The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 45 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -
Permanent jobs citing C++ 1 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.336% 4.819% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.617% 6.957% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 0
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
162 115 217
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 54.36% 69.28% 74.57%
Number of salaries quoted 97 110 209
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £29,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £46,000 £41,400
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Cheshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester C++ Salary Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 9 (81.82%) C#
1 9 (81.82%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) Electronics
2 6 (54.55%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (45.45%) C
3 5 (45.45%) Supplier Management
3 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
3 5 (45.45%) OO
3 5 (45.45%) Windows
4 4 (36.36%) CSS
4 4 (36.36%) HTML
4 4 (36.36%) Java
4 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
4 4 (36.36%) MVC
4 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Twitter
5 3 (27.27%) SaaS
5 3 (27.27%) jQuery
5 3 (27.27%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (27.27%) Ajax
5 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (27.27%) WCF
5 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
5 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
5 3 (27.27%) .NET
5 3 (27.27%) SQL Server

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 4 (36.36%) CSS
1 4 (36.36%) HTML
2 3 (27.27%) jQuery
2 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (27.27%) Ajax
2 3 (27.27%) WCF
2 3 (27.27%) .NET Framework
2 3 (27.27%) .NET
2 3 (27.27%) SOAP
2 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
2 3 (27.27%) Web Services
2 3 (27.27%) XML
3 1 (9.091%) EJB
3 1 (9.091%) Struts
3 1 (9.091%) JMS
3 1 (9.091%) Hibernate
3 1 (9.091%) Spring Web Flow
3 1 (9.091%) Spring
3 1 (9.091%) EJB 3.0
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) ESB
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 1 (9.091%) JUnit
General
1 6 (54.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Developer
3 3 (27.27%) .NET Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Design Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Java Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Software Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (27.27%) SaaS
3 1 (9.091%) SCADA
3 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
3 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Supplier Management
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
1 5 (45.45%) OO
2 4 (36.36%) MVC
2 4 (36.36%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
3 1 (9.091%) SOA
3 1 (9.091%) AOP
3 1 (9.091%) Web Development
3 1 (9.091%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 9 (81.82%) C#
1 9 (81.82%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) C
3 4 (36.36%) Java
3 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
4 3 (27.27%) T-SQL
5 1 (9.091%) Embedded C
5 1 (9.091%) Embedded C++
5 1 (9.091%) Python
5 1 (9.091%) Ruby
5 1 (9.091%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Twitter
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.091%) EMC
3 1 (9.091%) JBoss
Chester, Cheshire
Spring Technology are working for an amazing client who are looking for a QA/Software tester to join a well established and thriving business in Chester. This company...
Spring Technology
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Chester, North West
You'll be required to support the test and development of the power electronics, plus the certification and approval for products to be released.Technical Skills:*Embedded C/...
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Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus & Pension
Posted: 19 June 2013