STL Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for STL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited STL over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Standard Template Library (STL)
Rank 402 460 338
Rank change year-on-year
+58 -122
Contract jobs citing STL 139 121 267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.294% 0.207% 0.444%
As % of the Application Development category 1.078% 0.808% 1.617%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 75 164
Average daily rate £550 £550 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £313 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 28
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.20 £33.00 £33.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.00 £40.50 £40.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year
- +2.04%
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 12893 14967 16509
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.60% 27.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8051 8793 9618
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
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 384 385 569
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 £17.00 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.15 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

STL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

STL Jobs Demand Trend

STL
Daily Rate Trend

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

STL Daily Rate Trend

STL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing STL within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

STL Daily Rate Histogram

STL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

STL Hourly Rate Trend

STL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing STL within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

STL Hourly Rate Histogram

STL
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing STL within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +65 132 £550 -
London +44 119 £550 -
City of London +9 17 £550 -0.09%
Canary Wharf - 13 £650 -
South East +18 10 - -
Surrey +19 7 - -
Scotland -9 7 £400 +33.33%
Glasgow -13 7 £400 +33.33%
Guildford -8 6 - -
East of England +12 2 £275 -
Cambridgeshire +11 2 £275 -
Hampshire -16 2 - -
Cambridge +11 1 - -
Southampton -3 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £500 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 £500 -
Aylesbury - 1 - -

STL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing STL 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 STL.

1 271 (98.55%) C++
2 179 (65.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 121 (44.00%) Banking
4 112 (40.73%) Linux
5 108 (39.27%) Multithreading
6 103 (37.45%) UNIX
7 102 (37.09%) Investment Banking
8 85 (30.91%) Front Office
9 84 (30.55%) SQL
10 81 (29.45%) Oracle
11 79 (28.73%) Windows
12 74 (26.91%) Finance
13 70 (25.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 70 (25.45%) C#
14 65 (23.64%) OO
15 55 (20.00%) Fixed Income
16 51 (18.55%) Derivative
17 48 (17.45%) XML
18 45 (16.36%) Python
19 42 (15.27%) .NET
20 39 (14.18%) Analytics
21 33 (12.00%) Java
22 24 (8.727%) C
22 24 (8.727%) SQL Server
22 24 (8.727%) Microsoft
23 23 (8.364%) RDBMS
23 23 (8.364%) MS Excel
23 23 (8.364%) Windows XP
23 23 (8.364%) Windows 7
24 22 (8.000%) Interest Rate Derivative

