The first table below looks at the demand for C++ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited C++ over the 3 months to 24 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
C++
Rank 12 17 13
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Permanent jobs citing C++ 170 138 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 19.32% 11.08% 12.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.40% 17.02% 22.07%
Number of salaries quoted 146 95 136
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £46,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
644 811 648
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 73.18% 65.09% 54.96%
Number of salaries quoted 576 700 585
Average salary £35,000 £38,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +11.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
C++
South West

C++
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire C++ Salary Trend

C++
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing C++ across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Gloucestershire C++ Salary Histogram

C++
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C++ within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucester +1 65 £46,000 +15.00%
Cheltenham +1 35 £40,000 +5.26%
Wotton-under-Edge - 10 £37,500 -
Stroud +4 8 £32,500 -27.77%
Cirencester 0 5 £32,500 -
Filton +1 2 £29,000 -10.76%
Tewkesbury -9 1 - -
C++
South West

C++
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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++.

1 228 (74.03%) C#
2 194 (62.99%) Linux
3 152 (49.35%) Java
4 151 (49.03%) Security Cleared
5 134 (43.51%) DV Cleared
6 121 (39.29%) Windows
7 111 (36.04%) SQL
8 108 (35.06%) C
9 100 (32.47%) UNIX
10 99 (32.14%) Software Engineering
11 89 (28.90%) Degree
11 89 (28.90%) .NET
12 76 (24.68%) Shell Script
13 71 (23.05%) HTML
14 70 (22.73%) SC Cleared
15 65 (21.10%) VB
16 61 (19.81%) JavaScript
17 54 (17.53%) Aerospace
18 48 (15.58%) Ethernet
19 46 (14.94%) ITIL
19 46 (14.94%) Mathematics
19 46 (14.94%) Military
20 44 (14.29%) XML
21 43 (13.96%) Perl
21 43 (13.96%) Embedded C
22 42 (13.64%) J2EE
23 41 (13.31%) Oracle
23 41 (13.31%) Software Architecture
24 38 (12.34%) UML
25 37 (12.01%) CAN bus

