The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 24 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 Programming Languages category for the Wiltshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 27 40 18
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -22
Contract jobs citing C++ 25 13 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 5.470% 2.121% 6.534%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.12% 6.771% 21.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 14
Average daily rate £240 £315 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.80% -11.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £300 £308
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £365 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 £42.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +21.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Programming Languages
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
146 192 170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 31.95% 31.32% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 115 76
Average daily rate £325 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 13
Average hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.07% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.54 £23.88 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
C++
South West

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire C++ Daily Rate Trend

C++
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing C++ across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wiltshire C++ Daily Rate Histogram

C++
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Swindon -1 4 £450 +50.00%
Chippenham - 3 £220 -
Salisbury - 2 £295 -
C++
South West

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 44 (72.13%) C
2 33 (54.10%) Linux
3 22 (36.07%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (29.51%) Finance
5 17 (27.87%) Degree
5 17 (27.87%) Android
5 17 (27.87%) Apple iOS
6 16 (26.23%) JTAG
7 14 (22.95%) Computer Science
8 12 (19.67%) APACS
8 12 (19.67%) EPoS
9 11 (18.03%) EMV
10 10 (16.39%) Security Cleared
10 10 (16.39%) Qt
11 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
12 8 (13.11%) VeriFone
13 6 (9.836%) OpenGL
13 6 (9.836%) OOD
13 6 (9.836%) C#
13 6 (9.836%) Mathematics
13 6 (9.836%) R
14 5 (8.197%) Software Engineering
14 5 (8.197%) Electronics
15 4 (6.557%) Telecoms
15 4 (6.557%) Java
15 4 (6.557%) UML
15 4 (6.557%) OO
15 4 (6.557%) MATLAB
15 4 (6.557%) Chip and PIN
15 4 (6.557%) Ethernet

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 10 (16.39%) Qt
2 6 (9.836%) OpenGL
3 3 (4.918%) .NET
4 1 (1.639%) WPF
4 1 (1.639%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.639%) OpenCV
4 1 (1.639%) MFC
4 1 (1.639%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.639%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.918%) SAS
2 2 (3.279%) Mathematica
3 1 (1.639%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 3 (4.918%) SPSS
1 3 (4.918%) MS Office
2 2 (3.279%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.639%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.557%) Ethernet
2 2 (3.279%) TETRA
2 2 (3.279%) LTE
3 1 (1.639%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.918%) Big Data
2 1 (1.639%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.279%) NetBeans
1 2 (3.279%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.639%) Hudson
2 1 (1.639%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.639%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.639%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (1.639%) Subversion
General
1 18 (29.51%) Finance
2 5 (8.197%) Electronics
3 4 (6.557%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.918%) Military
4 3 (4.918%) Retail
5 1 (1.639%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 31 (50.82%) Software Engineer
2 25 (40.98%) Developer
3 13 (21.31%) Software Developer
4 12 (19.67%) C++ Developer
5 7 (11.48%) C++ Software Engineer
6 6 (9.836%) Programmer
7 5 (8.197%) C++ Programmer
7 5 (8.197%) C Developer
7 5 (8.197%) C Programmer
8 4 (6.557%) Software Programmer
9 3 (4.918%) GUI Developer
9 3 (4.918%) Statistician
9 3 (4.918%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 3 (4.918%) Data Manager
10 2 (3.279%) C++ Software Developer
10 2 (3.279%) C# Developer
10 2 (3.279%) C++/C# Developer
11 1 (1.639%) Audio Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) Audio Software Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (36.07%) Embedded Systems
2 14 (22.95%) Computer Science
3 12 (19.67%) APACS
3 12 (19.67%) EPoS
4 11 (18.03%) EMV
5 6 (9.836%) Mathematics
6 4 (6.557%) Chip and PIN
6 4 (6.557%) Statistics
7 3 (4.918%) Mobile Payment
7 3 (4.918%) EFT
7 3 (4.918%) EFTPOS
8 1 (1.639%) Physics
8 1 (1.639%) Open Source
8 1 (1.639%) Biometrics
8 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.639%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 33 (54.10%) Linux
2 17 (27.87%) Android
2 17 (27.87%) Apple iOS
3 3 (4.918%) Windows
4 1 (1.639%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.639%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.639%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (9.836%) OOD
2 5 (8.197%) Software Engineering
3 4 (6.557%) UML
3 4 (6.557%) OO
4 3 (4.918%) Monte Carlo Method
4 3 (4.918%) Analytics
4 3 (4.918%) Statistical Modelling
4 3 (4.918%) Data Analytics
4 3 (4.918%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (4.918%) Data Management
5 2 (3.279%) Information Management
5 2 (3.279%) Resource Management
6 1 (1.639%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (1.639%) Multithreading
6 1 (1.639%) Parallel Programming
6 1 (1.639%) Pattern Recognition
6 1 (1.639%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.639%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 44 (72.13%) C
2 6 (9.836%) C#
2 6 (9.836%) R
3 4 (6.557%) Java
3 4 (6.557%) MATLAB
3 4 (6.557%) Embedded C
3 4 (6.557%) Embedded C++
4 2 (3.279%) SQL
5 1 (1.639%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (27.87%) Degree
2 10 (16.39%) Security Cleared
3 9 (14.75%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.279%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (26.23%) JTAG
2 1 (1.639%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.639%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (13.11%) VeriFone
2 3 (4.918%) Hyperion
3 1 (1.639%) Progress
3 1 (1.639%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.639%) VMware
3 1 (1.639%) SIMUL8
Wiltshire, South West
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