 %)Datawarehouse
1214 (0.506 %)Oracle 8/8i
1313 (0.470 %)Oracle 9i
1313 (0.470 %)Reference Data
1411 (0.397 %)Oracle Reports
159 (0.325 %)PostgreSQL
168 (0.289 %)BusinessObjects
168 (0.289 %)OLAP
168 (0.289 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1191 (6.900 %)ClearCase
278 (2.818 %)Visual Studio
329 (1.048 %)Eclipse
426 (0.939 %)Subversion
519 (0.686 %)ARTiSAN
613 (0.470 %)CruiseControl
711 (0.397 %)Ant
810 (0.361 %)VSS/SourceSafe
810 (0.361 %)NUnit
99 (0.325 %)CppUnit
108 (0.289 %)ClearQuest
108 (0.289 %)PVCS
108 (0.289 %)QuickTest Pro
116 (0.217 %)Team Foundation Server
116 (0.217 %)JIRA
125 (0.181 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
125 (0.181 %)Rational Rose
125 (0.181 %)LabVIEW
134 (0.145 %)Oracle Forms
134 (0.145 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1639 (23.09 %)Banking
2495 (17.88 %)Investment Banking
3437 (15.79 %)Front Office
4416 (15.03 %)Finance
5129 (4.660 %)Telecoms
6109 (3.938 %)Games
759 (2.132 %)Aerospace
849 (1.770 %)Military
940 (1.445 %)Government
1039 (1.409 %)3D Graphics
1133 (1.192 %)Education
1231 (1.120 %)Back Office
1327 (0.975 %)Electronics
1424 (0.867 %)Financial Institution
1424 (0.867 %)Avionics
1518 (0.650 %)Manufacturing
1616 (0.578 %)Electric
1616 (0.578 %)Health
1712 (0.434 %)Multimedia
1712 (0.434 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11645 (59.43 %)Developer
2784 (28.32 %)C++ Developer
3316 (11.42 %)Software Engineer
4270 (9.754 %)C# Developer
5186 (6.720 %)Java Developer
6174 (6.286 %)Analyst
7162 (5.853 %)Programmer
8159 (5.744 %)Senior Developer
9111 (4.010 %)C++/Java Developer
10106 (3.829 %)C++/C# Developer
1188 (3.179 %)Software Developer
1287 (3.143 %)Architect
1377 (2.782 %)Quantitative Developer
1476 (2.746 %)C++ Software Engineer
1574 (2.673 %)C Developer
1666 (2.384 %).NET Developer
1762 (2.240 %)Murex Developer
1860 (2.168 %)C++ Programmer
1958 (2.095 %)Murex Flex Developer
2055 (1.987 %)Analyst Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1495 (17.88 %)Derivative
2364 (13.15 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3145 (5.238 %)Fixed Income
4142 (5.130 %)Equity Derivative
5131 (4.733 %)Multithreading
6120 (4.335 %)Interest Rate Derivative
7110 (3.974 %)Equities
886 (3.107 %)Grid Computing
980 (2.890 %)Mathematics
1066 (2.384 %)VHDL
1161 (2.204 %)Credit Derivative
1161 (2.204 %)Client/Server
1260 (2.168 %)Computer Science
1351 (1.842 %)Credit Risk
1444 (1.590 %)Device Driver
1536 (1.301 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1629 (1.048 %)Physics
1727 (0.975 %)iPhone
1826 (0.939 %)Market Risk
1826 (0.939 %)DTV
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1767 (27.71 %)UNIX
2531 (19.18 %)Windows
3496 (17.92 %)Linux
4206 (7.442 %)Solaris
530 (1.084 %)VxWorks
530 (1.084 %)Windows Mobile
627 (0.975 %)Windows Server 2003
627 (0.975 %)Windows XP
726 (0.939 %)Windows CE
821 (0.759 %)HPUX
919 (0.686 %)Windows 2000
919 (0.686 %)Red Hat Linux
1018 (0.650 %)Embedded Linux
1115 (0.542 %)AIX
