The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 31 27 21
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -6
Permanent jobs citing C++ 5 16 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 4.202% 11.51% 1.724%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.376% 19.51% 2.381%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 1
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
93 82 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 78.15% 58.99% 72.41%
Number of salaries quoted 83 81 41
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,600 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Manchester

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton C++ Salary Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 6 (85.71%) Java
1 6 (85.71%) Web Services
2 4 (57.14%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) PHP
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) SOAP
2 4 (57.14%) RAD
2 4 (57.14%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) HTTP
2 4 (57.14%) C
2 4 (57.14%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) Ruby
2 4 (57.14%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) WATIR
2 4 (57.14%) Selenium
2 4 (57.14%) FitNesse
2 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Unit Testing
2 4 (57.14%) System Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
2 4 (57.14%) soapUI
2 4 (57.14%) REST
2 4 (57.14%) Mobile App
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
3 2 (28.57%) Android
3 2 (28.57%) RESTful
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (28.57%) TDD
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) Windows CE

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 6 (85.71%) Web Services
2 4 (57.14%) XML
2 4 (57.14%) SOAP
2 4 (57.14%) soapUI
2 4 (57.14%) REST
3 2 (28.57%) RESTful
4 1 (14.29%) OpenGL
4 1 (14.29%) DirectX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) HTTP
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) WATIR
1 4 (57.14%) Selenium
1 4 (57.14%) FitNesse
General
1 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) Test Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
2 1 (14.29%) Physics
2 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
2 1 (14.29%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (28.57%) Windows CE
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) RAD
1 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (57.14%) Unit Testing
1 4 (57.14%) System Testing
1 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) OO
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) PHP
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) C
2 4 (57.14%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) Ruby
3 1 (14.29%) GLSL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
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