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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Birmingham region.

 C++
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank312560
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+35
Matching permanent IT job ads548586
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham5.090 %5.854 %2.660 %
As % of the Programming Languages category11.92 %12.88 %7.325 %
Salaries quoted518256
Average salary£40,000£33,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21 %+1.530 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,550£23,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£37,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4536601174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham42.70 %45.45 %36.31 %
Salaries quoted4066021039
Average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£52,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C++ West MidlandsC++
West Midlands

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Birmingham C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Birmingham C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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++.

185 (61.15 %)C
255 (39.57 %)C#
255 (39.57 %)Java
352 (37.41 %)Perl
444 (31.65 %)PHP
543 (30.94 %)SQL
638 (27.34 %)Web Services
736 (25.90 %)SQL Server
830 (21.58 %)Windows
830 (21.58 %)Degree
928 (20.14 %)VB
1027 (19.42 %)Delphi
1126 (18.71 %).NET
1225 (17.99 %)Linux
1322 (15.83 %)SOAP
1322 (15.83 %)LAMP
1421 (15.11 %)UNIX
1520 (14.39 %)J2EE
1520 (14.39 %)Ruby
1619 (13.67 %)Open Source
1619 (13.67 %)Pharmaceutical
1715 (10.79 %)Solaris
1715 (10.79 %)OO
1814 (10.07 %)ASP.NET
1913 (9.353 %)Mathematics
1913 (9.353 %)GUPTA
2012 (8.633 %)ASP
2012 (8.633 %)MySQL
2012 (8.633 %)JavaScript
2111 (7.914 %)MFC

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
138 (27.34 %)Web Services
226 (18.71 %).NET
322 (15.83 %)LAMP
322 (15.83 %)SOAP
420 (14.39 %)J2EE
514 (10.07 %)ASP.NET
612 (8.633 %)ASP
711 (7.914 %)HTML
711 (7.914 %)MFC
711 (7.914 %)CSS
711 (7.914 %)AJAX
711 (7.914 %)WCF
87 (5.036 %)Drools
87 (5.036 %)RESTful
87 (5.036 %)Ruby on Rails
87 (5.036 %)Hibernate
87 (5.036 %)Spring
87 (5.036 %)OpenGL
94 (2.878 %)WebSphere
103 (2.158 %)ISPF
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (2.878 %)WebLogic
14 (2.878 %)Apache
21 (0.719 %)WordPress
Birmingham IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (5.036 %)Photoshop
21 (0.719 %)MS Office
21 (0.719 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (6.475 %)3GPP
19 (6.475 %)UMTS
25 (3.597 %)GPRS
25 (3.597 %)GSM
25 (3.597 %)Wireless
33 (2.158 %)HSPA
42 (1.439 %)ASN.1
42 (1.439 %)3G
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (25.90 %)SQL Server
212 (8.633 %)MySQL
33 (2.158 %)MS Access
33 (2.158 %)RDBMS
33 (2.158 %)BusinessObjects
33 (2.158 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (2.158 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (2.158 %)BusinessObjects XI
41 (0.719 %)Crystal Reports
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (2.158 %)Oracle Forms
22 (1.439 %)ProC
22 (1.439 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.719 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Birmingham IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
119 (13.67 %)Pharmaceutical
210 (7.194 %)Finance
38 (5.755 %)Telecoms
38 (5.755 %)Retail
47 (5.036 %)Pensions
55 (3.597 %)3D Graphics
55 (3.597 %)Banking
63 (2.158 %)Education
71 (0.719 %)Health
71 (0.719 %)Games
71 (0.719 %)Online Games
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
198 (70.50 %)Developer
242 (30.22 %)Software Developer
316 (11.51 %).NET Developer
415 (10.79 %)C# Developer
514 (10.07 %)Software Engineer
514 (10.07 %)Web Developer
613 (9.353 %)Senior Developer
712 (8.633 %)ASP.NET Developer
712 (8.633 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
811 (7.914 %)Senior C# Developer
811 (7.914 %)Senior .NET Developer
811 (7.914 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
811 (7.914 %)C++ Developer
910 (7.194 %)Analyst
109 (6.475 %)C++ Software Engineer
109 (6.475 %)C Developer
109 (6.475 %)Java Developer
118 (5.755 %)Risk Analyst
118 (5.755 %)Java/J2EE Developer
127 (5.036 %)Java Web Developer
Birmingham IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (13.67 %)Open Source
213 (9.353 %)Mathematics
310 (7.194 %)SaaS
46 (4.317 %)Mainframe
46 (4.317 %)Handset
46 (4.317 %)Computer Science
54 (2.878 %)Physics
61 (0.719 %)Blog
61 (0.719 %)Multithreading
61 (0.719 %)Semantic Web
61 (0.719 %)Tandem
61 (0.719 %)Economics
61 (0.719 %)Management Information System
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
130 (21.58 %)Windows
225 (17.99 %)Linux
321 (15.11 %)UNIX
415 (10.79 %)Solaris
53 (2.158 %)Windows XP
61 (0.719 %)AIX
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (10.79 %)OO
211 (7.914 %)OOP
211 (7.914 %)Software Engineering
37 (5.036 %)Risk Analysis
37 (5.036 %)Financial Modelling
46 (4.317 %)Document Management
46 (4.317 %)Project Management
46 (4.317 %)SOA
55 (3.597 %)CAD
55 (3.597 %)OOD
55 (3.597 %)OOA/OOD
64 (2.878 %)Information Management
73 (2.158 %)Regression Testing
82 (1.439 %)UML
82 (1.439 %)CAE
82 (1.439 %)Test Automation
91 (0.719 %)Release Management
91 (0.719 %)User Acceptance Testing
91 (0.719 %)Unit Testing
91 (0.719 %)ITIL
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
185 (61.15 %)C
255 (39.57 %)C#
255 (39.57 %)Java
352 (37.41 %)Perl
444 (31.65 %)PHP
543 (30.94 %)SQL
628 (20.14 %)VB
727 (19.42 %)Delphi
820 (14.39 %)Ruby
912 (8.633 %)JavaScript
109 (6.475 %)Python
118 (5.755 %)VBA
127 (5.036 %)COBOL
136 (4.317 %)VC++
136 (4.317 %)Shell Script
136 (4.317 %)TTCN
144 (2.878 %)Groovy
144 (2.878 %)Prolog
144 (2.878 %)T-SQL
153 (2.158 %)JCL
Birmingham IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
130 (21.58 %)Degree
22 (1.439 %)Microsoft Certification
Birmingham IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (9.353 %)GUPTA
27 (5.036 %)Adobe
27 (5.036 %)JBoss
35 (3.597 %)Microsoft
44 (2.878 %)IBM
44 (2.878 %)Oracle
53 (2.158 %)Business Objects
53 (2.158 %)BEA
53 (2.158 %)Micro Focus