The first table below looks at the demand for GDB skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GDB over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GNU Debugger
Rank 517 556 579
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +23
Contract jobs citing GDB 24 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.052% 0.015% 0.011%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.471% 0.169% 0.107%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 3
Average daily rate £300 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -5.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -5.17%
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5098 5328 6545
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 11.00% 9.128% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3210 3142 3691
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £269 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 221 320
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 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

GDB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

GDB Jobs Demand Trend

GDB
Daily Rate Trend

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

GDB Daily Rate Trend

GDB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GDB within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

GDB Daily Rate Histogram

GDB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

GDB Hourly Rate Trend

GDB
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GDB within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +56 14 £350 -
South East - 7 £300 -
Surrey - 6 - -
Guildford - 6 - -
London +37 5 £413 -
East of England - 2 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 - -
Cambridge - 2 - -
City of London - 2 £350 -
Hampshire - 1 £300 -
Hounslow - 1 - -

GDB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GDB 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 GDB.

1 30 (88.24%) Linux
2 23 (67.65%) UNIX
3 19 (55.88%) C++
4 18 (52.94%) OO
5 17 (50.00%) OOD
6 15 (44.12%) C
7 13 (38.24%) Shell Script
7 13 (38.24%) Windows
8 12 (35.29%) Debian
8 12 (35.29%) Reverse Engineering
8 12 (35.29%) Bash shell
9 11 (32.35%) PyUnit
9 11 (32.35%) Multithreading
9 11 (32.35%) CppUnit
9 11 (32.35%) GoogleTest
9 11 (32.35%) NUnit
9 11 (32.35%) Penetration Testing
9 11 (32.35%) wxWidgets
9 11 (32.35%) Python
9 11 (32.35%) ClearCase
9 11 (32.35%) Ant
9 11 (32.35%) Configuration Management
9 11 (32.35%) Motif
10 10 (29.41%) UML
10 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
10 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
10 10 (29.41%) Network Security
11 9 (26.47%) Telecoms
12 8 (23.53%) Software Engineering
13 7 (20.59%) STB

GDB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GDB 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 GDB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (32.35%) wxWidgets
1 11 (32.35%) Motif
2 7 (20.59%) STL
3 6 (17.65%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 6 (17.65%) XML
4 2 (5.882%) Cocoa Touch
4 2 (5.882%) UIKit
5 1 (2.941%) FIX Protocol
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) Network Security
2 6 (17.65%) Asterisk PBX
2 6 (17.65%) GSM
2 6 (17.65%) PBX
2 6 (17.65%) UMTS
2 6 (17.65%) VoIP
2 6 (17.65%) LTE
3 3 (8.824%) RTP
3 3 (8.824%) RANAP
3 3 (8.824%) GGSN
3 3 (8.824%) SGSN
4 2 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Ingres
1 6 (17.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (32.35%) PyUnit
1 11 (32.35%) CppUnit
1 11 (32.35%) GoogleTest
1 11 (32.35%) NUnit
1 11 (32.35%) ClearCase
1 11 (32.35%) Ant
2 7 (20.59%) GCC
3 6 (17.65%) Jenkins
3 6 (17.65%) Trac
3 6 (17.65%) Hudson
3 6 (17.65%) Subversion
3 6 (17.65%) CruiseControl
4 1 (2.941%) Git (software)
4 1 (2.941%) GNU Toolchain
4 1 (2.941%) Valgrind
4 1 (2.941%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (26.47%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Software Engineer
2 9 (26.47%) C++ Software Engineer
2 9 (26.47%) Penetration Tester
2 9 (26.47%) Tester
3 5 (14.71%) C Software Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Developer
4 3 (8.824%) Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) Test Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) Network Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) C++ Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Technical Developer
5 2 (5.882%) iOS Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Security Tester
6 1 (2.941%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Senior Tester
6 1 (2.941%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Security Analyst
6 1 (2.941%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 1 (2.941%) Ethical Hacker
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) STB
2 3 (8.824%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.941%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (88.24%) Linux
2 23 (67.65%) UNIX
3 13 (38.24%) Windows
4 12 (35.29%) Debian
5 2 (5.882%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) OO
2 17 (50.00%) OOD
3 12 (35.29%) Reverse Engineering
4 11 (32.35%) Multithreading
4 11 (32.35%) Penetration Testing
4 11 (32.35%) Configuration Management
5 10 (29.41%) UML
6 8 (23.53%) Software Engineering
7 6 (17.65%) Analytics
7 6 (17.65%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (17.65%) Code Coverage
8 2 (5.882%) Ethical Hacking
9 1 (2.941%) Embedded Software Development
9 1 (2.941%) Project Management
9 1 (2.941%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (2.941%) Use Case
9 1 (2.941%) Security Testing
9 1 (2.941%) Refactoring
9 1 (2.941%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (55.88%) C++
2 15 (44.12%) C
3 13 (38.24%) Shell Script
4 12 (35.29%) Bash shell
5 11 (32.35%) Python
6 6 (17.65%) SQL
7 2 (5.882%) Objective-C
7 2 (5.882%) Java
8 1 (2.941%) VC++
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.941%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Coverity
1 6 (17.65%) Cisco
2 1 (2.941%) Microsoft
Berkshire
ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound architecture, good knowledge in using and debugging ALSA. - Linux debug skills like GDB, oprofile, ftrace etc... - Used to using git. - Skills in c, c++...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: From £35 to £45 per hour
Posted: 20 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: 22 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: 22 May 2013
West London
netcat, hping, gdb , etc. * Expert knowledge and understanding of Linux, IP and reverse engineering ; * Good knowledge of at least one Unix variant (preferably Debian) and at least one...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 - £490.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hounslow, Middlesex
Key Skills Ethical hacking (CREST Certified) Linux. Programming languages: C and Java... netcat, hping, gdb, etc... Proficient with neat, maintainable and documented bash shell scripting, ASM (preferably MIPS),...
Experis IT
Rate: TBC
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
SYS UML) - Software process oriented... Cygwin, UML, HOOD) - Embedded C, Java, pearl, bash (or scripting languages) - Proficient in the use of debuggers (gdb,….) - Desirable: - Previous experience developing satellite...
s-com
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013