The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dartford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 20 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 Dartford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 9 13 20
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +7
Permanent jobs citing C++ 9 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dartford 17.65% 2.500% 3.636%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.50% 4.762% 4.651%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 1
Average salary £33,750 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.62% -5.88%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Dartford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
24 21 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dartford 47.06% 52.50% 78.18%
Number of salaries quoted 22 20 42
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,357 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Kent

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dartford 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 Dartford region.

Dartford C++ Salary Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dartford 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 13 (72.22%) Degree
2 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) OO
3 9 (50.00%) Linux
3 9 (50.00%) C#
3 9 (50.00%) .NET
4 8 (44.44%) MFC
4 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 7 (38.89%) C
5 7 (38.89%) OOP
5 7 (38.89%) ATL
5 7 (38.89%) COM
6 5 (27.78%) Middleware
6 5 (27.78%) Multithreading
7 4 (22.22%) OFDM
7 4 (22.22%) DSL
7 4 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (16.67%) WPF
8 3 (16.67%) UML
8 3 (16.67%) WinForms
9 2 (11.11%) Image Processing
9 2 (11.11%) ISO 9001
9 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
10 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
10 1 (5.556%) OOD
10 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
10 1 (5.556%) Electronics
10 1 (5.556%) Legal
10 1 (5.556%) Open Source
10 1 (5.556%) Embedded Systems

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dartford 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 9 (50.00%) .NET
2 8 (44.44%) MFC
3 7 (38.89%) ATL
3 7 (38.89%) COM
4 5 (27.78%) Middleware
5 3 (16.67%) WinForms
5 3 (16.67%) WPF
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) DSL
1 4 (22.22%) OFDM
2 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (5.556%) Electronics
1 1 (5.556%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (88.89%) Software Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Embedded Software Developer
4 1 (5.556%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
1 1 (5.556%) Open Source
1 1 (5.556%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 9 (50.00%) Linux
3 4 (22.22%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) OO
2 7 (38.89%) OOP
3 5 (27.78%) Multithreading
4 3 (16.67%) UML
5 2 (11.11%) Image Processing
6 1 (5.556%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) C#
2 7 (38.89%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
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