The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Farnborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Farnborough region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 29 18 20
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Permanent jobs citing C++ 8 24 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 4.878% 8.696% 8.730%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.639% 18.32% 12.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 7
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £31,500 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,250 £40,500 £49,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
All Programming Languages
Farnborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
83 131 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 50.61% 47.46% 72.22%
Number of salaries quoted 80 130 87
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £29,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
Hampshire

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Farnborough region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Farnborough C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 17 (85.00%) C#
2 14 (70.00%) Degree
3 9 (45.00%) Java
4 7 (35.00%) .NET
5 6 (30.00%) UML
6 5 (25.00%) Windows
6 5 (25.00%) Aerospace
6 5 (25.00%) Visualisation
7 4 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (20.00%) iPhone
7 4 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
7 4 (20.00%) Requirements Management
7 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (20.00%) Database Security
7 4 (20.00%) Games
7 4 (20.00%) Information Security
7 4 (20.00%) TickIT
7 4 (20.00%) OpenGL
7 4 (20.00%) DirectX
7 4 (20.00%) SCADA
7 4 (20.00%) Mathematics
7 4 (20.00%) Cryptography
7 4 (20.00%) Network Design
7 4 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 4 (20.00%) Linux
7 4 (20.00%) ISO 9001
7 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (20.00%) HTML
8 3 (15.00%) JavaScript

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 (35.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) OpenGL
2 4 (20.00%) DirectX
2 4 (20.00%) HTML
3 3 (15.00%) WPF
3 3 (15.00%) COM
4 2 (10.00%) CSS
4 2 (10.00%) ADO.NET
4 2 (10.00%) ASP
4 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (10.00%) GWT
5 1 (5.000%) Silverlight
5 1 (5.000%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) IIS
2 1 (5.000%) Apache
2 1 (5.000%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.000%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (20.00%) Games
3 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Forensic Investigator
3 3 (15.00%) C# Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) DSP Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) .NET Software Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) DSP Software Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Graduate
4 2 (10.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (5.000%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.000%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 4 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (20.00%) iPhone
2 4 (20.00%) Cryptography
2 4 (20.00%) SCADA
2 4 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.000%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) UNIX
4 1 (5.000%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) UML
2 4 (20.00%) Information Security
2 4 (20.00%) Network Design
2 4 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 4 (20.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 4 (20.00%) Database Security
3 3 (15.00%) TDD
4 2 (10.00%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (10.00%) OO
4 2 (10.00%) Web Development
4 2 (10.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (10.00%) Software Architecture
5 1 (5.000%) Cyber Security
5 1 (5.000%) Video Processing
5 1 (5.000%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.000%) RUP
5 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
5 1 (5.000%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) C#
2 9 (45.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (15.00%) SQL
3 3 (15.00%) C
4 2 (10.00%) VB
4 2 (10.00%) Embedded C
4 2 (10.00%) Embedded C++
4 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (5.000%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 4 (20.00%) TickIT
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.000%) JBoss
3 1 (5.000%) Twitter
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