The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chelmsford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Chelmsford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 5 32 22
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -10
Permanent jobs citing C++ 18 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chelmsford 26.09% 3.226% 5.085%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.37% 4.167% 8.219%
Number of salaries quoted 18 5 2
Average salary £43,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.44% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Chelmsford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
38 120 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chelmsford 55.07% 77.42% 61.86%
Number of salaries quoted 37 120 65
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Essex

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Chelmsford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Chelmsford C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chelmsford 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 16 (66.67%) C
2 14 (58.33%) Windows
3 10 (41.67%) Manufacturing
3 10 (41.67%) Embedded C
3 10 (41.67%) Embedded C++
3 10 (41.67%) SQL
3 10 (41.67%) .NET
3 10 (41.67%) C#
3 10 (41.67%) MySQL
3 10 (41.67%) SQL Server
4 7 (29.17%) Finance
5 6 (25.00%) Aerospace
5 6 (25.00%) LabVIEW
5 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (25.00%) VHDL
5 6 (25.00%) MATLAB
5 6 (25.00%) Simulink
5 6 (25.00%) Java
6 5 (20.83%) Linux
7 3 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (12.50%) Multithreading
7 3 (12.50%) Qt
7 3 (12.50%) OO
7 3 (12.50%) MFC
7 3 (12.50%) OpenGL
7 3 (12.50%) DirectX
7 3 (12.50%) Perl
8 2 (8.333%) Change Management
8 2 (8.333%) Electronics
8 2 (8.333%) Test Management

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chelmsford 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 10 (41.67%) .NET
2 3 (12.50%) Qt
2 3 (12.50%) MFC
2 3 (12.50%) OpenGL
2 3 (12.50%) DirectX
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Simulink
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (41.67%) MySQL
1 10 (41.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (4.167%) CppUnit
General
1 10 (41.67%) Manufacturing
2 7 (29.17%) Finance
3 6 (25.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (8.333%) Electronics
5 1 (4.167%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 11 (45.83%) Software Developer
3 6 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) C Software Engineer
6 3 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (8.333%) Senior Developer
8 1 (4.167%) C Developer
8 1 (4.167%) Senior C Software Engineer
8 1 (4.167%) Senior C Developer
8 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) VHDL
2 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.167%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (58.33%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Linux
3 3 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (4.167%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (12.50%) Multithreading
2 3 (12.50%) OO
3 2 (8.333%) Change Management
3 2 (8.333%) Test Management
3 2 (8.333%) Software Engineering
4 1 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Change Control
4 1 (4.167%) Project Management
4 1 (4.167%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) C
2 10 (41.67%) Embedded C
2 10 (41.67%) Embedded C++
2 10 (41.67%) SQL
2 10 (41.67%) C#
3 6 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 6 (25.00%) Java
4 3 (12.50%) Perl
5 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.167%) Remedy