1213 (0.470 %)Windows NT
137 (0.253 %)Android
144 (0.145 %)FreeBSD
153 (0.108 %)VMS
153 (0.108 %)Mac OS X
153 (0.108 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1368 (13.29 %)OO
2238 (8.598 %)UML
3113 (4.082 %)Risk Management
4107 (3.866 %)OOD
578 (2.818 %)RAD
676 (2.746 %)Electronic Trading
770 (2.529 %)Configuration Management
869 (2.493 %)Agile Software Development
964 (2.312 %)Migration
1054 (1.951 %)Workflow
1151 (1.842 %)Unit Testing
1242 (1.517 %)Software Engineering
1341 (1.481 %)System Testing
1440 (1.445 %)Web Development
1440 (1.445 %)Algorithmic Trading
1535 (1.264 %)TDD
1631 (1.120 %)Performance Management
1728 (1.012 %)OOA/OOD
1827 (0.975 %)SOA
1827 (0.975 %)Project Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1852 (30.78 %)C#
2812 (29.34 %)Java
3734 (26.52 %)C
4598 (21.60 %)SQL
5222 (8.020 %)Python
6209 (7.551 %)Perl
7183 (6.611 %)VC++
8149 (5.383 %)VB
9124 (4.480 %)VBA
10114 (4.118 %)Shell Script
1198 (3.540 %)JavaScript
1269 (2.493 %)Embedded C
1366 (2.384 %)Embedded C++
1366 (2.384 %)PL/SQL
1460 (2.168 %)PHP
1543 (1.553 %)Ada
1641 (1.481 %)T-SQL
1735 (1.264 %)VB.NET
1823 (0.831 %)Korn
1920 (0.723 %)Ruby
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1304 (10.98 %)Security Cleared
2197 (7.117 %)SC Cleared
3164 (5.925 %)Degree
418 (0.650 %)DV Cleared
517 (0.614 %)PhD
68 (0.289 %)Microsoft Certification
77 (0.253 %)MCSE
77 (0.253 %)BC Cleared
86 (0.217 %)CITP
94 (0.145 %)Oracle Certification
103 (0.108 %)RHCE
103 (0.108 %)ISEB
112 (0.072 %)PMP
112 (0.072 %)PMI Certification
121 (0.036 %)ISEB Practitioner
121 (0.036 %)CFA
121 (0.036 %)ISTQB
121 (0.036 %)MCDBA
121 (0.036 %)HNC
121 (0.036 %)HND
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (0.831 %)QA
28 (0.289 %)SLA
35 (0.181 %)ISO9001
42 (0.072 %)Basel II
42 (0.072 %)JTAG
51 (0.036 %)TickIT
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.217 %)NFS
25 (0.181 %)Orbix
34 (0.145 %)Xen
34 (0.145 %)Active Directory
43 (0.108 %)NDS
52 (0.072 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
52 (0.072 %)WebInspect
52 (0.072 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (0.072 %)qmail
52 (0.072 %)XenApp
61 (0.036 %)ClearTrust
61 (0.036 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.036 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (0.795 %)AutoSys
29 (0.325 %)TIBCO Hawk
29 (0.325 %)MIIS
36 (0.217 %)CONTROL-M
43 (0.108 %)BMC PATROL
43 (0.108 %)Tivoli
51 (0.036 %)OpenView
51 (0.036 %)AppDetective
51 (0.036 %)Zenoss
51 (0.036 %)Nagios
51 (0.036 %)CA SiteMinder
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1443 (16.00 %)Oracle
2181 (6.539 %)Sybase
3158 (5.708 %)TIBCO
4142 (5.130 %)Microsoft
5138 (4.986 %)Murex
695 (3.432 %)Pega
767 (2.421 %)IBM
850 (1.806 %)Sophis
948 (1.734 %)DataSynapse
1046 (1.662 %)Reuters
1136 (1.301 %)Perforce
1231 (1.120 %)HP
1330 (1.084 %)Xilinx
1428 (1.012 %)Red Hat
1527 (0.975 %)ION Trading
1626 (0.939 %)Bloomberg
1719 (0.686 %)Sun
1817 (0.614 %)Mentor Graphics
1914 (0.506 %)Rogue Wave
2013 (0.470 %)Green Hills