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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Visual C++ skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VC++ over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Visual C++
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank166140
Rank change on same period last yearDown-26
Matching permanent IT job ads220255
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.118 %0.106 %
As % of the category below2.145 %2.510 %
Salaries quoted208158
Average minimum salary£68,053£62,411
Average salary£70,928£69,089
% change on same period last year+2.66 %
Average maximum salary£73,803£75,766
UK excluding London average salary£34,598£35,639
% change on same period last year-2.92 %
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1025610160
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.521 %4.235 %
Salaries quoted88247876
Average minimum salary£48,199£51,822
Average salary£53,700£57,190
% change on same period last year-6.10 %
Average maximum salary£59,200£62,559
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
VC++ LondonVC++
London

VC++
Demand Trend

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

City of London VC++ Demand Trend

VC++
Salary Trend

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

City of London VC++ Salary Trend

VC++
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VC++ across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

City of London VC++ Salary Histogram

VC++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing VC++ 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 VC++.

1539 (93.74 %)C++
2437 (76.00 %)Finance
3383 (66.61 %)Windows
4371 (64.52 %)UNIX
5127 (22.09 %)C#
6115 (20.00 %)Derivative
798 (17.04 %)MFC
893 (16.17 %)Banking
988 (15.30 %)Front Office
1083 (14.43 %)SQL
1164 (11.13 %).NET
1261 (10.61 %)Linux
1358 (10.09 %)Java
1457 (9.913 %)STL
1554 (9.391 %)Oracle
1554 (9.391 %)Multithreading
1651 (8.870 %)SQL Server
1749 (8.522 %)Sybase
1749 (8.522 %)Solaris
1845 (7.826 %)ATL
1943 (7.478 %)Investment Banking
2042 (7.304 %)Degree
2138 (6.609 %)Perl
2233 (5.739 %)VBA
2233 (5.739 %)Equity Derivative
2332 (5.565 %)Client/Server
2332 (5.565 %)Equities
2429 (5.043 %)Microsoft
2429 (5.043 %)Sun
2429 (5.043 %)Software Engineering

VC++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing VC++ 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 VC++. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
198 (17.04 %)MFC
264 (11.13 %).NET
357 (9.913 %)STL
445 (7.826 %)ATL
528 (4.870 %)XML
626 (4.522 %)COM
717 (2.957 %)XSLT
815 (2.609 %)ASP.NET
99 (1.565 %)CORBA
99 (1.565 %)DCOM
108 (1.391 %)AJAX
117 (1.217 %)WebServices
124 (0.696 %)ASP
133 (0.522 %)HTML
133 (0.522 %).NET Framework
133 (0.522 %)WCF
133 (0.522 %)WPF
142 (0.348 %)WinForms
142 (0.348 %)COM+
142 (0.348 %)J2EE
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (1.391 %)SharePoint
24 (0.696 %)MS Exchange
32 (0.348 %)MQSeries
41 (0.174 %)Tomcat
41 (0.174 %)BizTalk Server
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (4.696 %)MS Excel
22 (0.348 %)MS Office
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.522 %)Summit
13 (0.522 %)RMDS
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (2.783 %)TCP/IP
23 (0.522 %)SSL
23 (0.522 %)Internet
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
151 (8.870 %)SQL Server
25 (0.870 %)RDBMS
32 (0.348 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (0.348 %)DTS
41 (0.174 %)Oracle 9i
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.696 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (0.348 %)ClearCase
22 (0.348 %)ClearQuest
22 (0.348 %)NUnit
22 (0.348 %)JUnit
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1437 (76.00 %)Finance
293 (16.17 %)Banking
388 (15.30 %)Front Office
443 (7.478 %)Investment Banking
512 (2.087 %)Publishing
67 (1.217 %)Financial Institution
76 (1.043 %)Marketing
76 (1.043 %)Education
85 (0.870 %)Back Office
85 (0.870 %)Games
85 (0.870 %)Pensions
94 (0.696 %)Telecoms
94 (0.696 %)Health
101 (0.174 %)Military
101 (0.174 %)Avionics
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1387 (67.30 %)Developer
2220 (38.26 %)C++ Developer
3119 (20.70 %)Architect
439 (6.783 %)Analyst
535 (6.087 %)Programmer
625 (4.348 %)C++ Programmer
722 (3.826 %)Analyst Programmer
722 (3.826 %)Real Time Developer
821 (3.652 %)Software Engineer
919 (3.304 %)C# Developer
919 (3.304 %)C++ Software Engineer
1018 (3.130 %)Java Developer
1117 (2.957 %)Senior Developer
1216 (2.783 %)Front Office Developer
1314 (2.435 %)C++/Java Developer
1314 (2.435 %)C++/C# Developer
1314 (2.435 %)Senior C++ Developer
1314 (2.435 %)C++ Analyst Programmer
1413 (2.261 %)Analyst Developer
1413 (2.261 %)Team Leader
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1115 (20.00 %)Derivative
254 (9.391 %)Multithreading
333 (5.739 %)Equity Derivative
432 (5.565 %)Client/Server
432 (5.565 %)Equities
524 (4.174 %)Fixed Income
616 (2.783 %)Computer Science
715 (2.609 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
813 (2.261 %)Mathematics
99 (1.565 %)Exotic Derivative
99 (1.565 %)Credit Derivative
106 (1.043 %)N-Tier
115 (0.870 %)Physics
124 (0.696 %)Swaptions
132 (0.348 %)PKI
141 (0.174 %)Hybrid Derivative
141 (0.174 %)Statistics
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1383 (66.61 %)Windows
2371 (64.52 %)UNIX
361 (10.61 %)Linux
449 (8.522 %)Solaris
55 (0.870 %)Windows XP
62 (0.348 %)Windows NT
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
129 (5.043 %)Software Engineering
129 (5.043 %)Integration Testing
226 (4.522 %)Release Management
321 (3.652 %)OO
420 (3.478 %)UML
420 (3.478 %)Electronic Trading
516 (2.783 %)Project Management
69 (1.565 %)Risk Management
77 (1.217 %)Agile Software Development
86 (1.043 %)Document Management
86 (1.043 %)SOA
94 (0.696 %)RAD
94 (0.696 %)OOD
94 (0.696 %)Business Analysis
94 (0.696 %)Greeks
102 (0.348 %)Web Development
102 (0.348 %)Unit Testing
102 (0.348 %)Asset Management
102 (0.348 %)Content Management
102 (0.348 %)E-Commerce
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1539 (93.74 %)C++
2127 (22.09 %)C#
383 (14.43 %)SQL
458 (10.09 %)Java
538 (6.609 %)Perl
633 (5.739 %)VBA
728 (4.870 %)C
821 (3.652 %)Python
918 (3.130 %)Tcl
918 (3.130 %)Ruby
918 (3.130 %)Lua
107 (1.217 %)VB
115 (0.870 %)JavaScript
124 (0.696 %)VB.NET
133 (0.522 %)Shell Script
142 (0.348 %)PL/SQL
151 (0.174 %)COBOL
151 (0.174 %)JCL
151 (0.174 %)VB6
151 (0.174 %)Clipper
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
142 (7.304 %)Degree
25 (0.870 %)Postgraduate
34 (0.696 %)PhD
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.696 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
154 (9.391 %)Oracle
249 (8.522 %)Sybase
329 (5.043 %)Microsoft
329 (5.043 %)Sun
425 (4.348 %)TIBCO
56 (1.043 %)Reuters
56 (1.043 %)Citrix
63 (0.522 %)Bloomberg
71 (0.174 %)OpenLink