The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 22 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 Docklands, London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 31 24 16
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -8
Permanent jobs citing C++ 4 17 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 2.105% 6.093% 12.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.494% 16.19% 24.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 19
Average salary £27,500 £76,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-64.05% +33.04%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Docklands, London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
89 105 296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 46.84% 37.63% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 61 85 131
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £47,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £75,000 £83,200
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
London

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London C++ Salary Trend

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, 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++.

1 8 (80.00%) Banking
2 6 (60.00%) Java
2 6 (60.00%) Investment Banking
3 5 (50.00%) Equities
4 4 (40.00%) UNIX
4 4 (40.00%) Linux
4 4 (40.00%) Multithreading
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle
5 3 (30.00%) Front Office
5 3 (30.00%) Finance
6 2 (20.00%) Windows
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (20.00%) STL
6 2 (20.00%) Derivative
6 2 (20.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 2 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (10.00%) DataSynapse
7 1 (10.00%) Degree
7 1 (10.00%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
7 1 (10.00%) XML
7 1 (10.00%) ODBC
7 1 (10.00%) HNC
7 1 (10.00%) HND
7 1 (10.00%) Perl
7 1 (10.00%) SQL
7 1 (10.00%) VB
7 1 (10.00%) .NET
7 1 (10.00%) J2EE

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) STL
1 2 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) ODBC
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) J2EE
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Coherence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 8 (80.00%) Banking
2 6 (60.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Front Office
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Developer
2 8 (80.00%) C++ Developer
3 4 (40.00%) Java Developer
3 4 (40.00%) C++/Java Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior C++ Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) C++/C# Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Equities
2 2 (20.00%) Derivative
2 2 (20.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) UNIX
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (10.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) Perl
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) VB
2 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (10.00%) C
2 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) HNC
1 1 (10.00%) HND
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) DataSynapse
2 1 (10.00%) HP