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This section looks at the demand for C++ skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkC++
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank21
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads804856
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.424 %0.351 %
As % of the category below38.75 %44.70 %
Salaries quoted733673
Average minimum salary£32,492£32,490
Average salary£36,754£36,329
% change on same period last year+1.16 %
Average maximum salary£41,016£40,169
UK excluding London average salary£36,223£36,138
% change on same period last year+0.23 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads20751915
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.095 %0.784 %
Salaries quoted18311596
Average minimum salary£32,337£32,719
Average salary£36,075£36,305
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Average maximum salary£39,812£39,891
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
C++ CambridgeshireC++
Cambridgeshire

C++
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cambridge C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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++.

1733 (46.42 %)C
2590 (37.37 %)Degree
3459 (29.07 %)C#
4411 (26.03 %)Windows
5373 (23.62 %).NET
6369 (23.37 %)Java
7320 (20.27 %)Computer Science
8318 (20.14 %)Linux
9231 (14.63 %)Mathematics
9231 (14.63 %)UNIX
10211 (13.36 %)OO
11153 (9.690 %)Perl
12134 (8.486 %)Software Engineering
13132 (8.360 %)Embedded C++
14129 (8.170 %)SQL
15127 (8.043 %)MFC
16117 (7.410 %)PhD
17114 (7.220 %)Microsoft
18109 (6.903 %)Python
19107 (6.776 %)Visual Studio
20105 (6.650 %)TCP/IP
20105 (6.650 %)Pensions
2197 (6.143 %)STL
2197 (6.143 %)VC++
2296 (6.080 %)Electronics
2395 (6.016 %)Embedded C
2494 (5.953 %)Health
2591 (5.763 %)SQL Server
2591 (5.763 %)Physics
2689 (5.636 %)XML

