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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 7 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing C++ 5 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Anglia 11.63% 9.375% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.73% 15.79% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
Average salary £55,000 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
East Anglia
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
22 19 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Anglia 51.16% 59.38% 44.92%
Number of salaries quoted 22 13 46
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
East of England

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the East Anglia region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Anglia C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Anglia 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 26 (92.86%) Degree
1 26 (92.86%) Mathematics
1 26 (92.86%) Computer Science
2 21 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 21 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (75.00%) Cyber Security
2 21 (75.00%) C#
2 21 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 16 (57.14%) UNIX
4 14 (50.00%) Windows
4 14 (50.00%) Python
5 12 (42.86%) C
6 9 (32.14%) SQL
7 7 (25.00%) .NET
7 7 (25.00%) OOP
7 7 (25.00%) OO
7 7 (25.00%) Cryptography
7 7 (25.00%) Information Security
7 7 (25.00%) Software Architecture
7 7 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (25.00%) Computer Security
8 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (17.86%) Wireless
8 5 (17.86%) Electronics
8 5 (17.86%) Perl
8 5 (17.86%) Bluetooth
8 5 (17.86%) Firmware
9 2 (7.143%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 2 (7.143%) MySQL
9 2 (7.143%) Oracle

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Anglia 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 7 (25.00%) .NET
2 2 (7.143%) STL
2 2 (7.143%) Boost C++ Libraries
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Bluetooth
1 5 (17.86%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (17.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) MySQL
General
1 5 (17.86%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Architect
2 7 (25.00%) Software Architect
2 7 (25.00%) DBA
2 7 (25.00%) Database Specialist
2 7 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 7 (25.00%) Senior DBA
3 5 (17.86%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Junior Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Junior Developer
5 2 (7.143%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) C++ Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Junior
5 2 (7.143%) Developer
5 2 (7.143%) Junior C++ Developer
6 1 (3.571%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (92.86%) Mathematics
1 26 (92.86%) Computer Science
2 7 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (25.00%) Cryptography
3 5 (17.86%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) UNIX
2 14 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Software Engineering
1 21 (75.00%) Cyber Security
2 7 (25.00%) Computer Security
2 7 (25.00%) Software Architecture
2 7 (25.00%) OOP
2 7 (25.00%) OO
2 7 (25.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 21 (75.00%) C#
2 14 (50.00%) Python
3 12 (42.86%) C
4 9 (32.14%) SQL
5 5 (17.86%) Perl
6 1 (3.571%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) Degree
2 21 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 21 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle