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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 77 30 34
Rank change year-on-year
-47 +4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 47 137 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.613% 6.823% 6.360%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.594% 10.71% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 33 136 77
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1023 1279 1005
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 56.86% 63.70% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 846 1147 884
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
North West

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Cheshire 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
Runcorn +6 9 £35,000 -5.40%
Crewe - 8 £47,500 -
Warrington -30 5 £32,500 -13.33%
Knutsford +11 3 £35,000 +3.70%
Northwich +3 3 £37,500 +50.00%
Wilmslow - 2 £35,000 -
Macclesfield -8 1 £18,500 -47.14%
Chester -18 1 - -
C++
North West

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 73 (53.28%) Java
2 61 (44.53%) C
3 57 (41.61%) .NET
4 54 (39.42%) Linux
5 49 (35.77%) TCP/IP
6 42 (30.66%) SQL
7 41 (29.93%) C#
8 38 (27.74%) Windows
9 35 (25.55%) ASP.NET
9 35 (25.55%) Degree
10 32 (23.36%) Finance
11 31 (22.63%) PHP
12 30 (21.90%) UNIX
12 30 (21.90%) Middleware
13 29 (21.17%) Web Development
14 27 (19.71%) Python
15 24 (17.52%) Microsoft
15 24 (17.52%) Google
15 24 (17.52%) Fixed Income
15 24 (17.52%) Multithreading
15 24 (17.52%) HTML5
15 24 (17.52%) Parallel Processing
16 22 (16.06%) Computer Science
16 22 (16.06%) VB
16 22 (16.06%) Visual Studio
17 20 (14.60%) Mathematics
18 18 (13.14%) Electronics
18 18 (13.14%) Oracle
18 18 (13.14%) SQL Server
18 18 (13.14%) OO

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 57 (41.61%) .NET
2 35 (25.55%) ASP.NET
3 30 (21.90%) Middleware
4 24 (17.52%) HTML5
5 13 (9.489%) XML
6 11 (8.029%) JNI
6 11 (8.029%) HTML
7 10 (7.299%) jQuery
8 9 (6.569%) Qt
9 8 (5.839%) CSS
10 7 (5.109%) COM
11 6 (4.380%) Web Services
11 6 (4.380%) J2EE
12 5 (3.650%) BREW
12 5 (3.650%) .NET Framework
12 5 (3.650%) WCF
12 5 (3.650%) OpenAL
12 5 (3.650%) Flash
12 5 (3.650%) J2ME
12 5 (3.650%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.190%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.460%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (1.460%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (1.460%) ESB
2 2 (1.460%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.730%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (0.730%) CICS
Applications
1 8 (5.839%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.920%) MS Office
3 1 (0.730%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.730%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.730%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.730%) BASE24
1 1 (0.730%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 49 (35.77%) TCP/IP
2 11 (8.029%) Wireshark
3 6 (4.380%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (4.380%) VoIP
4 5 (3.650%) NFC
4 5 (3.650%) WLAN
4 5 (3.650%) Bluetooth
4 5 (3.650%) GPRS
4 5 (3.650%) GSM
4 5 (3.650%) UMTS
4 5 (3.650%) DVB
5 2 (1.460%) ATM
5 2 (1.460%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.730%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.730%) Network Security
6 1 (0.730%) VPN
6 1 (0.730%) Wireless
6 1 (0.730%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (13.14%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.029%) DB2
3 9 (6.569%) RDBMS
4 5 (3.650%) MySQL
5 4 (2.920%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.460%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.730%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.730%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 22 (16.06%) Visual Studio
2 8 (5.839%) Selenium
3 6 (4.380%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (2.920%) Eclipse
4 4 (2.920%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.730%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.730%) JUnit
General
1 32 (23.36%) Finance
2 18 (13.14%) Electronics
3 12 (8.759%) Games
4 5 (3.650%) Multimedia
5 4 (2.920%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.920%) Automotive
6 3 (2.190%) Banking
7 1 (0.730%) Retail
7 1 (0.730%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 71 (51.82%) Developer
2 33 (24.09%) Software Engineer
3 22 (16.06%) Software Developer
4 18 (13.14%) Progress Developer
5 12 (8.759%) Java Developer
6 9 (6.569%) Graduate
7 8 (5.839%) Analyst
7 8 (5.839%) Programmer
7 8 (5.839%) Senior Software Engineer
8 6 (4.380%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 6 (4.380%) Linux Engineer
8 6 (4.380%) C++ Developer
9 5 (3.650%) .NET Developer
9 5 (3.650%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 5 (3.650%) Embedded C Engineer
9 5 (3.650%) IT Graduate
9 5 (3.650%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
9 5 (3.650%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 5 (3.650%) Tester
9 5 (3.650%) Tools Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.52%) Fixed Income
2 22 (16.06%) Computer Science
3 20 (14.60%) Mathematics
4 9 (6.569%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (5.839%) Physics
5 8 (5.839%) STB
6 7 (5.109%) 3D Graphics
7 5 (3.650%) Speech Recognition
7 5 (3.650%) iPhone
7 5 (3.650%) MPEG
7 5 (3.650%) Device Driver
8 4 (2.920%) NHS
8 4 (2.920%) Firmware
8 4 (2.920%) SaaS
9 3 (2.190%) Tandem
9 3 (2.190%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.190%) Mainframe
9 3 (2.190%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.460%) EMV
10 2 (1.460%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 54 (39.42%) Linux
2 38 (27.74%) Windows
3 30 (21.90%) UNIX
4 12 (8.759%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (8.029%) pSOS
6 7 (5.109%) Windows Mobile
6 7 (5.109%) Windows 8
7 6 (4.380%) Android
8 5 (3.650%) Nucleus RTOS
8 5 (3.650%) Windows 7
8 5 (3.650%) Windows Phone 8
8 5 (3.650%) Windows Phone 7
8 5 (3.650%) Windows Phone
9 4 (2.920%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.460%) AIX
11 1 (0.730%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.730%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.17%) Web Development
2 24 (17.52%) Multithreading
2 24 (17.52%) Parallel Processing
3 18 (13.14%) OO
4 15 (10.95%) Software Engineering
5 13 (9.489%) Scrum
6 12 (8.759%) Agile Software Development
7 11 (8.029%) Image Processing
8 8 (5.839%) Game Development
8 8 (5.839%) Test Scripting
8 8 (5.839%) Supplier Management
8 8 (5.839%) TDD
9 6 (4.380%) CAD
9 6 (4.380%) MVC
9 6 (4.380%) Unit Testing
10 5 (3.650%) E-Commerce
10 5 (3.650%) DRM
10 5 (3.650%) Mobile Commerce
11 4 (2.920%) UML
11 4 (2.920%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 73 (53.28%) Java
2 61 (44.53%) C
3 42 (30.66%) SQL
4 41 (29.93%) C#
5 31 (22.63%) PHP
6 27 (19.71%) Python
7 22 (16.06%) VB
8 13 (9.489%) Perl
9 11 (8.029%) JavaScript
10 8 (5.839%) PL/SQL
11 7 (5.109%) Embedded C
11 7 (5.109%) Embedded C++
11 7 (5.109%) VB.NET
11 7 (5.109%) Assembly Language
12 6 (4.380%) COBOL
13 4 (2.920%) Shell Script
13 4 (2.920%) T-SQL
13 4 (2.920%) Bash shell
14 2 (1.460%) Objective-C
14 2 (1.460%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (25.55%) Degree
2 5 (3.650%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.920%) HL7
1 4 (2.920%) QA
Vendors
1 24 (17.52%) Microsoft
1 24 (17.52%) Google
2 18 (13.14%) Oracle
3 9 (6.569%) Twitter
4 4 (2.920%) Perforce
4 4 (2.920%) JBoss
4 4 (2.920%) Zend
5 2 (1.460%) IBM
5 2 (1.460%) Pega
6 1 (0.730%) webMethods
6 1 (0.730%) TIBCO
6 1 (0.730%) Apple
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