The first table below looks at the demand for the C++/C# Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++/C# Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++/C# Developer
Rank 118 114 105
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a C++/C# Developer 5 9 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.275% 0.448% 0.887%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.289% 0.465% 0.936%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 19
Average salary £38,500 £45,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.44% +63.63%
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1936 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.21% 96.32% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1538 1644 1847
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
C++/C# Developer
Cambridgeshire

C++/C# Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing C++/C# Developer across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge C++/C# Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C++/C# Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++/C# Developer across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge C++/C# Developer Salary Trend

C++/C# Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited C++/C# Developer in their job title 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 with C++/C# Developer in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) C#
1 10 (100.00%) C++
2 9 (90.00%) .NET
3 6 (60.00%) MFC
3 6 (60.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) ActiveX
3 6 (60.00%) Firmware
3 6 (60.00%) OLE
3 6 (60.00%) VBScript
3 6 (60.00%) WPF
3 6 (60.00%) Signal Processing
4 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
4 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (40.00%) C
5 3 (30.00%) SQL
5 3 (30.00%) PhD
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle
5 3 (30.00%) DB2
5 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
5 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (30.00%) STL
5 3 (30.00%) MVC
5 3 (30.00%) Degree
5 3 (30.00%) Load Balancing
5 3 (30.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (30.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (30.00%) C++/CLI
5 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Analytics

C++/C# Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited C++/C# Developer in their job title 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 with C++/C# Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) .NET
2 6 (60.00%) MFC
2 6 (60.00%) ActiveX
2 6 (60.00%) OLE
2 6 (60.00%) WPF
3 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (30.00%) STL
3 3 (30.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (30.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (10.00%) Advertising
1 1 (10.00%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Firmware
2 4 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Signal Processing
2 3 (30.00%) MVC
2 3 (30.00%) Load Balancing
2 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C#
1 10 (100.00%) C++
2 6 (60.00%) VBScript
3 4 (40.00%) C
4 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 3 (30.00%) C++/CLI
5 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) PhD
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle