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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Embedded C++
Rank 102 95 97
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Embedded C++ 21 28 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.157% 1.393% 1.260%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.638% 1.847% 1.642%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 27
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Programming Languages
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1282 1516 1644
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 70.63% 75.42% 76.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1178 1312 1496
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Embedded C++
Cambridgeshire

Embedded C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Embedded C++ Jobs Demand Trend

Embedded C++
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Embedded C++ Salary Trend

Embedded C++
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge Embedded C++ Salary Histogram

Embedded C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing Embedded 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 Embedded C++.

1 37 (100.00%) C++
2 35 (94.59%) C
2 35 (94.59%) Embedded C
3 30 (81.08%) Linux
3 30 (81.08%) Degree
4 22 (59.46%) Device Driver
5 21 (56.76%) Windows
6 19 (51.35%) Multithreading
7 6 (16.22%) Firmware
7 6 (16.22%) Bluetooth
7 6 (16.22%) WLAN
7 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (16.22%) MATLAB
8 3 (8.108%) HTTP
8 3 (8.108%) PowerHouse
8 3 (8.108%) 3G
8 3 (8.108%) Wireless
8 3 (8.108%) Electronics
8 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
8 3 (8.108%) 3GPP
8 3 (8.108%) C#
8 3 (8.108%) jQuery
8 3 (8.108%) LTE
8 3 (8.108%) 4G
8 3 (8.108%) Embedded Software Development
8 3 (8.108%) JSON
8 3 (8.108%) Ajax
8 3 (8.108%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (5.405%) OpenGL ES

Embedded C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (8.108%) jQuery
1 3 (8.108%) JSON
1 3 (8.108%) Ajax
2 2 (5.405%) OpenGL ES
2 2 (5.405%) Direct3D
2 2 (5.405%) OpenVG
2 2 (5.405%) JSR 184
2 2 (5.405%) OpenGL
2 2 (5.405%) DirectX
3 1 (2.703%) XML
3 1 (2.703%) Qt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) Bluetooth
1 6 (16.22%) WLAN
1 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (8.108%) HTTP
2 3 (8.108%) 3G
2 3 (8.108%) Wireless
2 3 (8.108%) 3GPP
2 3 (8.108%) LTE
2 3 (8.108%) 4G
3 2 (5.405%) FTP
3 2 (5.405%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 2 (5.405%) CppUnit
General
1 3 (8.108%) Electronics
1 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) Software Engineer
1 27 (72.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (8.108%) Consultant
3 3 (8.108%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 3 (8.108%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 3 (8.108%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (8.108%) Software Consultant
3 3 (8.108%) Embedded C Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) C Software Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) Embedded C Software Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (2.703%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (2.703%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (2.703%) Senior C Software Engineer
5 1 (2.703%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (59.46%) Device Driver
2 6 (16.22%) Firmware
3 2 (5.405%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (2.703%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.703%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 30 (81.08%) Linux
2 21 (56.76%) Windows
3 3 (8.108%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (5.405%) Android
4 2 (5.405%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) Multithreading
2 3 (8.108%) Embedded Software Development
3 2 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (5.405%) UML
4 1 (2.703%) Video Processing
4 1 (2.703%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) C++
2 35 (94.59%) C
2 35 (94.59%) Embedded C
3 6 (16.22%) MATLAB
4 3 (8.108%) PowerHouse
4 3 (8.108%) C#
5 1 (2.703%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (81.08%) Degree
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