Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the West Sussex region.

 C++
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank221841
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+23
Matching contract IT job ads896
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex3.008 %4.569 %1.047 %
As % of the Programming Languages category9.412 %13.64 %4.412 %
Daily rates quoted001
Average daily rate--£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£307£315£340
% change year-on-year
-2.690 %-7.350 %
Hourly rates quoted642
Average hourly rate£35.00£34.75£40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.710 %-14.19 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£32.50£32.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£37.35£48.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.50£35.00£37.00
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-5.400 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8566136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex31.95 %33.50 %23.73 %
Daily rates quoted183147
Average daily rate£260£325£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£145£230£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£350£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted13810
Average hourly rate£31.25£32.50£40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.840 %-19.75 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£19.00£15.00£33.10
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£37.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£31.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %-10.00 %
C++ South EastC++
South East

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.

C++
Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex C++ Daily Rate Trend

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 Sussex region.

West Sussex C++ Hourly Rate Trend

C++
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

West Sussex C++ Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CrawleyDown-44--
GatwickNew entry-1--
C++ South EastC++
South East

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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++.

111 (45.83 %)C#
28 (33.33 %)SQL
28 (33.33 %)Degree
36 (25.00 %)OOD
36 (25.00 %)C
36 (25.00 %)OO
36 (25.00 %)Windows
36 (25.00 %)UML
36 (25.00 %)Windows XP
45 (20.83 %)Windows Vista
54 (16.67 %)J2SE
54 (16.67 %)XML
54 (16.67 %)Java
54 (16.67 %)J2EE
63 (12.50 %)SQL Server
63 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
63 (12.50 %)PHP
63 (12.50 %)VB
63 (12.50 %)SOAP
63 (12.50 %)Web Services
63 (12.50 %)UNIX
63 (12.50 %)Python
63 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
63 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
63 (12.50 %)Embedded C
63 (12.50 %)Embedded C++
63 (12.50 %)ISEB
63 (12.50 %)Refactoring
63 (12.50 %)Software Testing
63 (12.50 %)ISTQB

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (16.67 %)J2SE
14 (16.67 %)XML
14 (16.67 %)J2EE
23 (12.50 %)SOAP
23 (12.50 %)Web Services
32 (8.333 %)Dojo
32 (8.333 %)WebSphere
32 (8.333 %)AJAX
32 (8.333 %)Spring
32 (8.333 %)Hibernate
32 (8.333 %)JMS
32 (8.333 %)HTML
32 (8.333 %)CSS
32 (8.333 %)JSP
32 (8.333 %)Servlets
41 (4.167 %)COM
41 (4.167 %).NET
41 (4.167 %)WinForms
41 (4.167 %).NET Framework
41 (4.167 %)WCF
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (8.333 %)GlassFish
12 (8.333 %)Oracle Spatial
12 (8.333 %)Apache
12 (8.333 %)WebLogic
21 (4.167 %)SharePoint
21 (4.167 %)SharePoint Server 2007
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (12.50 %)SQL Server
22 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2008
22 (8.333 %)GIS
22 (8.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
22 (8.333 %)JUnit
31 (4.167 %)Rational Rose
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (8.333 %)Electronics
12 (8.333 %)Manufacturing
21 (4.167 %)Telecoms
21 (4.167 %)Education
21 (4.167 %)Health
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (70.83 %)Software Engineer
27 (29.17 %)Developer
36 (25.00 %)Junior
45 (20.83 %)Test Engineer
45 (20.83 %)Software Test Engineer
54 (16.67 %)Junior Software Engineer
63 (12.50 %)PHP Developer
72 (8.333 %)Graduate Software Engineer
72 (8.333 %)Junior Web Developer
72 (8.333 %)Web Developer
72 (8.333 %)Junior Developer
72 (8.333 %)Graduate
81 (4.167 %)Senior Software Engineer
81 (4.167 %)Lead Developer
81 (4.167 %)Software Developer
81 (4.167 %)Trainee Software Engineer
81 (4.167 %)Trainee
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (8.333 %)Clustering
21 (4.167 %)Mathematics
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (25.00 %)Windows
16 (25.00 %)Windows XP
25 (20.83 %)Windows Vista
33 (12.50 %)UNIX
41 (4.167 %)Windows XP Embedded
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (25.00 %)OOD
16 (25.00 %)OO
16 (25.00 %)UML
23 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
23 (12.50 %)Software Engineering
23 (12.50 %)Refactoring
23 (12.50 %)Software Testing
23 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
23 (12.50 %)Test Automation
32 (8.333 %)Load Balancing
32 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
32 (8.333 %)AOP
41 (4.167 %)OOA/OOD
41 (4.167 %)Programme Management
41 (4.167 %)Configuration Management
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (45.83 %)C#
28 (33.33 %)SQL
36 (25.00 %)C
44 (16.67 %)Java
53 (12.50 %)PHP
53 (12.50 %)VB
53 (12.50 %)Python
53 (12.50 %)Embedded C
53 (12.50 %)Embedded C++
62 (8.333 %)JavaScript
71 (4.167 %)Fortran
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (33.33 %)Degree
23 (12.50 %)ISEB
23 (12.50 %)ISTQB
32 (8.333 %)SCJA
32 (8.333 %)Sun Certification
32 (8.333 %)SCDJWS
32 (8.333 %)SCJP
32 (8.333 %)SCJD
41 (4.167 %)Security Cleared
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (8.333 %)Microsoft
12 (8.333 %)Sun
12 (8.333 %)JBoss
12 (8.333 %)Oracle