The first table below looks at the demand for GCC skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GCC over the 3 months to 20 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 Development Applications category.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
Rank 523 566 579
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +13
Contract jobs citing GCC 10 7 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.012% 0.015%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.196% 0.130% 0.142%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 3
Average daily rate - £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £288 £300
% change year-on-year
- -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £33.00
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5091 5370 6345
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.94% 9.205% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3210 3176 3565
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 212 322
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

GCC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GCC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

GCC Jobs Demand Trend

GCC
Daily Rate Trend

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

GCC Daily Rate Trend

GCC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

GCC Hourly Rate Trend

GCC
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCC within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +67 9 - -
Surrey - 6 - -
South East - 6 - -
Guildford - 6 - -
Gloucestershire +31 2 - -
South West +23 2 - -
East of England - 1 - -
Cambridge - 1 - -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -

GCC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GCC 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 GCC.

1 21 (91.30%) Linux
2 20 (86.96%) C++
3 14 (60.87%) OO
4 13 (56.52%) STL
5 12 (52.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 9 (39.13%) C
7 8 (34.78%) Visual Studio
7 8 (34.78%) Windows
8 7 (30.43%) Telecoms
8 7 (30.43%) Green Hills
8 7 (30.43%) UML
8 7 (30.43%) C#
8 7 (30.43%) Java
8 7 (30.43%) Eclipse
8 7 (30.43%) VxWorks
8 7 (30.43%) GDB
8 7 (30.43%) Android
9 6 (26.09%) LTE
9 6 (26.09%) Asterisk PBX
9 6 (26.09%) Trac
9 6 (26.09%) GSM
9 6 (26.09%) PBX
9 6 (26.09%) UMTS
9 6 (26.09%) VoIP
9 6 (26.09%) Cisco
9 6 (26.09%) Subversion
9 6 (26.09%) Finance
9 6 (26.09%) Electronics
9 6 (26.09%) ASN.1
9 6 (26.09%) OOD

GCC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GCC 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 GCC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (56.52%) STL
2 12 (52.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) SAP HR
1 1 (4.348%) SAP APO
1 1 (4.348%) SAP R/3
1 1 (4.348%) SAP WM
1 1 (4.348%) SAP SEM
1 1 (4.348%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) GSM
1 6 (26.09%) PBX
1 6 (26.09%) UMTS
1 6 (26.09%) VoIP
1 6 (26.09%) ASN.1
1 6 (26.09%) LTE
1 6 (26.09%) Asterisk PBX
2 3 (13.04%) RTP
2 3 (13.04%) RANAP
2 3 (13.04%) GGSN
2 3 (13.04%) SGSN
3 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.348%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Visual Studio
2 7 (30.43%) Eclipse
2 7 (30.43%) GDB
3 6 (26.09%) Trac
3 6 (26.09%) Subversion
General
1 7 (30.43%) Telecoms
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Electronics
3 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.348%) Advertising
3 1 (4.348%) Military
3 1 (4.348%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Software Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Developer
3 8 (34.78%) C++ Developer
4 4 (17.39%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
6 2 (8.696%) C Developer
6 2 (8.696%) C++/C# Developer
7 1 (4.348%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) Junior C++ Developer
7 1 (4.348%) Campaign Manager
7 1 (4.348%) Production Support Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) C Software Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Real Time Software Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Real Time Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) C# Software Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Junior Developer
7 1 (4.348%) SAP Business Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) E-Business Analyst
7 1 (4.348%) SAP Support
7 1 (4.348%) SAP Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.348%) Statistics
2 1 (4.348%) RIA
2 1 (4.348%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Linux
2 8 (34.78%) Windows
3 7 (30.43%) VxWorks
3 7 (30.43%) Android
4 5 (21.74%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) OO
2 7 (30.43%) UML
3 6 (26.09%) OOD
4 3 (13.04%) Regression Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) ERP
6 1 (4.348%) ITIL
6 1 (4.348%) Analytics
6 1 (4.348%) OOP
6 1 (4.348%) CRM
6 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
6 1 (4.348%) B2B
6 1 (4.348%) Project Management
6 1 (4.348%) E-business
6 1 (4.348%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.348%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (4.348%) Business Development
6 1 (4.348%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 20 (86.96%) C++
2 9 (39.13%) C
3 7 (30.43%) C#
3 7 (30.43%) Java
4 1 (4.348%) Perl
4 1 (4.348%) VC++
4 1 (4.348%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Green Hills
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco
3 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.348%) SAP
Woking, South East
To be considered for this role candidates must have a proven track record, working in embedded software and system, preferably to safety standard MISRA. Experience with at least...
Computer Futures
Rate: £32 - £35 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP, RTP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, MAP, CAMEL, Boost, HLR, Auc, MSC, VLR, SMSC, SGSN, GGSN,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013