The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Programming Languages category for the Warwickshire region.

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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 30 20 29
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +9
Contract jobs citing C++ 2 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 0.889% 2.262% 0.885%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.667% 11.11% 3.279%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £340 - £263
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
+6.92% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +11.42%
All Programming Languages
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
75 45 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 33.33% 20.36% 26.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 25 33
Average daily rate £325 £263 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.80% -19.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.24% -8.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
C++
West Midlands

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Warwickshire C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing C++ across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leamington Spa - 1 - - 1
Rugby - - - -
Stratford-upon-Avon - - - -
Warwick - - - - 4
Atherstone - - - -
Kenilworth - - - -
C++
West Midlands

C++
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing C++ 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 C++.

1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Memory Management
2 1 (33.33%) GLSL
2 1 (33.33%) Kinect
2 1 (33.33%) HLSL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
2 1 (33.33%) MFC
2 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (33.33%) VC++
2 1 (33.33%) Flash
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
2 1 (33.33%) DirectX
2 1 (33.33%) Autodesk

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region citing C++ 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 C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) MFC
1 1 (33.33%) Flash
1 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 1 (33.33%) DirectX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) Games Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Kinect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) GLSL
1 1 (33.33%) HLSL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) ActionScript
1 1 (33.33%) VC++
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Autodesk
Warwick, Warwickshire
C++ Developer/MFC/.NET /Web services/ - £340 - £370 Warwickshire - 3 Month Contract. My client is a software house based in Warwickshire who are looking for a C++ Developer...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £370 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
At least 5 years of C++ programming experience in the games industry... DirectX and/or OpenGL programming... HLSL, GLSL, and Cg]) Positive and outgoing personality... Excellent abilities in...
ReThink Recruitment
Posted: 17 June 2013