The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Qt skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Qt over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 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.

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.

Qt
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank523565519
Rank change year-on-year
Up+42Down-46
Matching contract IT job ads561617
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.095 %0.026 %0.031 %
As % of the Application Development category0.369 %0.095 %0.110 %
Number of daily rates quoted1979
Average daily rate£300£350£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28 %+9.37 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£350£320
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %+9.37 %
Number of hourly rates quoted2611
Average hourly rate£37.50£45.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66 %+12.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00-£40.00
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
151651690115437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK25.62 %27.54 %28.04 %
Number of daily rates quoted891698148183
Average daily rate£350£400£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %+9.58 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£300
% change year-on-year
-+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted380573441
Average hourly rate£32.50£36.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.72 %+20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£19.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£47.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.00£36.50£28.50
% change year-on-year
-12.32 %+28.07 %

Qt
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Qt within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Qt Demand Trend

Qt
Daily Rate Trend

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

Qt Daily Rate Trend

Qt
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Qt within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Qt Daily Rate Histogram

Qt
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Qt Hourly Rate Trend

Qt
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Qt within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Qt Hourly Rate Histogram

Qt
Top 19 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Qt within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. 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+5154£300-14.28 %
LondonUp+4727£300-2.43 %
East of EnglandNew entry-13£300-
CambridgeshireNew entry-12£300-
South EastUp+48--
Milton KeynesNew entry-6--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-6--
CambridgeNew entry-5£300-
South WestDown-184--
CornwallNew entry-3--
OxfordshireNew entry-2--
YorkshireDown-111£220-26.66 %
MerseysideNew entry-1£300-
North WestNew entry-1£300-
South YorkshireNew entry-1£220-
LiverpoolNew entry-1£300-
BristolNew entry-1--
OxfordNew entry-1--
BedfordshireNew entry-1--

Qt
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Qt 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 Qt.

158 (87.88 %)C++
236 (54.55 %)OO
330 (45.45 %)XML
429 (43.94 %)Multithreading
527 (40.91 %)OOD
626 (39.39 %)UML
626 (39.39 %)MFC
724 (36.36 %)TCP/IP
820 (30.30 %)Embedded Software Development
915 (22.73 %)Agile Software Development
1014 (21.21 %)Software Engineering
1111 (16.67 %)Linux
1210 (15.15 %)Windows
139 (13.64 %)C
148 (12.12 %)PHP
157 (10.61 %)Java
157 (10.61 %)C#
166 (9.091 %)Embedded C++
166 (9.091 %)Software Testing
175 (7.576 %)Degree
175 (7.576 %)SQL
175 (7.576 %)Electronics
184 (6.061 %)VxWorks
184 (6.061 %)Manufacturing
184 (6.061 %).NET
184 (6.061 %)UNIX
184 (6.061 %)Embedded Linux
184 (6.061 %)Android
184 (6.061 %)Ajax
184 (6.061 %)Wind River

Qt
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Qt 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 Qt. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
130 (45.45 %)XML
226 (39.39 %)MFC
34 (6.061 %).NET
34 (6.061 %)Ajax
43 (4.545 %).NET Framework
43 (4.545 %)HTML
52 (3.030 %)OpenGL
52 (3.030 %)DirectX
52 (3.030 %)QML
61 (1.515 %)D-Bus
61 (1.515 %)Boost C++ Libraries
61 (1.515 %)JSON
61 (1.515 %)STL
61 (1.515 %)Web Services
61 (1.515 %)XML Messaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (4.545 %)MATLAB
21 (1.515 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (4.545 %)Summit
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (36.36 %)TCP/IP
22 (3.030 %)Wireless
31 (1.515 %)WLAN
31 (1.515 %)HTTP
31 (1.515 %)3G
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (4.545 %)SQL Server
21 (1.515 %)PostgreSQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (4.545 %)Moq
13 (4.545 %)Cucumber
13 (4.545 %)Selenium
22 (3.030 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.515 %)Git (software)
31 (1.515 %)Eclipse
31 (1.515 %)Subversion
31 (1.515 %)NetBeans
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (7.576 %)Electronics
24 (6.061 %)Manufacturing
33 (4.545 %)Automotive
42 (3.030 %)Telecoms
51 (1.515 %)Music
51 (1.515 %)Military
51 (1.515 %)Law
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
137 (56.06 %)Software Engineer
222 (33.33 %)C++ Software Engineer
319 (28.79 %)Developer
418 (27.27 %)Embedded Software Engineer
512 (18.18 %)Software Developer
64 (6.061 %)Software Development Engineer
64 (6.061 %)Development Engineer
73 (4.545 %)Software Test Analyst
73 (4.545 %)Software Tester
73 (4.545 %)C++ Developer
73 (4.545 %)C++ Programmer
73 (4.545 %)Tester
73 (4.545 %)Analyst
73 (4.545 %)Test Analyst
73 (4.545 %)Programmer
82 (3.030 %)C Developer
91 (1.515 %)Automation Tester
91 (1.515 %)Designer
91 (1.515 %)Linux Engineer
91 (1.515 %)Blackberry Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (4.545 %)Computer Science
21 (1.515 %)New Media
21 (1.515 %)Streaming Music
21 (1.515 %)Mathematics
21 (1.515 %)Ergonomics
21 (1.515 %)Device Driver
21 (1.515 %)Blackberry
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (16.67 %)Linux
210 (15.15 %)Windows
34 (6.061 %)VxWorks
34 (6.061 %)UNIX
34 (6.061 %)Embedded Linux
34 (6.061 %)Android
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
136 (54.55 %)OO
229 (43.94 %)Multithreading
327 (40.91 %)OOD
426 (39.39 %)UML
520 (30.30 %)Embedded Software Development
615 (22.73 %)Agile Software Development
714 (21.21 %)Software Engineering
86 (9.091 %)Software Testing
93 (4.545 %)Manual Testing
93 (4.545 %)Performance Testing
93 (4.545 %)Load Testing
93 (4.545 %)Automated Testing
102 (3.030 %)OOP
111 (1.515 %)Signal Processing
111 (1.515 %)OOA/OOD
111 (1.515 %)Scrum
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
158 (87.88 %)C++
29 (13.64 %)C
38 (12.12 %)PHP
47 (10.61 %)Java
47 (10.61 %)C#
56 (9.091 %)Embedded C++
65 (7.576 %)SQL
73 (4.545 %)Perl
73 (4.545 %)Python
81 (1.515 %)VC++
81 (1.515 %)Embedded C
81 (1.515 %)Assembly Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (7.576 %)Degree
21 (1.515 %)PhD
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (4.545 %)XenServer
13 (4.545 %)Hyper-V
13 (4.545 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (6.061 %)Wind River
23 (4.545 %)Citrix
23 (4.545 %)VMware
31 (1.515 %)Symbian
31 (1.515 %)Microsoft
31 (1.515 %)Nokia
31 (1.515 %)QNX