The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 10 9 25
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +16
Permanent jobs citing C++ 36 66 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 16.36% 16.75% 4.898%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.82% 23.00% 11.65%
Number of salaries quoted 36 26 10
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +7.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £34,750 £31,600
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £41,000 £40,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Programming Languages
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
165 287 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 75.00% 72.84% 42.04%
Number of salaries quoted 160 214 91
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +15.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,050 £26,450
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Gloucestershire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheltenham C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 76 (73.08%) C#
2 62 (59.62%) .NET
3 47 (45.19%) C
4 46 (44.23%) SQL
5 44 (42.31%) Windows
6 42 (40.38%) Aerospace
7 39 (37.50%) T-SQL
8 37 (35.58%) SQL Server
8 37 (35.58%) Linux
9 35 (33.65%) Ethernet
10 32 (30.77%) Military
11 31 (29.81%) Embedded C
12 30 (28.85%) CAN bus
13 27 (25.96%) PL/SQL
14 25 (24.04%) ASP.NET
15 23 (22.12%) Oracle
15 23 (22.12%) XML
15 23 (22.12%) VxWorks
16 19 (18.27%) OO
16 19 (18.27%) VB
16 19 (18.27%) Security Cleared
17 18 (17.31%) Software Engineering
18 15 (14.42%) .NET Framework
18 15 (14.42%) Degree
18 15 (14.42%) Performance Testing
18 15 (14.42%) Java
18 15 (14.42%) Web Services
19 14 (13.46%) XSL
19 14 (13.46%) COM+
19 14 (13.46%) HTML

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 62 (59.62%) .NET
2 25 (24.04%) ASP.NET
3 23 (22.12%) XML
4 15 (14.42%) .NET Framework
4 15 (14.42%) Web Services
5 14 (13.46%) HTML
5 14 (13.46%) COM+
5 14 (13.46%) XSL
5 14 (13.46%) WSDL
5 14 (13.46%) XML Schema
6 13 (12.50%) MFC
6 13 (12.50%) ADO.NET
7 4 (3.846%) SOAP
7 4 (3.846%) OpenGL
7 4 (3.846%) soapUI
8 3 (2.885%) Qt
8 3 (2.885%) DirectX
8 3 (2.885%) XNA
8 3 (2.885%) COM
9 1 (0.962%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 14 (13.46%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.885%) Simulink
1 3 (2.885%) Stateflow
2 1 (0.962%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 35 (33.65%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.962%) HTTP
2 1 (0.962%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (35.58%) SQL Server
2 14 (13.46%) SQL Server 2000
2 14 (13.46%) SQL Server 2005
2 14 (13.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.962%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (13.46%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (7.692%) Visual Studio
3 6 (5.769%) Hudson
3 6 (5.769%) Subversion
4 2 (1.923%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.962%) GDB
5 1 (0.962%) PVCS
5 1 (0.962%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.962%) Rational DOORS
General
1 42 (40.38%) Aerospace
2 32 (30.77%) Military
3 13 (12.50%) Finance
4 10 (9.615%) Electronics
4 10 (9.615%) Banking
5 5 (4.808%) Marketing
6 4 (3.846%) Advertising
7 3 (2.885%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.885%) Avionics
8 2 (1.923%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.962%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 52 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 33 (31.73%) Developer
3 30 (28.85%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 30 (28.85%) Real Time Engineer
4 18 (17.31%) Software Developer
5 14 (13.46%) C++ Developer
5 14 (13.46%) C++ Software Developer
6 12 (11.54%) Senior Software Engineer
7 11 (10.58%) ASP.NET Developer
7 11 (10.58%) C# Developer
7 11 (10.58%) .NET Developer
7 11 (10.58%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 11 (10.58%) C# .NET Developer
8 10 (9.615%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 9 (8.654%) Development Manager
9 9 (8.654%) Head of Development
10 6 (5.769%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
11 5 (4.808%) Software Manager
11 5 (4.808%) Software Development Manager
12 4 (3.846%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (28.85%) CAN bus
2 10 (9.615%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (7.692%) Computer Science
4 6 (5.769%) Open Source
5 4 (3.846%) PMI
6 1 (0.962%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 44 (42.31%) Windows
2 37 (35.58%) Linux
3 23 (22.12%) VxWorks
4 4 (3.846%) HPUX
4 4 (3.846%) Solaris
4 4 (3.846%) UNIX
5 1 (0.962%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.27%) OO
2 18 (17.31%) Software Engineering
3 15 (14.42%) Performance Testing
4 13 (12.50%) Load Testing
4 13 (12.50%) Performance Management
5 11 (10.58%) Unit Testing
6 10 (9.615%) Logistics
6 10 (9.615%) Migration
7 7 (6.731%) TDD
8 5 (4.808%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (3.846%) UML
9 4 (3.846%) Business Analysis
9 4 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (2.885%) Cyber Security
10 3 (2.885%) Six Sigma
10 3 (2.885%) Project Management
11 2 (1.923%) SysML
11 2 (1.923%) Test Scripting
11 2 (1.923%) Automation Testing
11 2 (1.923%) Requirements Engineering
Programming Languages
1 76 (73.08%) C#
2 47 (45.19%) C
3 46 (44.23%) SQL
4 39 (37.50%) T-SQL
5 31 (29.81%) Embedded C
6 27 (25.96%) PL/SQL
7 19 (18.27%) VB
8 15 (14.42%) Java
9 14 (13.46%) VB6
10 11 (10.58%) VC++
11 8 (7.692%) Embedded C++
12 7 (6.731%) Assembly Language
12 7 (6.731%) Ada
13 4 (3.846%) PHP5
13 4 (3.846%) Shell Script
13 4 (3.846%) Python
13 4 (3.846%) JavaScript
13 4 (3.846%) PHP
13 4 (3.846%) VB.NET
14 3 (2.885%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (18.27%) Security Cleared
2 15 (14.42%) Degree
3 6 (5.769%) ISEB
4 5 (4.808%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.846%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.654%) DO-178B
2 2 (1.923%) TickIT
2 2 (1.923%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 23 (22.12%) Oracle
2 14 (13.46%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.654%) Borland
4 4 (3.846%) Citrix
5 3 (2.885%) HP
5 3 (2.885%) EMC
6 2 (1.923%) Motorola
7 1 (0.962%) Intel
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