Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the C++ Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

 C++ Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank101113108
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Down-5
Matching permanent IT job ads164414593567
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England2.023 %1.819 %1.855 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.166 %1.941 %1.964 %
Salaries quoted133111612884
Average salary£60,000£45,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33 %-10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£70,000£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7589675176181611
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England93.39 %93.75 %94.42 %
Salaries quoted6330862231149646
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
C++ Developer UKC++ Developer
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C++ Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing C++ Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England C++ Developer Demand Trend

C++ Developer
Salary Trend

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

England C++ Developer Salary Trend

C++ Developer
Salary Histogram

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

England C++ Developer Salary Histogram

C++ Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+111380£65,000+23.80 %
South EastDown-6078£39,000+19.08 %
East of EnglandDown-968£30,000-25.00 %
South WestDown-5659£35,000-
North WestUp+1221£36,000+54.83 %
West MidlandsUp+513£28,500-18.57 %
North EastUp+2012£32,500+18.18 %
YorkshireDown-1011£35,000+16.66 %
East MidlandsUp+41--
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C++ Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region that cited C++ Developer in their job title 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 with C++ Developer in their job title.

13204 (100.00 %)C++
21215 (37.92 %)Finance
31201 (37.48 %)UNIX
4848 (26.47 %)Windows
5829 (25.87 %)C#
6788 (24.59 %)Front Office
7775 (24.19 %)STL
8759 (23.69 %)Banking
9725 (22.63 %)Multithreading
10719 (22.44 %)Java
11718 (22.41 %)Linux
12654 (20.41 %)Degree
13643 (20.07 %)Derivative
14577 (18.01 %)OO
15523 (16.32 %)SQL
16476 (14.86 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
17438 (13.67 %)C
18430 (13.42 %)Fixed Income
19428 (13.36 %)Boost C++ Libraries
20352 (10.99 %)Investment Banking
20352 (10.99 %).NET
21337 (10.52 %)Computer Science
22331 (10.33 %)Electronic Trading
23298 (9.301 %)MFC
23298 (9.301 %)Client/Server
24279 (8.708 %)Equities
25261 (8.146 %)SQL Server
26255 (7.959 %)Mathematics
27245 (7.647 %)Algorithmic Trading
28241 (7.522 %)XML

