The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 57 31 40
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +9
Permanent jobs citing C++ 230 351 250
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 4.415% 5.697% 4.807%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.67% 11.75% 9.466%
Number of salaries quoted 214 277 240
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,800 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2155 2988 2641
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 41.36% 48.50% 50.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1908 2640 2333
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
South East

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Berkshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -28 85 £50,000 +33.33%
Slough -21 41 £56,250 +50.00%
Newbury +15 19 £40,000 +23.07%
Bracknell -18 18 £45,000 +18.42%
Maidenhead +2 17 £50,000 -4.76%
Wokingham +16 15 £42,500 -8.60%
C++
South East

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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++.

1 178 (41.49%) Java
2 170 (39.63%) Windows
3 151 (35.20%) C#
3 151 (35.20%) Degree
4 144 (33.57%) .NET
4 144 (33.57%) Linux
5 137 (31.93%) C
6 108 (25.17%) Computer Science
7 94 (21.91%) SQL Server
8 87 (20.28%) UNIX
9 83 (19.35%) OO
10 77 (17.95%) Visual Studio
11 73 (17.02%) SQL
12 71 (16.55%) PHP
13 67 (15.62%) Python
14 62 (14.45%) ASP.NET
15 61 (14.22%) JavaScript
16 60 (13.99%) MySQL
16 60 (13.99%) Software Engineering
17 57 (13.29%) Microsoft
18 55 (12.82%) XML
19 49 (11.42%) TCP/IP
20 43 (10.02%) HTML
21 42 (9.790%) Agile Software Development
22 41 (9.557%) Big Data
23 40 (9.324%) E-Commerce
23 40 (9.324%) OOD
24 38 (8.858%) Embedded C
24 38 (8.858%) Perl
24 38 (8.858%) Device Driver

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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
1 144 (33.57%) .NET
2 62 (14.45%) ASP.NET
3 55 (12.82%) XML
4 43 (10.02%) HTML
5 28 (6.527%) CSS
5 28 (6.527%) XSLT
6 26 (6.061%) Ajax
7 25 (5.828%) Web Services
8 22 (5.128%) WCF
8 22 (5.128%) Spring
9 19 (4.429%) WPF
10 18 (4.196%) J2EE
10 18 (4.196%) .NET Framework
11 17 (3.963%) FIX Protocol
11 17 (3.963%) Flash
12 16 (3.730%) jQuery
13 15 (3.497%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 15 (3.497%) WinForms
13 15 (3.497%) Node.js
14 14 (3.263%) STL
Application Platforms
1 31 (7.226%) Apache
2 26 (6.061%) IIS
3 17 (3.963%) SAS
4 12 (2.797%) Lotus Domino
5 9 (2.098%) SharePoint
5 9 (2.098%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.166%) Lotus Notes
6 5 (1.166%) MSMQ
7 3 (0.699%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.699%) CM System
8 2 (0.466%) ESB
8 2 (0.466%) Mule
9 1 (0.233%) JCAPS
9 1 (0.233%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.233%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.233%) CICS
9 1 (0.233%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.233%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 23 (5.361%) MS Office
2 20 (4.662%) MS Excel
3 4 (0.932%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 11 (2.564%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 49 (11.42%) TCP/IP
2 18 (4.196%) SNMP
3 17 (3.963%) iSCSI
3 17 (3.963%) SSL
3 17 (3.963%) Fibre Channel
4 16 (3.730%) GSM
4 16 (3.730%) NAS
5 15 (3.497%) DNS
6 14 (3.263%) Firewall
6 14 (3.263%) DHCP
6 14 (3.263%) LDAP
7 11 (2.564%) SMTP
8 9 (2.098%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (2.098%) 3G
8 9 (2.098%) HTTP
9 8 (1.865%) Bluetooth
9 8 (1.865%) ZigBee
10 7 (1.632%) SAN
10 7 (1.632%) FTP
11 6 (1.399%) WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (21.91%) SQL Server
2 60 (13.99%) MySQL
3 41 (9.557%) Big Data
4 18 (4.196%) RDBMS
4 18 (4.196%) SQL Server 2005
5 17 (3.963%) SQL Server 2008
6 14 (3.263%) DB2
7 13 (3.030%) Hadoop
8 9 (2.098%) Redis
9 7 (1.632%) SQLPlus
10 6 (1.399%) IDMS
11 5 (1.166%) GIS
12 4 (0.932%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.466%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.466%) Data Mining
14 1 (0.233%) DataStage
14 1 (0.233%) Informix
14 1 (0.233%) SQL Server 2012
14 1 (0.233%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 77 (17.95%) Visual Studio
2 22 (5.128%) Eclipse
2 22 (5.128%) Team Foundation Server
3 18 (4.196%) ClearCase
4 9 (2.098%) Git (software)
5 7 (1.632%) Maven
6 5 (1.166%) Subversion
6 5 (1.166%) JIRA
6 5 (1.166%) Ant
6 5 (1.166%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 4 (0.932%) C++Builder
8 3 (0.699%) Selenium
8 3 (0.699%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
8 3 (0.699%) MSI
8 3 (0.699%) InstallShield
8 3 (0.699%) PVCS
9 2 (0.466%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.466%) MSTest
10 1 (0.233%) WATIR
10 1 (0.233%) FitNesse
General
1 29 (6.760%) Finance
2 19 (4.429%) Telecoms
3 16 (3.730%) Banking
4 15 (3.497%) Electronics
5 13 (3.030%) Advertising
6 12 (2.797%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (2.797%) Retail
7 9 (2.098%) German Language
8 8 (1.865%) Games
9 6 (1.399%) French Language
10 4 (0.932%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.932%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.699%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.699%) Automotive
11 3 (0.699%) Legal
12 2 (0.466%) Publishing
12 2 (0.466%) Marketing
12 2 (0.466%) Billing
13 1 (0.233%) Russian Language
13 1 (0.233%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 194 (45.22%) Developer
2 138 (32.17%) Software Engineer
3 66 (15.38%) C++ Developer
4 56 (13.05%) Software Developer
5 32 (7.459%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 29 (6.760%) C# Developer
7 26 (6.061%) Graduate
7 26 (6.061%) Java Developer
7 26 (6.061%) Senior Developer
8 25 (5.828%) Senior Software Engineer
8 25 (5.828%) C++ Software Engineer
9 23 (5.361%) Architect
10 21 (4.895%) Graduate Developer
11 20 (4.662%) .NET Developer
12 17 (3.963%) Test Engineer
13 15 (3.497%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.263%) Senior C++ Developer
15 13 (3.030%) C++ Software Developer
15 13 (3.030%) Technical Designer
15 13 (3.030%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 108 (25.17%) Computer Science
2 38 (8.858%) Device Driver
3 30 (6.993%) Firmware
4 27 (6.294%) Mathematics
5 26 (6.061%) Clustering
5 26 (6.061%) Embedded Systems
6 21 (4.895%) N-Tier
7 20 (4.662%) SaaS
8 17 (3.963%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (3.030%) EMV
9 13 (3.030%) Mobile App
10 12 (2.797%) Mainframe
10 12 (2.797%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 10 (2.331%) Replication
12 9 (2.098%) Data Integration
12 9 (2.098%) Social Media
13 7 (1.632%) Client/Server
14 6 (1.399%) Management Information System
14 6 (1.399%) VSAM
14 6 (1.399%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 170 (39.63%) Windows
2 144 (33.57%) Linux
3 87 (20.28%) UNIX
4 25 (5.828%) Windows XP
5 21 (4.895%) Android
5 21 (4.895%) Apple iOS
6 17 (3.963%) FreeBSD
7 15 (3.497%) Windows Server 2008
8 14 (3.263%) VxWorks
8 14 (3.263%) Windows Server 2003
9 13 (3.030%) Windows 2000
10 12 (2.797%) Windows Vista
11 11 (2.564%) Solaris
12 7 (1.632%) ThreadX
12 7 (1.632%) Windows CE
12 7 (1.632%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.932%) Windows Phone
13 4 (0.932%) Windows Phone 8
13 4 (0.932%) zOS
13 4 (0.932%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (19.35%) OO
2 60 (13.99%) Software Engineering
3 42 (9.790%) Agile Software Development
4 40 (9.324%) E-Commerce
4 40 (9.324%) OOD
5 35 (8.159%) Multithreading
6 25 (5.828%) Scrum
7 20 (4.662%) OOP
7 20 (4.662%) Unit Testing
8 18 (4.196%) Web Development
9 17 (3.963%) Automated Testing
9 17 (3.963%) Configuration Management
10 16 (3.730%) Change Control
10 16 (3.730%) MVC
11 15 (3.497%) Product Management
12 14 (3.263%) UML
12 14 (3.263%) TDD
13 13 (3.030%) RDF
14 12 (2.797%) Service Management
14 12 (2.797%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 178 (41.49%) Java
2 151 (35.20%) C#
3 137 (31.93%) C
4 73 (17.02%) SQL
5 71 (16.55%) PHP
6 67 (15.62%) Python
7 61 (14.22%) JavaScript
8 38 (8.858%) Embedded C
8 38 (8.858%) Perl
9 30 (6.993%) Ruby
10 23 (5.361%) Embedded C++
11 21 (4.895%) Scala
12 20 (4.662%) Objective-C
13 19 (4.429%) Shell Script
13 19 (4.429%) VB.NET
14 16 (3.730%) PHP5
15 13 (3.030%) VC++
16 8 (1.865%) Ada
17 7 (1.632%) T-SQL
18 5 (1.166%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 151 (35.20%) Degree
2 7 (1.632%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.399%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.166%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.166%) CCNA
4 5 (1.166%) MCSE
5 4 (0.932%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.466%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.233%) Sun Certification
7 1 (0.233%) MCSD
7 1 (0.233%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.361%) QA
2 5 (1.166%) COBIT
2 5 (1.166%) DO-178B
3 3 (0.699%) HL7
3 3 (0.699%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.466%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.233%) JTAG
System Software
1 20 (4.662%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.963%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.797%) Novell eDirectory
4 9 (2.098%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 8 (1.865%) NFS
6 2 (0.466%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.466%) vSphere
7 1 (0.233%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (2.797%) ZENworks
2 11 (2.564%) MOM
3 8 (1.865%) Puppet
4 7 (1.632%) Ganglia
4 7 (1.632%) Zenoss
5 5 (1.166%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (0.932%) Nagios
7 2 (0.466%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.466%) WMI
8 1 (0.233%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 57 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.760%) Oracle
3 19 (4.429%) VMware
4 16 (3.730%) Zend
5 13 (3.030%) MKS
6 12 (2.797%) JBoss
7 9 (2.098%) Citrix
7 9 (2.098%) Hitachi
8 8 (1.865%) Sybase
9 7 (1.632%) QNX
9 7 (1.632%) Borland
9 7 (1.632%) IBM
9 7 (1.632%) Intel
10 5 (1.166%) Lotus
10 5 (1.166%) HP
11 3 (0.699%) DevExpress
11 3 (0.699%) BT
11 3 (0.699%) NEC
11 3 (0.699%) EMC
12 2 (0.466%) Cisco
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