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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
X++
Rank - 95 79
Permanent jobs citing X++ 0 5 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.337% 0.893%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.742% 2.321%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 6
Average salary - £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +18.75%
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
782 674 517
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 46.00% 45.48% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 681 620 474
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +15.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
X++
West Midlands

X++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham X++ Jobs Demand Trend

X++
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham X++ Salary Trend

X++
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing X++ 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 X++.

1 8 (100.00%) Automotive
1 8 (100.00%) Dynamics AX
1 8 (100.00%) MorphX

X++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing X++ 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 X++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Dynamics AX
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) MorphX
General
1 8 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
1 8 (100.00%) Dynamics AX Developer