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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++ Developer
Rank 99 64 77
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a C++ Developer 40 100 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.558% 3.477% 2.570%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.635% 3.614% 2.696%
Number of salaries quoted 40 68 69
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,900 £33,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2446 2767 2856
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.25% 96.21% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2185 2346 2538
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
C++ Developer
East of England

C++ Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire C++ Developer Jobs Demand Trend

C++ Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire C++ Developer Salary Trend

C++ Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire C++ Developer Salary Histogram

C++ Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge -41 38 £45,000 +7.14%
St Neots +2 1 £32,500 -13.33%
C++ Developer
East of England

C++ Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited 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++ Developer in their job title.

1 84 (100.00%) C++
2 34 (40.48%) Windows
2 34 (40.48%) Degree
3 25 (29.76%) C
3 25 (29.76%) C#
4 24 (28.57%) OO
5 23 (27.38%) Python
5 23 (27.38%) Linux
5 23 (27.38%) .NET
6 22 (26.19%) Multithreading
6 22 (26.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 20 (23.81%) Computer Science
8 19 (22.62%) Mathematics
8 19 (22.62%) STL
8 19 (22.62%) OOD
9 16 (19.05%) Visual Studio
10 15 (17.86%) UNIX
11 14 (16.67%) Qt
12 13 (15.48%) PhD
13 12 (14.29%) MFC
14 11 (13.10%) ASP.NET
15 10 (11.90%) Oracle
15 10 (11.90%) Web Services
15 10 (11.90%) Perl
15 10 (11.90%) SQL
16 9 (10.71%) C++/CLI
16 9 (10.71%) Unit Testing
16 9 (10.71%) WPF
17 8 (9.524%) MVC
17 8 (9.524%) Physics

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 23 (27.38%) .NET
2 22 (26.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 19 (22.62%) STL
4 14 (16.67%) Qt
5 12 (14.29%) MFC
6 11 (13.10%) ASP.NET
7 10 (11.90%) Web Services
8 9 (10.71%) WPF
9 8 (9.524%) ASP.NET MVC
10 7 (8.333%) QML
11 6 (7.143%) ActiveX
11 6 (7.143%) OLE
12 3 (3.571%) XML
12 3 (3.571%) HTML
13 2 (2.381%) Middleware
13 2 (2.381%) DCOM
13 2 (2.381%) .NET Framework
14 1 (1.190%) WCF
14 1 (1.190%) JMS
Applications
1 4 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.381%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.190%) HTTP
2 1 (1.190%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.952%) DB2
2 5 (5.952%) MySQL
3 2 (2.381%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (19.05%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.952%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (4.762%) Subversion
4 2 (2.381%) Bugzilla
4 2 (2.381%) GCC
General
1 6 (7.143%) Games
2 5 (5.952%) Electronics
3 2 (2.381%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (2.381%) Automotive
3 2 (2.381%) Retail
4 1 (1.190%) Music
4 1 (1.190%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.81%) Computer Science
2 19 (22.62%) Mathematics
3 8 (9.524%) Physics
4 6 (7.143%) 3D Graphics
4 6 (7.143%) Firmware
5 5 (5.952%) Semantic Web
5 5 (5.952%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.762%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.381%) EPoS
7 2 (2.381%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.190%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 34 (40.48%) Windows
2 23 (27.38%) Linux
3 15 (17.86%) UNIX
4 3 (3.571%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.190%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.57%) OO
2 22 (26.19%) Multithreading
3 19 (22.62%) OOD
4 9 (10.71%) Unit Testing
5 8 (9.524%) MVC
6 7 (8.333%) Project Planning
7 6 (7.143%) Signal Processing
7 6 (7.143%) Load Balancing
8 4 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (4.762%) TDD
9 3 (3.571%) Software Engineering
9 3 (3.571%) 3D Modelling
9 3 (3.571%) Resource Management
9 3 (3.571%) CAD
9 3 (3.571%) CAE
10 2 (2.381%) Project Management
10 2 (2.381%) OOP
10 2 (2.381%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (2.381%) Web Development
11 1 (1.190%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 84 (100.00%) C++
2 25 (29.76%) C
2 25 (29.76%) C#
3 23 (27.38%) Python
4 10 (11.90%) Perl
4 10 (11.90%) SQL
5 9 (10.71%) C++/CLI
6 7 (8.333%) Java
7 6 (7.143%) VBScript
8 3 (3.571%) VC++
8 3 (3.571%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.190%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.190%) Embedded C++
9 1 (1.190%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 34 (40.48%) Degree
2 13 (15.48%) PhD
3 5 (5.952%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 10 (11.90%) Oracle
2 5 (5.952%) Microsoft
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Fantastic opportunity for a bright Maths or Physics graduate to develop highly intelligent C++ software used to analyse and evaluate large chunks of data... Coding with C++ and...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Great Base + Top Prospects
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Your responsibilities will include algorithm development, maths modelling, statistical modelling and data analysis and C++ OO programming... To be considered must have achieved a good degree in ideally...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Fantastic + Benefits + Prospects
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
C++ Developer Cambridge to £65k. C++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer x2 (Junior / Graduate)... Requirements for Junior C++ Developer: Excellent academic record of achievement - 2.1 or above at...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £50k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job Role: Junior / Graduate C++ Developer Location: CambridgeSalary: £30k to £50k + benefitsC++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer x2 (Junior / Graduate). Innovative technology firm that are developing a product to...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £50k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Central Cambridge, East Anglia
Can you offer solid C++ skills, a good appreciation of the software development lifecycle and a knowledge of Database architectures (Oracle / DB2 / SQL Server)?This world-leading software...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£50k + full benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
Software is developed principally in C++ (with some legacy code in C), based on an integrated object-oriented architecture.This is an excellent career opportunity for the right...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£50k + full benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Developing and maintaining risk analysis and visualisation tools... CppUnit or GoogleTest) - Strong engineering, scienti?c or mathematical background Desirable. - MS Visual Studio, Boost, STL, C++/CLI and C++...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: From £32,000 to £45,000 per annum Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge
Any experience in the following areas would also be valuable: - Knowledge of software design methodologies including UML - Experience in 2D / 3D graphics technology and standards such as OpenGL,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £70k + top benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013