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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 23 16 18
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 171 182 181
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 9.919% 10.52% 9.794%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.69% 18.65% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 159 178 128
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,350 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1164 976 1125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 67.52% 56.42% 60.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1043 905 941
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £26,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
South West

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Avonmouth - 2 £30,000 -
C++
South West

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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++.

1 149 (47.15%) C
2 143 (45.25%) Computer Science
3 138 (43.67%) Degree
4 115 (36.39%) Windows
5 107 (33.86%) C#
6 98 (31.01%) OO
7 68 (21.52%) OOA/OOD
8 67 (21.20%) Software Engineering
9 66 (20.89%) OOD
10 57 (18.04%) Java
10 57 (18.04%) Agile Software Development
11 48 (15.19%) Multithreading
12 47 (14.87%) Scrum
12 47 (14.87%) Electronics
13 46 (14.56%) .NET
13 46 (14.56%) UNIX
13 46 (14.56%) Microsoft
14 42 (13.29%) Perl
15 41 (12.97%) Python
16 39 (12.34%) JavaScript
17 38 (12.03%) Linux
18 36 (11.39%) Data Modelling
19 35 (11.08%) Games
20 34 (10.76%) HTML
20 34 (10.76%) SQL
21 33 (10.44%) XML
22 32 (10.13%) PHP
23 30 (9.494%) CSS
24 29 (9.177%) STL
25 24 (7.595%) Security Cleared

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 46 (14.56%) .NET
2 34 (10.76%) HTML
3 33 (10.44%) XML
4 30 (9.494%) CSS
5 29 (9.177%) STL
6 24 (7.595%) Qt
7 21 (6.646%) ATL
7 21 (6.646%) MFC
8 18 (5.696%) WPF
8 18 (5.696%) Web Services
8 18 (5.696%) LAMP
9 17 (5.380%) JSON
9 17 (5.380%) RESTful
10 15 (4.747%) iOS SDK
11 12 (3.797%) OpenGL
12 9 (2.848%) HTML5
13 8 (2.532%) CSS3
13 8 (2.532%) Middleware
14 7 (2.215%) jQuery
15 6 (1.899%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 16 (5.063%) Apache
2 3 (0.949%) Magento
3 2 (0.633%) GlassFish
3 2 (0.633%) WordPress
3 2 (0.633%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.316%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.848%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.633%) LabWindows
2 1 (0.316%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.696%) TCP/IP
2 15 (4.747%) DVB
3 14 (4.430%) DLNA
4 9 (2.848%) HTTP
5 2 (0.633%) Wireless
6 1 (0.316%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.316%) VPN
6 1 (0.316%) IGMP
6 1 (0.316%) NAS
6 1 (0.316%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.646%) MySQL
2 16 (5.063%) Big Data
3 12 (3.797%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.899%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.633%) JasperReports
5 2 (0.633%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.316%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.316%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 14 (4.430%) StarTeam
2 13 (4.114%) MSBuild
3 7 (2.215%) GoogleTest
4 5 (1.582%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.949%) Subversion
5 3 (0.949%) NUnit
5 3 (0.949%) Git (software)
5 3 (0.949%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.633%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.633%) CppUnit
6 2 (0.633%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.633%) JUnit
7 1 (0.316%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.316%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.316%) JIRA
7 1 (0.316%) GDB
General
1 47 (14.87%) Electronics
2 35 (11.08%) Games
3 8 (2.532%) Aerospace
4 7 (2.215%) Finance
5 6 (1.899%) Telecoms
6 3 (0.949%) Retail
6 3 (0.949%) Avionics
7 2 (0.633%) Japanese Language
7 2 (0.633%) Banking
7 2 (0.633%) Front Office
8 1 (0.316%) Automotive
8 1 (0.316%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.316%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 158 (50.00%) Developer
2 127 (40.19%) Software Engineer
3 54 (17.09%) Software Developer
4 51 (16.14%) C++ Developer
5 39 (12.34%) Graduate
6 37 (11.71%) C++ Software Engineer
7 32 (10.13%) C++ Software Developer
8 22 (6.962%) Java Developer
9 19 (6.013%) Graduate Developer
10 18 (5.696%) Test Engineer
10 18 (5.696%) Programmer
11 17 (5.380%) iOS Developer
12 15 (4.747%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 15 (4.747%) C++ Programmer
13 13 (4.114%) Software Test Engineer
14 12 (3.797%) C Software Engineer
14 12 (3.797%) Senior Developer
15 11 (3.481%) C Developer
16 10 (3.165%) Junior
16 10 (3.165%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 143 (45.25%) Computer Science
2 24 (7.595%) Digital Media
3 22 (6.962%) 3D Graphics
4 19 (6.013%) Mobile App
5 17 (5.380%) Mathematics
6 16 (5.063%) Machine Learning
7 14 (4.430%) MPEG
8 13 (4.114%) iDTV
8 13 (4.114%) DTV
8 13 (4.114%) Video on Demand
9 11 (3.481%) iPhone
10 9 (2.848%) iPad
11 5 (1.582%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.582%) Open Source
12 4 (1.266%) Physics
13 3 (0.949%) N-Tier
14 2 (0.633%) Embedded Systems
14 2 (0.633%) Firmware
14 2 (0.633%) Device Driver
15 1 (0.316%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 115 (36.39%) Windows
2 46 (14.56%) UNIX
3 38 (12.03%) Linux
4 24 (7.595%) Apple iOS
5 16 (5.063%) Android
6 10 (3.165%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (1.266%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.949%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.316%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.316%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (31.01%) OO
2 68 (21.52%) OOA/OOD
3 67 (21.20%) Software Engineering
4 66 (20.89%) OOD
5 57 (18.04%) Agile Software Development
6 48 (15.19%) Multithreading
7 47 (14.87%) Scrum
8 36 (11.39%) Data Modelling
9 21 (6.646%) TDD
10 20 (6.329%) Data Management
11 18 (5.696%) Memory Management
12 17 (5.380%) Structured Programming
12 17 (5.380%) Software Architecture
13 15 (4.747%) Configuration Management
14 14 (4.430%) UML
15 13 (4.114%) DRM
15 13 (4.114%) Kanban
16 11 (3.481%) Project Management
16 11 (3.481%) Unit Testing
17 9 (2.848%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 149 (47.15%) C
2 107 (33.86%) C#
3 57 (18.04%) Java
4 42 (13.29%) Perl
5 41 (12.97%) Python
6 39 (12.34%) JavaScript
7 34 (10.76%) SQL
8 32 (10.13%) PHP
9 21 (6.646%) VC++
10 16 (5.063%) VB
11 15 (4.747%) Objective-C
11 15 (4.747%) Bash shell
12 14 (4.430%) VB.NET
13 12 (3.797%) T-SQL
14 11 (3.481%) VB6
15 8 (2.532%) Ruby
16 5 (1.582%) Ada
17 4 (1.266%) Lua
18 3 (0.949%) VBScript
18 3 (0.949%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 138 (43.67%) Degree
2 24 (7.595%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.013%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.949%) HNC
4 3 (0.949%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (0.316%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.430%) QA
2 3 (0.949%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.316%) JTAG
Vendors
1 46 (14.56%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.329%) Oracle
3 7 (2.215%) Progress
4 5 (1.582%) Sony
5 3 (0.949%) Zend
6 1 (0.316%) Apple
6 1 (0.316%) Sage
6 1 (0.316%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.316%) CA
6 1 (0.316%) Google
6 1 (0.316%) Atlassian
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Analyst/Programmer, Developer, Perl, C, C++, Java, .Net, C#, OO language... Suitable candidates will have a strong understanding/experience of a development language - ideally OO - such as...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
C / C++ / Unix - Bristol - Graduate to Mid-Level. An industry leading company in Bristol require a number of talented engineers with strong backgrounds in Linux / Unix and C /...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20 - £40 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Developer, Programmer, Engineer, C, C++, VC++, Windows, Linux, UNIX, Multithreading, Multithreaded, STL, Boost Cornucopia is currently working with a very highly regarded company which has an immediate requirement...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The skills/ experience required for the role are as follows; You will be a University graduate with a BSc Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics or Similar...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set that includes: - C++- Visual C++, - MFC,- Experience of Agile methodologies, Able to travel and work with teams across the globe...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The skills they are looking for- Experience developing in a embedded environment Has programmed in C and C++ from low level up to application Experience using Real-time...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Software Engineer, C, C++, applications developer, MS Windows, Unix, Bristol... Software development is carried out in C and C++ in a Windows environment... RequiredSkills C and C++ programming...
