The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Altrincham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 22 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 Altrincham region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 31 26 11
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -15
Permanent jobs citing C++ 5 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Altrincham 3.311% 3.093% 2.439%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.495% 3.704% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 1
Average salary £37,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.77% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Altrincham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
91 81 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Altrincham 60.26% 83.51% 43.90%
Number of salaries quoted 84 77 16
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £50,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Manchester

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Altrincham C++ Jobs Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Altrincham region.

Altrincham C++ Salary Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Altrincham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited C++.

1 5 (71.43%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
2 4 (57.14%) Web Services
2 4 (57.14%) UML
3 3 (42.86%) CAD
3 3 (42.86%) MVC
3 3 (42.86%) OO
3 3 (42.86%) Client/Server
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) VB
3 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Refactoring
4 2 (28.57%) TDD
4 2 (28.57%) VB6
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Altrincham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited C++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) ASP
3 2 (28.57%) XML
3 2 (28.57%) XHTML
4 1 (14.29%) J2SE
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) jQuery
4 1 (14.29%) WPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
1 3 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) VB.NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Client/Server
1 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) UML
2 3 (42.86%) CAD
2 3 (42.86%) MVC
2 3 (42.86%) OO
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) Refactoring
3 2 (28.57%) TDD
3 2 (28.57%) OOD
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Electronic Design Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) VB
3 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
4 2 (28.57%) VB6
4 2 (28.57%) C
5 1 (14.29%) PowerHouse
5 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft