The first 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 24 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 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Qt
Rank 499 529 565
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +36
Contract jobs citing Qt 30 55 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.065% 0.094% 0.031%
As % of the Application Development category 0.237% 0.371% 0.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 7
Average daily rate £330 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £300 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £300 £379
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
-11.66% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 27 1
Average hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 388 570
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

Qt
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Qt
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Qt within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Qt Daily Rate Histogram

Qt
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Top 21 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 24 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 +21 28 £330 +10.00%
London +21 11 £365 +21.66%
South West +34 9 £240 -
Wiltshire - 8 £240 -
East of England +9 4 £475 +58.33%
South East +10 2 £350 -
Cambridge +9 2 - -
Cambridgeshire +2 2 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
Salisbury - 2 £295 -
North West +14 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
City of London - 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 £350 -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 £475 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Essex - 1 - -
Lancaster - 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
Chelmsford - 1 - -

Qt
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 42 (82.35%) C++
2 25 (49.02%) Linux
3 16 (31.37%) OpenGL
4 15 (29.41%) Android
5 14 (27.45%) C
6 12 (23.53%) Electronics
7 11 (21.57%) OO
8 10 (19.61%) Windows
8 10 (19.61%) Computer Science
8 10 (19.61%) Apple iOS
9 9 (17.65%) Java
10 8 (15.69%) OOD
10 8 (15.69%) Degree
11 7 (13.73%) Python
12 6 (11.76%) UML
12 6 (11.76%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (11.76%) Mobile App
13 5 (9.804%) Embedded Software Development
13 5 (9.804%) bada
13 5 (9.804%) JSON
13 5 (9.804%) TDD
13 5 (9.804%) Augmented Reality
13 5 (9.804%) Web Services
13 5 (9.804%) Visual Studio
13 5 (9.804%) Symbian
14 4 (7.843%) Blackberry
14 4 (7.843%) Aerospace
14 4 (7.843%) Embedded Linux
14 4 (7.843%) Marketing
14 4 (7.843%) JTAG

Qt
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 16 (31.37%) OpenGL
2 5 (9.804%) JSON
2 5 (9.804%) Web Services
3 3 (5.882%) QML
3 3 (5.882%) HTML5
3 3 (5.882%) OpenGL ES
3 3 (5.882%) XML
4 2 (3.922%) MFC
4 2 (3.922%) GTK+
5 1 (1.961%) GStreamer
5 1 (1.961%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (1.961%) HTML
5 1 (1.961%) STL
Applications
1 1 (1.961%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.922%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.882%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.961%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 5 (9.804%) Visual Studio
2 4 (7.843%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (5.882%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.961%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.961%) JIRA
4 1 (1.961%) Git (software)
General
1 12 (23.53%) Electronics
2 4 (7.843%) Aerospace
2 4 (7.843%) Marketing
3 3 (5.882%) Games
3 3 (5.882%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.882%) Retail
4 2 (3.922%) Finance
4 2 (3.922%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.961%) Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 27 (52.94%) Developer
2 16 (31.37%) Software Engineer
3 13 (25.49%) C++ Developer
4 10 (19.61%) C++ Software Engineer
5 9 (17.65%) Software Developer
6 8 (15.69%) C++ Software Developer
7 6 (11.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 5 (9.804%) Programmer
8 5 (9.804%) C++ Programmer
9 4 (7.843%) Designer
9 4 (7.843%) Software Programmer
9 4 (7.843%) GUI Developer
9 4 (7.843%) GUI Designer
9 4 (7.843%) Software Designer
10 2 (3.922%) Linux Engineer
10 2 (3.922%) Blackberry Developer
10 2 (3.922%) Mobile Developer
10 2 (3.922%) Android Developer
11 1 (1.961%) Graphics Developer
11 1 (1.961%) UNIX Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Computer Science
2 6 (11.76%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 5 (9.804%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (7.843%) Blackberry
5 3 (5.882%) Digital Media
5 3 (5.882%) Animation
5 3 (5.882%) Mathematics
5 3 (5.882%) 3D Graphics
6 2 (3.922%) DTV
7 1 (1.961%) Open Source
7 1 (1.961%) Statistics
7 1 (1.961%) FMCG
7 1 (1.961%) Telematics
7 1 (1.961%) Device Driver
7 1 (1.961%) IPTV
7 1 (1.961%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (49.02%) Linux
2 15 (29.41%) Android
3 10 (19.61%) Windows
3 10 (19.61%) Apple iOS
4 5 (9.804%) bada
5 4 (7.843%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (3.922%) Windows CE
7 1 (1.961%) Windows Phone
7 1 (1.961%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (21.57%) OO
2 8 (15.69%) OOD
3 6 (11.76%) UML
4 5 (9.804%) Embedded Software Development
4 5 (9.804%) TDD
5 2 (3.922%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (3.922%) Project Management
5 2 (3.922%) Software Engineering
5 2 (3.922%) Software Testing
5 2 (3.922%) Programme Management
5 2 (3.922%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (3.922%) Multithreading
5 2 (3.922%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (1.961%) Project Planning
6 1 (1.961%) Scrum
6 1 (1.961%) Change Management
6 1 (1.961%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 42 (82.35%) C++
2 14 (27.45%) C
3 9 (17.65%) Java
4 7 (13.73%) Python
5 4 (7.843%) GLSL
6 3 (5.882%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.922%) C#
7 2 (3.922%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.961%) R
8 1 (1.961%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.961%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.843%) JTAG
1 4 (7.843%) DO-178B
2 1 (1.961%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (9.804%) Symbian
2 2 (3.922%) SAP
3 1 (1.961%) Nokia
3 1 (1.961%) Progress
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