STL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing STL 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 STL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 179 (65.09%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 48 (17.45%) XML
3 42 (15.27%) .NET
4 12 (4.364%) ATL
5 10 (3.636%) Django
6 9 (3.273%) Web Services
6 9 (3.273%) XSLT
7 8 (2.909%) OpenCL
8 7 (2.545%) WSDL
8 7 (2.545%) SOAP
9 6 (2.182%) XSL
9 6 (2.182%) WCF
9 6 (2.182%) WPF
10 5 (1.818%) FpML
11 4 (1.455%) CSS
12 3 (1.091%) COM
12 3 (1.091%) Middleware
13 2 (0.727%) DCOM
13 2 (0.727%) ASP.NET
13 2 (0.727%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 18 (6.545%) CMS
2 12 (4.364%) Oracle Coherence
3 7 (2.545%) Apache
4 5 (1.818%) nginx
5 4 (1.455%) GemFire
6 3 (1.091%) Rendezvous
7 2 (0.727%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 23 (8.364%) MS Excel
2 20 (7.273%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.364%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.364%) SunGard Martini
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.000%) GSM
1 11 (4.000%) HTTP
2 8 (2.909%) TCP/IP
3 7 (2.545%) LTE
3 7 (2.545%) UMTS
4 6 (2.182%) VoIP
4 6 (2.182%) PBX
4 6 (2.182%) Asterisk PBX
5 5 (1.818%) 3G
5 5 (1.818%) 2G
5 5 (1.818%) FTP
6 3 (1.091%) RANAP
6 3 (1.091%) GGSN
6 3 (1.091%) SGSN
6 3 (1.091%) SMTP
6 3 (1.091%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.727%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.364%) RDBMS
3 20 (7.273%) OLTP
4 18 (6.545%) Oracle 8/8i
5 5 (1.818%) MySQL
6 4 (1.455%) KDB
7 2 (0.727%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (0.727%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.364%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 19 (6.909%) Subversion
2 18 (6.545%) Oracle Forms
3 16 (5.818%) ClearCase
4 13 (4.727%) GCC
5 11 (4.000%) CruiseControl
6 10 (3.636%) Hudson
7 8 (2.909%) Visual Studio
7 8 (2.909%) Eclipse
7 8 (2.909%) Build Forge
8 7 (2.545%) GDB
9 6 (2.182%) Trac
9 6 (2.182%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (2.182%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.091%) Git (software)
11 2 (0.727%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.727%) WinDbg
11 2 (0.727%) GoogleTest
12 1 (0.364%) Maven
12 1 (0.364%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.364%) Jenkins
General
1 121 (44.00%) Banking
2 102 (37.09%) Investment Banking
3 85 (30.91%) Front Office
4 74 (26.91%) Finance
5 14 (5.091%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.818%) Back Office
6 5 (1.818%) Military
7 3 (1.091%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.727%) Games
9 1 (0.364%) Marketing
9 1 (0.364%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.364%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 245 (89.09%) Developer
2 219 (79.64%) C++ Developer
3 38 (13.82%) Senior Developer
4 36 (13.09%) Senior C++ Developer
5 29 (10.55%) C++/C# Developer
6 23 (8.364%) C# Developer
7 22 (8.000%) Front Office Developer
8 21 (7.636%) Software Engineer
9 18 (6.545%) Systems Developer
10 13 (4.727%) C++ Software Engineer
11 11 (4.000%) Quantitative Developer
11 11 (4.000%) C++ Quantitative Developer
11 11 (4.000%) UNIX Developer
12 7 (2.545%) Python Developer
13 4 (1.455%) Credit Risk Developer
14 3 (1.091%) SQL Developer
14 3 (1.091%) Senior Software Engineer
14 3 (1.091%) .NET Developer
14 3 (1.091%) Network Engineer
15 2 (0.727%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 70 (25.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 55 (20.00%) Fixed Income
3 51 (18.55%) Derivative
4 22 (8.000%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 20 (7.273%) Credit Risk
6 19 (6.909%) Swaptions
7 17 (6.182%) Grid Computing
8 15 (5.455%) Computer Science
9 13 (4.727%) Equities
10 7 (2.545%) GPGPU
10 7 (2.545%) CUDA
11 6 (2.182%) Open Source
12 4 (1.455%) N-Tier
12 4 (1.455%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.455%) Mathematics
12 4 (1.455%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.727%) 3D Graphics
13 2 (0.727%) Social Media
13 2 (0.727%) Visualisation
13 2 (0.727%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 112 (40.73%) Linux
2 103 (37.45%) UNIX
3 79 (28.73%) Windows
4 23 (8.364%) Windows XP
4 23 (8.364%) Windows 7
5 12 (4.364%) Solaris
6 1 (0.364%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (39.27%) Multithreading
2 65 (23.64%) OO
3 39 (14.18%) Analytics
4 21 (7.636%) Regression Testing
5 20 (7.273%) Unit Testing
6 18 (6.545%) Risk Analysis
7 16 (5.818%) OOP
8 15 (5.455%) Risk Management
8 15 (5.455%) TDD
9 14 (5.091%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (5.091%) E-Commerce
9 14 (5.091%) OOD
10 12 (4.364%) Monte Carlo Method
11 10 (3.636%) Continuous Integration
11 10 (3.636%) UML
11 10 (3.636%) MVC
12 6 (2.182%) Algorithmic Trading
13 5 (1.818%) Scrum
14 4 (1.455%) Electronic Trading
14 4 (1.455%) Parallel Processing
Programming Languages
1 271 (98.55%) C++
2 84 (30.55%) SQL
3 70 (25.45%) C#
4 45 (16.36%) Python
5 33 (12.00%) Java
6 24 (8.727%) C
7 21 (7.636%) Perl
8 14 (5.091%) Shell Script
9 12 (4.364%) VC++
9 12 (4.364%) VB
9 12 (4.364%) VBA
10 8 (2.909%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.545%) PHP
11 7 (2.545%) JavaScript
12 3 (1.091%) C++/CLI
12 3 (1.091%) Bash shell
13 2 (0.727%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.727%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.364%) R
14 1 (0.364%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (6.545%) Degree
2 3 (1.091%) MBA
3 1 (0.364%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.364%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.364%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.455%) Basel III
2 2 (0.727%) QA
3 1 (0.364%) SLA
3 1 (0.364%) TickIT
Vendors
1 81 (29.45%) Oracle
2 24 (8.727%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.364%) TIBCO
4 11 (4.000%) DataSynapse
5 8 (2.909%) Sybase
6 6 (2.182%) Cisco
7 3 (1.091%) FFastFill
7 3 (1.091%) Google
7 3 (1.091%) CQG
7 3 (1.091%) EasyScreen
8 2 (0.727%) Perforce
8 2 (0.727%) Murex
8 2 (0.727%) Tradeweb
9 1 (0.364%) GigaSpaces
9 1 (0.364%) Facebook
9 1 (0.364%) Twitter
9 1 (0.364%) SunGard
9 1 (0.364%) SAP
9 1 (0.364%) Reuters
9 1 (0.364%) Bloomberg
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City, London
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Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior C++ Developer
City, London
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Posted: 17 May 2013
C++ Developer - Risk Engine - C++, C#, Python
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Rate: £500 - £600 per day
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Rate: £500 - £650 per day
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C++ Quant Developer - Tier 1 Investment Bank
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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,...
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