The first table below looks at the demand for MFC skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MFC over the 3 months to 18 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 Application Development category for the West Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC)
Rank 96 104 99
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Contract jobs citing MFC 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.117% 0.088% 0.052%
As % of the Application Development category 0.509% 0.388% 0.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £340 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £281 £325 £285
% change year-on-year
-13.46% +14.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £34.75
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.91%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
393 516 515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.08% 22.76% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 287 277
Average daily rate £300 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 20
Average hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% +23.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
MFC
England

MFC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MFC across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands MFC Jobs Demand Trend

MFC
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands MFC Daily Rate Trend

MFC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands MFC Hourly Rate Trend

MFC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MFC within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 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
Birmingham - 1 - - 1
Warwickshire - 1 £340 - 2
Solihull - - - -
Staffordshire - - - -
MFC
England

MFC
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing MFC 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 MFC.

1 2 (100.00%) VC++
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Handset
2 1 (50.00%) DAO
2 1 (50.00%) BREW
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Animation
2 1 (50.00%) ActiveX
2 1 (50.00%) J2ME
2 1 (50.00%) ISAPI
2 1 (50.00%) MAPI
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) OLE
2 1 (50.00%) OLE DB
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (50.00%) Sybase
2 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (50.00%) ODBC
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

MFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing MFC 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 MFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) ODBC
1 1 (50.00%) ActiveX
1 1 (50.00%) J2ME
1 1 (50.00%) ISAPI
1 1 (50.00%) MAPI
1 1 (50.00%) OLE
1 1 (50.00%) OLE DB
1 1 (50.00%) DAO
1 1 (50.00%) BREW
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (50.00%) C++ Developer
2 1 (50.00%) UI Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (50.00%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Handset
1 1 (50.00%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VC++
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Sybase
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
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