The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 23 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 Bath region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 16 39 36
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -3
Permanent jobs citing C++ 40 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 10.55% 1.389% 1.914%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.17% 2.000% 3.361%
Number of salaries quoted 38 3 4
Average salary £34,000 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £36,450
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,125
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
233 150 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 61.48% 69.44% 56.94%
Number of salaries quoted 221 149 110
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Somerset

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Bath region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bath C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 50 (49.02%) Computer Science
2 49 (48.04%) C#
3 42 (41.18%) Software Engineering
4 38 (37.25%) Degree
5 37 (36.27%) Multithreading
6 33 (32.35%) OO
7 32 (31.37%) Windows
8 29 (28.43%) Java
9 27 (26.47%) MFC
9 27 (26.47%) STL
10 26 (25.49%) XML
11 24 (23.53%) .NET
12 22 (21.57%) ATL
12 22 (21.57%) WPF
13 21 (20.59%) C
14 18 (17.65%) Automated Testing
14 18 (17.65%) Waterfall
15 17 (16.67%) SQL
16 16 (15.69%) ActionScript
16 16 (15.69%) Ada
17 15 (14.71%) CppUnit
17 15 (14.71%) GoogleTest
18 14 (13.73%) Linux
19 13 (12.75%) Visual Studio
20 12 (11.76%) MySQL
20 12 (11.76%) Perl
21 11 (10.78%) Java EE
21 11 (10.78%) Security Cleared
22 10 (9.804%) SC Cleared
22 10 (9.804%) DV Cleared

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 27 (26.47%) MFC
1 27 (26.47%) STL
2 26 (25.49%) XML
3 24 (23.53%) .NET
4 22 (21.57%) ATL
4 22 (21.57%) WPF
5 11 (10.78%) Java EE
6 10 (9.804%) Web Services
7 8 (7.843%) XML Schema
7 8 (7.843%) SOAP
8 5 (4.902%) J2EE
8 5 (4.902%) CSS
8 5 (4.902%) .NET Framework
9 3 (2.941%) CSS3
9 3 (2.941%) Backbone.js
9 3 (2.941%) HTML5
9 3 (2.941%) Spine.js
9 3 (2.941%) Django
10 2 (1.961%) HTML
10 2 (1.961%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.902%) Apache
2 3 (2.941%) nginx
2 3 (2.941%) Gunicorn
3 2 (1.961%) Jetty
3 2 (1.961%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.804%) IGMP
1 10 (9.804%) TCP/IP
1 10 (9.804%) VPN
2 1 (0.980%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.76%) MySQL
2 10 (9.804%) RDBMS
3 3 (2.941%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.941%) GIS
Development Applications
1 15 (14.71%) CppUnit
1 15 (14.71%) GoogleTest
2 13 (12.75%) Visual Studio
3 8 (7.843%) Hudson
3 8 (7.843%) Ant
General
1 3 (2.941%) Finance
2 2 (1.961%) Electronics
2 2 (1.961%) Games
3 1 (0.980%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 70 (68.63%) Software Engineer
2 38 (37.25%) C++ Software Engineer
3 30 (29.41%) Developer
4 18 (17.65%) Graduate
5 17 (16.67%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 14 (13.73%) Test Engineer
6 14 (13.73%) Software Developer
7 13 (12.75%) Software Test Engineer
8 11 (10.78%) C++ Developer
9 10 (9.804%) Software Tester
9 10 (9.804%) Tester
10 6 (5.882%) Java Developer
10 6 (5.882%) Programmer
11 5 (4.902%) C# Developer
11 5 (4.902%) C++/C# Developer
11 5 (4.902%) FoxPro Developer
11 5 (4.902%) C++ Software Developer
12 4 (3.922%) Junior Developer
12 4 (3.922%) C++/Java Developer
12 4 (3.922%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 50 (49.02%) Computer Science
2 5 (4.902%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.961%) SaaS
4 1 (0.980%) ASIC
4 1 (0.980%) VHDL
4 1 (0.980%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (0.980%) Visualisation
4 1 (0.980%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 32 (31.37%) Windows
2 14 (13.73%) Linux
3 5 (4.902%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (41.18%) Software Engineering
2 37 (36.27%) Multithreading
3 33 (32.35%) OO
4 18 (17.65%) Automated Testing
4 18 (17.65%) Waterfall
5 10 (9.804%) Test Automation
5 10 (9.804%) User Acceptance Testing
6 9 (8.824%) Unit Testing
7 8 (7.843%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (7.843%) TDD
7 8 (7.843%) Software Architecture
8 3 (2.941%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (1.961%) Web Development
9 2 (1.961%) Analytics
9 2 (1.961%) Automation Testing
9 2 (1.961%) OOA/OOD
10 1 (0.980%) CAD
10 1 (0.980%) 3D Programming
Programming Languages
1 49 (48.04%) C#
2 29 (28.43%) Java
3 21 (20.59%) C
4 17 (16.67%) SQL
5 16 (15.69%) ActionScript
5 16 (15.69%) Ada
6 12 (11.76%) Perl
7 10 (9.804%) Bash shell
7 10 (9.804%) Tcl
8 5 (4.902%) PHP
8 5 (4.902%) FoxPro (VFP)
9 3 (2.941%) Python
9 3 (2.941%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.941%) Ruby
10 2 (1.961%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.961%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 38 (37.25%) Degree
2 11 (10.78%) Security Cleared
3 10 (9.804%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.804%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.804%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (7.843%) Trapeze
1 8 (7.843%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.902%) Sage
3 2 (1.961%) JBoss
Bath, South West
Skills & Experience - Windows or Linux - C/ C++/ Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Strong Mathematical Background Desirable Skills - Real Time Operating Systems - Embedded Systems - Client Facing Experience-...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Fantastic Benefits & Training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
The Company is enjoying a period of sustained success and are now looking to grow there already successful team and developing team.The successful candidate will have a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Exceptional benefits & extensive training
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The Company is enjoying a period of sustained success and are now looking to grow there already successful team and developing team.The successful candidate will have a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The Company is enjoying a period of sustained success and are now looking to grow there already successful team and developing team.The successful candidate will have a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits * Exceptional Training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of: - C/ C++/Delphi/ C#/ Java (One or more of) - Windows or Linux - Strong Mathematical Background Desirables - Real Time Operating...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Exceptional benefits & extensive training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
C++ Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, Linux, Multi-threading, Multi-processing, £25-35k dependent on experience, plus benefits, based in Bristol. Key Skills:- C++ software engineering / development experience in...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013