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This section looks at the demand for C++ skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8143
Rank change on same period last yearDown-38
Matching contract IT job ads4397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.057 %0.098 %
As % of the category below4.216 %8.850 %
Daily rates quoted85
Average minimum daily rate£294£216
Average daily rate£327£261
% change on same period last year+25.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£359£306
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£340
% change on same period last year-4.45 %
Hourly rates quoted09
Average minimum hourly rate-£27.20
Average hourly rate-£29.05
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.79£35.40
% change on same period last year+3.92 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads10201096
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.358 %1.111 %
Daily rates quoted208206
Average minimum daily rate£283£289
Average daily rate£306£304
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£319
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£333
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
Hourly rates quoted64104
Average minimum hourly rate£28.15£25.14
Average hourly rate£30.51£27.18
% change on same period last year+12.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.87£29.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.36£33.06
% change on same period last year+0.90 %
C++ EnglandC++
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing C++ across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Midlands C++ Demand Trend

C++
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

West Midlands C++ Daily Rate Histogram

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarwickshireUp+39£295+2.60 %
BirminghamDown-196--
WolverhamptonNew entry-5£381-
CoventryDown-144--
WorcestershireDown-62--
HerefordshireNew entry-2--
SolihullUp+31--
C++ EnglandC++
England

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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++.

155 (51.40 %)C
235 (32.71 %)C#
333 (30.84 %).NET
428 (26.17 %)VxWorks
525 (23.36 %)SQL
622 (20.56 %)TCP/IP
721 (19.63 %)Configuration Management
820 (18.69 %)SQL Server
919 (17.76 %)VSS/SourceSafe
919 (17.76 %)Ethernet
919 (17.76 %)ClearCase
919 (17.76 %)Military
1018 (16.82 %)XML
1117 (15.89 %)Java
1216 (14.95 %)Windows
1315 (14.02 %)UML
1414 (13.08 %)UNIX
1414 (13.08 %)VB
1513 (12.15 %)Telecoms
1513 (12.15 %)OO
1612 (11.21 %)Security Cleared
1711 (10.28 %)ASP.NET
1810 (9.346 %)VB.NET
1810 (9.346 %)VC++
199 (8.411 %)Linux
199 (8.411 %)XSLT
199 (8.411 %)Embedded C++
199 (8.411 %)SC Cleared
208 (7.477 %)SysML
208 (7.477 %)Unified Process

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (30.84 %).NET
218 (16.82 %)XML
311 (10.28 %)ASP.NET
49 (8.411 %)XSLT
56 (5.607 %).NET Framework
56 (5.607 %)WPF
65 (4.673 %)DAO
65 (4.673 %)DOM
65 (4.673 %)ATL
65 (4.673 %)ADO
74 (3.738 %)J2EE
74 (3.738 %)XSD
74 (3.738 %)HTML
74 (3.738 %)WebServices
74 (3.738 %)CGI
83 (2.804 %)WinForms
83 (2.804 %)WCF
83 (2.804 %)Silverlight
92 (1.869 %)WebSphere
92 (1.869 %).NET Remoting
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (2.804 %)CICS
21 (0.935 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (0.935 %)WebSphere Message Broker
21 (0.935 %)MQSeries
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (1.869 %)MS Office
21 (0.935 %)MS Excel
21 (0.935 %)MATLAB
21 (0.935 %)XSI
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (20.56 %)TCP/IP
219 (17.76 %)Ethernet
36 (5.607 %)SNMP
45 (4.673 %)Internet
45 (4.673 %)VoIP
52 (1.869 %)GPRS
52 (1.869 %)3G
61 (0.935 %)SS7
61 (0.935 %)Q.931
61 (0.935 %)2G
61 (0.935 %)TETRA
61 (0.935 %)GSM
61 (0.935 %)ISDN
61 (0.935 %)UMTS
61 (0.935 %)Bluetooth
61 (0.935 %)HTTP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (18.69 %)SQL Server
27 (6.542 %)SQL Server 2000
36 (5.607 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (3.738 %)ObjectStore
53 (2.804 %)MySQL
62 (1.869 %)RDBMS
62 (1.869 %)DB2
62 (1.869 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.935 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.935 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.935 %)MS Access
71 (0.935 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.935 %)SQL Server 7
71 (0.935 %)PostgreSQL
71 (0.935 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (17.76 %)VSS/SourceSafe
119 (17.76 %)ClearCase
27 (6.542 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.935 %)ProC
31 (0.935 %)Oracle Forms
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (17.76 %)Military
213 (12.15 %)Telecoms
38 (7.477 %)Government
46 (5.607 %)Automotive
53 (2.804 %)Electronics
62 (1.869 %)Finance
71 (0.935 %)Aerospace
71 (0.935 %)Retail
71 (0.935 %)Multimedia
71 (0.935 %)Insurance
71 (0.935 %)Pensions
71 (0.935 %)Games
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
159 (55.14 %)Software Engineer
238 (35.51 %)Developer
336 (33.64 %)Embedded Software Engineer
416 (14.95 %)Real Time Engineer
515 (14.02 %)Real Time Software Engineer
614 (13.08 %)Real Time Embedded Engineer
614 (13.08 %).NET Developer
713 (12.15 %)C++ Developer
812 (11.21 %)C++ Software Engineer
97 (6.542 %)C# Developer
105 (4.673 %)Software Developer
113 (2.804 %)Analyst
113 (2.804 %)C++ Software Developer
113 (2.804 %)C Software Engineer
122 (1.869 %)C++/CSharp Developer
122 (1.869 %)C# Software Engineer
122 (1.869 %)VB.NET Developer
122 (1.869 %)Author
122 (1.869 %)Technical Author
122 (1.869 %)Applications Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (2.804 %)Mainframe
13 (2.804 %)Device Driver
13 (2.804 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
13 (2.804 %)IBM Mainframe
22 (1.869 %)Computer Science
22 (1.869 %)Mathematics
22 (1.869 %)AS400
31 (0.935 %)Client/Server
31 (0.935 %)Firmware
31 (0.935 %)Physics
31 (0.935 %)Pocket PC
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
128 (26.17 %)VxWorks
216 (14.95 %)Windows
314 (13.08 %)UNIX
49 (8.411 %)Linux
56 (5.607 %)Solaris
64 (3.738 %)Windows CE
73 (2.804 %)Ubuntu
81 (0.935 %)Embedded Linux
81 (0.935 %)SUSE
81 (0.935 %)Windows XP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (19.63 %)Configuration Management
215 (14.02 %)UML
313 (12.15 %)OO
412 (11.21 %)Security Cleared
59 (8.411 %)SC Cleared
68 (7.477 %)SysML
68 (7.477 %)Unified Process
76 (5.607 %)Software Engineering
85 (4.673 %)Knowledge Management
92 (1.869 %)Test Scripting
92 (1.869 %)Time Management
92 (1.869 %)OOA/OOD
92 (1.869 %)Data Management
92 (1.869 %)Workflow
101 (0.935 %)Validation
101 (0.935 %)Migration
101 (0.935 %)Stakeholder Management
101 (0.935 %)RAD
101 (0.935 %)OOD
101 (0.935 %)OOP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
155 (51.40 %)C
235 (32.71 %)C#
325 (23.36 %)SQL
417 (15.89 %)Java
514 (13.08 %)VB
610 (9.346 %)VB.NET
610 (9.346 %)VC++
79 (8.411 %)Embedded C++
88 (7.477 %)Delphi
88 (7.477 %)Embedded C
97 (6.542 %)VB6
105 (4.673 %)JavaScript
105 (4.673 %)Perl
105 (4.673 %)VBScript
114 (3.738 %)XAML
123 (2.804 %)COBOL
123 (2.804 %)VBA
132 (1.869 %)Fortran
132 (1.869 %)PL/1
132 (1.869 %)JCL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (3.738 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.804 %)HL7
21 (0.935 %)JTAG
21 (0.935 %)QA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (7.477 %)Oracle
26 (5.607 %)Microsoft
34 (3.738 %)SAP
34 (3.738 %)IBM
42 (1.869 %)GUPTA
51 (0.935 %)Citrix
51 (0.935 %)Red Hat
51 (0.935 %)Infragistics
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