C++ Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region that cited C++ Developer in their job title 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 with C++ Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1775 (24.19 %)STL
2428 (13.36 %)Boost C++ Libraries
3352 (10.99 %).NET
4298 (9.301 %)MFC
5241 (7.522 %)XML
675 (2.341 %)Middleware
759 (1.841 %)ASP.NET
850 (1.561 %)Web Services
946 (1.436 %)WPF
1041 (1.280 %)CORBA
1137 (1.155 %)Swing
1137 (1.155 %)COM
1235 (1.092 %)FIX Protocol
1332 (0.999 %)WCF
1332 (0.999 %)WinForms
1431 (0.968 %)Spring
1529 (0.905 %)ATL
1628 (0.874 %)Qt
1628 (0.874 %).NET Framework
1725 (0.780 %)AJAX
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
129 (0.905 %)Rendezvous
228 (0.874 %)MQSeries
317 (0.531 %)Apache
48 (0.250 %)WebSphere MQ
56 (0.187 %)SmartSockets
64 (0.125 %)LiveLink
73 (0.094 %)Oracle Workflow
73 (0.094 %)TIBCO EMS
73 (0.094 %)Exchange Server 2007
73 (0.094 %)MS Exchange
82 (0.062 %)Tomcat
82 (0.062 %)Tuxedo
82 (0.062 %)CMS
91 (0.031 %)Jetty
91 (0.031 %)WebLogic
91 (0.031 %)IIS
91 (0.031 %)SharePoint
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
156 (1.748 %)MS Excel
223 (0.718 %)MS Visio
39 (0.281 %)Quicktime
47 (0.218 %)MATLAB
47 (0.218 %)Spreadsheet
53 (0.094 %)MS Office
61 (0.031 %)MS Project
61 (0.031 %)CA Clarity
61 (0.031 %)AutoCAD
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
151 (1.592 %)RMDS
220 (0.624 %)ION MarketView
37 (0.218 %)SunGard Martini
37 (0.218 %)Kondor+
37 (0.218 %)Beauchamp
45 (0.156 %)Reech
54 (0.125 %)Front Arena
62 (0.062 %)Capstone
71 (0.031 %)Summit
71 (0.031 %)Sophis RISQUE
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1187 (5.836 %)TCP/IP
216 (0.499 %)HTTP
312 (0.375 %)Internet
45 (0.156 %)RTP
54 (0.125 %)GSM
54 (0.125 %)SMTP
63 (0.094 %)VoIP
63 (0.094 %)Wireless
63 (0.094 %)LTE
72 (0.062 %)CDMA2000
72 (0.062 %)IGMP
72 (0.062 %)RTSP
72 (0.062 %)GPRS
72 (0.062 %)FTP
72 (0.062 %)UMTS
72 (0.062 %)CDMA
72 (0.062 %)SNMP
81 (0.031 %)SSL
81 (0.031 %)Intranet
81 (0.031 %)SMPP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1261 (8.146 %)SQL Server
2102 (3.184 %)RDBMS
356 (1.748 %)SQL Server 2008
451 (1.592 %)SQL Server 2005
544 (1.373 %)MySQL
630 (0.936 %)KDB
713 (0.406 %)Ingres
713 (0.406 %)DB2
812 (0.375 %)OLTP
812 (0.375 %)BusinessObjects
99 (0.281 %)GIS
99 (0.281 %)Reference Data
107 (0.218 %)OLAP
116 (0.187 %)SQL Server 2000
123 (0.094 %)MSDE
123 (0.094 %)Data Mining
123 (0.094 %)ETL
123 (0.094 %)SQL Server Integration Services
132 (0.062 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
132 (0.062 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
180 (2.497 %)Visual Studio
222 (0.687 %)ClearCase
314 (0.437 %)ClearQuest
411 (0.343 %)Subversion
411 (0.343 %)Maven
55 (0.156 %)Eclipse
55 (0.156 %)Oracle Forms
64 (0.125 %)JUnit
64 (0.125 %)Git (software)
64 (0.125 %)C++Builder
64 (0.125 %)PROIV
73 (0.094 %)MSTest
73 (0.094 %)VSS/SourceSafe
82 (0.062 %)PowerBuilder
82 (0.062 %)Team Foundation Server
82 (0.062 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
91 (0.031 %)Firebug
91 (0.031 %)Xcode
91 (0.031 %)InstallShield
91 (0.031 %)LoadRunner
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11215 (37.92 %)Finance
2788 (24.59 %)Front Office
3759 (23.69 %)Banking
4352 (10.99 %)Investment Banking
5168 (5.243 %)Education
6130 (4.057 %)Pensions
7127 (3.964 %)Games
877 (2.403 %)Health
970 (2.185 %)Financial Institution
1069 (2.154 %)Back Office
1149 (1.529 %)Telecoms
1247 (1.467 %)3D Graphics
1345 (1.404 %)Government
1430 (0.936 %)Electric
