The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 84 54 58
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 32 40 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.909% 2.753% 2.707%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.272% 6.107% 6.780%
Number of salaries quoted 32 38 34
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £27,950
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
749 655 531
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 44.69% 45.08% 39.92%
Number of salaries quoted 651 610 483
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +18.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,150 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
West Midlands

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 38 (63.33%) C#
2 32 (53.33%) .NET
3 23 (38.33%) Mathematics
4 21 (35.00%) Degree
5 16 (26.67%) VC++
6 15 (25.00%) WinForms
6 15 (25.00%) WCF
7 14 (23.33%) WPF
7 14 (23.33%) Physics
7 14 (23.33%) Computer Science
7 14 (23.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (23.33%) Visual Studio
8 13 (21.67%) Windows
8 13 (21.67%) SQL
9 12 (20.00%) C
9 12 (20.00%) CAD
9 12 (20.00%) Scrum
10 11 (18.33%) T-SQL
10 11 (18.33%) Java
11 10 (16.67%) XML
11 10 (16.67%) jQuery
12 9 (15.00%) SQL Server
13 8 (13.33%) MFC
13 8 (13.33%) Microsoft
13 8 (13.33%) Aerospace
13 8 (13.33%) Manufacturing
13 8 (13.33%) Ajax
14 7 (11.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (11.67%) MVC
14 7 (11.67%) Automotive

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 32 (53.33%) .NET
2 15 (25.00%) WinForms
2 15 (25.00%) WCF
3 14 (23.33%) WPF
4 10 (16.67%) jQuery
4 10 (16.67%) XML
5 8 (13.33%) MFC
5 8 (13.33%) Ajax
6 7 (11.67%) STL
6 7 (11.67%) HTML
7 6 (10.00%) OpenGL
7 6 (10.00%) DirectX
7 6 (10.00%) ASP.NET
8 5 (8.333%) .NET Framework
9 4 (6.667%) CSS
10 3 (5.000%) SOAP
10 3 (5.000%) XHTML
10 3 (5.000%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 3 (5.000%) CSS3
10 3 (5.000%) Razor View Engine
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.333%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (3.333%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (6.667%) Network Security
2 4 (6.667%) HTTP
3 1 (1.667%) ADSL
3 1 (1.667%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (11.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (6.667%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.667%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (23.33%) Visual Studio
1 14 (23.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (6.667%) Subversion
3 2 (3.333%) JIRA
3 2 (3.333%) Selenium
3 2 (3.333%) TestComplete
3 2 (3.333%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (3.333%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (3.333%) ProC
4 1 (1.667%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.667%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 8 (13.33%) Aerospace
1 8 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 7 (11.67%) Automotive
2 7 (11.67%) Finance
3 5 (8.333%) Games
4 3 (5.000%) Retail
5 2 (3.333%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.667%) Front Office
6 1 (1.667%) Back Office
6 1 (1.667%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 36 (60.00%) Developer
2 21 (35.00%) Software Engineer
3 16 (26.67%) C++ Developer
4 8 (13.33%) Software Developer
4 8 (13.33%) C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (11.67%) C# Developer
5 7 (11.67%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (10.00%) C Developer
6 6 (10.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 6 (10.00%) .NET Developer
6 6 (10.00%) Junior
6 6 (10.00%) ASP.NET Developer
7 5 (8.333%) Junior Developer
7 5 (8.333%) C++ Software Developer
7 5 (8.333%) Senior Developer
7 5 (8.333%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 5 (8.333%) Mobile Developer
8 4 (6.667%) Web Developer
9 3 (5.000%) Applications Developer
9 3 (5.000%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 23 (38.33%) Mathematics
2 14 (23.33%) Physics
2 14 (23.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (8.333%) Mobile App
4 3 (5.000%) Open Source
5 2 (3.333%) Firmware
5 2 (3.333%) Pocket PC
6 1 (1.667%) EPoS
6 1 (1.667%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (1.667%) iPhone
6 1 (1.667%) iPad
6 1 (1.667%) Kindle
6 1 (1.667%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.67%) Windows
2 4 (6.667%) Linux
2 4 (6.667%) Android
2 4 (6.667%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.333%) Windows 8
3 2 (3.333%) Windows Phone 8
3 2 (3.333%) Windows Phone
3 2 (3.333%) Windows CE
3 2 (3.333%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (3.333%) AIX
3 2 (3.333%) Solaris
3 2 (3.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) CAD
1 12 (20.00%) Scrum
2 7 (11.67%) MVC
3 6 (10.00%) Workflow
3 6 (10.00%) OO
4 5 (8.333%) Web Development
5 4 (6.667%) OOP
5 4 (6.667%) Software Engineering
6 3 (5.000%) PRINCE2
6 3 (5.000%) PRINCE
7 2 (3.333%) Unit Testing
7 2 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (3.333%) Automated Testing
8 1 (1.667%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (1.667%) PLM
8 1 (1.667%) CRM
8 1 (1.667%) ERP
8 1 (1.667%) CAE
8 1 (1.667%) Project Management
8 1 (1.667%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (63.33%) C#
2 16 (26.67%) VC++
3 13 (21.67%) SQL
4 12 (20.00%) C
5 11 (18.33%) T-SQL
5 11 (18.33%) Java
6 6 (10.00%) Python
7 5 (8.333%) MATLAB
7 5 (8.333%) VB
8 4 (6.667%) JavaScript
8 4 (6.667%) Delphi
9 3 (5.000%) PL/SQL
10 2 (3.333%) VB.NET
10 2 (3.333%) Embedded C++
10 2 (3.333%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.667%) Objective-C
11 1 (1.667%) VB6
11 1 (1.667%) PHP5
11 1 (1.667%) PHP4
11 1 (1.667%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 21 (35.00%) Degree
2 2 (3.333%) ISEB
3 1 (1.667%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.333%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.00%) Apple
3 4 (6.667%) Borland
4 3 (5.000%) Oracle
Birmingham, West Midlands
Position Software Engineer/ C++ / Software DeveloperSalary £25,000 - £30,000 Location King's Heath, BirminghamReference 7006080The Background - Software Engineer/ C++ / Software DeveloperThis driven and dynamic company is looking...
JAM
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The Role This position will concentrate on bringing forward this company's new product, and will require you to write code in C++ that can be added to...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Automated Test Analyst, Tester, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, SWET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java,...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
I am currently recruiting for C/C++ Developer on Unix platform to take on a permanent position with a financial client in Birmingham... In terms of technical ability,...
Pertemps IT
Salary: 33,000 - 40,000
Posted: 16 May 2013