Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the City of London region.

 C++
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank151315
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads14079312292
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London12.06 %11.29 %11.94 %
As % of the Programming Languages category22.30 %20.83 %22.66 %
Salaries quoted11757001780
Average salary£60,000£60,000£62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£35,000£42,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£80,000£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6309447010114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London54.08 %54.19 %52.67 %
Salaries quoted557137288230
Average salary£52,500£50,000£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-4.760 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£80,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
C++ LondonC++
London

C++
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

City of London C++ Demand Trend

C++
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing C++ across the City of London region.

City of London C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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++.

11429 (52.54 %)Finance
21073 (39.45 %)Java
3935 (34.38 %)C#
4905 (33.27 %)UNIX
5702 (25.81 %)Front Office
6642 (23.60 %)Derivative
7637 (23.42 %)Banking
8573 (21.07 %)OO
9544 (20.00 %)Degree
10541 (19.89 %)Windows
11522 (19.19 %)SQL
12506 (18.60 %)STL
12506 (18.60 %)Linux
13501 (18.42 %).NET
14494 (18.16 %)Multithreading
15402 (14.78 %)C
16388 (14.26 %)Investment Banking
17366 (13.46 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
18359 (13.20 %)SQL Server
19337 (12.39 %)Fixed Income
20301 (11.07 %)Equities
20301 (11.07 %)Boost C++ Libraries
21272 (10.00 %)Risk Management
22266 (9.779 %)Electronic Trading
23255 (9.375 %)Computer Science
24242 (8.897 %)Algorithmic Trading
25237 (8.713 %)Oracle
26233 (8.566 %)OOD
27230 (8.456 %)Client/Server
28208 (7.647 %)Perl

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1506 (18.60 %)STL
2501 (18.42 %).NET
3301 (11.07 %)Boost C++ Libraries
4185 (6.801 %)XML
5171 (6.287 %)WinForms
6156 (5.735 %)WPF
7121 (4.449 %)MFC
895 (3.493 %)ASP.NET
979 (2.904 %)FIX Protocol
1076 (2.794 %)WCF
1173 (2.684 %)Spring
1267 (2.463 %)Middleware
1363 (2.316 %)J2EE
1453 (1.949 %)Web Services
1550 (1.838 %).NET Framework
1641 (1.507 %)CORBA
1739 (1.434 %)ATL
1836 (1.324 %)WebSphere
1932 (1.176 %)HTML
2031 (1.140 %)XSLT
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
141 (1.507 %)MQSeries
224 (0.882 %)SharePoint
322 (0.809 %)Apache
322 (0.809 %)BizTalk Server
322 (0.809 %)SharePoint Server 2007
420 (0.735 %)WebSphere MQ
515 (0.551 %)Rendezvous
515 (0.551 %)WebLogic
67 (0.257 %)SAS
74 (0.147 %)CMS
83 (0.110 %)TIBCO EMS
92 (0.074 %)GlassFish
92 (0.074 %)IIS
92 (0.074 %)Tomcat
101 (0.037 %)MS Exchange
101 (0.037 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.037 %)Lotus Domino
101 (0.037 %)Progress Apama
101 (0.037 %)Mathematica
City of London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
143 (1.581 %)MS Excel
231 (1.140 %)MS Visio
330 (1.103 %)MATLAB
415 (0.551 %)S-PLUS
59 (0.331 %)Spreadsheet
68 (0.294 %)MS Project
68 (0.294 %)MS Office
73 (0.110 %)Maya
73 (0.110 %)Photoshop
82 (0.074 %)Stata
82 (0.074 %)SPSS
91 (0.037 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.037 %)CA Clarity
City of London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
190 (3.309 %)RMDS
219 (0.699 %)ION MarketView
310 (0.368 %)SolArc RightAngle
49 (0.331 %)Endur
49 (0.331 %)Summit
56 (0.221 %)Oracle BPM
65 (0.184 %)Kondor+
65 (0.184 %)ZaiNet
65 (0.184 %)Capstone
65 (0.184 %)Front Arena
73 (0.110 %)Beauchamp
82 (0.074 %)Bloomberg TOMS
82 (0.074 %)Sophis RISQUE
82 (0.074 %)Global One
91 (0.037 %)SunGard Martini
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1151 (5.551 %)TCP/IP
224 (0.882 %)SAN
322 (0.809 %)Broadband
420 (0.735 %)SMTP
518 (0.662 %)DNS
616 (0.588 %)HTTP
715 (0.551 %)LDAP
814 (0.515 %)Internet
910 (0.368 %)FTP
106 (0.221 %)AMQP
115 (0.184 %)SSH
115 (0.184 %)Network Security
115 (0.184 %)POP3
115 (0.184 %)HTTPS
115 (0.184 %)SSL
122 (0.074 %)3G
122 (0.074 %)2G
122 (0.074 %)GSM
122 (0.074 %)UMTS
122 (0.074 %)VoIP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1359 (13.20 %)SQL Server
299 (3.640 %)SQL Server 2008
392 (3.382 %)SQL Server 2005
459 (2.169 %)RDBMS
547 (1.728 %)MySQL
639 (1.434 %)KDB
735 (1.287 %)SQL Server 2000
814 (0.515 %)Reference Data
912 (0.441 %)Ingres
1010 (0.368 %)Datawarehouse
1010 (0.368 %)ETL
1010 (0.368 %)DB2
119 (0.331 %)SQL Server Integration Services
128 (0.294 %)Oracle 8/8i
128 (0.294 %)Data Mining
137 (0.257 %)OLAP
137 (0.257 %)PostgreSQL
137 (0.257 %)BusinessObjects
146 (0.221 %)QlikView
146 (0.221 %)Oracle 11g
City of London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (1.434 %)Ant
238 (1.397 %)Maven
323 (0.846 %)QuickTest Pro
422 (0.809 %)Subversion
520 (0.735 %)FlexUnit
520 (0.735 %)Visual Studio
610 (0.368 %)JUnit
79 (0.331 %)PVCS
79 (0.331 %)TestDirector
79 (0.331 %)Bugzilla
88 (0.294 %)PROIV
97 (0.257 %)LoadRunner
97 (0.257 %)VSS/SourceSafe
106 (0.221 %)Eclipse
106 (0.221 %)WinRunner
115 (0.184 %)ClearCase
123 (0.110 %)NUnit
123 (0.110 %)TeamCity
123 (0.110 %)AccuRev
132 (0.074 %)CruiseControl
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11429 (52.54 %)Finance
2702 (25.81 %)Front Office
3637 (23.42 %)Banking
4388 (14.26 %)Investment Banking
5120 (4.412 %)Education
684 (3.088 %)Financial Institution
773 (2.684 %)Back Office
865 (2.390 %)Games
951 (1.875 %)Pensions
1049 (1.801 %)Telecoms
1049 (1.801 %)Government
1145 (1.654 %)Health
1233 (1.213 %)Music
1328 (1.029 %)Insurance
1420 (0.735 %)Publishing
1513 (0.478 %)Construction
1513 (0.478 %)Electric
1611 (0.404 %)Retail
1611 (0.404 %)Marketing
172 (0.074 %)3D Graphics
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11976 (72.65 %)Developer
21051 (38.64 %)C++ Developer
3296 (10.88 %)Senior Developer
4267 (9.816 %)C# Developer
5216 (7.941 %)Analyst
6209 (7.684 %)Java Developer
7164 (6.029 %)Senior C++ Developer
8163 (5.993 %)Quantitative Developer
9152 (5.588 %)Software Engineer
10144 (5.294 %)Programmer
11136 (5.000 %)Software Developer
1277 (2.831 %).NET Developer
1376 (2.794 %)C++ Programmer
1473 (2.684 %)C++ Software Engineer
1568 (2.500 %)C++ Software Developer
1666 (2.426 %)Graduate
1764 (2.353 %)Architect
1863 (2.316 %)C++/Java Developer
1962 (2.279 %)C++/C# Developer
2058 (2.132 %)Analyst Programmer
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1642 (23.60 %)Derivative
2494 (18.16 %)Multithreading
3366 (13.46 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4337 (12.39 %)Fixed Income
5301 (11.07 %)Equities
6255 (9.375 %)Computer Science
7230 (8.456 %)Client/Server
8140 (5.147 %)Mathematics
9125 (4.596 %)Equity Derivative
1083 (3.051 %)Credit Derivative
1175 (2.757 %)Spread Betting
1261 (2.243 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1340 (1.471 %)Grid Computing
1437 (1.360 %)Tandem
1536 (1.324 %)Physics
1633 (1.213 %)Credit Risk
1723 (0.846 %)iPhone
1821 (0.772 %)Management Information System
1916 (0.588 %)Swaptions
2014 (0.515 %)Open Source
City of London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1905 (33.27 %)UNIX
2541 (19.89 %)Windows
3506 (18.60 %)Linux
4151 (5.551 %)Solaris
521 (0.772 %)VMS
613 (0.478 %)OpenVMS
710 (0.368 %)AIX
89 (0.331 %)Windows XP
89 (0.331 %)Windows Server 2003
98 (0.294 %)Android
106 (0.221 %)HPUX
106 (0.221 %)Windows Vista
114 (0.147 %)Windows Server 2008
123 (0.110 %)Windows 2000
123 (0.110 %)Windows Mobile
132 (0.074 %)Red Hat Linux
132 (0.074 %)Windows 7
141 (0.037 %)SUSE
141 (0.037 %)Debian
141 (0.037 %)MVS
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1573 (21.07 %)OO
2272 (10.00 %)Risk Management
3266 (9.779 %)Electronic Trading
4242 (8.897 %)Algorithmic Trading
5233 (8.566 %)OOD
6189 (6.949 %)Agile Software Development
7106 (3.897 %)OOA/OOD
894 (3.456 %)UML
894 (3.456 %)Scrum
981 (2.978 %)Software Engineering
1074 (2.721 %)OOP
1169 (2.537 %)TDD
1260 (2.206 %)Project Management
1354 (1.985 %)Unit Testing
1453 (1.949 %)Continuous Integration
1548 (1.765 %)Investment Management
1642 (1.544 %)MVC
1740 (1.471 %)Software Architecture
1839 (1.434 %)SOA
1839 (1.434 %)Asset Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11073 (39.45 %)Java
2935 (34.38 %)C#
3522 (19.19 %)SQL
4402 (14.78 %)C
5208 (7.647 %)Perl
6170 (6.250 %)Python
7130 (4.779 %)VBA
881 (2.978 %)Shell Script
976 (2.794 %)JavaScript
1071 (2.610 %)VB
1153 (1.949 %)VC++
1243 (1.581 %)T-SQL
1332 (1.176 %)Ruby
1429 (1.066 %)Tcl
1528 (1.029 %)PHP
1528 (1.029 %)PL/SQL
1626 (0.956 %)VB.NET
1723 (0.846 %)ActionScript
1821 (0.772 %)F#
1916 (0.588 %)Delphi
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1544 (20.00 %)Degree
2114 (4.191 %)PhD
349 (1.801 %)Microsoft Certification
447 (1.728 %)MCTS
447 (1.728 %)MCP
447 (1.728 %)MCAD
447 (1.728 %)MCSD
56 (0.221 %)Security Cleared
65 (0.184 %)CISSP
73 (0.110 %)ISEB
73 (0.110 %)PRINCE2 Certification
73 (0.110 %)Brainbench
82 (0.074 %)CFA
82 (0.074 %)ISTQB
91 (0.037 %)SC Cleared
91 (0.037 %)DV Cleared
91 (0.037 %)Sun Certification
91 (0.037 %)PMI Certification
91 (0.037 %)Cisco Certification
91 (0.037 %)Postgraduate
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1166 (6.103 %)QA
28 (0.294 %)SLA
31 (0.037 %)Basel II
31 (0.037 %)MiFID
City of London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
113 (0.478 %)Active Directory
24 (0.147 %)MSMQ
33 (0.110 %)NFS
42 (0.074 %)Samba
51 (0.037 %)Postfix
51 (0.037 %)Terminal Services
City of London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (0.515 %)MOM
28 (0.294 %)HP Quality Center
35 (0.184 %)CONTROL-M
44 (0.147 %)AutoSys
53 (0.110 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (0.110 %)SCCM
62 (0.074 %)Tivoli
71 (0.037 %)TIBCO Hawk
71 (0.037 %)YUM
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1237 (8.713 %)Oracle
2203 (7.463 %)Sybase
3159 (5.846 %)Microsoft
498 (3.603 %)TIBCO
550 (1.838 %)Bloomberg
646 (1.691 %)Reuters
739 (1.434 %)IBM
826 (0.956 %)Calypso
920 (0.735 %)OpenLink
1019 (0.699 %)ION Trading
1118 (0.662 %)Sophis
1118 (0.662 %)Algorithmics
1216 (0.588 %)SeeBeyond
1314 (0.515 %)JBoss
1314 (0.515 %)Terracotta
1412 (0.441 %)Versant
1412 (0.441 %)Murex
1511 (0.404 %)Triple Point
1511 (0.404 %)DataSynapse
1610 (0.368 %)SolArc