Parker White Consulting Ltd
Salary: From £23,000 to £25,000 per annum Plus benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Urgent!... As such they want to give the opportunity to 2 recent graduates to join their expanding development team... They will interview at short notice. The company is...
Salary: £20000 - £24000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
C++ Programmer / Developer - Bristol or London... *Strong C++ and STL development skills. *Demonstrable OO design skills. *MFC 9.0 (VS C++ 2008) and practical experience of developing Microsoft...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
C++ Programmer / Developer - Bristol or London... *Strong C++ and STL development skills. *Demonstrable OO design skills. *MFC 9.0 (VS C++ 2008) and practical experience of developing Microsoft...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
My client, leading the way in their field are looking to fill two mid-level positions within their software engineering team. The successful applicants will have at least...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
You should have the right to work in the UK.Knowledge of any of these will be an advantage: -- Javascript/CSS/HTML5- IOS or Android native development- Server...
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
You should be a graduate in Computer Science, Engineering or Maths... Knowledge of any of these will be an advantage: - - Javascript/CSS/HTML5 - IOS or Android native development -...
Recruitment Genius Ltd
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Qualifications and Experience BSc or higher degree in Computer Science or engineering, or equivalent... Good understanding of C++ and C... Experience with the Microsoft development process. Desirable technical...
Proteus Europe
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking two Senior C++ Software Developers for our market leading client based in theBristolarea. This is a fantastic new opportunity within the business, the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus, training, pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
You should have a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar and strong coding skills of C++, any knowledge of C coding, ATL / WTL, MSBuild or multithreading...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a test engineer with 2 - 5 years of experience following a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. You must be able to read...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Therefore good software engineering and knowledge of complex algorithms are required.Software Development is carried out in C and C++, in a mixed environment including Windows (PC based)...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Competitive Extras
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Software development is carried out in C and C++, in a Microsoft Windows (PC based) environment... Implementation (coding) is carried out in either C or C++ depending on...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Are you looking for a unique opportunity in a dynamic fast-paced environment within an award-winning company? Do you have a passion for mobile? Do you have...
Salary: £20000 - £28000 per annum + Unbeatable Benefits Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
You will require a minimum of two years' experience, Toolchain, a very good understanding of C++ / C, experience with the Microsoft development process, understanding / experience of Python would...
ISL
Salary: £35 - £45 per annum + Bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Therefor ANY knowledge of .Net, Java, C#, Python, C++, Bash, Perl, SQL, etc... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum + Outstanding benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key skills: Software Developer, Strong C++ and C programming knowledge with strong experience using MFC / STL and VC++ / Microsoft Visual C++ Client: A fantastic opportunity has arisen for...
Auburn Rose
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential skills include: * Degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science... * Experience of full development life cycle using C/C++ for Embedded Systems, Assembler(8051) , Visual C++, VB.NET... *...
Roc Search
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Candidates will have to possess strong C++ and STL development skills in addition to demonstrable OO design skills. It is also essential that you have experience of MFC...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013