C++
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 89 (28.90%) .NET
2 71 (23.05%) HTML
3 44 (14.29%) XML
4 42 (13.64%) J2EE
5 35 (11.36%) ASP.NET
6 31 (10.06%) CGI
7 29 (9.416%) MFC
8 19 (6.169%) Web Services
9 14 (4.545%) WSDL
10 13 (4.221%) SOAP
11 11 (3.571%) WPF
12 10 (3.247%) .NET Framework
13 8 (2.597%) XSL
13 8 (2.597%) COM+
13 8 (2.597%) ADO.NET
13 8 (2.597%) XML Schema
13 8 (2.597%) Qt
14 7 (2.273%) JSF
14 7 (2.273%) Hibernate
14 7 (2.273%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 31 (10.06%) Apache
2 26 (8.442%) WebLogic
3 8 (2.597%) IIS
4 3 (0.974%) Apache Pig
5 2 (0.649%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.325%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.974%) Simulink
1 3 (0.974%) Stateflow
2 1 (0.325%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.325%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 48 (15.58%) Ethernet
2 26 (8.442%) DHCP
2 26 (8.442%) SAN
3 16 (5.195%) LAN
4 15 (4.870%) WAN
5 12 (3.896%) SMS
6 11 (3.571%) Firewall
7 9 (2.922%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.273%) HTTP
9 6 (1.948%) POP3
9 6 (1.948%) SMTP
9 6 (1.948%) FTP
9 6 (1.948%) DNS
9 6 (1.948%) Internet
9 6 (1.948%) SSH
10 4 (1.299%) SDH
10 4 (1.299%) SONET
10 4 (1.299%) Wireless
10 4 (1.299%) Gigabit Ethernet
11 2 (0.649%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.69%) SQL Server
2 26 (8.442%) MySQL
3 10 (3.247%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (2.922%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.922%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (2.922%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (1.623%) Big Data
6 4 (1.299%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.974%) Apache Hive
7 3 (0.974%) HBase
7 3 (0.974%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.325%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.325%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.325%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.325%) GIS
8 1 (0.325%) TOAD
8 1 (0.325%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 20 (6.494%) Visual Studio
2 15 (4.870%) LoadRunner
3 9 (2.922%) Rational Rhapsody
3 9 (2.922%) Subversion
4 8 (2.597%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (2.597%) Hudson
5 6 (1.948%) PVCS
5 6 (1.948%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.974%) GDB
7 2 (0.649%) GCC
8 1 (0.325%) C++Builder
8 1 (0.325%) Ant
General
1 54 (17.53%) Aerospace
2 46 (14.94%) Military
3 27 (8.766%) Electronics
4 20 (6.494%) Finance
5 14 (4.545%) Telecoms
6 13 (4.221%) Marketing
7 10 (3.247%) Banking
8 7 (2.273%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.623%) Advertising
9 5 (1.623%) Law
9 5 (1.623%) Legal
10 3 (0.974%) Avionics
11 2 (0.649%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.649%) Automotive
12 1 (0.325%) Retail
12 1 (0.325%) Games
Job Titles
1 147 (47.73%) Software Engineer
2 115 (37.34%) Developer
3 70 (22.73%) C++ Developer
4 49 (15.91%) Java Developer
4 49 (15.91%) C++/Java Developer
5 31 (10.06%) C# Developer
5 31 (10.06%) Real Time Engineer
5 31 (10.06%) Real Time Software Engineer
6 28 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
7 26 (8.442%) Senior Software Engineer
8 25 (8.117%) Consultant
9 22 (7.143%) Software Developer
10 19 (6.169%) C++/C# Developer
10 19 (6.169%) C++ Software Engineer
11 15 (4.870%) Test Consultant
12 14 (4.545%) C++ Software Developer
12 14 (4.545%) .NET Developer
12 14 (4.545%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 13 (4.221%) ASP.NET Developer
13 13 (4.221%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.94%) Mathematics
2 37 (12.01%) CAN bus
3 18 (5.844%) Embedded Systems
4 17 (5.519%) Computer Science
5 16 (5.195%) iPhone
6 13 (4.221%) Open Source
7 12 (3.896%) Handset
8 10 (3.247%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.922%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
9 9 (2.922%) Management Information System
10 7 (2.273%) VHDL
11 6 (1.948%) Physics
12 4 (1.299%) ASIC
12 4 (1.299%) PMI
12 4 (1.299%) CUDA
13 3 (0.974%) Cryptography
13 3 (0.974%) Statistics
13 3 (0.974%) Firmware
14 2 (0.649%) Mobile App
15 1 (0.325%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 194 (62.99%) Linux
2 121 (39.29%) Windows
3 100 (32.47%) UNIX
4 36 (11.69%) HPUX
4 36 (11.69%) Solaris
5 29 (9.416%) VxWorks
6 18 (5.844%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 16 (5.195%) Android
8 12 (3.896%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.649%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.325%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.325%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.325%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (32.14%) Software Engineering
2 46 (14.94%) ITIL
3 41 (13.31%) Software Architecture
4 38 (12.34%) UML
5 31 (10.06%) OO
6 30 (9.740%) Web Development
7 25 (8.117%) User Acceptance Testing
7 25 (8.117%) Performance Testing
7 25 (8.117%) Identity Management
8 19 (6.169%) Configuration Management
8 19 (6.169%) Penetration Testing
9 17 (5.519%) TDD
9 17 (5.519%) Project Management
10 16 (5.195%) Agile Software Development
10 16 (5.195%) Reverse Engineering
10 16 (5.195%) Kanban
11 14 (4.545%) Multithreading
12 12 (3.896%) Scrum
12 12 (3.896%) Ethical Hacking
12 12 (3.896%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 228 (74.03%) C#
2 152 (49.35%) Java
3 111 (36.04%) SQL
4 108 (35.06%) C
5 76 (24.68%) Shell Script
6 65 (21.10%) VB
7 61 (19.81%) JavaScript
8 43 (13.96%) Perl
8 43 (13.96%) Embedded C
9 35 (11.36%) T-SQL
10 27 (8.766%) PL/SQL
11 19 (6.169%) VC++
11 19 (6.169%) Python
12 15 (4.870%) Bash shell
13 13 (4.221%) VB.NET
14 11 (3.571%) Embedded C++
15 9 (2.922%) sed
15 9 (2.922%) AWK
15 9 (2.922%) Ruby
16 8 (2.597%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 151 (49.03%) Security Cleared
2 134 (43.51%) DV Cleared
3 89 (28.90%) Degree
4 70 (22.73%) SC Cleared
5 27 (8.766%) ISEB
6 4 (1.299%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.325%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.195%) DO-178B
2 12 (3.896%) JTAG
3 10 (3.247%) TickIT
3 10 (3.247%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 26 (8.442%) VMware ESX
1 26 (8.442%) vSphere
2 2 (0.649%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.649%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.325%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (8.442%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 41 (13.31%) Oracle
2 36 (11.69%) Citrix
3 33 (10.71%) JBoss
4 31 (10.06%) Red Hat
5 29 (9.416%) VMware
5 29 (9.416%) HP
6 26 (8.442%) Cisco
6 26 (8.442%) NetApp
6 26 (8.442%) Veritas
6 26 (8.442%) Symantec
6 26 (8.442%) Brocade
7 16 (5.195%) Microsoft
8 12 (3.896%) Symbian
8 12 (3.896%) Borland
9 8 (2.597%) Intel
10 4 (1.299%) Xilinx
10 4 (1.299%) Altera
11 3 (0.974%) Twitter
11 3 (0.974%) IBM
11 3 (0.974%) EMC
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