1520 (0.624 %)Insurance
1618 (0.562 %)Publishing
1618 (0.562 %)Electronics
1712 (0.375 %)Retail
1810 (0.312 %)Animation
1810 (0.312 %)Construction
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1725 (22.63 %)Multithreading
2643 (20.07 %)Derivative
3476 (14.86 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4430 (13.42 %)Fixed Income
5337 (10.52 %)Computer Science
6298 (9.301 %)Client/Server
7279 (8.708 %)Equities
8255 (7.959 %)Mathematics
9134 (4.182 %)Equity Derivative
1090 (2.809 %)Physics
1176 (2.372 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1249 (1.529 %)Credit Risk
1337 (1.155 %)Spread Betting
1433 (1.030 %)Credit Derivative
1532 (0.999 %)Grid Computing
1615 (0.468 %)iPhone
1714 (0.437 %)Swaptions
1813 (0.406 %)Index Arbitrage
1813 (0.406 %)Market Risk
1813 (0.406 %)MPEG
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11201 (37.48 %)UNIX
2848 (26.47 %)Windows
3718 (22.41 %)Linux
4182 (5.680 %)Solaris
522 (0.687 %)Windows Server 2003
616 (0.499 %)Windows Vista
712 (0.375 %)Windows Mobile
89 (0.281 %)Windows CE
96 (0.187 %)Windows 2000
96 (0.187 %)Windows Server 2008
105 (0.156 %)AIX
114 (0.125 %)OpenVMS
114 (0.125 %)Windows 7
123 (0.094 %)Windows 2000 Server
123 (0.094 %)Windows XP
123 (0.094 %)HPUX
131 (0.031 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.031 %)Embedded Linux
131 (0.031 %)VxWorks
131 (0.031 %)SUSE
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1577 (18.01 %)OO
2331 (10.33 %)Electronic Trading
3245 (7.647 %)Algorithmic Trading
4235 (7.335 %)OOD
5217 (6.773 %)Risk Management
6183 (5.712 %)Agile Software Development
7130 (4.057 %)OOA/OOD
8112 (3.496 %)UML
985 (2.653 %)Scrum
1079 (2.466 %)Software Engineering
1171 (2.216 %)E-Commerce
1264 (1.998 %)OOP
1362 (1.935 %)Unit Testing
1442 (1.311 %)Software Architecture
1541 (1.280 %)Integration Testing
1636 (1.124 %)TDD
1733 (1.030 %)Migration
1831 (0.968 %)Code Coverage
1929 (0.905 %)Continuous Integration
2026 (0.811 %)Performance Testing
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13204 (100.00 %)C++
2829 (25.87 %)C#
3719 (22.44 %)Java
4523 (16.32 %)SQL
5438 (13.67 %)C
6229 (7.147 %)Perl
7218 (6.804 %)VC++
8204 (6.367 %)Python
991 (2.840 %)VBA
1073 (2.278 %)JavaScript
1169 (2.154 %)Shell Script
1240 (1.248 %)VB
1335 (1.092 %)Delphi
1433 (1.030 %)PHP
1433 (1.030 %)Ruby
1531 (0.968 %)Tcl
1629 (0.905 %)VB.NET
1722 (0.687 %)Embedded C++
1819 (0.593 %)VB6
1917 (0.531 %)T-SQL
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1654 (20.41 %)Degree
278 (2.434 %)PhD
346 (1.436 %)Security Cleared
416 (0.499 %)SC Cleared
55 (0.156 %)DV Cleared
62 (0.062 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.062 %)Brainbench
62 (0.062 %)HND
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
151 (1.592 %)QA
21 (0.031 %)SLA
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
134 (1.061 %)Active Directory
21 (0.031 %)Xen
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
113 (0.406 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
113 (0.406 %)SCCM
28 (0.250 %)MSI
31 (0.031 %)HP Quality Center
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1181 (5.649 %)Oracle
2162 (5.056 %)Microsoft
3135 (4.213 %)Sybase
4112 (3.496 %)TIBCO
550 (1.561 %)Reuters
644 (1.373 %)Bloomberg
720 (0.624 %)ION Trading
816 (0.499 %)Borland
915 (0.468 %)SunGard
1014 (0.437 %)Perforce
1113 (0.406 %)Intel
1212 (0.375 %)Business Objects
1212 (0.375 %)Sophis
1311 (0.343 %)IBM
1410 (0.312 %)DataSynapse
159 (0.281 %)Symbian
165 (0.156 %)ATG
174 (0.125 %)Red Hat
183 (0.094 %)Murex
183 (0.094 %)Mercator