The first table below looks at the demand for wxWidgets skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited wxWidgets over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
wxWidgets
Rank 503 - 579
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing wxWidgets 31 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.066% - 0.012%
As % of the Application Development category 0.242% - 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 0 5
Average daily rate £288 - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12831 15156 16571
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.23% 25.57% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8032 8869 9678
Average daily rate £375 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.39%
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 371 395 571
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 £41.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

wxWidgets
Jobs Demand Trend

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

wxWidgets Jobs Demand Trend

wxWidgets
Daily Rate Trend

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

wxWidgets Daily Rate Trend

wxWidgets
Hourly Rate Trend

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

wxWidgets Hourly Rate Trend

wxWidgets
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing wxWidgets within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 - 11 £300 -
South East - 11 £300 -
Hampshire - 11 £300 -

wxWidgets
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing wxWidgets 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 wxWidgets.

1 35 (100.00%) C++
1 35 (100.00%) Ant
1 35 (100.00%) Linux
1 35 (100.00%) UNIX
1 35 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 35 (100.00%) OOD
1 35 (100.00%) Motif
1 35 (100.00%) NUnit
1 35 (100.00%) CppUnit
1 35 (100.00%) GoogleTest
2 34 (97.14%) C
2 34 (97.14%) UML
3 30 (85.71%) XML
3 30 (85.71%) SQL
3 30 (85.71%) Ingres
3 30 (85.71%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (85.71%) Continuous Integration
3 30 (85.71%) CruiseControl
4 29 (82.86%) Configuration Management
5 28 (80.00%) OO
6 27 (77.14%) Multithreading
7 26 (74.29%) SC Cleared
7 26 (74.29%) Security Cleared
8 24 (68.57%) Software Engineering
8 24 (68.57%) Python
8 24 (68.57%) ClearQuest
9 18 (51.43%) Project Management
9 18 (51.43%) Use Case
10 17 (48.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (48.57%) Memory Management

wxWidgets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing wxWidgets 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 wxWidgets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 35 (100.00%) Motif
2 30 (85.71%) XML
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (85.71%) Ingres
1 30 (85.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (100.00%) Ant
1 35 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 35 (100.00%) NUnit
1 35 (100.00%) CppUnit
1 35 (100.00%) GoogleTest
2 30 (85.71%) CruiseControl
3 24 (68.57%) ClearQuest
4 11 (31.43%) PyUnit
4 11 (31.43%) GDB
5 8 (22.86%) Subversion
6 7 (20.00%) Rational Rose
7 6 (17.14%) Jenkins
7 6 (17.14%) Hudson
General
1 3 (8.571%) Telecoms
1 3 (8.571%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) Developer
2 10 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 9 (25.71%) Software Developer
4 8 (22.86%) C++ Developer
4 8 (22.86%) C++ Software Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) C Software Engineer
6 1 (2.857%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Linux
1 35 (100.00%) UNIX
2 17 (48.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 17 (48.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) OOD
2 34 (97.14%) UML
3 30 (85.71%) Continuous Integration
4 29 (82.86%) Configuration Management
5 28 (80.00%) OO
6 27 (77.14%) Multithreading
7 24 (68.57%) Software Engineering
8 18 (51.43%) Project Management
8 18 (51.43%) Use Case
9 17 (48.57%) Memory Management
10 14 (40.00%) Integration Testing
11 7 (20.00%) Unified Process
11 7 (20.00%) RUP
12 6 (17.14%) Code Coverage
12 6 (17.14%) Analytics
13 4 (11.43%) Refactoring
14 1 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) C++
2 34 (97.14%) C
3 30 (85.71%) SQL
4 24 (68.57%) Python
5 1 (2.857%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (74.29%) SC Cleared
1 26 (74.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.857%) Degree
Vendors
1 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
1 17 (48.57%) Red Hat
2 6 (17.14%) Coverity