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1373 (23.62 %).NET
2127 (8.043 %)MFC
397 (6.143 %)STL
489 (5.636 %)XML
571 (4.497 %)ASP.NET
666 (4.180 %)J2EE
759 (3.737 %)HTML
837 (2.343 %)AJAX
936 (2.280 %)WinForms
936 (2.280 %)WebServices
1032 (2.027 %)OpenGL
1131 (1.963 %).NET Framework
1230 (1.900 %)CSS
1328 (1.773 %)SOAP
1421 (1.330 %)WSDL
1519 (1.203 %)DirectX
1618 (1.140 %)Middleware
1618 (1.140 %)J2ME
1715 (0.950 %)JSP
1811 (0.697 %)WAP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (1.267 %)Apache
211 (0.697 %)JBoss
36 (0.380 %)SharePoint
44 (0.253 %)ColdFusion
53 (0.190 %)Tomcat
61 (0.063 %)ColdFusion MX
61 (0.063 %)WebLogic
61 (0.063 %)IIS
61 (0.063 %)iPlanet
61 (0.063 %)CMS
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
189 (5.636 %)MATLAB
246 (2.913 %)MS Excel
345 (2.850 %)MS Visio
439 (2.470 %)3ds Max
531 (1.963 %)Maya
618 (1.140 %)FrameMaker
716 (1.013 %)S-PLUS
88 (0.507 %)Simulink
95 (0.317 %)FreeHand
95 (0.317 %)Pro/ENGINEER
104 (0.253 %)MS Office
111 (0.063 %)CA Clarity
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1105 (6.650 %)TCP/IP
250 (3.167 %)Wireless
343 (2.723 %)Internet
437 (2.343 %)Bluetooth
535 (2.217 %)3G
630 (1.900 %)HTTP
724 (1.520 %)GSM
823 (1.457 %)UMTS
920 (1.267 %)3GPP
920 (1.267 %)2G
1018 (1.140 %)WCDMA
1117 (1.077 %)Wi-Fi
1215 (0.950 %)DNS
1313 (0.823 %)VoIP
1412 (0.760 %)ATM
1510 (0.633 %)Intranet
168 (0.507 %)CTI
168 (0.507 %)RTSP
177 (0.443 %)RNC
177 (0.443 %)DVB
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
191 (5.763 %)SQL Server
221 (1.330 %)MySQL
317 (1.077 %)SQL Server 2005
317 (1.077 %)SQL Server 7
413 (0.823 %)GIS
512 (0.760 %)MS Access
610 (0.633 %)SQL Server 2000
75 (0.317 %)Data Mining
84 (0.253 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (0.253 %)KDB
93 (0.190 %)Text Mining
93 (0.190 %)RDBMS
102 (0.127 %)Oracle 10g
102 (0.127 %)Oracle 9i
102 (0.127 %)Informix
111 (0.063 %)Oracle 11g
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1107 (6.776 %)Visual Studio
232 (2.027 %)MSI
316 (1.013 %)VSS/SourceSafe
47 (0.443 %)Subversion
55 (0.317 %)ClearCase
55 (0.317 %)LabVIEW
64 (0.253 %)InstallShield
64 (0.253 %)Flash
64 (0.253 %)Eclipse
73 (0.190 %)WinRunner
73 (0.190 %)TestDirector
73 (0.190 %)QuickTest Pro
73 (0.190 %)LoadRunner
73 (0.190 %)SilkTest
82 (0.127 %)Selenium
82 (0.127 %)PVCS
82 (0.127 %)Rational Rose
82 (0.127 %)JUnit
82 (0.127 %)CruiseControl
91 (0.063 %)NUnit
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1105 (6.650 %)Pensions
296 (6.080 %)Electronics
394 (5.953 %)Health
487 (5.510 %)Telecoms
564 (4.053 %)Education
654 (3.420 %)Finance
753 (3.357 %)Insurance
851 (3.230 %)Games
950 (3.167 %)3D Graphics
1034 (2.153 %)Marketing
1130 (1.900 %)Multimedia
1226 (1.647 %)Animation
1324 (1.520 %)Automotive
1412 (0.760 %)Electric
1510 (0.633 %)Manufacturing
1510 (0.633 %)Publishing
168 (0.507 %)Banking
177 (0.443 %)Retail
186 (0.380 %)Pharmaceutical
195 (0.317 %)Aerospace
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1655 (41.48 %)Software Engineer
2547 (34.64 %)Developer
3301 (19.06 %)Software Developer
4287 (18.18 %)C++ Developer
5194 (12.29 %)C++ Software Engineer
6157 (9.943 %)C++ Software Developer
7101 (6.396 %)Graduate
883 (5.256 %)C# Developer
980 (5.066 %)Embedded Software Engineer
1063 (3.990 %)C++/CSharp Developer
1162 (3.927 %)CSharp Software Developer
1261 (3.863 %)C# Software Engineer
1358 (3.673 %)C Software Engineer
1453 (3.357 %)C Developer
1453 (3.357 %)Senior Software Engineer
1551 (3.230 %)Programmer
1649 (3.103 %)Consultant
1741 (2.597 %)Junior
1838 (2.407 %)Java Developer
1936 (2.280 %)Senior Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1320 (20.27 %)Computer Science
2231 (14.63 %)Mathematics
391 (5.763 %)Physics
446 (2.913 %)VHDL
545 (2.850 %)Verilog
627 (1.710 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
725 (1.583 %)Multithreading
822 (1.393 %)Device Driver
921 (1.330 %)DTV
1019 (1.203 %)IPTV
1118 (1.140 %)Cryptography
1217 (1.077 %)Handset
1315 (0.950 %)STB
1315 (0.950 %)Applied Mathematics
1414 (0.887 %)IVR
1414 (0.887 %)MPEG
159 (0.570 %)Web 2.0
168 (0.507 %)Artificial Intelligence
177 (0.443 %)PKI
177 (0.443 %)Statistics
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1411 (26.03 %)Windows
2318 (20.14 %)Linux
3231 (14.63 %)UNIX
447 (2.977 %)Solaris
536 (2.280 %)Embedded Linux
628 (1.773 %)VxWorks
727 (1.710 %)Symbian OS
826 (1.647 %)Windows XP
924 (1.520 %)Windows NT
924 (1.520 %)Windows CE
1018 (1.140 %)HPUX
117 (0.443 %)Windows 2000
117 (0.443 %)Mac OS X
125 (0.317 %)Windows Mobile
134 (0.253 %)Nucleus RTOS
134 (0.253 %)ThreadX
142 (0.127 %)pSOS
151 (0.063 %)LynxOS
151 (0.063 %)AIX
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1211 (13.36 %)OO
2134 (8.486 %)Software Engineering
385 (5.383 %)UML
484 (5.320 %)OOD
565 (4.117 %)CAD
630 (1.900 %)Automated Testing
728 (1.773 %)Project Management
728 (1.773 %)OOP
824 (1.520 %)EDA
922 (1.393 %)Agile Software Development
1019 (1.203 %)OOA/OOD
1019 (1.203 %)Software Testing
1117 (1.077 %)Web Development
1216 (1.013 %)Scrum
1315 (0.950 %)PLM
1413 (0.823 %)Extreme Programming
1413 (0.823 %)Unit Testing
1511 (0.697 %)Numerical Analysis
1511 (0.697 %)CAE
1610 (0.633 %)Validation
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1733 (46.42 %)C
2459 (29.07 %)C#
3369 (23.37 %)Java
4153 (9.690 %)Perl
5132 (8.360 %)Embedded C++
6129 (8.170 %)SQL
7109 (6.903 %)Python
897 (6.143 %)VC++
995 (6.016 %)Embedded C
1086 (5.446 %)JavaScript
1184 (5.320 %)VB
1280 (5.066 %)PHP
1354 (3.420 %)Assembly Language
1437 (2.343 %)VB6
1522 (1.393 %)DHTML
1611 (0.697 %)VB.NET
1611 (0.697 %)Shell Script
177 (0.443 %)Delphi
186 (0.380 %)Fortran
195 (0.317 %)Lua
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1590 (37.37 %)Degree
2117 (7.410 %)PhD
37 (0.443 %)ISEB
37 (0.443 %)Microsoft Certification
44 (0.253 %)PRINCE2 Certification
53 (0.190 %)CISSP
62 (0.127 %)Postgraduate
71 (0.063 %)GIAC
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
132 (2.027 %)QA
23 (0.190 %)ISO9001
32 (0.127 %)JTAG
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.253 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1114 (7.220 %)Microsoft
258 (3.673 %)Symbian
326 (1.647 %)Oracle
424 (1.520 %)Perforce
516 (1.013 %)Macrovision
615 (0.950 %)HP
712 (0.760 %)Apple
88 (0.507 %)MKS
97 (0.443 %)IBM
106 (0.380 %)Wall Street Systems
115 (0.317 %)Autodesk
124 (0.253 %)PeopleSoft
132 (0.127 %)Sony
132 (0.127 %)QNX
132 (0.127 %)Mapinfo
132 (0.127 %)Adobe
132 (0.127 %)Sun
141 (0.063 %)Dell
141 (0.063 %)Intel
141 (0.063 %)Sybase
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