The first table below looks at the demand for STL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited STL 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 Application Development category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Standard Template Library (STL)
Rank 107 101 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing STL 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.119% 0.068% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.324% 0.196% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £30,000 £39,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-8.75% +6.66%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
617 511 422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.62% 34.81% 31.10%
Number of salaries quoted 555 473 388
Average salary £38,250 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.00% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
STL
West Midlands

STL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing STL across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham STL Jobs Demand Trend

STL
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham STL Salary Trend

STL
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing STL 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 STL.

1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) Visual Studio
2 4 (66.67%) SOAP
2 4 (66.67%) XML
2 4 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) HTTP
2 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (66.67%) OpenGL
2 4 (66.67%) DirectX
2 4 (66.67%) Games
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 2 (33.33%) Physics
3 2 (33.33%) VC++
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) MFC

STL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing STL 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 STL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 4 (66.67%) SOAP
1 4 (66.67%) XML
1 4 (66.67%) OpenGL
1 4 (66.67%) DirectX
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) MFC
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) HTTP
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (66.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) C++ Developer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Programmer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (33.33%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 4 (66.67%) C
2 4 (66.67%) Python
3 2 (33.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree